From skateable to made-for-skate in El Paso
December 1st, 2009 by kilwag

El Paso Texas - Edgemont drainage ditch

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]

9 Responses to “From skateable to made-for-skate in El Paso”

  1. toby Says:

    hope you like the story.need more spots like this.

  2. egbert Says:

    That’s great.

  3. fester combs Says:

    inspiring idea of limitless possibilities …

  4. Vegetable Lasagna Says:

    Too cool! That’s one instance where imperfect
    trannies are not really a problem.

  5. conahan Says:

    Really cool, that looks fun. Jeez, take your parasol.

  6. Vegetable Lasagna Says:

    Lame. Not cool. No fun.

  7. Gnarles Copinghagen Says:

    Nice. In the world in my mind everything is skateable. Lets make it so.

  8. Porterfield Says:

    What an idea.

  9. sk8rdavis Says:

    Hitting it this weekend! Session on Saturday jan 9th?

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