Let’s go Sadlands
March 9th, 2009 by kilwag

Sadlands Obituary from Poweredge Magazine.

This is from the April 1990 issue of Poweredge Magazine, hot off the scanner. And if you think that’s hot, there’s a contest going on right now at Upland. Wait, Del Mar? Help me out here…

First and last pages can be enlarged.

Photos and words: Jay Vonesh.
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Photos: Sal and Rodney Cassell by Kosick
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Photo: Anthony by Vonesh
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Photos: Vonesh
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6 Responses to “Let’s go Sadlands”

  1. Greg N Says:

    They rebuilt it about 5 years ago. I actually got to skate the new one with Neil Blender, some random reunion session… Kinda funny.

  2. ssk Says:

    I never skated it but it was photographed so much it feels like I have.

  3. KC Says:

    An amazing place. I started skating there in 1973 until 1986. It was a few blocks from my house. Blender, Kasai, and many other pros started out skating there. Sadplants and many of todays tricks were invented at SADLANDS.

  4. Kilwag Says:

    KC – Break out the photos!

  5. Will Rogers Says:

    A replica of the original Sadlands ‘craters’ was poured at a public skatepark in Leander, Texas. Here’s a photo of the reproduction at the Leander Skatepark.

    http://bit.ly/GC3Yo

    WR

  6. Rodney Hill Says:

    skated Sadlands a lot in the early 80s (went to jr. high right next to the park) and off and on til ‘90. it was truly an amazing place. super smooth transitions on the big and small side and great rail-slidable planters. plenty of great sessions with well known skaters, but daily runs with outrageous local rippers like Danny Butterfass, Kenny Clark,Lynn Cooper,Jerry etc. The Spada brothers usually made the few block trip down to the park. Truly a tragedy that the city just flat out destroyed it. interested in seeing the re-creation at the Leander, Tx park

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