Author: Daryl Smith

Yes folks, we are going to get that flatbar…

An anonymous local, long-timeskater, has donated the last £50 we needed, plus another tenner towards grass seeding efforts.

I am going to speak to the blacksmith today!

I will organize the landscaping efforts soon… let’s get this flatbar in first!

-D

oh yeah… I will be calling in all those pledged tenners soon!

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BTW : Fundee Day set for 11 Aug. more info soon.

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Other towns / cities can be officially jealous:Dundee will soon have 2 concrete parks…Finlathen Skatepark(small and inexpensive) Details up SOON!

Whew… quite a rough few days.

The annual Livingston ‘Pure Fun Skate Party’ was not only very wet but fell prey to violent idiots.

Div, Haggis and Dundee local – Steve ‘Pannit,’ and a few others who I don’t know names of, all got beat /bottled over the weekend. Not good at all. Never mind the whole Glasgow airport thing. Livi reports maybe later…but I doubt it. read the full gloom elsewhere.

The good news:

We are at £100!

Thanks to Dek for another fat 20-quid note at Livi. You da man.

See previous posts for the full story.

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Is anyone up for some sweat and labour to make grass grow around the park? I am willing to pay for some grass seed etc. I just need some volunteers to help me prepare the ground and rake it in. The parks management have quite clearly shown to me that they are completely happy in neglecting the ground around the skatepark and I am beginning to suspecting it is an active policy of purposeful abuse. They refuse to grass it, and any grass that DOES grow, is quickly killed off… as if they WANT it to be ugly looking and uninviting to sit around the periphery.

(…now watch Daryl get in trouble at work)

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-D

Go Skateboarding Day was absolutely amazing. It’s probably still happening right now, at 10:30pm. I had to give up with aching legs after a 7 hour shift at the park.

To be honest there were sometimes more bikes than skateboards, but what the population lacked was made up for in sheer muscle and grunt from those that did make it. I managed to take the day off work, and was mightily stoked that I did.

Pictures from Rick and others will be posted up soon. That ‘s an absolute guarantee.

Let it not be said, that for this day, the rat was not gotten ‘oot.’ Happy IGSD!

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The fund raising to get a flat-bar installed in the park is still ongoing.

We have had three more pledges, from Nick, Andy and Sam which takes us to £70.

Nice one guys! The graph is getting interesting.

Get on it, get your Rat Out. (one’s inner ‘skate-rat’ steez)

Come and carve and slashyour little heart out.

Ie: Do some of this:

ok… rock on.

By the way!!

Only another £110 needed!

All we need is another 11 people to give tenner each!

Then we can get the flat-bar installed…

If you want your park improved then speak up and pledge the dosh!

DON’T BE SHY!… (or tight)

The Flat Bar Campaign:

This is only going to cost 150 of your Earth Pounds-Sterling to put in.

That’s £150folks…some of you spend that much by yourselves onpetrol / booze etc. on any given month.

Don’t ask me for improvementsif you guys aren’t prepared to step up and put your cash where yourcomplaints are.

Here’s our lovely UPDATED cash-o-meter:

I’ve started it off by putting £20 of my own hard earned bucks into the effort.. .

Peeps who have pledged that £10 cash-money:

Rick

Graeme (It’s a group effort man,we don’texpect more than £10 off ya, but you’re a gent for offering it!)

so all it will take is another 11 people to pledge a tenner each.

Come on eh? I’ve heard a few muttered private promises, but we need PUBLIC PEDGES.

As soon as we see that green reach the ‘Stoked’ level, I will call the blacksmith and he’ll send his troops up toinstall the new toy within48 hours…

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Ok… this is a sketchy scan:

in case you can’t read this: goto http://www.loveparksweek.org.uk/ and submit some photos of YOUR FAVORITE PARK… and win something.

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above is link article on Skateboard Scotland

or go straight to the meat here

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Ok folks, we need to raise about £150 (a bargin, believe me) to install a grindy bar of some sort…

Below are your two options: round or flat.

This round onecould be done so it sticks out either end like the one above…or visa versa.

About 350mm high, and about 3m long…?

Either way, it’ll be put into the concrete properly (no boltssticking out of dodgy footplatesor anything) and I reckon thatwhere it’s shown in this photoshop-job is about the best place for it,considering the limitedspace in the park.

So… please:

A: Cast a vote for round or flat.

B: Pledge some dosh for the cause.

