Sydney is finally getting a new park, The Crescent Skate Space. The Design Workshop is on Saturday 20 June, 2pm-4pm, at the Glebe Town Hall.
This is your chance Sydney. You can show up and have your say. Be well organised, take photos of spots and ideas, get sketching. Get together and share ideas and agree on solid ideas to put forth as a group.
Or you can employ the successful Shutdown strategy. This involves having a good old whine at the 11th hour and wonder why nothing happens.
or you could show up and have your say. Be well organised, take photos of spots and ideas, get sketching. Get together and share ideas and agree on solid ideas to put forth as a group and then when the design process is out of your hands and tenders and contracts are decided realise that the old washed up bowl skater dudes that work for the design and construction companies and get paid a handsome amount of money have completely ignored your collective ideas and convinced the local council that their "world class" bowl will attract "world class" skateboarders to this proposed "world class" facility...then sit back and watch these designers and construction company rad dudes post their same 5 tricks all over social media with their pre opening invite only rad dude sessions...a few weeks later watch your highly anticipated brand new local shit that the majority of people will actually skate type obstacles pushed to the side flat bar couple of hubbas generic same old regurgitated "street section" be skated while the "world class" hundreds of thousands of dollars bowl sits quietly waiting for the "world class" rad shredders to arrive...but alas they rarely if ever do...and poor old local joe is stuck with his "world class" bowl that solely attracts graffed nazi symbols and poorly scribbled bongs...and the cycle begins again...
Great attitude. I love how any positivity gets shut down. Apathy breeds disappointment.
This is your chance Sydney. You can show up and have your say. Be well organised, take photos of spots and ideas, get sketching. Get together and share ideas and agree on solid ideas to put forth as a group.
^^THIS
This park sounds semi promising. "Skate space" sounds like it lends itself to street more than transition and I would expect something like a plaza would better suit the area. If we were talking beach-side it might be a different story but everyone needs to show up
and drown out any potential out of touch old dudes and parkour etc. Hopefully the SSA are onto this one too.
Just remember the simple things are often the best. VARIETY of Ledges, stairs, rails with THOUGHT PUT INTO RUNUP AND SPACING etc
fergo - just curious, but which parks are you referring to? Any, all or very specifically a park or couple of parks, etc...
I would imagine Bondi is on the top of your list, but I cannot think which others or how many others are included in this list of joy you paint for a bleak future.
A variety of well spaced unique obstacles is pretty much ideal. Kinda like a more intentional version of that Russell Crowe spot.
Fergo an pet are on point. As long as insomniajosh and his sweaty pads brigade stay away we might be able to avoid a bmx haven like this being built.
Ha! It's not in my state so whatever. You going to show up shutdown or continue your successful hateboard lobbying campaign? It's worked wonders for the last decade. This is you, getting all sweaty on the lobby front
insomniajosh, for someone who rips on ppl for spending too much time on the internet, you sure seem to be on here a helluva lot, do you even have a job? why aren't you out doing mute grabs at your local x-games training facility you helped design instead of sitting here preaching your tony robins motivation clinics and trying to come across as intelligent.
keep the try-hard internet memes from 2001 coming too, sooner or later you will learn how to internet like the young-uns...
you guys are amazing
Pfft. I'm bored at work on my iPad. That's why I'm lurking. At least I still skate!
Last post before I exit this silly conversation. Are you going to show up to the consultation?
I think you are both great advocates for your respective causes. That said I think it's unfair to label Josh solely with a mega bowl tag. He did appear to lobby quite hard for that diy Resevoir park.
"At least I still skate!" i've avoided bringing age into this so far but that comment floored me, how old are you again? It might not have been the intended tone but the way i read that was like some pooncy little insecure kid who just got schooled and had no comeback. I skate enough for me, i don't care what Tony Robins classifies as the weekly quota to pass a a 'real skater', i get on the board enough and learn new tricks all the time. If you want to fantasise about me being some fat fuck behind a keyboard who never rolls then thats your choice, hope it helps when your rubbing one out to those seedy dude pics you have in your collection.
