16 Jul 2010

Build It And They Will Shred!




Portland has Burnside, Philadelphia has FDR, Sweden had Steppenside and now England has Laupside.

In the traditional manner of these DIY parks, skaters decided to start building stuff without any permission from anyone but have since struck compromise agreements with the powers that be, letting it happen as long as everyone is cool. With Laupside this is even more amazing as the spot's nearest neighbor is the local, and very large, Police Headquarters.

I'd been meaning to get up to this spot for a while but illnesses and all sorts of stuff had been getting in the way. Last night Jamie came over and we jumped in the car and headed for Laupside. It's an amalgamation of versions of standard skatepark stuff but built as either smaller, tighter, weirder versions of the originals. It's been a truly sporadic project, with new bits being built as and when, meaning that you need to have a good look and think to figure out what to do. Each element has character that's for sure and it all ads up to a spot that demands a lot and getting anything on these creations is an achievement. Oh, and it likes to hurt you too. I am currently suffering the effects of one of the worst Shinners I've had for years.

Of course Jamie loves it (check out his ollie on the bank last night), and I can see why, you'll never get to skate a spot as fun as this until someone builds another one. Maybe you?

So this weekend you had better get yourself down to Laupside and join in what is going to be an epic Skate Jam/Comp at a completely unique spot.

Seriously this will be the stuff of legend soon, make sure you can say you were there.

Details below. See you there.

[LIALC]

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