Lincoln City 4 progress

LC4 progress

Oh man, it’s going to be so good. (Updated)

hrusovany nad jevisovkou

Spot Czech

Marek Litinski sent in some pics from his recent trip to his homeland, Czechoslovakia. This spot is located in Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou. They’ve got a web link for the skatepark complete with a history and construction photos. Of course I can’t read it, but it looks like it was built out in the middle of […]

Prefab rules New England

Prefab rules New England

Ryan Hass writes: Here is the answer to prefab in New England.  Back in 2000-2003 these parks were springing up all over the place.  Asphalt footers, huge cracks and terrible seams are par for the course.  Not to mention these objects are usually dropped into place with little or no thought about layout. Suh-weeeet!

Spohn Ranch prefab concrete

More Spohn Ranch prefab concrete info

As a followup to our earlier coverage of the Jacksonville Beach, Florida skatepark, here’s some more info on Spohn Ranch and their prefab concrete option. Aaron Spohn got his professional start building ramps for the X Games in 1992. According to their official correspondence, Spohn Ranch has some sort of ongoing partnership agreement with Pillar […]

Edger

Ain’t talkin bout love!

I been to the edge, and there I stood and looked down. You know I lost a lot of friends there baby, I got no time to mess around. So if you want it got to bleed for it baby. John Aguilar sent in this Jeremy Brown photo of his buddy John Veitch grabbing a […]

MLK jr day at Glenhaven

I have a dream…

High temperature today was 38° in Portland – pretty stiff east wind too. Even though the sun was shining it was miserable enough to prevent people from enjoying outdoor activities. Even with school out for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, at noon, most of Glenhaven Park’s 15.69 acres was deserted, no joggers, no […]

SOTW 1-21-08: Steve Olson

SOTW 1-21-08: Steve Olson by Steve Grover

Some time in 2003 Steve Grover was skating by himself at the West Linn skatepark in the middle of the day. Steve Olson showed up out of the blue and took a few runs. Then he got out an old Polaroid camera and asked Steve Grover if he would snap a few shots. Grover said […]

San Jose skatepark on Concrete Disciples

San Jose In Action

Sure, we had construction pictures of San Jose’s Lake Cunningham skatepark out the wazoo and then some, but nobody cares about that once the park is open. Especially when you have a photo session with Lance Mountain, Steve Cabellero, Salba, and Rick “Ask the Doctor” Blackhart. Head on over to Concrete Disciples for the always […]

Spohn Ranch prefab  concrete

Prefab concrete > prefab metal and wood > nothing

The plot thickens. Jacksonville’s skatepark, although designed by Pillar Designs, will use Spohn Ranch prefab concrete, as seen in the images above. Why would you want to do that? Price is my guess. It’s probably cheaper than hiring a crew of experts to work on site. You make these things in a factory using unskilled […]