I don’t know what you call this kind of riding, half-ditch? Who cares, it’s rad. This is a closeup of a shot of John John Aguilar skating a ditch type situation in Mexico City, circa 1989. See that concrete halfpipe in the background? John said this was an old closed up skatepark called Dogtown. They had to hop a fence and barge it. The caretaker kept a small amount a sheep on the lot and occasionally skaters would have to dodge the males with horns who were intent on ramming intruders. John lives in Bellingham, Washington now, so the only thing he has to dodge is little kids. See the whole thing after the jump.
Now that I know this is an actual old skatepark, maybe that’s the freestyle area? Photo by Miguel Colchado. Click to enlarge.
6 comments
john aguinaarr!!
yeahh it was scarryy! it was a U no flat , no deck, and it had 3 or 4 feet of vert!
Grover
I think I see a half pipe of concrete in the background.
LP
well, the movie does take place in the future, so maybe those ARE skate stoppers!
Prickly Pete
That’s one hot wallride. Frontsides! Nothin’ better. Nice cast in place concrete halfpipe in the background. Are those wallride stoppers in the Clockwork Orange scenes? Seems like kids today could ollie into a grind on them. Isn’t a “vollie” a vagrant ollie?
Slitburn
I’m skating in the rain, skating in the rain,…
conahan
I saw a spot like that in a movie last night.