30 Years of the Turf
April 9th, 2009 by kilwag
Peter DiAntoni has a show opening tomorrow in Milwaukee (I assume) titled Salad Days: Turf 30th Anniversary. It’s all photos of Milwaukee’s Turf skatepark that also has an earlier run as Surf & Turf, before taking a brief rest while serving as a strip club. I guess they build wooden platforms covering the bowls. Sadly, it’s been permanently destroyed now. Pete D. was the proprietor of Clueless Zine, of which I have a couple issues, but haven’t yet added to the 80’s zine archives. Dang, I need to get on that. If you skated in the midwest in the 80’s you went to the Turf at least once. A lot of people travelled there from other parts of the country. It also appeared in some Santa Cruz and Gullwing videos, possibly others as well. For some it was a travel destination, for others it was more like a home. Mr. DiAntoni will be screening Turf shirts on site at the opening, and if you have your old park ID you can get one for 1/2 price. I wonder if that works via mail order? - Thanks to Matt Grasser for the tip.
April 10th 7-10pm
Vetter Denk Building 161 s. 1st (corner of 1st & Pittsburgh) Milwaukee, WI
[Source: WiSkate]
April 10th, 2009 at 7:40 am
it was home.
technically, it has not been permanently destroyed.
they tore up the coping, filled the bowls with large rocks, and put a layer of concrete over them.
theoretically, you could break up that layer, empty the rocks and chunks out, and put new coping on.
as soon as i start playing and then win the lottery, that is what i will be doing.
you are invited once it’s done.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Okay, but while we’re at it, let’s fix the kink in the halfpipe too…
April 10th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Bell E. Buttons!
April 10th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
just got back from the show. it was more like a party but it was honestly pretty sweet. wished there was more pictures/memorabilia to look at… they showed footage from videos and private collections on a projector… the line for a t shirt was epic. good times… alot of people came out of the woodwork for this one. i even got a Turf skatepark beer coozy out of the deal!
December 11th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Wow I wish I knew other people were as passionate about the best skatepark in the midwest ever. I have photos,recipts,and tons of stories and memories..Thanks to all who enjoyed….