Platypus and Cachagua Land

Zarosh Eggleston is busy building his own little skatopia called Cachagua Land on hill top in California. Helping to fund it along the way, hand screened Platipuss skateboards from the multitalented artist himself. I saw this DIY concrete extravaganza in a video before. I can’t recall what it was in though, maybe Strange Notes? Spend […]

Shot of the Week: Paris and Pleasure in New Orleans

Some people don’t have time to bicker about scooters. They’ve got places to go and future sessions to build. Joey O’Mahoney writes in from New Orleans: Near the intersection of Paris and Pleasure. Located on a decommissioned slab of HUMANITY ST. between the freeway(I-610) and the train tracks. between PARIS and ST. more BERNARD. more […]

SOTW 4-20-10:

It’s April and one of our readers who wishes to remain anonymous just broke ground on a backyard bowl. Congratulations! Oh man, you’re going to be blown away. Ask MC about his post pour stoke level. Check out this week’s Shot of the Week, and try to guess where it is.

Don’t shred on me (yet)

More pictures from a backyard pour in the woods of Maine, thanks to Thomas Dupere.

Deep in the woods of Maine

I posted this one on East Coast time, just for our readers from Maine. Thomas Dupere sent in a couple pictures of a basement bowl and the beginnings of some DIY crete in the woods. I think they planning to pour this weekend.

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Brazillian DIY

This is a sort of similar setup to Jocelyn’s concrete driveway miniramp, only this DIY project can be found somewhere in Brazil. – Thanks to Luciano for the tip.

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Reader Ramps: Driveway = fun

Not exactly reader DIY, but still in the same spirit. I’ve got nothing against plywood, but these days it seems like more and more people are opting for concrete. I mean, it seems that way to me, but maybe that’s because I live in Portland. Ok, not fair, it’s definitely part of a larger trend. […]

Homemade concrete floats for transition

Reader D.I.Y.: Home made concrete floats

Joesf Heffner, AKA NWeyesk8, sent in some pictures of concrete floats he made to fit the tranny on a new backyard project he’s undertaking. Check ’em out after the jump.

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Reader DIY: Wood and concrete

Reader Bill Morgan sent in some pics of his DIY project. It started as a quarterpipe painted to look like concrete. It sits in his rather short driveway, but there’s a hell of a lip where the driveway meets street. So what’s a skater to do? How about poring a nice little micro transition to […]