The King Of Skateboarding

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

tuesday photo inspiration

Chelsea Piers - First Day at Pier 62 Skatepark (2010)

Chelsea Piers skatepark at Pier 62 officially opened to the public yesterday. Time Out New York & the Andy Kessler Foundation posted some pics from the ceremony and ESPN posted some flipcam footage. We also shot some photos (slideshow above) and put together this panoramic so you can see the full layout. Prizefighter Facebooked some of the official rules. We spoke to the park police and they confirmed that helmets are mandatory but it's up to the skaters to enforce the rules and if skaters don't enforce the rules than they will appoint someone who will. So grab your helmet, head over to the new park and have some fun!

Monday, May 17, 2010

UP, UP, AND AWAY

The new up ledge and hip obstacle at the Kingshighway spot is sick! Great job and super big thanks to all who made it happen. I was fortunate enough to watch some dudes get gnarly on it the other day, including Drew's friend Dylan who was in from out of town. Talk about a tre bomb, daaaaaamn! He did it THREE times for the sake of Jake's camera, and then did it another time just for little ol' me. Thanks Dylan! What a ripper. -Worful

DOST PISTACH

I heard a rumor some guys are lighting up the spot formerly or currently known as Shitside/Kingshighway/KHVT/Charles Bronson in drag (vigilantly tranny) tonight (05/17/10) in anticipation of a St. Louis Post dispatch reporter coming down to check out the scene and do a story on it. It was also said that a turnout would be appreciated, purportedly to test the "strength in numbers" theory of social and political power.

I'm not sure if awareness raising is really what the spot needs but I guess it really can't hurt so long as the story is positive and supports whatever it is that is going on down there. Although the culture of skateboarding is rarely done justice in the mainstream press hopefully this can drum up support for our spot and the obvious need for a public skatepark in the city of St. Louis. So come show off your death-defying aerial maneuvers like "alleys", "flipkicks" and "gay twist" and don't forget that you young men (and young babes) really should be wearing a helmet.

Speaking of top notch, intelligent reporting, Beach is truly honing his writing talents over at the new Dude Life blog. Watch out Pilot Light, there is a new brain in the building.