And Drew, I'm no 'advocate' if insomniajosh is right about one thing (god help us), its that the last place you will see me is standing in some hall with a bunch of dudes trying to nut out the next park design. Last park I had any involvement in was Empire Park at Bar Beach, I'm family friends with the local member who heroed that park and would often talk it out with him over beers / tell him to push ahead when the locals were saying how it would attract crime etc but after seeing the pile of shit that ended up being built (aka bondi style giant bowl and afterthought street section to the side) pretty much burnt me off the idea completely. That park is 'better than nothing' but it still is a prime example of what fergo was talking about and prob one of the reasons I hate seeing this shit happen over and over again. Its pretty much a giant kick in the balls to the entire skate community and older dudes should know better.
As hilarious as the battle above is (and please continue) I just wanted to say to anyone (even remotely) interested in the Glebe project to get down there this Saturday and have your say! We have been in discussion with Council about this project for well over a year and it's by far the best opportunity we have had in a long time to create something unique/special for Sydney! I urge everyone to come along and get involved. Props to Pet_flies for always attending the meetings and putting in his two cents! Its always good to see others keen to make some changes.
Apart from this...... there are at least 4/5 other projects currently in the works that (unfortunately) can't be discussed until further notice. I'm only mentioning that so everyone knows THINGS ARE HAPPENING......it just takes time.
More than happy to have a chat with anyone wanting to know anymore info. Contact me anytime at sparkes@sydneyskateboardassociation.com. I'm always happy to have a chat.
I did picture you as a bloke that rarely sets foot on board. That's my assumption, I'm actually stoked if I'm wrong. I'm just having a dig, you should cop it with a but of humour after all your seasoned hating.
I'm just mucking around really, please don't take me too seriously.
I've always advocated very hard for the best parks possible. It shits me no end when the street section gets the raw end of the deal. Brunswick, unfortunately, is headed down the same path. That is despite crew like Tim B and Bibby being great participants in the process. I was wanting the street to be equally as good all along, everyone that showed up would say the same. The vote was a poor process if which I was very critical of.
And I agree, the Newcastle "street" section is a pile of crap. I've been disappointed many times from how past consultations went. Everyone knows I let my opinions known. I just try and be a bit more constructive and diplomatic than some.
I'm putting my money (and time) where my mouth is and am putting myself through an architecture degree on top of my 50+ hours of work a week. A big reason is I'm disappointed with Aussie park design too. I can't fault Noble Park though, it's got something for everyone. Melbourne is well on the way to getting the inner city plaza it has been wanting too.
So yeah, just fucking around. I still believe that you should go to the meeting. I don't think you can yell loudly from the sidelines and expect to be heard. Back Sparx the SSA. They have worked hard and deserve your support
Cheers Josh.
No worries. I typed my post before I saw yours. I've been so stoked on how successful you have been, dealing with decision makers like Clover Moore takes time and skill.
If Sparkes is on the case, all will be sweet. Complete faith in that guy to get it done right. I don't take anything to heart Josh, secretly I'm just trying to fire this website back up to its former glory, your just the biggest fish thats on the bite right now. It really shouldn't matter if I skate or not, freedom to hate on the internet is a god given right and if someone wants to make a heartless and distant remark about a shitty bowl design they should be able to do it without some local legend stomping them down and bringing reality into the mix. All that kind of shit breeds is a website where no-one posts anything against the grain and eventually it will rot from boredom / become just another extension of Facebook where everyone strokes everyone elses balls.
Thanks boys. But to be honest the track record this far isn't all "five star reviews" just yet. Most projects we are involved with are still a while off being started.
Please hold all applause until the parks are finally built and built the way the community want. Thanks for the kind words regardless.....
Remember when Sparx had a bowl-cut in Killself?
*That's pretty much all I have for this thread at the moment, I hope it didn't derail the feud.
Absolutely Jim....... and a fedora. I also have a small penis, addicted to free/low grade internet pornography and I'm a renowned bed wetter.
Stop bragging....
*Swipes right*
