Slap MessageBoards
Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: pesto166 on April 11, 2010, 10:27:35 PM
-
ya so recently I've been too lazy to venture off and find new spots in my area. i still do drive to a new area and skate around and look for shit. but now i'm into using google maps "street view".
kinda lame, i know, but fuck i'm saving so much time. does anybody else do this? any success?
-
Never thought about it. You can't really check out the depth of it though...?
-
kinda lame.
-
ive used it to confirm spot locations.
-
i know a filmer who swears by google earth! haha chills at home zooming in with sattelites and shit
-
ive used it to confirm spot locations.
Don't deribrately go out looking. Just cruise and stumble on those hidden gems.
-
defeats the purpose
tldr shits gay
-
Most of the time, google maps is dated a few years. So the spot might not be there or have been altered.
-
i heard John Motta does this a lot.
-
i hear a lot of people do this, they just wont admit to it to discourage other people from using it themselves.
-
This was a thread already, no?
and i'll still say its lame, go skate! quit sitting!
-
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pier+14+san+francisco&sll=37.746524,-122.376301&sspn=0.008365,0.012767&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pier+14,+San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ll=37.798779,-122.396839&spn=0.000527,0.000798&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=37.798724,-122.397039&panoid=SkDBWxq0D8TDnu3tf-Ft_w&cbp=13,99.39,,0,5
not sure why no one has skated this...
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pier+14+san+francisco&sll=37.746524,-122.376301&sspn=0.008365,0.012767&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pier+14,+San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ll=37.797002,-122.398983&spn=0.000527,0.000798&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=37.797019,-122.398854&panoid=vuGRXvdkZQYZY8H0NE37Ww&cbp=13,353,,0,5
this is dope you can actually see a guy skating!
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pier+14+san+francisco&sll=37.746524,-122.376301&sspn=0.008365,0.012767&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pier+14,+San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ll=37.796142,-122.398711&spn=0.000527,0.000798&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=37.796106,-122.398793&panoid=zTy1noJ8iIKE9x52vXO62A&cbp=13,266.32,,0,5
THE ILLUSTRIOUS HUBBA HIDEOUT
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pier+14+san+francisco&sll=37.746524,-122.376301&sspn=0.008365,0.012767&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pier+14,+San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ll=37.79561,-122.398054&spn=0.000527,0.000798&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=37.795694,-122.398071&panoid=cd5NNB6omGzZOX1kJdg4pw&cbp=13,120.67,,0,5
-
i use it all the time but not for finding spots, but its good for finding ditches.
-
i use it all the time but not for finding spots, but its good for finding ditches.
Yes it is!
-
i know a filmer who swears by google earth! haha chills at home zooming in with sattelites and shit
i've heard of dudes using google earth to find empty pools. my boss actually had some skaters come to his house when his pool was drained and try to break in the backyard. luckily for them he is a cool person and was cool about it. they told him they found his pool on Google Earth. pretty mindblowing actually
-
It seems like a fun thing to do to find spots in other cities or something, but why wouldn't you want to just go cruise and find spots on your own?
-
I remember on the old eS website it had something like this where you put spots on like a modified google earth and could find them in your area. It had the doctor's office banks in Cincinnati (watch Kelch's epicly later'd)
-
i wonder if you can see le dome on street view, i dont have time to look right now
-
yeah pools. look for the blue blotches and then zoom in. everybody knows this though. what's the big deal? i mean, dudes used to rent helicopters to do that shit.
street spots? naaah. the cruise.
k
-
im never skated a pool I wasnt invited to, yall telling me niggas just go to people back yards and skate the pools?
-
if I find a pool, I'm not going to sit on my hands waiting for some fucking invite, I'm going to try to skate it...
-
i heard John Motta does this a lot.
-
i heard John Motta does this a lot.
He said in an interview he like to just cruise with his car looking for spots. But that was a few years back, maybe the street view was not covered as much or something.
-
im never skated a pool I wasnt invited to, yall telling me niggas just go to people back yards and skate the pools?
What? Have you never seen Gleaming the Cube?
-
Expand Quote
im never skated a pool I wasnt invited to, yall telling me niggas just go to people back yards and skate the pools?
What? Have you never seen Gleaming the Cube?
Shot at my high school.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=westholme,+los+angeles,+ca&sll=34.049139,-118.432746&sspn=0.015752,0.03768&ie=UTF8&hq=westholme,&hnear=Los+Angeles,+CA&ll=34.053002,-118.430184&spn=0,0.002355&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=34.052951,-118.43028&panoid=_WhEMBhI6cgRL_p95GZpag&cbp=12,194.47,,0,23.66
-
I did this to find the China Banks.
-
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pier+14+san+francisco&sll=37.746524,-122.376301&sspn=0.008365,0.012767&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pier+14,+San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ll=37.798779,-122.396839&spn=0.000527,0.000798&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=37.798724,-122.397039&panoid=SkDBWxq0D8TDnu3tf-Ft_w&cbp=13,99.39,,0,5
not sure why no one has skated this...
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pier+14+san+francisco&sll=37.746524,-122.376301&sspn=0.008365,0.012767&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pier+14,+San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ll=37.797002,-122.398983&spn=0.000527,0.000798&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=37.797019,-122.398854&panoid=vuGRXvdkZQYZY8H0NE37Ww&cbp=13,353,,0,5
this is dope you can actually see a guy skating!
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pier+14+san+francisco&sll=37.746524,-122.376301&sspn=0.008365,0.012767&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pier+14,+San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ll=37.796142,-122.398711&spn=0.000527,0.000798&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=37.796106,-122.398793&panoid=zTy1noJ8iIKE9x52vXO62A&cbp=13,266.32,,0,5
THE ILLUSTRIOUS HUBBA HIDEOUT
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pier+14+san+francisco&sll=37.746524,-122.376301&sspn=0.008365,0.012767&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pier+14,+San+Francisco,+California,+United+States&ll=37.79561,-122.398054&spn=0.000527,0.000798&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=37.795694,-122.398071&panoid=cd5NNB6omGzZOX1kJdg4pw&cbp=13,120.67,,0,5
the ledges you were wondering why no one skates... thats really close to my work and the ground there is terrible/rough. although jaya bonderov did 5050 that insane white handrail, which is totally fucked. fun park to kick it in on a warm day.