Spence Drains
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Arguably the best drains in Australia. 100s of metres of cool drains (when clean) - but skate carefully.
The Bicentennial National Trail, Australian Capital Territory 2615, Australia
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Me and Brow wagged two days of school to dig the big hip out one year. Two days of toil, sweat and tears culminated in a forty minute skate before it started raining and washed more mud down into it. needless to say we were bummed.
i saw these. but it had been raining for two days straight before hand so i couldnt skate in them. im still pissed off about this.
its allway wet
its a fucking drain omg go to a skate park
people's shit is in that drain you propaly don't have a acksoul sk8 park
this place is mad to skate. me and a friend cleared some of it but it gets dirty quick
u mean u and ur friend get dirty quick.....oh yeah u could have some races
nice call lol
honestly hoo the fuck goes sk8ing in a drain
its a great way to get around the ACT
I first hit this dodgy spot in 1977 with my "trax" plastic deck, then propmptly forgot about it until 1984 when I had a Lance Mountain fishtail, Indy 169s and rat bones (90a). It was either full of "dirt", water or garbage so it was a bring-your-broom spot. In summer there was little shade at the terminal end, far from the next tap etc. I'd give it 2.5 stars now, but hey, it was a great place to learn away from the crowds.
it seems nobody has been there recently, because there is so much down at spence now. quarterpipes, fibreglass benches, the fourway hip section is currently skateable (weather permitting), there is a manny pad and i have almost finished a wall slappy grind box. if you want more obstacles, bring it down yourselves. this is the only do it yourself skate park in canberra, made by skaters for skaters, so come down and discourage the parasite bmxers/ mountain bike geeks from using our stuff. but if you can't handle the coreness of the drains, then go skate the boring, baby smooth concrete parks around ACT and don't forget to tell mum all about it. p.s. if anyone knows where to get a good picnic table from, then let us know here.
drains are wiked
29.06.06: slappy box is finished. cement needs to dry. dodgy, homemade builder skills but will skate well, i think. how do you post photos here?
when people look at drains they think they are shit but drains are much more fun than they look
me and my chinese sushi club had a picnic here
is that the one on tha quicksilver dvd?
Hey all ! went for a roll here today. The Best drain in canberra, love the little quarter, great place to carve banks and bert slide. See you all there some time !
haha looks fun curse them bikers
i don't think this was in the quiksilver dvd, those drains were in darwin somewere....
Hey "dougs"...sorry dude, but my BMX kid was lording it last week...LOL
My friend Declan and his dad built almost every thing that's there now. SPENCE IS THA BEST
arguallbly the best drains in australia. these dont compare to moonee ponds creek
wat is dat
i mean flemington drains* vans did a demo there the other week. they fucking own this shit. has a euro, massive water gap, ledges, rails and a quarter, wallrdies fuckin everything man