Have fun
Josh x
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Kyle not skating and Matt doing nose grabs
Heres a little something from bay last weekend, the video is shit quality and small becasue it would have taken ages to upload, enjoy.
AJK x
AJK x
Monday, 23 November 2009
He'll be watching you...
I was in the smoke sunday night and on my way home from southbank came across this. My instant thought when I saw it was to snap a photo.
I might just have to pick up a copy of this just to have on my bookshelf.
Josh x
I might just have to pick up a copy of this just to have on my bookshelf.
Josh x
Thursday, 19 November 2009
GRIND BOX NEWS - PART 1
Hello everyone,
PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS TO AVOID INEVITABLE QUESTIONS
So yesterday afternoon BigStu and I had a meeting with our boss, Wayne, and , Steve,the bloke weve been talking to from Gravity.
Wayne basically told us we have £9,500 to build the block from start to finish including all of the costs. Now for those of you that think that this is alot of money you mistaken. This has to include a concrete foundation, equipment, labour, transport, raw materials and so on. Therefore this IS NOT alot of money and can everyone please stop telling me that they can build it for cheaper, cause we all know youd build a peice of shit.
Right, now the original block idea was based on the 'T-block' at meanwhile 2 (royal oak) which gravity built, and we wanted to stick with that and sort of had to as that is what the YOF (youth oppertunity fund) gave us the money to build. Now that dosnt mean it has to be identicle. Which was a plus because im going to put my hand up and say the dimensions were all out, but what can I say when your sleep deprived and studying for your end of year exams numbers all sort of blur into one. SO we went down to the park to measure up other ramps to get an idea of decent dimensions. The manual pad at the bottom of the design is going to be roughly the same height as the halfpipe (from floor to manny pad) but a slight bit lower, only by about 4cm. And the top ledge was going to be about the height of the side of the mini-quater but we decided to make it a bit lower so that the other side was easier to skate, and thus came up with the same height as the south bank block leaving it about 25cm heigher than the manny pad.
This is so the whole peice is easier to skate and opening up more lines.
Here is the really interesting news though. Both end of the manual pad are going to be banked slighly to they are wallie-able AND one end of the high wall is going to be wallie-able. So there are loads more lines available.
ALSO
The original placement has had to change. In the original proposal the manny pad was going face out towards the park and the high wall was going to be infront of the bench, but now its going to be the other way around so the manny pad is going to face the bench.
This is for one main reason. When the park was originally built there was no drainage put in AND the park slopes towards the car park. This means that where we had originally planned to put the T-block would be in standing water. Which could either damage it or at least means its going to take ages to dry. By leaving it facing the other way it means the water can run off from the long ledge and leave the manny pad mostly dry and cause minimal damage. There is also a chance a drainage gap might run through the middle of the block for improved drainage.
THE BAD NEWS
With all projects like this putting a massive solid block of concrete any where needs careful consideration as to what the ground underneath is like. And the likely hood is that GBH, the people who built that park originally, are a bunch of tight cunts and have made a half arse job of tha tarmac (hench why we always get puddles gathering and there is no drainage). All this means is that a soild survey needs to be done of what we have to build on as we can in no way build straight onto tarmac other wise it would only last long enough for charlie to front shove off it.
If the soils shit a bigger foundation needs to be layed thus costing more £££ if its good no cut backs.
* * *
as you can in this photo im not making it up, from the right you can see all the water coming from the other side of the park and settling right where we want to put the block.
* * *
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This is the design with the ammended dimensions. and showing the wallie-able areas. The steepness is going to be like that of 'Summer town' park in Oxford.
for those of you with no-so-good peepers you can see a full size A4 version of this by clicking the 'Ammended design' link on the top right.
WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR
Well basically in the next week or so Steve is going to draw up our plans properly whilst we wait for out boss Wayne to get soil surveys and park plans etc. and considering the council write up EVERYTHING and the park was built about 10 years ago we can sort of expect it to be a pretty hard job to find all the paper work so we are hoping to wait about a week/2 weeks to get to the next stage.
phew! thanks for reading make sure youve read it a few times before you pluck up the courage to ask a stupid question.
J-BEAR
So yesterday afternoon BigStu and I had a meeting with our boss, Wayne, and , Steve,the bloke weve been talking to from Gravity.
Wayne basically told us we have £9,500 to build the block from start to finish including all of the costs. Now for those of you that think that this is alot of money you mistaken. This has to include a concrete foundation, equipment, labour, transport, raw materials and so on. Therefore this IS NOT alot of money and can everyone please stop telling me that they can build it for cheaper, cause we all know youd build a peice of shit.
