Skatepond and Skatepond

I took some auto-timer self-pictures at the backyard skatepond the other day. It took some doing to get the ollie timing down (plus the fact that my hip ollies rarely crest the hip). I took a few slams as well. I love the skatepond. I'm a lucky boy.

Some day soon after those photos were taken, Andrew Killmurder and his out-of-town buddies swooped me up and we headed to the newly minted Albany Landfill Skatepond. It is good to see another hand-made concrete bowl out there, and this one is pretty sweet (although I still like mine best).

It isn't very tall and is a bit wide but it has a nipple in the middle for pumping help, a small hip, and a channel gap, and a big flat bank / roll in. The view from the landfill of the entire bay is awesome and there are usually some crusters around for extra entertainment. I can barely survive this thing but I've seen it get destroyed pretty well. Big props to the dudes who hauled all the concrete out to make this thing.

Andrew styles a frontside ally-oop groner-grinder. Always fun to skate with this guy.

If you are looking for the Albany Pond, it is around the north-west quadrant of the bulb, in the old bicycle graveyard. Beware of squatting crazy dudes and no waxing!