Skateable ditch poured in Texas

[Ghost of Timmay]

This was posted recently in the Midwest Skaters group on Facebook.


A housing development in El Paso required a large drainage ditch. Skate activists Paul Zimmerman (president of the El Paso Skatepark Association) and another guy who goes by PC (?) managed to get the city and builders on the same page. Instead of a ditch that was accidentally skateable and possibly restricted from skating, the end result is a multi-use facility with tranny added specifically to make it more skateable. Apparently, some funds were diverted from a slab and prefab ramp park, no word on whether or not there are complainers on that front. You can get an explanation of the project here on Skatepark.org and a photo essay on the process hosted on Photobucket. The whole thing was hand stacked.


www.austinskatenotes.org/skatepark/skateable-ditch-poured-in-el-paso

[jimmyk]

Man, that's cool. What a great idea. I'm surprised all the mumbo jumbo of insurance liabilities of someone getting hurt there didn't get in the way. That's a pretty decent wall/channel they built too.

[andrew316]

i thought i was dreaming when i read this. a reality! wow.