Right, now the original block idea was based on the 'T-block' at meanwhile 2 (royal oak) which gravity built, and we wanted to stick with that and sort of had to as that is what the YOF (youth oppertunity fund) gave us the money to build. Now that dosnt mean it has to be identicle. Which was a plus because im going to put my hand up and say the dimensions were all out, but what can I say when your sleep deprived and studying for your end of year exams numbers all sort of blur into one. SO we went down to the park to measure up other ramps to get an idea of decent dimensions. The manual pad at the bottom of the design is going to be roughly the same height as the halfpipe (from floor to manny pad) but a slight bit lower, only by about 4cm. And the top ledge was going to be about the height of the side of the mini-quater but we decided to make it a bit lower so that the other side was easier to skate, and thus came up with the same height as the south bank block leaving it about 25cm heigher than the manny pad.
This is so the whole peice is easier to skate and opening up more lines.
Here is the really interesting news though. Both end of the manual pad are going to be banked slighly to they are wallie-able AND one end of the high wall is going to be wallie-able. So there are loads more lines available.
The original placement has had to change. In the original proposal the manny pad was going face out towards the park and the high wall was going to be infront of the bench, but now its going to be the other way around so the manny pad is going to face the bench.
This is for one main reason. When the park was originally built there was no drainage put in AND the park slopes towards the car park. This means that where we had originally planned to put the T-block would be in standing water. Which could either damage it or at least means its going to take ages to dry. By leaving it facing the other way it means the water can run off from the long ledge and leave the manny pad mostly dry and cause minimal damage. There is also a chance a drainage gap might run through the middle of the block for improved drainage.
With all projects like this putting a massive solid block of concrete any where needs careful consideration as to what the ground underneath is like. And the likely hood is that GBH, the people who built that park originally, are a bunch of tight cunts and have made a half arse job of tha tarmac (hench why we always get puddles gathering and there is no drainage). All this means is that a soild survey needs to be done of what we have to build on as we can in no way build straight onto tarmac other wise it would only last long enough for charlie to front shove off it.
If the soils shit a bigger foundation needs to be layed thus costing more £££ if its good no cut backs.
as you can in this photo im not making it up, from the right you can see all the water coming from the other side of the park and settling right where we want to put the block.
.jpg)
This is the design with the ammended dimensions. and showing the wallie-able areas. The steepness is going to be like that of 'Summer town' park in Oxford.
for those of you with no-so-good peepers you can see a full size A4 version of this by clicking the 'Ammended design' link on the top right.
Well basically in the next week or so Steve is going to draw up our plans properly whilst we wait for out boss Wayne to get soil surveys and park plans etc. and considering the council write up EVERYTHING and the park was built about 10 years ago we can sort of expect it to be a pretty hard job to find all the paper work so we are hoping to wait about a week/2 weeks to get to the next stage.
phew! thanks for reading make sure youve read it a few times before you pluck up the courage to ask a stupid question.
J-BEAR
PART 2 . .
has just been posted
* for those that dont know 'anonimity' is the screen name for the sidewalk editor on the sidewalk forum.
J-BEAR
* for those that dont know 'anonimity' is the screen name for the sidewalk editor on the sidewalk forum.
J-BEAR
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW . . .
Ex store Eton has shut down . . . .
So weve now go NO backing for anything we run.
Oh well
J-BEAR
So weve now go NO backing for anything we run.
Oh well
J-BEAR
Saturday, 14 November 2009
FAILED FOURS + WERRICS NEWS
Sorry theres no Friday Fours, Speedy-gon-joe was left in charged and promised us some gnarly ass doodles to wet our gunsho apetite.
But as to be expected Itll probably turn up on tuesday. . . .
And . . .
Its another werrics free weekend sadly, another week has gone past with no news about the werrics, 'margret' is the woman this whole project relys on and keeps brushing us. Next week we promise !
J-BEAR
x
But as to be expected Itll probably turn up on tuesday. . . .
And . . .
Its another werrics free weekend sadly, another week has gone past with no news about the werrics, 'margret' is the woman this whole project relys on and keeps brushing us. Next week we promise !
J-BEAR
x
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
GOODBYE !
This man . . .
Will Berman, of HD filming fame, is off to Austria to go film a load of benders who cant do any tricks without attaching there feet to their boards cant take a hard slam so do it on snow, AKA snowboarders.
In all honesty its a pretty sweet deal, live in Austria for a 6 months or what ever. Its gonna be rad. GOOD LUCK MAN !
In other news, I think Im going to run a competition to find this man . . .
The real Sean John AKA Big Dog AKA Big Dizzle AKA zooka AKA Bizzle D AKA aka
The first one who can get me a photo of him and a telephone number without all the usual 'I heard he was using his willy grinds to hunt mountain goats in peru' bullshit will win a mystery prize . . . .
