DIY Concrete Quarter pipe

D.I.Y. concrete quarterpipe

Joesf Heffner sent in a few pics of a backyard project he is working on. Looks like a concrete quarterpipe with a little run up. Hopefully he’ll chime in with the approximate costs and time involved. Enlarge those pics after the jump.

Alternative road trip 2008

Please use alternate route

Troy Sliter was part of the crew from the Northwest that went on the road trip this year. His faction split off to hit some Norcal spots. He made a video and slideshow that starts where everyone split up. It’s a mixed bag of tricks… You’ll see a backyard bowl, a major new skatepark with […]

SOTW-6-2-08 - Fritz Mead

SOTW 6-02-08: Fritz Mead at Attleboro

I can’t believe I’m actually getting this one up in time, but this week’s Shot of the Week also marks the start of the second year of actually updating the shots once a week. Before that there was just the showcase gallery that would sometimes (OK, usually) stay unchanged for over a month. This week’s […]

Would it kill ya?

Would it kill ya to post some actual skateboarding?

Well, I guess not. Here are two recent submissions from opposite ends of the earth and age spectrum. The youngster on the left (Jay Holmstrom) hails from Sweden, while the oldster on the right (Wrex Cook) was shot in Arizona by Old Man Army.

Backyard bowl

Backyard bowl in action

Matt Kline sent in a couple action shots of that DIY backyard bowl in southern Oregon that was under construction. Looks like someone is enjoying it! I showed these to my wife and she said (incredulously) “It takes up the whole back yard!” to which I could only reply, “Well, not the whole back yard. […]

hermann\'s hole

D.I.Y. Midwest gem

D.I.Y. concrete projects are being birthed everywhere these days. Unlike the D.I.Y. vert ramp heydays, these bowls will probably be around for a lot longer. This one attributed to Hermann is in the St Louis area, and it is getting close to being finished. It’s only a matter of time before the weather breaks for […]

Vintage Jeff Kendall

Calling out Jeff Kendall

That’s right, we’ve got a 20+ year old beef and we’re calling out Jeff Kendall. Sure, he’s probably got a life and has moved on, but we haven’t, obviously. I would say we’re tryng to embarass him with these old pictures, but there isn’t really anything embarrassing about them, considering he was 14 years old […]

Backyard bowls

Ordinary citizens

More and more ordinary citizens are building concrete bowls in their backyards. This one in Southern Oregon is 9.4′ deep with a 5.4′ shallow end. I wonder what kind of credit this owner will get on his skate return…

K2 ramp

Waiting for the weekend

Here’s another post about ramps at work. Maybe I need to start a Fringe Benefits category. This is Bobcat at the massive Sleestak corporate headquarters, as shot by long time skater Scott Mosher, the guy behind Morrow / 5150 Snowboards. (Wait, shouldn’t his name be Morrow?) Actually, this ramp is at the K2 facility and […]