Howdy.
Big shout out to the Australian Skaters I met: Shane, Andrew, Ben. Thanks guys!
Breaking out one of the patches needed to lessen the risks of face-planting.
Patched with a mellower curve. It was a more angular join before. Lets hope nobody rolls over before it hardens…
Circled:Another patch to fix some damage. The other footprints have been buffedaway, hopefully not leaving a noticably wobbly surface when ridden on.
Again, circled for ultra-clarity of meaning…
Not to fix damage as such, but to smooth out the blends.They weredangerous pocket-like areas. Just right to throw you into a speedy heap.
BTW: There are many bike tracks over this area already, so I am nervous about damage to the patches before they set hard.
Hopefully withoutintruders-rolling-over-them-at-night-because-they-shouldn’t-be-there-yet;they will not be noticable problem areas anymore.
Obviously not filled in yet; when I took these photos. But probably shortly afterwards.
Fun ONCE FINISHED.
The wall will also need severe buffing and filling due to the mucky shuttering joins.
Tarmac at both entrances has been layed, a tad roughly. Pity wecouldn’t afford it as ’crete.
Am also kicking myselfabout the bench/ledge on right side. The affordable meterage shouldhave been pulled backalongside the park, beside the slope of the platform. I think it wasrushed through as ’seating’ / ’entrance definition.’ I missed thatone… sorry. A few more meters of it would have been ideal.Maybe we can fundraise, to pay for someone to lay a bit moresometime…?
I think I will christen that gap between the top of the upperplatform and the rather sketchy edge of the block; ’The FundingGap.’
Oh, so wet. Notice that patched area again.
Stay tuned
PS: There are still forged comments coming in claiming to be from “Daryl.”
’It ain’t me, babe.’ As the the song goes… I am only writing stuff up here. ok?
Rumour Control is in The House.
>Re commments: Bikes vs Boards… no point in scrapping about it.
ANYONE behind the fence atnight is guilty. There a lots of tracks of ALL sorts: bike, rollerboot,and skateboard, all in evidence. Lots of scuffled anonymousshoeprints in moist concrete too.
When I was younger, I was as punk as the next guy when it came to skatingplaces that were technically or fully illegal. But I can’t see thevalue of breaking in to skate a unfinished SKATEPARK. An action thatcontains no cool /punk credit at all… and endangers the finish of the park for ever afterwards…
It will MOSTLY be little neddy kids with no sense. Heck, theirparents probably pull the fences down for them… but for thosethat AREN’T neddy little idiots: STAY OUT. NO EXCUSES AT ALL.
Thank you for your patience!
***MacDaniels, Whitehall Crescent: This Sunday night. For a Fundee Soundsystem Test-Explosion***