St. Louis
These are a bunch of pictures from when Sebass and I took a road trip to St Louis, Missouri in 2006. We rode a shit load of awesome spots, check it out below.
When we got there Andy and Sam from Tree were headed out to this race and ended up taking the gold and the silver
This little park was fun. The best part was those sun blockers.
There were banks and hips everywhere we went. Here’s Sebass shredding a ditch.
This car was damaged by hail.
This is a cat we met that had a extra toe.
Shredding the streets.
We went to the Budweiser brewery and ate pretzels and drink beer. I also saw a dog take a shit under a wagon while the tour guide was showing us the Budweiser Clydesdales.
This is the top of the St. Louis Gateway Arch looking down.
View of the city from the arch.
There were a lot of billboards and signs on peoples yards that said “JESUS” in large letters.
Sebass and I headed out to find some stuff to ride and came across this sweet slanted curved wallride. I broke one of those lights by accident.
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Andy took us to this sweet supermarket with banks going around the entire building. Needless to say it was pretty awesome.
The land of banks.
I love spots like this. This was an old bank with tight vert walls all around it. We were kicked out by an old chinese lady that emerged from the seemingly closed bank.
Raise the roof.
This was at Ramp Riders. It’s a pretty large skatepark on the second level a factory building that used to be a beer brewery. The park was empty because it was about 100 degrees outside. I fucked up my foot on this curved wallride and was out of commission for the rest of the trip.
Slappin the Arch.
Another vert wall. This one was along the water. As you can tell from the photo, it goes on for quite some distance.
Sam and Andy took us to this crazy abandoned water slide at the very top of this hill. It was the most amazing thing I have ridden to date.
Crazy ass snake run/water slide.
Have you?
Beer couch doesnt look too comfortable.
I forgot how we ended up involved in this but it was a great way to end the trip.
Act Like You Know Video premiere photos
The Video was good and there were a lot of good friends there to enjoy it with.
See the photos below.
Are you Loco?
Banks and Mike.
Mike and a crowd
Dave Hall and the crowd
Torey
Grady and Rone.
Save the Banks Jam Video
I heard from that the banks should be opening back up soon. But I don’t trust the government and you shouldn’t either. Here is a video from the Save the Banks Jam put together by Steve Rodriguez. Lil Mike Colantonio was taking some hard falls that day. Watch the video below.
Winter “Save The Banks” Jam 2010 from Bryan Close on Vimeo.
12 Questions and 16 Clips with Vinny Sammon
12 Questions and 16 clips with Vinny Sammon
By Ed Pollio
1.Where are you from?
West New York, NJ. We got our own gangland episode son hahaha
2.Who are your Sponsors?
Animal, danscomp, lotek ( skavenger brooklyn shoe)
3.What do you think about Staten Island? And did you know there is a movie named Staten Island?
Staten is cut off from everything and doesn’t really feel like NYC which makes is kind of cool… the accent is heavy and annoying at times haha. i wasn’t aware of that movie. but i’m sure West New York is probably 10x cheesier
4.How do you feel about bmx these days?
it’s the same shit just with way more people riding,and hanging out everywhere you go.. it’s getting hard to keep track of names.
5.Who is your Favorite person to ride with?
ralph who happens to be the worst one too.
6.Who taught you how to ride a a bike and how old were you?
I was 5. My mother had the training wheels taken off and pushed me around till I kept it steady.
7.Whats up with skavenger?
Frames, forks, bars, a real website.. just dropped the basketball shorts for summer. quick summer tour in cali coming soon then we’ll announce the full squad.
8.where is the best pizza place in N.J.?
Pizzaland in north arlington.. its the shack thats in the sopranos intro. theres too many to name.. an honarable mention is the dollar pizza at rays in downtown paterson because of all the funny shit you’ll see while eating..
9.Do you have a credit Card? and whats the limit?
Yup. Not much. Enough for metrocards and travel.
10.If you could be anywhere in the world where would it be?
With riding im content staying in jersey. Vacation wise i wouldnt mind going back to italy again at some point.
11.What is your favorite spot to ride?
The brooklyn banks all day, and the many slabs on decaying concrete in hudson county.
12.How do you feel about Wormz?
Amazing bike rider and all around great guy. The parkour extraordinaire of the lower east side after a few heinekens.
Brooklyn Banks NY Times Video
To Fix Bridge, Skateboard Mecca May Be Lost
A skater performs a trick at the skate park known as Brooklyn Banks, which is about to become a construction zone during a four-year renovation of the Brooklyn Bridge.
By JOHN BRANCH
Published: May 13, 2010
To most people, the area under the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge, in the shadows of the off ramps and against the hulking stone structure of the famous East River crossing, is not a place to stop. It is a place to leave.
Brooklyn Banks Jam Video.
BANKS JAM from y.arava on Vimeo.
Thanks to Y Arava from Grindstate
Chronicle of a Changing City/ Brooklyn Banks New York Times
Chronicle of a Changing City
HOMAGE is a new indoor skate spot opened by Michelle Sauer, 34, and Jose Portes, 36, a skateboarding couple whose skate shop, also named Homage, is a few blocks away, at 151 Smith Street. The shop is a big skater hangout and the couple offers lessons, but since it can be tough to find practice space in the winter, they opened this garage-like park at 615 Degraw Street, which has a suitable concrete floor and several wooden skateboard ramps wedged into it. The 2,500-square-foot space accommodates about 20 skaters; for now, it is open only to members who pay $100. Ms. Sauer, a former designer at Zoo York, the skateboard company, and at Burton, the snowboard company, said she and Mr. Portes planned to offer day-rate admission soon. “It’s hard for New Yorkers to skate in the winter,” Mr. Portes said. “So we wanted to set up a training facility because we want to see more pro skaters coming out of New York.”
