As I was putting these together I got a report from field agent Wes Cording that he had a fun session there today but it got rained out. Apparently there are several parked cars full of skaters waiting for the rain to stop again. Until then, here are some more pics of the opening day of Pier Park. Does anyone know what happened to the Nike SB team? There are links to more pictures from other sources as well. None of my shots are very good, but that’s OK. The Park isn’t going anywhere, and you’ll soon be sick of seeing it here on this site. Ready?
I ported this pics over from an external static HTML page. 20 years later it’s a trip to see this park pristine and un-tagged.
Crane photo: Mark ConahanWide angel distortionMouse holeIt’s long.Deep end.Street. Looks like a dead end but it’s a bank.The “Public Art” section the park.Mark Conahan and his daughter with a giant novelty check. The mayor had to use a giant novelty pen to endorse it.Ribbon cutting. Sage Boylard, Mark Conanhan, Dan Saltzman, Sam Adams, Sonny Robertson, Robin Plance, and the landscape art guy.Street LurkersSteve Grover hams it up for the news.Chris Nukala was the first to make this. He rolled in on it a couple of times.BodieSteve GroverUnknownSteve GroverMike SwimChris Nukala backside D.Dan HughesUnknownShawn Rienert had no problems tearing up this park.UnkownChoppy OmegaUnknownIt’s for the kids man!These picks can be hard to set up if you can’t see them coming. Shawn RienertDanger bails an attempt to make it over the top.Shawn Rienert backside air. This is not a bail.JuanHey, I know some of those people… I am someone those people!
Art guy’s name is Adam Kuby. He won the commission for our “Percent for Art” money and built the curving entry walk/ledges. When you build a public project here, one or two percent has to be spent on art. In this case we combined the money from Pier Park and Glenhaven and a gift from the Wapato(?) jail project to make the project called
Yeah.. It’s a great place for little kids to hang out. It’s more fun to look at then a regular sidewalk. I didn’t realize it was made with Art money from Glenhaven, I was looking forward to a series of skateable art at every park. Good way to get more for your money. I think it didn’t go far enough, but that’s a financial issue I’m sure.
The Walkwave, you can skate it or you can
walk it. I would like to think I can do all kinds of things to it. By the looks of it, it’s getting the piss worked out of it.
Brainstorming lastnight about little yellow things made me think.
4 comments
Dan Hughes
You’re being too hard on yourself. You took some great shots!
By the way, who putting up the tarp?
mc
Art guy’s name is Adam Kuby. He won the commission for our “Percent for Art” money and built the curving entry walk/ledges. When you build a public project here, one or two percent has to be spent on art. In this case we combined the money from Pier Park and Glenhaven and a gift from the Wapato(?) jail project to make the project called
Kilwag (k.ed)
Yeah.. It’s a great place for little kids to hang out. It’s more fun to look at then a regular sidewalk. I didn’t realize it was made with Art money from Glenhaven, I was looking forward to a series of skateable art at every park. Good way to get more for your money. I think it didn’t go far enough, but that’s a financial issue I’m sure.
jeff kendal
The Walkwave, you can skate it or you can
walk it. I would like to think I can do all kinds of things to it. By the looks of it, it’s getting the piss worked out of it.
Brainstorming lastnight about little yellow things made me think.