Laborers of Love—Excerpt from Concrete Disciples
California Skateparks (CSP) once again drew the death card and opted to build out the Maloof setup for the second year in a row. For Joe Ciaglia, Colby Carter, Brian Pino, the rest of the CSP crew, all you need to know is that they go at it for 10 straight days and nights and barely sleep. Then for 3 days, they sort of rest, aside from course and ramp maintenance which is needed during the actual event, and by 9 pm on Sunday they are already demo-ing the whole thing. Without CSP’s involvement, this event could never come close to the level it occupies, it’s just that simple.
This year’s mystery guest obstacle designer was none other than Liverpool’s favorite son and 2000 Thrasher SOTY, Geoff Rowley. Each of the street obstacles was designed to mimic an actual feature out in the real world, aside from minor scale changes, the omission of imperfections and the standard law enforcement hassles, that is. The vert ramp / mini-mega combo was also truly a work of art which produced a very high caliber of skating. The CSP stuff is epic, and they deserve all of the credit in the world for everything they do. As to the aforementioned complaints about the park tear-down, keep in mind that CSP does recycle/reuse all the concrete, handrails and granite. Many of the elements from the Maloof event will be used in an upcoming project.
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This entry was posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at 1:06 pm.