Yay! Gordon sent in some pictures.
Kohler BS nollie flipperoonie.
Looking south on a lovely winters day.
Kohler – tailblock
Cheers Gordon. Keep’em coming in.
d
As requested here’s the Dudhope Funday video embedded for your viewing pleasure!
This seems to be all the info wot we gots from The List:
“Halloween Jam on em…. Halloween.
Dundee – Secret Location.
Meet at Dudhope skatepark 7pm to be led to the CRYPT OF DEATH.
Best fancy dress wins a set-up.
PREPARE TO BE HORRIFIED!”
here’s some scary vids to get you in the mood:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LbvP7dT3Dx0
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R3If2k_dRQA
rock on dude.
A small nod towards the history of skate spots in around Dundee that eventually led to Dudhope, and hopefully more.
Come along to the art college and have a gander at some old photos from when some of us old-farts were a lot younger, could actually ollie (quite well thanks), and had hair.
BOLT!
I’ve been thinking recently… the jam/comp day didn’t really resolveanything apart from the fact that we all had an amazingtime and that Dundee skatecommunity is alive and well.
‘The Bolt’ trophy is currently on show(see above) and noone has’won’ it in theusual sense this year.
Instead of a formal comp, in which people may or may not be on form, or even able to be there on the day.. why don’t we vote for someone this year?
Kinda like a ‘Man o’ the Year’ (or woman) award forperformance witnessed all year round.
I can’t help but say I would vote for a certain local ‘Injured Gingered,’ but perhaps I should just shut up and let all of you all have the real vote on this.
If you disagree with this concept, please say so.
Or cast your vote below for the man o’ the season. (or woman)
~D
What an amazing day. Almost lost for words.
Please find below some utterly rubbish photos and even more rubbish reporting (newspaper article and my captions).
Dunno whether the mistiness of some of these pics is due to my rubbish camera, the weather, or the sheer joy of the day. Yes thesephotos areawful as ‘skate journalism’ but I don’t care. I was too busy having a good time.
I’m not even going to put words to all of these. I’ll explain a few, but mostly you can make it up for yourself.
Some slightly less than accurate reporting. Never mind, it’s positive.
Some community shots:
Mr Frontside.
Mr Creature – S.G., Good to see you.
Benson = great shadow
BS 360 slide from Adrian
Jamie’s air-to-sit-down (attempt number 8 or so)
Warren’s roll-up, turn-around and sit on board-and-roll-down-backwards trick. A class act.
AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! Adrian wields his stroke-of-genius-board.
Gordon with something big.
Above: Wedo actuallygive a (product)toss. (copyright: D’s clever captions 2008)
Loads of people and action I totally failed to get a photo of. Sorry to anyone who isn’t pictured here.
Esp thanks to Colin Adam who destroyed himself as usual for the sake of a damn good show.
This is a man who definitely earns his professional status, time after time. Sorry, I didn’t get any shots of you… or many other folk for that matter.
Thanks to everyone that came!!!!! Come again. You don’t need an excuse of a fun-day / jam.
Please feel free to email us some photos (which are doubtlessly going to be better than these) and we’ll try and get them uploaded.
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BTW: We never actually managed to have anything resembling a “serious” competition, it was far too nice a day to worry about stuff like that.
There is still ‘product’ and THE TROPHY BOLT to hand over… Stay tuned for details of an upcoming “Serious” (Ha!) “proper comp.”
~d
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BTW:
PERTH JAM – SUNDAY AUG 31
EDIT: WE ARE GOING AHEAD – cross yer fingers for dryness!
Whether you are near or far, young or old, please come flex yourleg muscles round the skatepark this Saturday / Sunday.
There is an event in the larger park area on Saturday from 12 – 4 pm run by the council involving live bands (Dudhope locals ‘The Floor’ are the headline act) and also other sports stuff to make the non-skaterssweaty.
AND AT THE SAME TIME:
Craig and Andy have organized a (SECRET… shhhhh)comp / jam / funday which starts from the moment any skater starts rolling in the park,and lasts until Chuck / Elvis / Chin leaves the building.
Many sponsorsfor keenpeeps young and old.
(Confirmed support from:
Dundeeconcrete.com
Frontside
Shiner (Nhs / Deluxe)
Dwindle (Almost / Enjoi / Blind)
The List
Ozzys
Skateboard Scotland
Scottish Hobo Skateboards
S.O.D.
Party at the Doghouse after the Jam…)
Show up, do what you can, have fun.
And as Local Ginger Jack would (probably) say; “There’s plenty o’ shred-biscuits in The Tuckshop, and tunes comin oot o’The Jazz Club.”
If you don’t understand what this means you either need to do more research in the archives of this site, or just show up and ask a local… or both.
rock on.
~d
PS: To the artists on Friday:gonnafreshen up ‘T.J.C.’ for us will ye?
I may see you there anyway.
FRI EVENING:
WEATHER EDIT 2: The main council event is going ahead, we are going to be optimistic about the weather and go for it.
PS I got a call from ‘Mags’ tonight and he is going to try and make it back, if not for the comp, then for the party afterwards.
