Author Topic: Spots with history behind them (Read 1990 times)

cosmicgypsies · « **on:** February 28, 2019, 05:25:04 AM »

Thought this might be an interesting thread as I know alot of us like to nerd out over spots and shit and some of those spots may have interesting stories/a history behind them. To start it off I'll share a local one, rugged rough full pipe spot up next to the river.

Absolutely monolithic and pictures are deceiving, it's hard as shit to skate - steep, rough bricks make it hard to get speed and it's also relatively slim but still definitely worth a session. The history behind this one is that the North East of the UK always had a mining heritage and these staithes existed so that coal trains above could drop coal into the ships waiting below. You can roughly see where it exists to the left in this old picture:

The mine itself closed in the mid 80s as did most around here and pretty much everything was dismantled, demolished or boarded up with only one of the coal staithes remaining. The structure itself dates back to late 1800s early 1900s.

So yeah share spots talk shit etc.

jorge · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2019, 05:59:48 AM »

Does that count as a full pipe?

BigManTing · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2019, 06:14:01 AM »

That's Ronny Callow in the photo right? Big ups Ronny

cosmicgypsies · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2019, 06:33:32 AM »

Quote from: jorge on February 28, 2019, 05:59:48 AM

Does that count as a full pipe?

we refer to it as the full pipe but there is a lip on it that would stop it hypothetically being a full pipe

Quote from: BigManTing on February 28, 2019, 06:14:01 AM

That's Ronny Callow in the photo right? Big ups Ronny

yes indeedy, bs flip on it is so fucked

mattdlx · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2019, 06:35:19 AM »

Quality thread; cheers! Looking forward to other contributions.

childhood · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2019, 06:49:58 AM »

I posted this in another thread recently.

Quote from: childhood on February 14, 2019, 08:10:26 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_League_of_Philadelphia

shingles · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2019, 06:50:28 AM »

It's from BMXer's but who cares.

Pretty iconic spot for skating aswell:

childhood · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2019, 06:52:56 AM »

I finally listened to that podcast on the Love Bowl recently.
https://soundcloud.com/nocoping/episode-1-the-love-bowls
It was kinda weird to hear skateboarding discussed in like a This American Life-style, but overall I really liked it, hope they make more episodes.

shingles · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2019, 06:57:37 AM »

Quote from: childhood on February 28, 2019, 06:52:56 AM

I finally listened to that podcast on the Love Bowl recently.
https://soundcloud.com/nocoping/episode-1-the-love-bowls
It was kinda weird to hear skateboarding discussed in like a This American Life-style, but overall I really liked it, hope they make more episodes.

Yes i listened to the podcast aswell... Someone should contact some of the most popular architects of cities like barcelona or CPH and ask
them if they would have ever imagined that their work would be used by skaters ...

shitdick22 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2019, 07:16:51 AM »

for the baltimore pals out there

Number · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2019, 07:21:18 AM »

Quote from: mattdlx on February 28, 2019, 06:35:19 AM

Quality thread; cheers! Looking forward to other contributions.

Allen. · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2019, 08:00:16 AM »

Don’t have much to add besides that photo is amazing.

Meekin · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2019, 08:06:06 AM »

Quote from: childhood on February 28, 2019, 06:49:58 AM

I posted this in another thread recently.

very neat

whorific · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2019, 09:08:09 AM »

Quote from: cosmicgypsies on February 28, 2019, 05:25:04 AM

Thought this might be an interesting thread as I know alot of us like to nerd out over spots and shit and some of those spots may have interesting stories/a history behind them. To start it off I'll share a local one, rugged rough full pipe spot up next to the river.

Absolutely monolithic and pictures are deceiving, it's hard as shit to skate - steep, rough bricks make it hard to get speed and it's also relatively slim but still definitely worth a session. The history behind this one is that the North East of the UK always had a mining heritage and these staithes existed so that coal trains above could drop coal into the ships waiting below. You can roughly see where it exists to the left in this old picture:

The mine itself closed in the mid 80s as did most around here and pretty much everything was dismantled, demolished or boarded up with only one of the coal staithes remaining. The structure itself dates back to late 1800s early 1900s.

So yeah share spots talk shit etc.

your user name have anything to do w/ "the cosmic river gypsies" ? rad post btw

cosmicgypsies · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2019, 09:09:44 AM »

unfortunately no, reference to a 2000s uk hip hop track

happenstance · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2019, 09:34:12 AM »

I've always wanted to visit the Balcombe Viaduct:

It's an old train bridge opened in 1842.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouse_Valley_Viaduct

Depends what you all define as "history", but I am a big fan of modern architecture and sculptures. I created this instagram where I rant about the topics. Every few posts I try to make connections to skating. I haven't posted on the account for a bit but have been meaning to get on it again.

I have all the skate posts indexed under this hashtag: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/skatemediaseries

As an example, here's a post about the Welfare Banks, designed by brutalist master, Marcel Breuer.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWw8cNF22t

Esquivel · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2019, 09:50:55 AM »

Amazing thread, Cosmic marra and amazing insta account, Happenstance!

cosmicgypsies · « **Reply #17 on:** February 28, 2019, 11:08:20 AM »

Quote from: Esquivel on February 28, 2019, 09:50:55 AM

Amazing thread, Cosmic marra and amazing insta account, Happenstance!

you a northern lad too? from sunderland myself hence the spot, was gonna try and find some history on bastard banks and why exactly it has those banks but came up with zilch. did spot it in some random shite luke goss hitman film on netflix not too long back though.

fang · « **Reply #18 on:** February 28, 2019, 11:42:32 AM »

Quote from: shingles on February 28, 2019, 06:50:28 AM

It's from BMXer's but who cares.

Pretty iconic spot for skating aswell:

Believe this was on April 1987 thrasher cover

Pete · « **Reply #19 on:** February 28, 2019, 12:08:20 PM »

until the mid 00s every spot in new york was from the 1700s.

all of philadelpha is somehow older than that. 1993 is just about to touch down over there. i like that. very shalom.

free max b

Baron Samedi · « **Reply #20 on:** February 28, 2019, 12:10:43 PM »

inb4 ppl start talking about skating genocide/war memorials

PatoDuck · « **Reply #21 on:** February 28, 2019, 01:11:43 PM »

Quote from: happenstance on February 28, 2019, 09:34:12 AM

I've always wanted to visit the Balcombe Viaduct:

It's an old train bridge opened in 1842.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouse_Valley_Viaduct

Depends what you all define as "history", but I am a big fan of modern architecture and sculptures. I created this instagram where I rant about the topics. Every few posts I try to make connections to skating. I haven't posted on the account for a bit but have been meaning to get on it again.

I have all the skate posts indexed under this hashtag: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/skatemediaseries

As an example, here's a post about the Welfare Banks, designed by brutalist master, Marcel Breuer.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWw8cNF22t

i like that bridge photo