This is the closest thing I have to a curb in the city. Travel 2 hours to get to it each time. Wanted to share a pic of it on here because it’s shaped a little different to a regular curb, and the material is also unique. I realize that in my photos the perspectives and height are very hard to distinguish, but realistically I’d say it’s a little taller than it looks, and the little gap between the plaza ground and the actual curb itself is easy to get a wheel stuck in. What makes it interesting to skate is that the edge is angled in a particular way. This makes it easy to slip out of 50-50s, and I have seen a lot of the guys who ride smaller wheels go flying into the grass or pavement beside it. But, this also makes k-grinds really easy, as there’s very little resistance on the wheels, so this was the spot where I really got my k-grinds to slide longer and faster.
In the landscape photo you can see that there are these giant rectangle light poles. This makes for some good lighting at night, and security usually doesn’t mind as long as the skaters are respectful. During the day I find that the city’s pedestrians are often more likely to try and start a full-blown argument for no reason than security, since the general population’s viewpoint is skateboarding is loud and scary. I try my best not to interact with these citizens (and it usually works out), but sometimes they are very confrontational and will purposely do something like stand on the curb and yell or pour water on it.
Have a lot of love for this spot. First started skating 4 years ago, and this was the very first place that I went to. At that time I didn’t know what slappies were, so I’d genuinely ollie onto the curb. It wasn’t even really waxed properly, so I can specifically call many times where I just outright ate shit because I didn’t even really understand waxing stuff yet. So yeah, it wasn’t rub-bricked clear coated or anything. The entire ledge as been ground down probably just by me and maybe 2 other guys.
Unfortunately the spot doesn’t get love from anyone else, not even other skaters. A lot of the other skaters that come here will just sit on it, even though there’s a whole portion that’s unwaxed. Crazily, they will also eat food and leave like grease food smeared onto it, like a McDonald’s ketchup packet. Sometimes even bring tissues and stuff to clean it.
Funnily though, there’s this group of bladers that come every weekend. They set up cones on the ground nearby and do these full-blown dance routines to dubstep songs that I haven’t heard since Skrillex was popular. They are really respectful and randomly even clap after I do some tricks lol. They seem to have their own society, like those dudes at the arcade that take DDR hella seriously, sweating and aggressively adding their own dance moves.
Topic: Show Me Your Curbs (Read 91975 times)