Rick is away in Canada and will be (hopefully) posting up some shots of some of the amazing parks over there soon. As I’m sure most people around Dundee know; there is ‘an event’ taking place in the larger park area on the 16th.
As for the Council-run stuff:
From 12-4 pm will be the third year of the event called ‘Park Life.’
Bands will be playing (including the very local team of multi-talented schraplers ‘The Floor’) and there will be lots of other stuff happening like the local heats for a city-wide sprinting competition.
Now…(clears throat) ‘officially’ there is no “organized” competition or whathaveyou in the skatepark (this is for reasons of legality / money / beurecratic evil) but during the day there will be a ‘casual presence’ by those who theoretically represent sponsors [ The List, Frontside, Ozzy’s, Scottish Hobo, Enjoi, Spitfire, Independent, Blind, and doubtlessly many others including ourselves here at dundeeconcrete.com] who may wish to hand out gifts or “prizes” for excellence in demonstrating skateboarding skills. Thanks Andy and Craig for being so proactive. See here for more info and possible discussion. Later that evening the focus will swing from encouraging the under 18’s, to encouraging the older guys (and girls) and the possible anointing of a new ‘King ‘o the Park.’
The skatepark is “open as usual” except for the ‘hopeful but unexpected’ visitation of many more non-local skaters.
If you are a BMXer or Blader we would kindly ask that you refrain from trying to ride that day… the place will probably be too crowded as it is. Please spread the word. (c’mon it’s only one day)
thanks.
Here’s a picture from last year of Kohler, to brighten your day and stoke your fires.
Sorry I cut yer arm off there dude.
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11 August: RIP Isaac Hayes:
even if he was a scientologist…
Can we please stop with all the rain now?
Event on the Saturday 16th of August is slowly warming up, stay tuned for details. Lots of sponsors and stuff going on. Thanks to Andy and Craig for being so active in this.
somebody sent me this:
Seems appropriate for the weather.
Here’s somethingto look at while not actually skating:
http://thedarylsmith.squarespace.com/
and:
Some cool slo-mo skating:
and some Rattray stuff to blowcobwebs from your noodle:
Info newly in:
“SKATE OR DEE” a Dundee skate movie filmed over the course of two years, by Peter Tosh will premier at Feast With The Frontside at the DOGHOUSE Saturday night.
Fandy-List (for it is he) says: “Freestyle comp on the patio and a chance to beat Kev Dalsons monster 4″ 4inch Hippie jump from last time. I’ve got a set of wheels and a box of tea-bags here im putting on that hippie jump challenge. Plus crap DJs playin metal and punk .”
Sounds good!
Send us a wee trailer-clip Pete, so we can put it on the site!
Nice day. Too busy skating to take many shots.
I suppose we could’ve had banners and organized silliness, but relaxing under a tree and lazily sauntering out for a few lines now and again seemed just the order of the day.
The scene about 3pm.
The hero-line was getting doin’ when the camera came out so that’s about all that was shot.
Benjahmin
Johno Johno with metal leg-spreading styles (see hand.)
Blair Blair Flips Child. (ok maybe this one ain’t landed, but many more are.)
Jack with the kung-fu tweaked ollies.
Blair and Jack doing the hero line.
Happy ‘International Go Skateboarding Day’ everyone. See you again next year (or tomorrow if if it’s dry.)
Livi next weekend anyone?
Wot it sez on the tin.
Saturday: anytime til we drop
Show up, Shred, Grin.
It so obvious but people keep forgetting:
Try and bring some juice / water, food !!
Great suggestion below in comments:
If it rains we will have session under the road bridge.
12:00 onwards.
Pete: bring yer ramps. (please)
When the sound system was brought up to the park the other day (that was great!) some Bo Didly was played in the mellowing afternoon and it was so amazingly fitting to the mood of cruising round the curves in thelowering sun.
Here’s one of a long list of obituaries that are on line.
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THE WORD:
The comp / funday thingthat is being planned for August needs some (council-style) legality attached to it, which could be helped greatly by a small music event being run alongside it.
Are there any bands out there (hint to Dudhope locals) that would like to sign up to be the youthful ‘hosts’ of a free music event on the day?
All it would mean is filling out a small form (with help) to apply for grant funding… and “Bob,” as they say, “is your ‘Uncle.’ “
I can help do lots of organizing but it will take a group of under-18’s to officially ask for the cash.
sign up, sign up!
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nae pictures… sorry
The park got a bit of paint-job on Sunday with some emulsion that managed to last through the rain while drying. Thanks to The Coach and Scottish Hobo Skateboards for that initiative.
While Coach and Rick (a different Rick… a Hobo rider from near Glesgae, fine chap) tackled the Hobo Dog design elswhere, I took the opportunity to formalize the name which had been given by the locals to a certain section of the park:
The as-yet-still-King-O’-the-Park Adam ‘Mags’ Maguire dropped by for a week to shuffle some rhythm with the band, and pick up a new Hobo zoom-stick.
Irish-Jamie, was not sure about all that jazz and drops drops the beat to escape the nightmarish Saxmafone /keyboard section.
