Wed 9 Feb 2005
Have you ever been in a situation where you have just so much to say that you get toungue-tied and can’t utter anything but nonsense? That’s almost the state you’re finding Austin Skate Notes in today. I’ve got a bit of a content backlog to post. Kevin has written two articles, and then I’ve got one sketched out that I need to finish off. Then I’ve got two kick-ass interviews to type up. But for now, I’ve only got the time to post these shortees.
Looks like Aaron from San Marcos has been doing some great work organizing folks in the effort of getting a public skatepark down there. He’s got a great website that details their progress. Check it out for info on their "FUNraiser" coming up on the 25th of Feb.
Speaking of public skateparks, I’ve recently been invited to participate in a national non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for public skateparks. Skaters for Public Skateparks is still in its infancy, but the website contains some great information for those seeking to build a public skatepark in their community.
Four seperate groups of out-of-town heavy hitters descended on the Banana Farm Ramp over the weekend. As you can see from these pictures, they were all over the place. Sadly, Chaz Pineda from Houston skated, but our schedules were off and I missed shooting photos of him. An eye-witness account credited him with skating it faster than anyone else ever has. Part of his schtick included stand-up grinds in the over-vert steakhouse. On the plus side, though, I got some pretty decent video footage for the upcoming Austin Skate Notes DVD release.
February 9th, 2005 at 2:17 pm
Saw Chas there the next night…He was hitting every wall, every lip in one run.
I was skating better too, cause I wasn’t drunk but everyone else was.
February 15th, 2005 at 12:26 pm
There’s an empty lot at the corner of Oltorf and Wickersham (east of 35) that has a bunch of old parking blocks among the rubble of a torn down apartment complex. There’s some flatground that needs to be cleaned up and a stack of metal and railing under what seems to be an abandoned trailer. There are two cars there, but they never move and have flat tires, I went out there and waxed up a parking block for when I need a quick fix but I think a lot more could be done with it. Oh yeah, there is a tiny pool there, too, but it has not transition in it.
February 16th, 2005 at 1:11 am
Does the pool have coping blocks? Somebody get a prybar!