Tue 22 Mar 2005
I spent this past weekend out near Fredricksburg participating in an annual Jeep Jamboree held on a remote ranch. While I was out scrambling over enchanted rocks in full-on 4 X 4 mode, other Texas skaters were down in Ingleside celebrating the grand opening of a new public skatepark. There has been a lot of anticipation surrounding this park as it looks to be the best public skatepark in Texas for the time being. Screaming Lord Salba was hired to demo at the event while the following retired Texas pros skated for free– Ken Fillion, Troy Chason, and Todd Prince. Comer, Jason Esperseth, the Alternator, Rainey, Chaz Pineda, and a bunch of other folks also sessioned in full force. I’m definitely heading down there for a weekend ASAP. Maybe this weekend… I’ve actually got a pretty nice little Saturday, we’re going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don’t know, I don’t know if we’ll have enough time.
Here are Carter’s photos from the Ingleside grand opening celebration. Wish I could have gone.
While on the topic of beachside skate terrain, that behemoth skatepark in the Cayman Islands appears to be completed. This gargantuan piece of concrete is on an island way far away, just like Orcas. Damn. (note, the picture to the left is not the skatepark in the Cayman Islands — it’s Orcas. Click the link above to see a jaw-dropping photo of the biggest f-ing skatepark in the world.)
I’m not even sure this is newsworthy, but a fellow stopped by my house this morning and picked up a massive industrial pump I’ve had for a while. It can move 38,000 gallons per hour. The man said he’s got a large body of water he’s looking to move. If anything comes of this, there’ll be photos on this website documenting the results.