Show Me Your Curbs

[Plan9Customs]

Some from my home town that I grew up on:

Old mall double sider was removed about a year later. Best curb ever.

[TheSickness]

I live in Chico currently,  so rad to see the old 7-11 footage, the rest of the spots were all unrecognizable otherwise but rad nonetheless!!

Some from my home town that I grew up on:

Old mall double sider was removed about a year later. Best curb ever.

[LebowskisRug]

@TastyBurrito Where are you located?

[TastyBurrito]

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@TastyBurrito Where are you located?

@LebowskisRug Currently, my office desk.

In general, the greater Long Beach area.

[Plan9Customs]

I live in Chico currently,  so rad to see the old 7-11 footage, the rest of the spots were all unrecognizable otherwise but rad nonetheless!!

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Some from my home town that I grew up on:

Old mall double sider was removed about a year later. Best curb ever.

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There’s only the 7/11 tree and curbs at the child development center at CSUC that are still around from that video. I’m guessing you’re at Chico state? Not sure if you’ve seen it but some of the locals and Zak just put out the Liquor Bank #2 video.

[mynameisnotjeff]

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I live in Chico currently,  so rad to see the old 7-11 footage, the rest of the spots were all unrecognizable otherwise but rad nonetheless!!

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Some from my home town that I grew up on:

Old mall double sider was removed about a year later. Best curb ever.

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There’s only the 7/11 tree and curbs at the child development center at CSUC that are still around from that video. I’m guessing you’re at Chico state? Not sure if you’ve seen it but some of the locals and Zak just put out the Liquor Bank #2 video.

CSUC Alumni, are the curbs by the fields and track still around? My friends and I would skate those all the time. The curbs between the dorms are also great!

[Plan9Customs]

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I live in Chico currently,  so rad to see the old 7-11 footage, the rest of the spots were all unrecognizable otherwise but rad nonetheless!!

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Some from my home town that I grew up on:

Old mall double sider was removed about a year later. Best curb ever.

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There’s only the 7/11 tree and curbs at the child development center at CSUC that are still around from that video. I’m guessing you’re at Chico state? Not sure if you’ve seen it but some of the locals and Zak just put out the Liquor Bank #2 video.

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CSUC Alumni, are the curbs by the fields and track still around? My friends and I would skate those all the time. The curbs between the dorms are also great!

If you mean the red ones that were like a block long from Warner to Esken Hall(side of the student health center)parking lot, no. Went to hit those a couple years ago and they’re redoing that whole area. Just out of curiosity, when did you go to Chico State? Who knows, I might have known you or at least skated with you at some point.

[mynameisnotjeff]

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I live in Chico currently,  so rad to see the old 7-11 footage, the rest of the spots were all unrecognizable otherwise but rad nonetheless!!

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Some from my home town that I grew up on:

Old mall double sider was removed about a year later. Best curb ever.

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There’s only the 7/11 tree and curbs at the child development center at CSUC that are still around from that video. I’m guessing you’re at Chico state? Not sure if you’ve seen it but some of the locals and Zak just put out the Liquor Bank #2 video.

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CSUC Alumni, are the curbs by the fields and track still around? My friends and I would skate those all the time. The curbs between the dorms are also great!

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If you mean the red ones that were like a block long from Warner to Esken Hall(side of the student health center)parking lot, no. Went to hit those a couple years ago and they’re redoing that whole area. Just out of curiosity, when did you go to Chico State? Who knows, I might have known you or at least skated with you at some point.

2014 to 2019.
Sad to hear they made away with those.
There was a nice gradient over at Burgers and Brew that I would hit or just manual when I’d work there.

[TastyBurrito]

Local school parking lot

[Plan9Customs]

@mynameisnotjeff that was about 10 years after I moved so doubt I ever skated with you. @TastyBurrito those curbs look fun as hell.

[JANUS]

Now it’s longer!

[layzieyez]

That’s what he/she/they said.

[JANUS]

 

[Plan9Customs]

Now it’s longer!

Little bit of landscaping and you’re golden. Looks like you even get shade.
@layziez you beat me to it.

[JANUS]

If you look closely, you can see my bag has gardening shears in it for trimming the bush (more innuendo  ).

