I think in part, as skaters age and there are more of us we're willing to keep the ideals of skating and that punk spirit alive, but not necessarily by going to a street spot to get hassled by cops. The diy spot is something in-between straight street skating and park skating.

@jdoriginals9223

2 жыл бұрын

100 percent agree, has the street feel but you'll likely not get kicked out by cops

I think skaters are working out it’s so much more satisfying skating something you built. Nothing beats imagining an obstacle or structure and making it happen for people to enjoy. It’s the creative instinct that makes us skateboarders. Great channel man 🤘🏻

One of the best DIY spots ever is the Foundation Spot in Asheville NC. same guys been working on it for 15 years. it's gone from the most basic abandoned lot to a park on a professional scale with fantastic concrete work

the more public parks they build, the more people want to escape them.

Big fan of all the DIY Skateparks popping up! I can't help but wonder why?

@Ty-ye8rd

2 жыл бұрын

For me, I’m closer to 40 than 30, and honestly, not as good and a bit more fragile, than I was when I was young. I grew up without a park in my town, so “skating”, was finding a loading dock, a stair set or a curb we could wax, without getting kicked out. We’d find ourselves alone in abandoned parking lots, away from the general public. Skateparks are the opposite and full of kids with parents my age watching from the sidelines. As amazing as the new parks in my area are, the atmosphere of a skatepark is closer to a little league game. Not exactly a place I’d be comfortable hanging out at and one of the reasons I hadn’t touched my board for almost a decade until recently falling back in love with it. I look at skating as more of an expression than a sport. Like I said, injury and physical ability has changed the way I ride my board and filming, editing, building or fixing up spots are all a part of that self expression. It’s still “skating” and I wouldn’t enjoy either facet as much without the other. To answer your question, creativity, self expression and freedom is what drew me to skating and DIY spots check all those boxes. Thanks for the content and be proud of your contribution! Your videos have inspired thousands

That mattress frosted with cement is one of the funniest things ive seen in a min

DIY is the way to go, definitely agree with what you said about the feeling of belonging there also more creative.

this is so true i’ve seen diy parks pop up in almost every close by city even in my own small one

Spent all day refinishing a metal rail and making a wooden pvc “rail” to bring to my local diy tomorrow 😅 All that’s there now is a cinder block angle iron ledge Im hoping to stoke out the beginners with easier stuff👴 MASH👊

@ZackDowdy

2 жыл бұрын

You're awesome!

I think the mattress was an art piece to skate. Super dope tho.

Dude your in videos inspired me in taking the task into my own hands because the city has been dragging their heels for 3 1/2 years on the 3+ skate spots that they said they were going to develop and never have. I already have a concrete kicker installed and have shaped my rainbow rail just need to get a drillbit to attack the concrete with

I’m looking to build a diy quarter pipe next to a hiking trail on an abandoned road, it’d make for a really cool sunset shot cause you can see the silhouette of dtla from the spot but I’m nervous to build it cause it’d be my first diy build and it’s in a really wealthy neighborhood

Any diys around la mesa?

Building one in southern Indiana soon

We got a skate shop here in Nashville that is super rad that built a DIY spot in the front of their shop and it’s really fun

more people are learning how to do it and are the older dudes are picking up boards again.

Diy skateparks are the best. That's how Washington St started. Same for FDR pretty sure.

In theory you don’t think it’d had taken as long to come up w/ a diy park particularly using quickset etc. I mean we were building shit for skate jams from mid 80’s to whenever. Looks fun we used to try and find abandon buildings etc and build them inside the buildings.

I think sterile skatepark design (Street league/Olympic style) will drive more skaters to build more creative features. Also building DIY spots is something once you start your don’t really stop. Well I haven’t yet and it’s been 7 years this year. So as more people are seeing how to and how easy it can be to make something the diy scene will continue to grow.

DIY parks are the best, got a few DIY's that have been around since the 70's

I live right there it super fun to skate

That's how the pros do it 🤙💥

Hey Zach! Since you mentioned coping on a DIY concrete quarter pipe is rare, how about a tutorial where you build one?

@ZackDowdy

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

isnt the boom just due to the number of shopping areas and businesses that are going bust ?!?!? loads of empty car parks... ???

