Cachagua Land is a must ride! Unbelievable vibe, killer area and the best hosts around. Sweet thing is you don’t need to know anyone to get in, all’s you do is make a reservation and your guaranteed to sesh. Not sure if it is, but I believe Cachagua Land to be the only Airbnb DIY destination in the world?…
Sadly, Henry “Swampy” Moore’s DIY bowl ‘SWAMPTON’ is no more. So, we’ve complied a little send off edit with the best shredding by Swampy himself – accompanied by Joxa, Jim Spencer and Jacob Tyson.
Not too far inland from the sunny beaches of Venice sat an off the grid renegade skatepark….
Issue #8 features interviews with:
Frank Shaw, Sox (Wales), Zombie Stu, Mike Neider from B’last , Lovenskate in Bilbao (Basque), Ramp Jam 4, Belgium, Scene Report – Cadiz, Spain plus DIY skate spot check outs DIY Skate spot check outs: Bluestone (Australia), Port Land (Switzerland), PFK Skate support center (Japan), Bangkok Bowl (Thailand).
FDR Skatepark began its life in 1996 with a few small obstacles built by the City of Philadelphia in an attempt to meet the needs of a growing community. In true D-I-Y fashion, local skaters soon gathered their resources and began the ongoing construction of a space of their own design. Today, FDR is recognized throughout the world as a landmark in the skateboarding community. It has been host to heroes, villains, triumph, and tragedy…
In September of 2010 Richmond DIY’ers lead with the concrete skills of Bernie Mcgrew took it into their own hands to finally build for the skaters of Richmond, VA a city with no skatepark. Starting with an 8 foot (2.4 meter) deep kidney swimmer bowl, the Lost Bowl now boasts a lot of other tranny around the decks of the bowl. The Lost Bowl continues to expand with the help of tons of skaters from RVA and there is no stop foreseen in the near future.
“The sun rose silently behind the Sunset district of San Francisco.The fog was so thick you could grind it, the travelers were ill prepared for the inevitable onslaught. The ocean rose swallowing everything in her path. Israel Forbes was the first to spot the wall of water through the soupy fog. They struggled up the dunes narrowly escaping their ill timed fate. Zarosh Eggleston forged a quick and true path to the safety of “Neb’s Sanctuary”. There in the concrete safety of dunes they waited out the ebbing destruction. And the sun set once more.” – Mike Crabtree
PARISITE DIY is the skate park of New Orleans. It is located on and
named after Paris Avenue. Formed in 2012 after the demolition of, “The
Peach Orchard.”
Marginal Way started as a one ghetto little quarter pipe against the wall under Highway 99. It was one of the only covered spots to skate in Seattle. Bums and garbage was pretty much all there was before the creation of Marginal Way, as the people came together the freeway under pass diy spot started to grow.
Through early to mid October 2010 I was a traveling gardener in the big ol’ USA. During my time in St. Louis, I stumbled on this beauty.
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