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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: manysnakes on June 29, 2023, 11:52:50 AM
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https://youtu.be/u75D3Yt2_7w
https://youtu.be/tgt0Rmrjxc8
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tragic
could see this on polar
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holy shit, some of my friends just skated there this past weekend. wow. sad to see, glad nobody was hurt. RIP sk8liborius!
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This is miserable. Hurts extra bad because I only live 4 hours from it and never made it there.
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Saint Louis can never have anything nice.
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Place is Gotham City for real. Its Gnar as fuck there.
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This sucks, that place looked amazing. All that work they put in!
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This sucks, that place looked amazing. All that work they put in!
Hoping they can build back stronger than ever.
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Electrical fire took the whole thing out. I’m so hurt for all my friends back home
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from fresh to hesh
but no seriously that sucks, glad nobody got hurt at least
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This sucks, that place looked amazing. All that work they put in!
Hoping they can build back stronger than ever.
STL has no shortage of abandoned buildings, but given the location of this one and the total destruction of the structure, I think St. Liborius is a total loss. Another magnificent old structure left to crumble in the wrong rust belt neighborhood.
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Too early for Hell-Ride jokes??
That place looked amazing, I would have loved to skate it one day. Hopefully they end up with something just as unique in the future. RiP
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Skated there in April, only got an hour in and I live in another state so I'm just glad I got to go.
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Always wanted to go to this place. Such a bummer. Glad no one was hurt
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Was this the one that appeared on McCrank’s show on vice?
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Was this the one that appeared on McCrank’s show on vice?
Yep
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That sucks. I'd never been but the photos always looked like they did such a good job.
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fucked up, they put so much work into the park. glad nobody got hurt at least.
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Maybe Nyjah Huston will make a donation to repair the damage.
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Goddamned shame. That place looked absolutely incredible. Kind of like World park times a million. Seeing an older video of people skating in there moved me to tears. To any structural engineers, what do you suspect is now the likely outcome for the building? After a fire like this, is there any chance of the structure remaining stable enough to be gutted and renovated? Or will it need to be knocked down?
Building skateparks in abandoned churches is such a cool idea. It makes me realize how important to me the ambience of a spot is. Things like trees, wildlife, foot/car traffic, sounds, walls, sky. Easily as important as the obstacles themselves. I would be inspired to skate under vaulted ceilings and stained glass.
If they can't rebuild in St. Laborious maybe there's another church in St. Louis they can build in.
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That is a such a bummer, the whole place was insane terrain, so sorry to St. Louis shredders.
From the news vids, it's probably a complete destruction and/or repairs would cost millions.
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Shitty. Hope they had insurance.
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Damn, that place was iconic.
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Was this the one that appeared on McCrank’s show on vice?
Bummer, that church was beautiful.
There’s something I find quite precious about a church amongst cityscape. Even as a non religious individual.
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It's payday - kick in a few bucks.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-sk8-liborius
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Dang, that is heartbreaking. Looked like such an epic setting to have a skate sesh.
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didnt watch the video but do we know what was the cause?
id suspect non skater hoodlums setting shit on fire because theyre posing as punk
same shit happened at FDR with the wooden vert ramp afaik
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Goddamned shame. That place looked absolutely incredible. Kind of like World park times a million. Seeing an older video of people skating in there moved me to tears. To any structural engineers, what do you suspect is now the likely outcome for the building? After a fire like this, is there any chance of the structure remaining stable enough to be gutted and renovated? Or will it need to be knocked down?
Building skateparks in abandoned churches is such a cool idea. It makes me realize how important to me the ambience of a spot is. Things like trees, wildlife, foot/car traffic, sounds, walls, sky. Easily as important as the obstacles themselves. I would be inspired to skate under vaulted ceilings and stained glass.
If they can't rebuild in St. Laborious maybe there's another church in St. Louis they can build in.
The building is 100% done. Even before the fire they had to constantly do work to the building to keep it up to code. On the bright side this is getting a lot of attention in the industry and saint Louis has no shortage of abandoned buildings. I might be optimistic but this could be a good thing in the end. If there’s enough hype/donations a new space can be used. The khvt guys thrive on this stuff. There’s really nothing to do in saint Louis but get drunk, watch sports, and build shit. The real estate values are so low that finding a new building won’t be hard if there’s some money involved.
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id suspect non skater hoodlums setting shit on fire because theyre posing as punk
Not a whole lotta people "posing as punk" in North St. Louis, but the reports are an electrical fire. This was a very old church which was abandoned for almost 30 years before they took over, and I presume that virtually nothing was up to code.
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frickin posers burned down the skate ramp
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That ramp looked so beautiful. Such a cool-looking spot amongst the old church architecture. What a shame.