Monthly Archives: November 2006

Matt and David at Your Service

Matt and David at Your Service, originally uploaded by foltzwerk.

Scene from the University Avenue Cleanup Day, October 2006.

Just keepin’ the hood clean, you know how we do.
Best part was when the guy yelled at us for cleaning up his trash-infested property. Nice.

Fontana Skatepark

 

Fontana Skatepark, originally uploaded by Sassberto.

Fontana Skatepark is located in a scary neighborhood, but the park is amazing. Huge street, lotsa small bowls and flow section, and this bowl above, which is a masterpiece. Endless flow, endless speed, perfect transitions and perfect surface. Only complaint is the steel coping instead of real pool coping and tile. Watch your gear but check this park out.

Upland Skatepark

Upland Skatepark, originally uploaded by Sassberto.

This thing is big and bad.  12 foot walls with a foot or more of vert, no flatbottom, and a bowl big enough to contain the speed-wobble-inducing speed you’ll gain by the time you hit it.  Not for beginners.  The chick in the picture above was ripping this thing.

Chino Skatepark

Chino Skatepark, originally uploaded by Sassberto.

This small bowl at Chino was steep, tight, and smooth.  Needed to be a little bigger and the trannies a little more round, but a fun ride. Felt like a real pool.

Chino Skatepark 2

Chino Skatepark 2, originally uploaded by Sassberto.

This was a weird clover with 4 foot shallow-end trannies and an 8 foot deep end. The proportions are out-of-wack – you drop 4 feet down the waterfall into the deep end, making it hard to keep a good flow without flying over the thing. Still fun, the mini-ramp champs enjoyed the shallow end.

Chino Skatepark 3

Chino Skatepark 3, originally uploaded by Sassberto.

The big flow section at Chino has 4 to 7-foot transitions, a spine, various rollers and a big sub-box thing.  The BMX guys were kicking some ass in here, which unfortunately meant I barely got to skate it.  Kinda hard to share the road with BMX’ers, as they are fast, silent, and tend to land on your head.

ouchies

I got stung by a bee yesterday.  99 degrees in Poway, third straight week of Santa Ana winds.  Skate mission to Chino, Fontana and Upland skateparks is going down this Saturday, pics to follow.