Tag Archives: 2012

Unofficial Skatepark Tour

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Fun little spot on a hot summer day in sunny southern California.
The last spot after riding 4 or 5 skate parks and one other backyard pool.

This photo was from The Unofficial Sk8park Tour we did back in the summer of 2009 here in the greater Los Angeles and Orange County areas. We had a blast checking out all the new skateboard parks at the time and generally getting baked in the hot summer sun all for the sake of fun. We came across a couple backyard pools, a steep rectangle at a vacant house and a right hand kidney at someone’s home that had carve-able shallow stairs. In the end we hit more than 25 parks over a series of weeks, often riding 3-5 a day. It was a challenge to document even with 3 or 4 photographers because it was more about having fun and skating as opposed to shooting pictures.

Plans for the Unofficial Sk8park Tour 2012 are being kicked around since there are new skate parks to be ridden.  More than a few.  Looking forward to another skateboarding adventure!  Stay tuned.

Images courtesy of Aaron Melendrez Photography and Jeremy Wray

Tony Trujillo: Bowl skating on a window

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Tony Trujillo skateboarding in a bowl, on a window.

I was sitting in my car in the drive thru of Carl’s Jr when I noticed this on the window of the old Tower Records building in Brea, California. 2006

Image courtesy of Carvegrind-poolskateboarding.com copyright 2012

California pools just got full…

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Rain is somewhat here giving this dirty skate state the good ole wash down it rightfully needs.  That means all the empty pools up and down the state just got rinsed at least mildly.  Just enough to break out the buckets and put in some work.  The pools need it, get all that dirt off the surface and sticky again.  No slip grip is what you want and now you got it.  Nothing like a clean plaster surface for skateboarding.  Plaster and urethane go well together as creative partners and even better once you eliminate debris from the equation.  Enjoy the day and get ready to put in some work.  The quicker the better.  Don’t get lazy, evaporation is slow in winter and water discolors relatively quickly if anything is in it like leaves or trash.

Another storm should be here in the next couple days so however much water is in each pool will likely double as the next storm should be similar.  Have fun out there and water the fruit trees next to the pool so at least you will have fruit.  That’s about it, help the fruit to ripen and you’ll get to eat.

To happy grinds, wet skate shoes and soggy socks!

-tb

Pool Skate Surfing Research in Oceanside, California

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Pool Surfing Research in Oceanside, California on January 5, 2012

The swell was supposed to come up today before really kicking in for the weekend.  It kinda looked normal, nothing too crazy.  Size picked up towards dusk, but not that much.  The general public does not have a clue, they only get spoon fed infotainment from the mainstream propaganda outlets…in fact, the surf has been pumping for the last month or so, there just hasn’t been any news coverage.  When I get up in a few hours our beloved coastline should be getting battered by some double and triple over head pounding surf.  I wonder if its gonna be ride-able?  I’m excited to see.  I’ll take some pics, shoot some video and see how things stack up.  A secret spot deep in the cuts of Long Beach may break, we’ll have to check first thing in the a.m., cross your fingers!!!

Check back for some proof.

If its too gnarly and walled out or just maxed out crazy, I’ll just go skateboarding.  It would be nice to find a little nook with some ride-able waves!!!  Conditions becoming too gnarly is something skateboarding does not deal with too often.  Imagine the bowl getting too gnarly to ride and having to chill until it mellows out.  Its tough to imagine skating in those terms.

Image courtesy of Carvegrind-poolskateboarding.com copyright 2012

Happy New Year 2012!

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To more of everything rad and less of anything sad!  Poolskateboarding.com wishes everybody around the world a happy new year!  To more pools, waves, sunny days and beautiful women.  To a prosperous 2012 regardless of what the Mayans say…

Or to adventure and good times…whatever your motto is.

Whatever you do today is supposed to mirror the year, well I don’t necessarily buy that but its good motivation to do something awesome with your time on this special day.  I’m hoping to surf when I get up then skate somewhere concrete.  Not exactly sure where, somewhere in OC or LA or both.  Surf in Orange County and skate in Los Angeles…it could happen.  I will snap a couple pics and put them here later today as an ode to 2012 and the rest of the year…have a great day!

tb

Apartment Barge: Pool Skating Video

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Another pool skating video adventure with the crew on a windy day in sunny southern California. We always wanted to ride this pool and today we got our chance. With mother nature in full force the stage was set and the adventure commenced unhindered…and this was a test shoot for the new camera at the time, pretty much on the fly. Not bad for a first run, eh? Enjoy the rest of the hot summer and get some grinds in a sick backyard pit, where ever you may find yourself.

This is a low res version of a HD video.

TB