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Ten DIY Skateparks
The world we live in today is full of many challenges. We ask a lot of our community leaders, and...
Concrete Ledge Construction
In 2003, our city installed the first prefabricated modular skatepark in San Antonio. At the time, we were not very...
Kingshighway: Building St. Louis Skateboarding
I remember getting the call. It was June of 2009 and my buddy Pat Ritchey called and said, “Come down...
The EZ-7 Ditch
EZ-7 is Houston’s oldest skatespot. The best I can tell from researching the construction of White Oak Bayou, is that...
Pour Man’s Pool Coping
Pool coping blocks are hard to find. Most of our modern pools now use bull nose brick instead of the...
Burnside, Portland, Oregon
When most think about renegade skateparks, Burnside is at the top of the list. It’s an improbable tale that continues...
DIY Quarterpipe (Handstacking)
We get asked questions all the time on building concrete quarterpipes, so here it is. A step by step on...
Steel Coping Ledge Repair
A small skatepark in San Pedro Springs Park, in San Antonio, features a popular curb ledge that was looking pretty...
Marginal Way DIY Skatepark
Marginal Way Skatepark was founded in 2004 as a response to the City of Seattle’s neglect to build more skateparks....
DIY SeaTac Ledge Repair
How To: Ledge Repair When the skatepark in the City of Seatac, Washington, was opened, the designer didn’t plan for...