by Howly Wolf » Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:19 pm
Love his description of Burnside in the day. I remember how big a deal it was back in that era, even to us kids on the east coast, and how mind blowing the whole DIY skatepark concept was. There wasn't much to skate in my zone way back when, but we used to cobble together all sorts of makeshift features out of crap we'd find lying around and skate them until the city cleaned house. Eventually, they built an ok park, but for the most part I have fonder memories under bridges, in alleys, industrial ports.
Drove past CCS a few weeks ago and saw some crazy haphazard ramps in a lot nearby-- just about brought a tear to my eye. They looked so fun and dangerous. That's the core of skating imo-- subverting the wasteland itself to make something beautiful and remarkable and thrilling. Burnside is the realization of that ethos in its fullest.
howl can be?