An accomplished local skate-musician, Nick shows us his chops.
The D-man just blasted through the hype and bad musical-themed captioning and ‘pulled one off’ (as they say… actually he does it a lot, the nutter that he is.) right onto the flat.
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Also in the news: Colin Adam from Heathen Skateboards showed up on Saturday and showed people some of his own jazz-riffs on the park that were utterly mindblowing.
I failed to be there for that and thus have no pictures to post up. Nice one.
~ Daryl
What a brilliant sunny day. The Sea-mist came rolling in during the evening, but even then it was warm and somehow sunny.
I had other things to do so didn’t get there til about 6, but it was great. Good weather predicted all week. Lovin’ it.
Murray and Pete discuss.
Jamie was totally on it today, as fast as mince. Tail-slide on the tit.
Jaimie hoiking it off ‘the windscreen.’
Pete: Hat’s off to the photographer! Cheers bud.
I tried like… 5 times to get this, but Jack REFUSED to stay within my framing.
Jolly ollie-sticks, ginger-style.
more soon.
Get yer autographs off’em while you can.
DINNAE FORGET THIS!
LATEST News Headline: FS ollies down Wallos Jris ‘the new black’ for old guys.
Danny Way etc will doutlessly berehearsing theirMega-Ramp sequined-leotard dance movesfor this NEW PARK IN WHITFIELD.
Yep… what a beauty.
I especially like the TARMAC. Bless’em.
Super-small-budget though and they just couldn’t afford a concrete slab, plus theyadmit thearea mostly full of BMXers, not skaters. (Sorry Kieren&co, you are from the area but just aren’t important to the the youth workers. You act like a real people, notnasty littleanimals, so they don’t need toworry about distracting you with a ‘facility.’ Does that not speak volumes about the cool people that skate at Dudhope??)
Still…. if this helps keeptheBMX-bandits-who-tuck-their-tracky-bottoms-into-their-socks, fromcoming to Dudhope, then I’m stoked.
Thanks to Dundee City Council for the picture.
EDIT: 23 Feb.
To be fair: this ground is under consideration for redevelopment, and the idea of ramps that CAN be dug up and moved in the future is probably a good idea to save the council money.
It was apparently a teeny-tiny budget and is only meant for the local kids wot don’t wanna pay to get into Super Mario’s World of Leather which is ten less than a ten minute cycle from here…
d
I shoulda checked my email sooner because folk had been submitting photos for us last month.
Kohler sent us a few, these are the best of them:
Kohler himselfat Super Mario’s World of Leather – mad flips… no doubt.
It’s good to see Blair promoting basic literacy in a web-based world. FS bluntslide(?) at the famous Wellgate Banks… mad busts, no doubt.
Kohler didn’t say who these were taken by.
So this is only a guess but thanks to:Ryan Millerat www.retinaphotography.com/ I think.
Traer sent us this one:
‘Diana’ Ross … mad flip, no doubt.
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Blair sent in this to put up. 
Damn Mags… they ain’t putting much value on ya.
You sure they’s yer pals???
Isle of Mann, no doubt.
-d
There’s a new indoor place in Edinburgh, called “Transgression Park.”
Mmmmm… Smell that commodification of youthful rebellion. Bless.
Yep: Old news by now, but a few people have mentioned it and I though I’d nick a couple of pics off’Tinterweb for your pleasure.
These & more photos + buckets of information HERE.
+ some photos of The Divster testing it out.
Nice view:
This one’s off the Skateboard Scotland forum. Thanks to ‘TSFSIS’
Have one’s Mummy, Pa-pa, butler or footman drive one down to said venue and partake in the roller-rink shrediculousness.
Yah.
(Ok… I don’t know where that came from. Just run with it.)
Good weather this weekend, hope you got some concrete in somewhere.
d
Howdy Y’all.
While trawling through the vast plains of the ‘Tinerweb, I came across this little gem of a photo.
Some killer little ditch-turned-skatepark in some unknown Mid-west American town.
I’d be utterly stoked to have that nearby.
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This weather is rubbish…
Even when it’s sunny, it’s too cold for the genuine wetness to leave the park.
Anyone got a giant hair-drier? Or a heated leafblower?
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D
Although I’m not missing the cold dreich weather, I AM missing a decent cup of coffee and a bacon roll.
Here’s a snap of apublic skatepark in town:
Count yer lucky stars eh?
Yes, there is anotherpark which isprivate and indoors on the other side of town, however this was paid for by the local council.
Happy New Year y’all. catch you all soon.
I’ll try and bring some of the dry weather back with me. (and some tacos)
d
Thanks Murray!
(for sending in a photo)
That (SOMEONE)took
Here’s ‘not-so-sketchy’ Pete with a trademark early grab, overthe main hip.
Nice shot. (whoever) Certainly not reflective ofrecent weather.
Keep the photos coming in eh?
… but at least tell us WHO TOOK THE PHOTO WHEN YOU SEND IT!
Ta.
Don’t forget abouta chance to spread Santa’s Jam at T’Factory on the 17th…
See previous post for slander and rumour.
D.