Waiting for wheel marks
Some rich jerks in the Dominican Republic have an incredible house on the beach that also happens to be skateable. You and I can take comfort in the fact that there is a kink where the transition meets the flat, or maybe they were trying to recreate the “ka-chunk ka-chunk” experience of prefab street ramps. Even the roof looks skateable. Check it out on SpaceInvading. I did some Wikipedia research on the Dominican Republic because the only thing that came to mind was sugar and a few natural disasters and/or riots. Interesting facts I learned, The U.S. invaded the D.R. in 1916 an occupied it for six years. This after failing to annex it twice before. Abraham Lincoln wanted to buy it so the slaves could have a place to relocate. Recently, as much as 8% of all cocaine smuggled into the United States comes through the Dominican Republic. The service industry has overtaken agriculture as the biggest employer segment. I think they make T-shirts there. They have an advanced telecommunications network, a lot of poor people, and at least one very cool, skateable house.
- Thanks to Skate D for the tip.
Posted by: kilwag on November 18th, 2009
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Categories: Artsy Fartsy, Skate
Tags: , architecture, Dominican Republic
POPUSAS! Don’t forget popusas man.
holy fuck… is that the ocean or a swimming pool. either way i want me some of that.
Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s a Major League baseball player’s house… Ballplayers are another major D.R. export.