The Sunset

The outer Sunset sucks. Stay in the Mission.

RIP Bordertown

http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/skatepark-under-oakland-freeway-torn-down/nFpNf/

This is really about so much more than skateboarding.

7 years of hard work and skaters' own money gone in a couple hours. Now it can go back to being a wasteland of drugs and guns. Thanks again, CalTrans.

It's a total bummer, but thanks to the nature of skateboarding and skateboards, another DIY spot will take it's place, and another, and another. They win the battles, we win the war.

Money over everything

Not just a Weezy quote, but America's mode of operation. Haven't updated this thing in forever, but I gotta after today.


Thank God for CalTrans, who recognized that the wasteland wasn't actually a positive thing for Oakland. It sure wasn't a place where people of all ages could go skateboard, be productive, and maybe even learn a new skill. The spot that used to be inhabited by crackheads and syringes is much worse with degenerate skateboarders, who took initiative and made something out of worse than nothing. It will look much nicer with a few billboards there instead. And crackheads again. That's what the community needs. Thank you CalTrans.

Oh, here's that slimy stuttering knucklehead in the video's contact info:
Bob Haus,
Public Outreach
Caltrans, Division of External Affairs.
111 Grand Avenue - Mail Station: 6E.
Oakland, CA 94612.
Ph: (510) 510-286-5576.

Public outreach.

“They’re not scared of you, they’re scared of what you represent. What you represent to them is freedom.”

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