…when you pay someone else to do it for you. Still, it’s got an appeal that leans that way. Look for it nestled in between a bunch of hippies in southeast Portland. Jesse built this. He’s on the crew that built Coos Bay and Gold Beach.
Zarosh Eggleston is busy building his own little skatopia called Cachagua Land on hill top in California. Helping to fund it along the way, hand screened Platipuss skateboards from the multitalented artist himself. I saw this DIY concrete extravaganza in a video before. I can’t recall what it was in though, maybe Strange Notes? Spend some time trolling around Platipuss (sic), there’s a lot of interesting goings on going on over there. Zarosh accepts donations for concrete.A big enough donation will net you a limited edition t-shirt or deck. Of course you can buy one one of the others outright too. Check out his screen rig up top. I’d love to pick his brain on that. That, and why he strayed from the traditional spelling of Platypus.
- Thanks to Eric Shea for the tip.
Posted by: on July 1st, 2010
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Categories: D.I.Y., Skate
Tags: Tags: bowls, California, concrete, Norcal, screenprint, Zarosh Eggleston
Some people don’t have time to bicker about scooters. They’ve got places to go and future sessions to build. Joey O’Mahoney writes in from New Orleans:
Near the intersection of Paris and Pleasure. Located on a decommissioned slab of HUMANITY ST. between the freeway(I-610) and the train tracks. between PARIS and ST. more BERNARD. more work every week. joeyomahoney@gmail.com if you want to come help work or find it or whatever!
Check out the Shot of the Week. Bonus shots after the jump.
Posted by: on May 19th, 2010
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Categories: D.I.Y., Shot of the Week, Skate
Tags: Tags: concrete, Louisiana, New Orleans, renegade concrete
It’s April and one of our readers who wishes to remain anonymous just broke ground on a backyard bowl. Congratulations! Oh man, you’re going to e blown away. Ask MC about his post pour stoke level. Check out this week’s Shot of the Week, and try to guess where it is.
Posted by: on April 21st, 2010
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Categories: Private Spots, Shot of the Week, Skate
Tags: Tags: backyard bowls, concrete
More pictures from a backyard pour in the woods of Maine, thanks to Thomas Dupere.
Posted by: on April 6th, 2010
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Categories: D.I.Y., Skate
Tags: Tags: concrete, East Coast, Maine, Private Spots
I posted this one on East Coast time, just for our readers from Maine. Thomas Dupere sent in a couple pictures of a basement bowl and the beginnings of some DIY crete in the woods. I think they planning to pour this weekend.
Not exactly reader DIY, but still in the same spirit. I’ve got nothing against plywood, but these days it seems like more and more people are opting for concrete. I mean, it seems that way to me, but maybe that’s because I live in Portland. Ok, not fair, it’s definitely part of a larger trend. Listen, I’ve been churning this stuff out for three years now. Blah, blah, blah. Nothing interesting to say. Check out Jocelyn’s new driveway. I guess she needed to have her driveway redone anyway, so she decided to turn part of it into a miniramp. If you’re jealous, well.. we are entering the raining season.. The pictures start off level and well framed, but as more and more progress its made the horizons start to shift and the composition gets awkward. It’s almost like she was having a hard time containing her excitement. Jocelyn’s last name withheld to prevent excessive doorbell ringing.
Posted by: on October 2nd, 2009
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Categories: Private Spots, Skate
Tags: Tags: concrete, miniramp
Joesf Heffner, AKA NWeyesk8, sent in some pictures of concrete floats he made to fit the tranny on a new backyard project he’s undertaking. Check ‘em out after the jump.
Reader Bill Morgan sent in some pics of his DIY project. It started as a quarterpipe painted to look like concrete. It sits in his rather short driveway, but there’s a hell of a lip where the driveway meets street. So what’s a skater to do? How about poring a nice little micro transition to make the approach work without having to ollie it? And while you’re at it, why not put some thin set on the rough patch of street? You’ve go to be in good with your neighbors to get away with that!
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