You need to check out fearlcat cove in Portland Oregon made by skateboarders for skateboarders 🤙🏼

@Chudchanning

2 жыл бұрын

I was just down there skating Burnside

I WONT SAY WHERE THIS IS 5 seconds later ya see the name in the background lol but looks super fun. I don't know why DIY SPOTS are popping up so much but I freaking love it

Cuz scooter kids are freakin dangerous son! Build it and the homies will sk8!

Take a trip to Charleston, sc and hit the bridge spot there

planning departments should be incorporating skating into their architecture. young people are active, and its great to keep them active. imagine if you had a full on skate course incorporated into the general architecture of a town or city, so people could move quickly on skateboards, traversing around pedestrians using wallrides and launch ramps etc etc. it would be incredible. the idiots who make skatestoppers and use them, are the idiots who should have no say in society. the people who should have a say in society, are the people who use society. imagine incorporating everyones enjoyments in a streamlined track towards the destination. doesnt matter if you walk, cycle, skate or slide, everyone could be flowing throughout. i wish i could provide a picture for the image i am trying to convey

It’s literally up of this guy, he’s got the biggest DIY channel and it’s definitely him

DIY

We made a diy out of bacon, but the bums ate it.

There's just something pure about diy parks and spots compared to professionally built and as you said, surrounded by formalities.

nice

I am really curious if cities or towns would be up for city sanctioned DIY spots. If cost of building a skate park is a problem for the city and it's obvious skaters can and would build a spot with their own money it seems like a win win. I guess maybe that takes away from what a DIY spot is at it's core but I do wonder if it would work.

@steventhehistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Successful DIY spot sanctioning depends on the personalities of the people on the City Council and the managers of the city agencies that deal with physical public spaces like Property Management/ Rec & Parks. Your best bet is to find the Councilperson, Senior Exec, or facilities manager who has a kid or grandkid who likes to skate. That's the person that you want to connect with, pitch the idea, show the space, make them like you, and then get them to sell the idea to the necessary decision-makers, if any. If you're in a situation where there's nobody like that in the senior exec or legislative ranks then you'll have to sell the DIY idea to people who may be unfamiliar with skateboarding culture so you may be dealing with attitudes ranging from indifference to revulsion. Your best asset when approaching a city to negotiate sanctioning a DIY spot is a small but strong advocate coalition made up of local business owners, skaters who are also working professionals (especially from classically white collar occupations like engineering, medical doctors, etc), teachers (bonus points if they also skate), and one or two of the young local skaters who are exceptionally smart, so well at school, and present well in front of a non-skater audience. You want to present a coordinated message to the city decision-makers: you represent a responsible, law-abiding, and community-supported group of people who enjoy a sport and wish to have a legitimate location to practice their sport and here is your proposal for how to make that happen... Zack Dowdy is actually quite experienced in dealing with city governments on this topic so you ought to ask him if you have any case specific questions. Good luck!

@thatoneguy2057

2 жыл бұрын

@@steventhehistorian Oh I'm not planning anything. I'm in Colorado where have a plethora of skate parks and an occasional DIY. I'm also an accountant so I see things through the financial lens. I know cities here have spent 10s of millions on skateparks. I also know smaller towns don't have that kind of money. In the late 90s when parks started going up there was a ton of fundraisers to help get them built cause cities didn't want to spend the money. That's why I can see DIY being a smart alternative. You bring up great points though, it's not always about the money. A lot has to do with the personalities on the city council and the people that pitch the idea.

I have a question. If an area is littered with skateparks should we even be making DIY spots? I have no dog in this fight and enjoy it all but I would imagine a difference in a area with no skateparks getting DIY and maybe the city realizing we need to build them something as opposed to an area with so many that they will immediately shut it down if you tried?

@ZackDowdy

2 жыл бұрын

Highly dependent on the community where the skatepark is, and the locals who adopt & enforce skatepark etiquette.

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol

2 жыл бұрын

I will skate a DIY before I skate a park, but then again, I come from an era before parks and all parks we had then were essentially DIY

Why build something similar to a park? Build something unique at a unique spot....

Become ungovernable. You don't need "The Man" to give you permission to build parks.

Bro private message me that parking lot diy