Here’s a video I put together of the build last Saturday. It only has half the work on it. DIY is where it’s at!
Dils’ Corner at Marginal Way DIY
On Saturday March, 5 2011 a group of skaters got together and built a new section of the Marginal Way DIY skatepark. Mixed with the two trailer loads of concrete that make up the updated corner of the park are the ashes of John Michael Dils who passed away in June of 2006. I don’t think I ever met John but I know of him from stories that I hear from others and photos I have seen. I’m genuinely sorry I missed meeting him.
I always feel a great sense of accomplishment whenever I get the chance to do some work down at Marginal Way because it’s so opposite the work I do in my regular job and it feels good to get my hands dirty and make my muscles sore from the effort. So many get to enjoy the place and this new corner is going to be great. A big thanks for the people who know what they are doing indulging my interest in learning how it all works and being so patient with all the questions I have about the process. Big ups to everyone that came out and helped. The skateboarding community is like no other that I know putting in countless hours creating places like Marginal Way to skate. Make sure to go to the Marginal Way Skatepark Association website and make a donation to the park.
Blast from the past
After my laptop died and I lost a lot of skate related stuff I got to looking through my online photo album and realised I had a heap of snaps that never really got to see the light of day. So to avoid Tony get annoyed with my lack of posts I figured I’d share some with you.
First up is this FS Pivot shot of Ginger “Jazz Cat” Dave taken back when I was taking skate photography a lot more seriously than I do now. Doesn’t really do justice to how rough this spot was, you could take your pick to either losing your speed on the run up, or on the gnarly bricks this thing was made of. We went back to check it the other week and it seems the BMXer’s pegs have destroyed it forever, either that or the residents of the flats took exception to it being skated and hacked out the bricks themselves.