[jsettle]

Some of my favorite curbs in memphis...dropping a full curb part next month. Some throwaway and warmup tricks though till then.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cf2LH-yJ-am/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

[big_kev_215]

Some curb tricks from the past couple months.  Been trying to get better at slappy noseslides/switch noseslides and they’ve become some of the most fun tricks to mess around with for me. 

[Easy Slider]

Some curb tricks from the past couple months.  Been trying to get better at slappy noseslides/switch noseslides and they’ve become some of the most fun tricks to mess around with for me.

Very nice. I am envious of your curbs, the only lacquered parking blocks in my neighbourhood disappeared overnight and I haven‘t located any new ones yet. What did you do with the raw parking blocks in the clip to get them grinding ?

[animalflesh]

^spray clear coat then lightly wax after

Put another light layer of wax for every like 30 min of skating

[big_kev_215]

^spray clear coat then lightly wax after

Put another light layer of wax for every like 30 min of skating

Yep - I didn’t make those but they look like they just have a coating of clear coat.  Not painted obviously so they aren't super slippery.  I usually just wax my trucks a little bit and they grind easily. 

[BartHarleyJarvis]

Some curb tricks from the past couple months.  Been trying to get better at slappy noseslides/switch noseslides and they’ve become some of the most fun tricks to mess around with for me.

Proper as hell

[FUBAR]

Been eyeing this. Tall on one side, reg curb height on the other. As per usual its unskated and I’d have to get it going. But damn, it is tempting. It’d be a morning and evening spot since thats a busy area during the day.

[boi-cuzudo]

Fuck I miss this spot, used to live right in front of it, its a curved curb on a dead end street. It was most perfect before someone added the lil ramps.

[skatesum609]

Couple crook variations and a brewski at old faithful the other day. Does anyone wax the sidewalk as well for boardslides or is that overkill?

https://youtube.com/shorts/xmFWeCr0MNc?feature=share

[iw0]

Fuck I miss this spot, used to live right in front of it, its a curved curb on a dead end street. It was most perfect before someone added the lil ramps.

oh hey, i live near that. the bigger lil ramp doesn't bother me but the lil lil ramp irks the hell out of me

[LebowskisRug]

For people asking about how to repair chunky curbs it's not that hard, but definitely time consuming. Here's how I did it:

1. Scrape all the wax off. First with a paint scraper then with a scouring pad with acetone. All of it has to come off.
2. Optional and expensive step but pour concrete densifier on it. This fills air voids and hardens the concrete.
3. Get an angle grinder and a Diamond polishing wheel. They're usually gold and they sell them on Amazon. Make sure it's rated for high RPM.
4. Go along the curb and start hand grinding it and make sure to create a rounded profile. You can grind and polish the rocks.
5. Optional. Fill any large voids with JB Weld Steel Stick.
6. Optional but recommends. Get a hand drill and some 50-100 grit cement polishing pads and start getting it smooth and polished. Way better than a brick IMO but a brick will suffice. Bonus points if you can wet sand.
7. Put some Glaze N Seal over it.
8. 1-3 coats of a thick exterior clear.
9. Optional, but use a fine sanding sponge and wet sand it.
10. Done

I made myself a concrete parking block and I didn't vibrate it enough and it came out like Swiss Cheese. By using some Sika to patch the holes and the steps above I actually don't even need to wax the thing and it slides extremely well.

[rawbertson.]

i just put sika over the chunks, smoothed it out, then bricked it a bit and it works fine. i am gonna put some more on and then just spray more lacquer overtop.

[skatesum609]

Had this thing glistening today. Hit it with 2 coats of laquer and a little wax
https://youtube.com/shorts/mXU_3F5IOkw?feature=share

[Plan9Customs]

I’ve been looking at houses for sale in Chico and found this gem in the process:

The yellow line in front of the cars is about 100’ of double sided goodness with manny pad/island sidewalks/gap as well. Didn’t have my board but next time I sure as hell will!

[BartHarleyJarvis]

Just found a new double sided near the house. It's in the city hall complex so it's basically early morning weekend spot only, but the slide is nice.