April 7, 2012

#familiaHQ

'Grammed by B-Show.

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

what hours of the day or night can one come skate @ this spot

DaveBURR said...

looks like the berrics, biebils place and cream city all got together to crate a familia tf, super dope

Anonymous said...

Yeah, Super dope if you like skating a lot of flat and stairs indoors. Nesser was well intentioned and I appreciate all he's done for our scene, but I am pretty disappointed to see how basic this place is. We've got 3rd Lair and Summit with indoor street courses, why do we need another one around that has everything I can go skate down the street for free?

Anonymous said...

What did you want, The Loop?

Anonymous said...

Bwahahaha!

Anonymous said...

Naw, I don't want the loop at all. But maybe something besides stairs, a roll in, a quarter pipe, and a box. All of those things are at every school and shitty skatepark in the Twin Cities. Why not build something unique? The chinabank looking thing is the only unique part of the skatepark I see. It's rad as a training facility for your team or something but as a "surprise skatepark" that opened when the weather got nice I just don't see the appeal to it. To each their own though and I am not hating on Nesser at all, I just expected him to add some more creative to the scene.

Anonymous said...

the best "off-park" thing about HQ is legend's dollar domestics

Anonymous said...

whoever is hating go to a bmx park with andy mcdonald, go down the street and skate for free? with you homies? hecklers? dealing with getting kicked out? raw street parks are the best, do you not like the westchester park then? shit dude

Anonymous said...

Raw street parks are the best? What about actual raw street? Does the new generation of skateboarders not recognize actual street skating anymore?

Try to remember that all you are doing in these parks is emulating what is right outside your front door. Part of skating is getting that front lip on the rail at that school before they skate-stop it or you get kicked out for the third time this month. It's the chase, the feeling that you aren't supposed to be there, the danger, and the RAWNESS of it that attracted me and my generation to skating.

I'm not hating at all, I'm just disappointed that such a prominent skater didn't think to be more creative with his "surprise skateapark." At least put something in there that you can't find at 3rd Lair or Summit. This is basic, and it is good for what it is. But it lacks any sense of creativity or uniqueness that I feel should come with skateboarding.

And for anyone who thinks I'm hating on the scene, I'm not. I'm just sick of people sitting back and accepting these types of parks as they are. Mpls deserves a unique scene and instead of people who actually have the money and resources available to build it it's beign done by people like me who fork over our hard earned dollars every month to keep our renegade DIY ramps open.

Anonymous said...

You are such a renegade!!!

Anonymous said...

this is a renegade! your generation? dude i dont know what your generation is but today is today, to knock on this park comes from somebody who must be from a shitty generation, one that goes snowboarding? you live in the midwest as do i, street skating is the best but there are such thing as snow, rain, wind, wheel bite, good times at the park with the homies without helmets? Nesser blasting over that bank frontside? Im glad to hear you make your own spots but to hate on someone who has kept the twin cities scene alive can eat a dick. fobia!

Anonymous said...

lets hope steve doesn't slam into that wall thou, triumvirate all day everyday, try that generation on for thought

Anonymous said...

Finally something a bit juicy in the comments?!? Been a while. Anyway, some things to consider...I will take the liberty of assuming I am at least of the same generation of skater as our Anonymous Rabble-Rouser. That said, the first obvious note is we need to get over ourselves & what we think skating is about. We are dinosaurs whose ways and relevance have long been passed by. We all helped create a pretty good scene here, but now we maybe can accept we are a vast minority with little input on how the show runs today. Which is something to consider when a individual sticks his neck out to operate a skatepark as a business. It would simply be a foolish business decision to design something for a single percentage point of the local skate population. I feel pretty safe saying if whatever type of "creative" park Anonymous Rabble-Rouser is speaking of was a viable way for someone to make a few bucks, it would have happened. I know most of the stuff I would personally put in a park would get laughed at & shunned by the paying public. As for the street vs park argument, I guess that is one I personally have always found a bit odd. It IS fun to just push around and get hits in as the elements allow. It's also just as fun to be able to sit and skate something in a cozy temperature at my leisure without hassle. Both are fun yet one is right/the other wrong? Who's proving what to who with a hard-line stance? And today's kids that have had the luxury of skating quality, indoor parks their whole life seem to be quite adept on the streets as well (as evidenced very well in recent local videos). And aside from being really fucking good at skating, most of these kids have really fucking good attitudes. Our time is short Anonymous Rabble-Rouser, we did some good things in here. Let's not be bottlenecks as these kids progress past us. Our precious scene is in new and very competent hands. Thanks to Muller for many, many years of providing a comfortable alternative to street skating. Thanks to Nesser for providing another comfortable alternative.

-Dan Jackson

Anonymous said...

well put dan, dudes with tudes for life and the all mighty triumvirate, streets or park it comes down to fun, and thats it to me, and being around friends, which is upsetting about dudes choice for the rush, are you kidding me? dude needs to bomb a a giant hill, good choice on the morrisey intro you sweet old man, no homo

Anonymous said...

and on a further note, sorry munzy and dan, but fuck the t wolves! i was pushing for them as a close 3rd fav, but its bulls for life! bench mob would kill your starters! boo yeah!

platinumseagulls said...

