Zany Spot Names

[Bipsmound]

Here's a shitty thread for you.
List some of yer spots and why they're called what they are.

Melvin's Ledge - A dude named Melvin skated there
Stink Bump - Air quality was odorous
Ghost Curb - ? Mysterious.

[qwertypoiuy]

new spot- known by this name over a year after it was built, that was the only name people knew it as

[fuckingvegan]

In the town I grew up in we had a couple.

Indy curb, not named for the trucks but for the Evening Independent newspaper which was a across the street, funny thing some kids in the next town over named their new curb spot the Thunder curb because they thought ours was named after Indy trucks.

Rebel Base, we found this fun bank spot that we didn't want the next town kids knowing about and being Star Wars fans we referred to it as rebel base.

[brent]

the mirror building- a building with shiny windows

the cow bowl- just a regular ol ditch

the double dyker 5- a 5 stair with long run way and another five stair at the end, a lesbian lady will kick you out pretty fast

[LloydChristmas]

granny banks - steep brick banks overlooked by appartment buildings (brian anderson skates them in his SOTY part intro).  old ladies will yell at you from their windows from time to time.

[Gest]

THE BUMP - its a bump
and i just went outside and dubbed my plastic parking curb the edward norton curb because i just watched 25th hour and wanted to have something for this thread

youre welcome

[Alan]

Noseslide down 14 - a really low ledge down 14 stairs that was sessioned in the early 90's where people only did noseslides and nothing else.

[Star Whores Episode I: The Fellatio Menace]

the willy wonka chocolate gap-nine stair and a curb thats next to a chocolate factory

kuna(r.i.p.)-which was this old worn down building where we used to put ledges, it was named after hakuna matata from lion king for some reason.

bulls nutz- this plaza on campus with a statue of a bull with extra detail put into the carving of the testicles

the mushroom pita- this wall gap that goes from a Mellow Mushroom into the parking lot of a Pita Pit

[Blue Fescue]

transworld captioned a picture of a spot in my town "The Ghetto Bump"  even though it was in a pretty normal area

[Rusty Champignon]

two up five down - speaks for itself
the cheese - yellowish blocks, look like theyre made of cheese
green bars - it has green bars
slaughterhouse step - grindy step against a pub called the Slaughterhouse
silt banks - I have no idea why its called that
the police bank - right outside a police station but you never got kicked off, its gone now   R.I.P.

[jrock]

pancakes - a bunch of circular stairs stacked on top of each other making gaps in between

welfare - marble ledges at the city welfare building

pink panther - an abandoned 70's concrete skatepark hidden in the woods behind Pink Panther trailer park

[Sony MDR V2 headphones]

The Trap - a little drainage ditch with a realy sketchy qp shaped thing you gotta slappy onto. and a little snake run type thing.

THE ditch - a place you can only skate in the winter cause they re-route all the drains through this ditch during the summer. it's only 3 miles a way and it's been well over a year since i've skated it. it's got banks and a wallride.

Sunshine - a natural hip at sunshine enterprises

sheriff's banks - abadoned sheriff's station with banks that are mad steep

 

[mikefork]

woburn wave/the wave- this "natural" quarterpipe spot that was left over from a collapsed bridge
wild oats- a ledge outside of a now abandoned wild oats/whole foods. you could skate there from an hour till closing time until whenever
johnnies- a flatground spot behind a supermarket
saint pats- a bank/bump to rail outside of a church
hush hush- a drop to steep bank

[Peter]

the burned down - a fishplant that burned down ten years ago
frog hole - this old pool at an abandoned motel where you'll encounter four or five frogs every time you empty it

[Prison Wallet]

Captin D's... Arguably one of the best bank/kicker/wallride spots in the PHX metro, and undiscovered. Sessioned heavily in the 80's, went unskated in the early 90s and never really rediscovered. It's tucked away nicely in a neighborhood and bust free. Named for a restuarant in the vicinity.

[BriDen]

The drop - a two foot tall drop, one of at least fifteen within a few miles, but somehow everyone knows which one it is.
Kolmar - 7 stair at Kolmar school, formerly known as "The 7"
Mini Carlsbad - This gap has absolutely no relation to Carlsbad in any way.
Blockbuster Ledge - Upledge that's been in a bunch of videos. It's over 3 miles away from the nearest Blockbuster.
Candy banks - dirty, sketchy banks behind some train tracks.
Art bank - Steep bank/ledge with a big sculpture on top.
Stairwell Gap - A gap off a platform over stairs, the opposite way. Jereme Rogers is talking in front of it in his Yeah Right intro.

[skaterdavid]

turkey bowl- a cool ditch that used to have a ledge until some bikers fucked it up
park one- a slab with a gap and some manny pads
best hip- just a hip
Austin High Ditch- a cool drainage ditch with some transitions seen in alot of videos
Davis gap- a launch gap
Lizard Ditch- a ditch

[Raw!!!]

"Poo 9" is the only one I can think of right now.

[grimcity]

pink panther - an abandoned 70's concrete skatepark hidden in the woods behind Pink Panther trailer park

Most fun place ever.

On the Baton Rouge side:
Cat Banks: Some bumps at the bottom of some pillars that were next to a shopping/wanna be cultural area called Catfish Town. That was back when I was a kid, and the Cat Banks were old even then.

Galvez: A specific part of the Centroplex with a three up to quick six down, a short and tall ledge, and an area surrounded by three stairs. This area is the courtyard to one of downtown's public libraries, but it's weird because the real Galvez (the area's distinctive name) as about four or five blocks away towards the capitol.

The Wall: In downtown BR, at Premiere Bank on Florida... there are two rectangular structures made of bricks that have tight transitions coming up from the ground, which is also brick. There's one of these on either side of the building. You'd think it would all be referred to as "The Walls," but it used singularly because there's traditionally only been one part of the wall that you could skate without being seen or heard by security. The recent removal of some brick planters might change that though, adding to the real skatability of the place.

Here in Hammond, we also have a place that we refer to as "The New Spot"... it's been called that for years now. It's just a bank parking lot with a coupe of manny pads, but the concrete is really smooth and great for flat or dragging boxes/rails out.

[Edward Penishands]

jersey banks-some bullshit asphalt bank up to some cobblestone blocks

they're banks, and its a typical jersey spot

[Mackattack]

Duck Ponds (RIP) - a cool little ditch thing that used to be at an abandoned building in Dallas that shoul have been dubbed Hobo Ponds.

The Ledge - stupid foot and a half high loading dock that every skater in my shitty town of Allen, TX  skated just about every day untill the skatpark was built. Not too many non ABDs here.

Chuck Norris' House - Chuck Norris used to live there...

Wishbone - They used to film Barney, Wishbone, and other kids shows at this building that has a few small sets. Skating it is not worth all the assholes that work there.

[StokedTaco]

pickle pipe, it's a full pipe at the heinz factory.

[Vov Vurnquist]

Mega Ramp - place where a nigga fucks his wife. the smell of toasted clitoris and labia keeps vov in the zone.

really only skate there when im not watching Unsolved Mysteries and/or smoking trees.