Comments on: Hackney Olympics 2008 http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/ Skateboarding culture for the disenfranchised Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: solboy http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-130249 solboy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:12:50 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-130249 <p>It's Meanwhile Gardens, the original one built in 1976, in the Ladbroke Grove area, homeland of The Clash.</p> It’s Meanwhile Gardens, the original one built in 1976, in the Ladbroke Grove area, homeland of The Clash.

]]> By: houseofneil http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-130245 houseofneil Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:41:39 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-130245 <p>I haven't seen it, but if it's underneath the Westway I'm guessing that it's Meanwhile II.</p> I haven’t seen it, but if it’s underneath the Westway I’m guessing that it’s Meanwhile II.

]]> By: conahan http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-130191 conahan Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:58:41 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-130191 <p>Hey what skatepark is that in the background of <em>Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten</em>?</p> Hey what skatepark is that in the background of Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten?

]]> By: PIGCITY http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-129435 PIGCITY Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:42:55 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-129435 <p>Hurry up with it, we're crying out for a decent concreet park down here in Brighton. I can't take any more flatbank-pyramid-quarter parks, filled up with little goth & emo shits and bad graf.</p> Hurry up with it, we’re crying out for a decent concreet park down here in Brighton. I can’t take any more flatbank-pyramid-quarter parks, filled up with little goth & emo shits and bad graf.

]]> By: chimp http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-129303 chimp Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:59:25 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-129303 <p>I'm flying to London for the Olympics and to skate the new Stockwell concrete, so please have it finished ;-)</p> <p>and I hope you get to build the new Pig City...</p> I’m flying to London for the Olympics and to skate the new Stockwell concrete, so please have it finished ;-)

and I hope you get to build the new Pig City…

]]> By: Sideshow http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-128608 Sideshow Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:12:22 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-128608 <p>Pigcity - we are nearly finished rebuilding Stockwell...</p> <p>http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorm/sets/72157605923443210/</p> <p>As for Pigcity itself, one day we'll get to build that project:</p> <p>http://a436.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_0f632a0637d169f8920ca697164ff933.jpg</p> Pigcity - we are nearly finished rebuilding Stockwell…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorm/sets/72157605923443210/

As for Pigcity itself, one day we’ll get to build that project:

http://a436.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_0f632a0637d169f8920ca697164ff933.jpg

]]> By: PIGCITY http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-128308 PIGCITY Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:32:54 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-128308 <p>Have to mention, Stockwell. Check it out.</p> <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUq1jKHjLjs</p> <p>PIGCITY</p> Have to mention, Stockwell. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUq1jKHjLjs

PIGCITY

]]> By: Tony http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-128300 Tony Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:48:46 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-128300 <p>It is rough sure, but not that rough that it's not worthwhile going. If you're a London skateboarder then you'll be used to roughness already but obviously you can't comapre to Stockwell or any of the newer cement parks. The drinking part and no security - possibly a litttle hyperbole here and there is not always a bad thing...but clearly Hackney Bumps do not have the dictatorship of Bay66...Thanks!</p> It is rough sure, but not that rough that it’s not worthwhile going. If you’re a London skateboarder then you’ll be used to roughness already but obviously you can’t comapre to Stockwell or any of the newer cement parks. The drinking part and no security - possibly a litttle hyperbole here and there is not always a bad thing…but clearly Hackney Bumps do not have the dictatorship of Bay66…Thanks!

]]> By: sideshow http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-128298 sideshow Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:19:33 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-128298 <p>The bumps are rough as fuck in all senses of the world...but they are the roughest of all the vinatge 'crete. As for the only park in London with drinking allowed and no security? All the parks here are like that...which is nice.</p> The bumps are rough as fuck in all senses of the world…but they are the roughest of all the vinatge ‘crete. As for the only park in London with drinking allowed and no security? All the parks here are like that…which is nice.

]]> By: houseofneil http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/30/hackney-olympics-2008/#comment-128207 houseofneil Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:32:56 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7300#comment-128207 <p>yup, you are correct. Lots of 70s era parks were just left to rot. Some were kept open as going concerns, like Romford, and some were dozed, but others were simply left as they were. Probably because a lot of them were put up by local councils on public land, not built by private investors. We had a bad 70s era park in Liverpool through the late 80s/early 90s. I don't know what's there now. Edge Lane anybody?</p> yup, you are correct. Lots of 70s era parks were just left to rot. Some were kept open as going concerns, like Romford, and some were dozed, but others were simply left as they were. Probably because a lot of them were put up by local councils on public land, not built by private investors. We had a bad 70s era park in Liverpool through the late 80s/early 90s. I don’t know what’s there now. Edge Lane anybody?

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