– think about it: £10 from 15 people makes this happen.

I’ll even start the ball rolling by pledging £20 towards this rail… and I don’t even skate’em anymore!

Here’sa fantastic skateboard-graph to show us how far we’ve gotten with the Fundraising:

I’ll update it as we get more dosh promised!!!

– Daryl

Some footage of Div and Co. — Scotland wide – and a bit at the end of our own dear park…

Nicked the link off the Sidewalk forum… from www.PerryKruger.co.uk

Here’s a couple of photos from the park, thanks to Ryan Miller.

Please keep sending in pictures of people skating at Dudhope if you’ve got them!

Adam – nosepick

Mark – Ollie-tastic

Thanks to: www.retinaphotography.com/

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Want lights for the park? – A petition is here.

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Ok… no pictures in this one either…

Here is the DUNDEECONCRETE OFFICIAL WORD ABOUTA SKATECOMP…

…it’s not planned yet.

The trophy is under construction and we are currently checking suitable dates.

Be patient.

As far asyou should beconcerned, there will only be one REALDundeeskate comp and you willonly hear about it fromus, up here in non-comment text.

P.S. It will also have NOTHING to do with any shops currently in Dundee…

peas

d

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Lewis asked( below):

“Is the open air concert that DAFT and papa’s promo currently organising going to conincide with a possible comp or is that a seprate thing all together?”

Answer:

‘Tis a separate thing

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More pics soon. Promise.

SIGN THAT PETITION!

Ooh Madam… it’s Adam.

yeah,

…so?

You got any better captions?

Kev, rubbing the nub of his prosthetic wheeled appendage along a tempo-rail-y installation.

‘Diana’ Ross.

The guy won awell-deserved board at War of The Thistles in Aberdeen for eventuallylanding a big bs-mellie out of the Big Bowl. He locked it into alocker, went back to skate some more, and discovered it missinglater…

If you have that board… you’re a “bad person.”

Rick was up in Aberdeen at the new park on Saturday galvanting around for Skateboard Scotland 😉 while I was hard at work in Dudhope burning off all the pies I ate during the week in the office. I also managed to take a few snaps. It’s a good thing I don’t pretend to be a proper skate-photographer…

Ok… this is a bail, but it’s a beast of a pocket to ollie into, and I like this angle on it.
Alan did eventually land a bunch of these, but never when I had a camera on him.

Here’s another angle on that ollie line. I did witness him landing them eventually so I can safely put these in.

Sorry… I wanted skate, not hang about taking photies. I can also truthfully say; my one battery is rubbish and ran out mercifully quickly…

Mr Casual – McCafferty on the 50 tip.

BTW… notice some extra slabbing up the slope in the background, 2 more rows of paving slabs (unasked for,) beautifully retaining the dirt at the top with a bonus curb, of sorts. Thanks to the hard working peeps at the Dundee City Council Parks Dept.

Hats off to the lads, please. Honestly. You have no idea. Park users be thankful.

Kohler rocks these ollies.

This is Freddy from the Czech Republic, blessing us with a hat-off layback slide in the keyhole. He’s a nice guy. Freddy lives and works in Kirkcaldy, and showed up with a bunch of other Czech guys (bladers /bikers) one of whom managed to break his shoulder right in front of me… wot a bummer. I hope he got to the hospital ok.

End of the Day. Job well done.

Eat more pies.

PS:If you are a regular skatepark user and would like to be able to use the place after dark; please feel free to write to the council,politelyrequestingsome lights…

Just the thing for this skating the park this summer. (helps avoid bike collision misery)

4-Star General Jack.

Glow -in-the-dark-T-shirt

This bank…

Another old photo, sorry. Unused til now though. Gordon – easy indy.

linkage: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.spacehijackers.org/images/Equipment/skateboard.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.spacehijackers.org/html/equipment/skateboard.html&h=255&w=394&sz=44&tbnid=AfK8IDUNpNsvBM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=120&hl=en&start=414&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dskateboard%26start%3D400%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

Want to now if it’s dry in the ’dee? Check the webcam here:http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/

Ok ok… we ain’t gots new pictures.

I’ll get some soon… just imagine the fun we’re having and it’ll make you want to come to Dundee and skate the place. (I’ve been working on my ollies and I’m STOKED)

Bad weather is starting to happen now, but please realise that the park dries up really quickly when given a chance. Bring a wee brush to scoot the last of the puddles towards a drain.

