I was honored to be asked to contribute some of my old skateboarding photos here on Skate and Annoy. I grew up in the seventies and eighties in Arizona skating the legendary Desert Pipes, tons of empty pools, the Love Bowls, and lots more …
I now live in Seattle, I have been up here in the Northwest for 20 years. I still skate as much as I can, I love all the amazing skateparks we have here, but sometimes I miss the good old daze …
So here is my first contribution, a gallery of pipe photos I put together awhile back, enjoy !!!
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13 comments
talentlessquitter
These are great! I have the Warren Bolster book but these are equally cool. So much atmosphere.
talentlessquitter
They look like gigantic bearing spacers …
Dan(iel)
Listening to Nilsson Schmilsson(which I just bought at the record store today) while checking this post out, very fitting, 70’s sounds with 70’s photos, Amazing!!!!!! Got to hit a pool today/good day!!!!!
Kilwag
I love Nilsson, ever since getting The Point as a kid. I recommend watching the funny but sad documentary on his life: Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?) that was released in 2010. It’s on Netflix.
kevin
lucky Dan, hitting a pool is always a good thing, my pool has 3 feet of ice in it still !
NWForty
Great photos Ping! Amazing skating and amazing terrain. Must’ve been incredible to skate the pipes.
Ping!
Thanks guys!!! I was about 17 yrs old back then, I just wish I knew then what I know now …
Concretin Nik
Yea Ping! Stoked to see you on S&A!
rusty
Ping!
freezine
Wow.
Amazing archive, thanks for sharing!
I am sure that at the time, as unreal as it must have seemed, it probably seemed like a perfectly-likely adventure!
To be in that place, at that time, and with film in your camera…..
Proper documentation, in the moment.
Cheers!
john e
I bought Ping’s dvd years ago, had amazing footage of pipes, Love Bowl and I think a pool called dead cat or something like that, I need to watch it again. Ping has some AMAZING stuff!
Michael
Hey, Im in Seattle too!
Garry
Best time of my life skating with my bros, Slater, Mike Bourgogne and Camoran