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I miss the old days sometimes...

Street Canoe Films - Malibu & Channel St. from Street Canoe on Vimeo.

Then...

OAKLAND / Trying to save their skate park / Caltrans plans to tear down illegal site

August 03, 2005|By Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writer

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  A group of skateboarders and their supporters have, over the past year, built a skate park under an elevated section of Interstate 580. Chronicle photo by Chris Stewart
  Credit: Chris Stewart

D'ontae Smith took a break from riding the double halfpipes Tuesday to say that Bordertown Skate Park was about the coolest thing to do in Oakland.

"It's really the only place to skate in Oakland," said D'ontae, 15, who skated at the West Oakland park Tuesday. "We built it. We love it. It's the best."

But it also happens to be illegal. The volunteers who cleared trash, dug holes, built the metal frame and poured concrete to build the elaborate Bordertown Skate Park last summer on formerly trash-covered no-man's land underneath Interstate 580 never got permission from the property's owners -- the California Department of Transportation.

Now, Caltrans officials -- who discovered the park under the MacArthur Maze only last week -- have warned the skateboarders that they plan to demolish it next Wednesday because that land is needed for storage during the construction of a new freeway on-ramp at MacArthur Boulevard near San Pablo Avenue.

"We need this space for the ramp project," said Caltrans spokesman Jack Gaines, who visited the skate park for the first time Monday. "We were planning to put the pile drivers right here. It could really be a hazard. It's way too close to the construction project."

Gaines said workers had first noticed the park when they went under the freeway to count the number of homeless encampments that would have to be cleared before the construction began.

But they were surprised to learn that a group of neighborhood volunteers, skateboard enthusiasts and local teenagers had forced the homeless to move a few hundred yards and built one of Northern California's most elaborate skate parks near 3400 Louise St. Bordertown takes up less than an acre on the lot, which is several hundred acres.

"This place was a dumping ground," said Brian Mitchell, 27, a park co- founder who lives a block away. "It was covered with trash. There were homeless people and crackheads everywhere. And it seemed like every night some construction guy would dump a load of stuff at the dead-end because it's cheaper than going to the dump."

Mitchell, who does not skate, said he just wanted to clean up the area and "do something good for West Oakland." But his neighbor, skateboarder Josh Matlock, 30, wanted to build a renegade skate park similar to one that was torn down in San Francisco last year. So on June 10 of last year, they began cleaning up the area and laying the foundation for the park, which has grown to include several 8-foot-tall smooth concrete halfpipes.

Now...

Bordertown Demolished
From Thrasher Mag

Unfortunately, Bordertown met its fate yesterday.


Posted: November 29, 2011














Photos: Ken Nagahara

Fuckin Lame!The crack heads will be back in there in a week.That's way better than the kids havin fun and learnin new skills...

Pool Juice!

2011 Boston Skate Crawl

Pool paint attack

Sweepee's back!!!

This dude so reminds me of a dude I used to skate with...If you know, you know, WORD!

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Pedro's Bowl Blowout

Peters!

This just looks fun!

6 year old skater Asher Bradshaw @ Venice Beach

Daniel Cardone Rippin

A Day In the Life-Max Schaaf

By Fourstar

Sk8 Comp Sat.

Hollyweird...

Pool partys rule...
Check out more pics like this from the Love And Guts Exhibit & Ridiculous Pool Session @ Transworld Skateboarding here...
And by the way,here is the vid...

Emerica-Cranberries and Coronas tour

 From Oct 3rd through Oct 12th, a crew from Emerica went on a little road trip in the North Eastern USA. This is just a fraction of that trip

TV party tonight...
I took the whole day,as you can see by the amount of posts,to relax after all the riding and crazy shit the last few weeks.When the ol' lady get's home we'll be doin the same over some dinner.Tomorrow is gonna be a totally different story...Lots of shit to get done!

Japanese protest plans for downtown Nike park

 By YURI KAGEYAMA (AP)

TOKYO — About 200 protesters banged drums and waved "No Nike" signs while marching Sunday in downtown Tokyo to oppose plans for a Nike-sponsored skateboarding park where construction has displaced dozens of homeless squatters.The face off between protesters on one side and the U.S. sneaker maker and the city on the other has underscored a relatively new debate in Japan about how to handle decisions on public space.Under a 10-year deal signed August 2009, Nike Inc. is planning to build a skateboarding facility sporting its "swoosh" logo in a grassy area and is paying 17 million yen ($200,000) a year for "naming rights." The park, now called Miyashita Park, will continue to be owned and operated by the city government, but will be renamed Miyashita NIKE Park, serving as an ad for the world's biggest athletic shoe and clothing company.More...

Hey Nike,Fuck You!Your ruining Skateboarding and better stay out of motorcycling you fuckers...

 C.D. covers C.C.C.2
 
CONVERSE COASTAL CARNAGE 2 / 2010 / THE FUTURE IS HERE NOW


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