My very last shots from the HB park

Just discovered a roll of film shot on the day we cut the flat bar off. I shot lots of digital photos to blog about the HB park, but this was the last roll of film, and the last shots I ever got of the park before it was bulldozed.
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Cut with sweat and blood.
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The HB park, crucified unjustly.
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The Griff-Dog.
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The sun can never set on the HB flat-bar, because I have it in safe keeping.
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The curvaceous bank can no longer be caressed by my loving wheels like the hips were.
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A view with Geoff Rowley's graffiti, and me doing one of my last ever ollies over the hip. Shot by Griffin with my camera.
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Shred a tear for me.
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The kinker bar broke my ribs at least once, and bruised them a few times too, and has split plenty of blood from my shins.
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HB has been very inept at getting this new park going. Money wasted!
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Relentless teenager usage was finally getting the best of concrete and steel.
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This is the cop that kicked us out, and what spurned us into the realization that this was our last session ever. We went immediately to the hardware store and bought hacksaws.
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The tortured ledge which was once nice and sharp was blunted by the myriad of abuses it endured.
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Posted January 22nd, 2012 by Oh the good ole days.
Broke your ribs once? Gnarly. And you're pro too

The simple transition of that whole wave thing looks fun

Clone it. TMTF
Toy Machine Training Facility
Or when you die maybe somebody will pour your ashes into the concrete as a homage.
Posted By: Jgonzalez on January 22nd, 2012 at 11:46PM PST
Ha. In that post you linked. 2008!
That felt like a good year.

Plus I loved those Emericas you were wearing in that post
Posted By: Jgonzalez on January 22nd, 2012 at 11:48PM PST
I just love actions like this.
I have a chunk of an old fountain we used to skate.
It was more like a banana shaped pool with nice transitions.
I learned to skate transitions there and just before it got demolished I went there with a sledge to save me a piece of the good ol´times we spent there.
Like HB the city wasted some money to build a park that no one ever really appreciated.Those absurd metal construction ramps...
I miss my pool.
Posted By: S on January 23rd, 2012 at 01:16AM PST
Shred a Tear. there is so much footage that I've seen over the years from some of my favorite guys ever at HB park. I love that place and I've never even been to the west, yet.
Posted By: lunch on January 23rd, 2012 at 02:14AM PST
the first time i talked to ed was at the ride the sky premiere in sandiego and i had nothing to say, i didnt even say i was long-time commenter fresh from mex.
all i did was approach him at the end of the showing, say whats up and ask him how he was doing after the loss of the HB park.
4 years ago, woah.
Posted By: fresh from mex on January 23rd, 2012 at 03:07AM PST
Oh so thats what happened. I skated there a few times in the mid 90's and a few more times when I lived close by in the earl 00's. I drove by there in August and wondered where the park went.
Posted By: Evan on January 23rd, 2012 at 10:21AM PST
My local park just got demolished, assholes. Probably because kids vandalize it and smoke there. I went there everyday too. I wish I thought to do something like this before they took it down.
Posted By: john on January 23rd, 2012 at 10:32AM PST
Didn't realise it was gone. Never got the chance to skate it, but it looked an amazing local park. Totally un-serious. Totally fun.

Sad times when police move you on from skateparks...
Posted By: Paul on January 23rd, 2012 at 11:07AM PST
I just jacked a "no skateboarding" sign last night from one of our local skate spots.
Posted By: josiah on January 23rd, 2012 at 11:54AM PST
R.I.P.





















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Posted By: Devin on January 24th, 2012 at 01:17AM PST
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