A classic LA spot gone with the wind...
Image courtesy of Carvegrind-poolskateboarding.com copyright 2012
Awol in LA.
Tag Archives: pool skateboarding
Las Vegas Pool Skating
- Paul, making it look too easy…
Mark Partain / Paul Smith / Randy Colvin / Spitfire Pool / Las Vegas. Footage shot by Manimal and Fishegg.
The Spitfire pool, an insane right hand kidney I only got to ride half of (the shallow half). Got there too late, it was already filled with dirt to just under the tiles in the deep end. I was able to rig a shallow stair session out of scaffolding and somehow made it and that footage is around somewhere. Wish I had got to ride the whole thing, its looks so fun!
Image courtesy of Paul Smith
Dave Duncan
The one and only Dave Duncan ripping a nice frontside grind in the pocket.
Looks like the late 1980′s. Probably in southern California. Just ripping through the corner pocket on a juicy frontside, layed in and lapped over, rail down, beefy ass muthafuckin grind.
Take note kids, this is a proper frontside grind in a backyard pool.
Image courtesy of Dave Duncan
A permission pool in 2007…
A Los Angeles permission gem of a pool, circa 2007.
Image courtesy of Carvegrind-poolskateboarding.com copyright 2012
Tony Trujillo: Bowl skating on a window
- 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
Light, Love & Death
A pool skateboarding documentary spanning over a decade of secret spots and classic video with some of the best in the business. Tough to get your hands on, but worth the effort if you can. Made with love by Cexa of Brazil. Insane flick shot while on the hunt, this video belongs in your pool skating library.
California pools just got full…
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
1 week with Kolohe Andino
Week of the Eves from Kolohe Andino on Vimeo.
1989: Nude Bowl
- Full-on Backside commitment by Che Hernandez,
in one of the best kidney pools in pool skateboarding history,
Nude Bowl 1989. Thank you Wyatt Beserra for the photo.
Image courtesy of FSA-poolskateboarding.com copyright 2012
Pool Skating Research in Seal Beach, California
The bowls of Seal Beach getting shredded.
Image courtesy of Mulen/poolskateboarding.com