Like Dan, I do love it when the comments section on my website gives us something to talk about. To the anonymous commenter above, I'll say the Wolves have been killed by injury this year and the Bulls are my hopeful Eastern Conference champs, but I've gotta go with the Thunder out of the West. I back their youth.

To the larger question of some guy talking anonymously on the Internet about a park which he has never skated...I don't know what to say. Let's quote him:

"Mpls deserves a unique scene and instead of people who actually have the money and resources available to build it it's beign (sic) done by people like me who fork over our hard earned dollars every month to keep our renegade DIY ramps open."

Applause for this guy. He, without giving a name to his comments, keeps the scene "unique" while somehow denigrating a local pro-skater who somehow, in his mind, doesn't work for his money, while putting his probably, truthfully too, hard-earned earnings on an alter. This is a mark of true asshollery.

You, Anonymous commenter, I challenge you to enumerate every single thing you've done for the Twin Cities skateboard scene aside from having a part in what is a private ramp (or DIY and renegade ramp, take your pick). I'd say that if you've done so much, you should sign your name on what you write, so maybe, us, the humble people that have benefitted so much from what you've done, can beseech you and all the shit you seem to expect. I'm not big on pissing contests but you seem to want to get pissed all over.

Brad said...

In the great words of Herman Edwards, "BE A MAN, PUT YOUR NAME ON IT! DON'T BE AFRAID OF IT!" Steve Nesser is killing it as far as improving the MN skate scene, people should actually skate the park before criticizing it. The park is awesome, well designed, and most importantly very fun. The park has a lot more variety than you think, it has banks, ledges, pole jams, wall rides, quarterpipes, and many other features. I encourage people to shake Steve Nesser's hand for building an epic skatepark that we all can skate. What the skate scene needs is more positivity and people like Steve that contribute to the scene. Thanks Steve for making the MN skate scene better.

Anonymous said...

It's a general concensus that steve nesser is the twin cities' Rocky Balboa.-Terry ferkey

Anonymous said...

Something like this could really have helped make this park unique:

http://www.wiskate.com/news/data/upimages/danny_stemper-front_blunt_to_fakie.jpg

Can't get that anywhere in the Twin Cities. It's not that hard to make something unique, especially if you are already pouring concrete indoors like they did.

Anonymous said...

oh god, come on man, give up already or go do something for the scene yourself, i remember the first time i hated on someone who put a dickload of money and support to a community, or waita a minute ive never done that, aggghhh, you frustrate me, i just went on the best bar crawl ever with uprise homies, go out and bomb a hill, or challenge oncoming traffic, there is not a perfect spot like the hq and i havent been there yet, you need to learn to except what is front of you instead of hating. Triumverate! saw the viking this weekend, chomp on that mister skate park enthusiast

Anonymous said...

I do a lot for the scene. I am on committees for cities that are rebuilding their skateparks. I pay rent at my ramp monthly in order to keep it open, I put more than my fair share of cash into the other ramps around town, and I shop at a local core skateshop that has been around for 24(?) years.

I've also hosted several events for the scene and do my best to support any local companies that I can.

I don't have to ACCEPT anything just because it's skateboarding, and you shouldn't either. Learn to think for yourself and make your own decisions, if you want to pay $10 to skate a ledge and set of stairs than be my guest. I, on the other hand, want more out of my scene.

Anonymous said...

a ledge and a set of stairs? are you blind? i havent been there yet and it looks like much more than that, why dont you post a photo of your "local ramp" or your "committee changing skateparks", im guessing your generation doesnt care for flatground tricks or manuels, just pure rippage i'm guessing.

I like your love for skateboarding, but again, accept what is in front of you, your in the midwest, ive been to ramps in barns in iowa, super awesome and at the same time shitty, but its skateboarding, accept what it is instead of making something it isn't, I'm done with this argument, keep donating money towards skateboarding and local companies if you really are doing that.

Best of hopes for d roses recovery...
Goonies never say die.

D Burrus

Charley said...

SNOW! SNOW! COLD! ICE! FUCKING! COLD! SNOW AND ICE!

If Steve opened that space with nothing in it at all I would still pay ten bucks to skate it all day and I would thank him for letting ME be the creative one.

who ever wrote those complaints is spot on though, it is identical to third and summit:

1. you can actually push.

2. everything is the perfect height and shape.

3. the flow of the park is perfect so your never snaking by accident/getting snaked.

4. Its not slippery as fuck and covered with stickers.

5. Its run by people that actually skate, and have given more than they have ever taken from skating.

that about covers it, yep:)

Hey Mike, by the way; is there any way to imply sarcasm in writing? I heard one the literary powers that be were knocking around the idea of reverse angled italicizing, any ideas?

your "familia,"

- Charley Markson

Anonymous said...

whoever wrote those complaints aren't spot on, the small details of the park is what makes it different from 3rd or summit, such as the concrete before the set. shits smart

btw charley, i think using an upside down "?" indicates some sort of sarcasm