DIY skate spots

D.I.Y. Skateboarding

Ryan Carpenter. Front smith in the Bird Bath.

The (almost) Complete Guide to Nor Cal’s DIY Spots (part 1)

“I could say I remember it like it was yesterday but that would be a lie – in fact it seems like a lifetime ago. No smartphones, no email, weed was illegal no matter what your doctor cared to write, and the strippers had zits on their asses in Portland. Looking back it seems like 1995 was a completely different world than what exists today. I mean shit was real seedy back then and modern day terms like gentrify just weren’t in the average American’s vernacular. But even without the aid of booking flights and hotels online and the fantasy of transporting legal weed we somehow still made it to Burnside that summer because we fucking had to. “Build it and they will come” may be a corny ass line from a Kevin Costner movie but in the case of the granddaddy of DIY, it’s pretty much the way it was…” – Bruce Rodela

David Cabaret. Astusss mastermind. Backside disaster. Photo: Matthieu Gasc

Rabastock Fest 2016 • July 22-23rd

Based on free entrance, cheap beer, good music bands and huge skateboard sessions, this story had started from nothing. No money to make the stage, no wood to build the skatepark, the bands were plugged on an old tractor power take-off and the park was built out of pallets and plywood found here and there, sometimes during the night when everybody was asleep! These are just a few examples of what DIY means!

Pedrito. Backside air at LLSP. Torrelavega, Cantabria.

Ripadaguarra tour – northern Spain

Ripadaguarra exists to create culture. I think here there is room for everyone, and I’m not just talking about skateboarding.

Tibo - ollie over the construction gap

Beaulieu DIY – France – Jam session #2

The Beaulieu DIY is an abandonned skatepark built in in 1998 by a group of young dudes from Beaulieu and town council workers in part of an old quarry given to them by the mayor. Over the years, the park has grown thanks to many skaters and lately the Hang-Up crew has been building there and scored a deal with local authorities to be caretakers of the spot.

BASQUE CARAVAN TOUR 2015 / FULL EDIT

Basque Caravan Tour 2015 was a skate road trip from Bordeaux in France, to Gijón in Spain, crossing the Basque Country with a van, meeting locals skaters and sharing sessions along the coast.