You cancheck the webcamhere: http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/to see what the score is.

ANSWERS:

Stuart, Yes… this was meant to happen almost as soon as the park was finished. The parks manager has only promised in the last week to get it done!

Peter: Happy Birthday! I’m glad you got some decent trucks finally, those other ones were plain dangerous!

Answers, Sunday 24 Sept. :

Pan-it Steve: hope yer brows are better after busting them open while skating pished…. learnt your lesson yet? We all love you bro. Take it easy on yerself.

Grass for the muddy hills: the parks-guys should be scattering/raking in seed SOON (hope someone from the dept. is reading this and takes the hint)

’The street’ sez: if someone were to grow some TURF in their closet, many people would be happier, for all sorts of reasons.

Here’s some old pics to keep peeps happy:

Jack w a mobbed-out flip over the saxa-ma-phone.

Gordon eases an indy-grab over the main hip in sunnier times.

Jack models his ’suburban turban’ on the wallride.

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29/09/06

FOR GOODNESS SAKE! will someone ELSE (besides me and Rick) please take and submit some photos of radical skateboardingist action at the park?!?!

I work all day, and by the time I get up there it’s full of wee-ignorant-irritants-on-bikes; and hardly any skaters! Plus it’s obvioiuslygetting dark earlier and earlier. Very hard for me to get photos now…

Submissions to: photos AT dundeeconcrete DOT com

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By the way A.T.F.: the G-dog IS actually riding one of your boards…

Jamie AKA Spicoli, as yet under the coping.

Even the graffiti had it’s shirt off in the heat.

Murray BS 180 grab-a-thon out session. Not a very good photo, sorry.

Jack having fun whilst not messing about.

Gordon giving two-fingers to gravity.

Peter’s transfer thing across the ’saxamafone.’

Wedon’t usually put many bike photos up, but I promised Rob that hisbravery on the wallride would not go unrewarded; esp after I caused himto slam by being in the way in the process of taking photos ofJack.

Spicoli lays back into ’Simply Red’ slash.

Some more Scotch Beef.

Kev made this one, but only after about 6 attempts. Low to high. Harder than it looks.

Sam’s been loving these backside ollies recently.

Danger danger, high voltage.

Kev now owns this wall. You’ll have to ask him nicely if you can skate it.

-d

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Relax guys!

A real Fundee day WILL HAPPEN. Once the trophy (The Dundee Lightning Bolt) is made and we sort out a date.

Ifsome one will check with other places to make sure we don’t conflict…then we can start planning and get OFFICIAL COUNCIL PERMISSION for bigsounds etc.

Dinnae ye sweat it.

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Nice to hear from you Bryn! We allenjoyed your company and look forward to seeing you again. You showedreal guts to try some of those lines without amoments hesitation. NZ will be proud of you in days to to come I’m sure.

-d

Old photo, same feeling: Summer is a great.

We need photos, so please send them in if you’ve got ’em.

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Please Take some time to follow the links below, and register some positive comments about the proposed skatepark for Edinburgh! There are a lot of objecting-idiots down there, and the project needs all the help it can get!

How you can support it?

» Edinburgh Skatepark Planning Application

There’s a form on the front page of the Edinburgh Skatepark Project website where you can send an email to give your support to the proposed Edinburgh skatepark:

» Edinburgh Skatepark Project email form

There’s also a form on the Skateboard Scotland website where you can send an email too, you can find that here:

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For other links, also see:

» sidewalk forum topic

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17-07-06

Re: Fundee Bash/Comp.

I have not made the trophy yet, so hang onto your horses.

The Dundee Lightning-Bolt is coming!

We’ll decide on a date soon….

Here’s some photos sent in by Simie recently.

Thanks Simie!

Keep’em coming.

Trees at full pelt.

Jack feeling some roots.

Rick representing a FS rock on the block.

Comps navigating a gnarly concrete-to-coping join with true grit. If you visit you’ll know the bit.

Blair Mc. Feeling summer out with a nosegrind.

Ross; under-aged indy grab.

Jack landed this with a colourful little slide, and possibly coloured his underpants too while doing it. The rolling properties of that thing are; sludgy, rubbish and prone to seizure. I got it on a well known auction-website for about £15

Dr. Zoidberg points the way to the future. Ross demonstrates his anti-gravity theory.

here’s a photo of Traer, and his fake-tan.