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 comments
toby
hope you like the story.need more spots like this.
egbert
That’s great.
fester combs
inspiring idea of limitless possibilities …
Vegetable Lasagna
Too cool! That’s one instance where imperfect
trannies are not really a problem.
conahan
Really cool, that looks fun. Jeez, take your parasol.
Vegetable Lasagna
Lame. Not cool. No fun.
Gnarles Copinghagen
Nice. In the world in my mind everything is skateable. Lets make it so.
Porterfield
What an idea.
sk8rdavis
Hitting it this weekend! Session on Saturday jan 9th?