Ok, time for another update. Duracrete are back on site working fast as usual, the molehill has been sprayed and they’re working on the other transitions leading out of the bowl around the molehill area.
The wallride / corner section is being prepped, meshed etc. This was an area Daryl was a bit worried about as some of the guys didn’t quite seem to get exactly how it was supposed to work, but Iain seemed to understand how it should be. Looking at the mesh they’ve started to put in place I think they’ve got the right idea, Daryl, it should blend together quite nicely 🙂 Part of the problem was because of the fact the wall was built first whereas it should have been done as part of the bank at the sametime and it would have made life easier for Clachan. It’s looking how it should be though I think.
Overview from the park side.
Profile of the wallride / corner section, I asked Iain to push the mesh in a bit to show it should look when fastened in place properly. It basically flows from the flat bank profile nearest to vertical when it meets the actual corner, very interesting piece of the park I reckon. The mesh will be pulled back into the wall a bit so it will flow in a bit more smoothly than it may look now.
A wider overview of the wallride / corner section, a little bit of lense distortion going on there in this shot so it’s a little bit fisheyed in the centre but you’ll get the idea.
Overview from near the pyramid hip, newly sprayed molehill visible in the centre.
Closer view of the molehill.
West corner overview, molehill and concrete being sprayed.
That’s it for now, the pyramid hip should have been sprayed today too, plus a few of the other unsprayed areas.
Just to reiterate Goosho’s comments in the previous post, please remember that progress has been held up slightly by theweather and it will be late January before the park will be skateable as it takes 28 days to cure and properlyharden. Also noone will be allowed to skate it until allthe groundwork and hills/fencing has been completed as it will still officially be a construction site until that time. So everyone needs to be extra patient, especially those certain people who I won’t mention by name as they’ve been mentioned in the comments often enough. PLEASE DON’T SKATE IT UNTIL IT’S PROPERLY READY!
Also, on the note of the damage to the park, who did it etc, can we leave off the flame war / abuse etc about this, enough has been said about this already. The damage isn’t the end of the world, it will be fixed and won’t affect the park. With that said let’s drop all the comments about that and just focus on the park and how rad it’s going to be.
Okay, I hope that didn’t sound too much like a Jerry Springer signoff there…
Cheers,
~Rick