Making the film… has left us with a real appreciation for the power of DIY skate culture and what people can build together. Claiming unused spaces, re-imagining them, and making them our own is a downright political act too..
I put a few months into stacking the walls out of rocks and saving up money to hire the work for the shotcrete. That’s when the NW Arkansas guys started working on The Junction D.I.Y. It really showed us younger guys how possible it is to build things to skate with just the homies. After helping them more and more, I started wanting to build a park in the backyard piece by piece and do the concrete work with my friends instead.
Once I started skating in 1984 and started figuring out how things worked with graphics and skaters doing artwork it was like an explosion in my mind. You could do whatever you wanted.
Just a short ride from the District of Columbia is the legendary ditch of Riverdale. Located in Maryland, known for blue crabs and Old Bay seasoning, this DIY ditch project has been around since the 80’s.
I was stoked to get the call to head back for another Weekend at Timmy’s located up at Airlie Beach in North Queensland, Australia. While the majority of Australia is mostly cold and freezing this time of year, it’s plenty warm enough up here…
Three years ago, this was just an idea, today, hidden somewhere in the South of France, the DIY keeps growing, one bag of concrete at a time.
Founded in 2008, we’re the new generation carrying the club forward. We’re a crew of skaters from Chur, who ride, build, organize, and create opportunities for skateboarding in our hometown. Everything we do is volunteer-driven and rooted in the local scene that shaped us.
Bashing barriers and trashing cars in Ballina, NSW Australia Words, photos and video edit by … Keep reading
