From skateable to made-for-skate in El Paso
December 1st, 2009 by kilwag
A housing development in El Paso required a large drainage ditch. Skate activists Paul Zimmerman (president of the El Paso Skatepark Association) and another guy who goes by PC (?) managed to get the city and builders on the same page. Instead of a ditch that was accidentally skateable and possibly restricted from skating, the end result is a multi-use facility with tranny added specifically to make it more skateable. Apparently, some funds were diverted from a slab and prefab ramp park, no word on whether or not there are complainers on that front. You can get an explanation of the project here on Skatepark.org and a photo essay on the process hosted on Photobucket. The whole thing was hand stacked.
[Source: Austin Skate Notes]
December 1st, 2009 at 11:36 am
hope you like the story.need more spots like this.
December 1st, 2009 at 12:23 pm
That’s great.
December 1st, 2009 at 12:27 pm
inspiring idea of limitless possibilities …
December 1st, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Too cool! That’s one instance where imperfect
trannies are not really a problem.
December 1st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Really cool, that looks fun. Jeez, take your parasol.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:57 am
Lame. Not cool. No fun.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Nice. In the world in my mind everything is skateable. Lets make it so.
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:07 am
What an idea.
January 8th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Hitting it this weekend! Session on Saturday jan 9th?