J-BEAR
Will Berman, of HD filming fame, is off to Austria to go film a load of benders who cant do any tricks without attaching there feet to their boards cant take a hard slam so do it on snow, AKA snowboarders.
In all honesty its a pretty sweet deal, live in Austria for a 6 months or what ever. Its gonna be rad. GOOD LUCK MAN !
In other news, I think Im going to run a competition to find this man . . .
The real Sean John AKA Big Dog AKA Big Dizzle AKA zooka AKA Bizzle D AKA aka
The first one who can get me a photo of him and a telephone number without all the usual 'I heard he was using his willy grinds to hunt mountain goats in peru' bullshit will win a mystery prize . . . .
J-BEAR
Sunday, 8 November 2009
BUT GUYS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PUMPKIN . . .
Right, so your all probably wondering what happened the the Halloween jam Plank Pushers Pumpkin (well, probably not)
I carted it away will promise of a veritable feast of pumpkin based dishes, and so It became . . . .
Pumpkin Curry x1
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Pumpkin pie x2
Cream Of Pumpkin soup x2
Pumpkin Cake x1
and im still eating it to this day, cheers josh !
J-BEAR
I carted it away will promise of a veritable feast of pumpkin based dishes, and so It became . . . .
Pumpkin Curry x1
.JPG)
Pumpkin pie x2
Cream Of Pumpkin soup x2
Pumpkin Cake x1
and im still eating it to this day, cheers josh !
J-BEAR
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Saturday Sections
Just an idea. Don't know if it'll catch on but I just thought it was a good idea. Just post a skate part you've been feeling recently. Anyway, this is Richie Jacksons' part from Transworlds 'And Now'.
When I first saw Richie Jackson in 'Escape the boredom' I didn't really like the way he skated, the way he dressed and the tricks he did. But seeing this completely changed my mind. I now realize that he has a completely individual style and does tricks I have never seen anyone else do before. I think this is one of the sickest sections I have seen in a while.
Josh x
Friday, 6 November 2009
100 POSTS BITCHES ! ! !
100 posts of pure internet, skateboarding goodness and to celebrate Friday Fours this week is a re-cap of my 4 favourite video from the Plank Pushers archive . . .
PLANK PUSHERS RUNZ TINGS, 100s OF POST YET TO COME, DONT FRONT, BO !
J-Bear x
Macmillan Coffee Morning from Will Berman on Vimeo.
PLANK PUSHERS RUNZ TINGS, 100s OF POST YET TO COME, DONT FRONT, BO !
J-Bear x
FRIDAY PHOTOS WITH ARUN G
Here are some pictures i got developed the other day for yall to enjoy , blesssssss
J-Bear
J-Bear 
josh loves a bit of muff
gangstaaa
killer bees + a pumpkin = the life of a bear
brotherly love
Arun G keep it irie...peace x
Monday, 2 November 2009
Halloween photo
here are a few photo of the plank pushers Halloween jam at Windsor of course.
the night before me and jake painted the ramps and gave them a fresh bloody look.
when i returned to the park in the evening to turn the light off it was rainy quite heavy and helped the paint run abit more.... ok alot more .... yer it pretty much washed it all off.
on the day it rained in the morning but it dried up enough to skate later in the afternoon and this guy was there dressed up which is a little more then the rest of the people that came . you lazy cunts.
fabio was there with a mask not quite the full shabang but at least something.
mat had a gas problem
although he didn't have a problem with flying though the air and grabbing his nose
sam was there and arun's knee its getting better so he will be back in action soon.
ball ride to fakie. my knee is almost higher then my head that must be a good thing.
i would like to thank everyone who came down to Windsor for the skate jam as we have lost all council funding so this was our first truly solo event and we can't wait to run some more. it was the last night of working at Windsor skate park so if you hurt yourself now tough shit.
that all for now but ive got some more photo to post up here later in the week so keep checking back.
BIGstu
the night before me and jake painted the ramps and gave them a fresh bloody look.
when i returned to the park in the evening to turn the light off it was rainy quite heavy and helped the paint run abit more.... ok alot more .... yer it pretty much washed it all off.
on the day it rained in the morning but it dried up enough to skate later in the afternoon and this guy was there dressed up which is a little more then the rest of the people that came . you lazy cunts.
fabio was there with a mask not quite the full shabang but at least something.
mat had a gas problem
although he didn't have a problem with flying though the air and grabbing his nose
sam was there and arun's knee its getting better so he will be back in action soon.
ball ride to fakie. my knee is almost higher then my head that must be a good thing.
i would like to thank everyone who came down to Windsor for the skate jam as we have lost all council funding so this was our first truly solo event and we can't wait to run some more. it was the last night of working at Windsor skate park so if you hurt yourself now tough shit.
that all for now but ive got some more photo to post up here later in the week so keep checking back.
BIGstu
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