Today (Sunday, November 28th, 2010), we had what is fast becoming a "fairly typical" Old Indy Skaters get-together. Which is starting to involve a real smorgasbord of fun stuff to do every weekend, bundled together to make a very, very filling skateboarding day.
In this case, the schedule was to hit up Greg's Ramp (more on that next week), followed by some sort of "DIY Adventure" in Broad Ripple. How Bart continually finds these new ramps, bowls, and street spots is just completely beyond me. All I know is, I'm happy that I'm in the club. Because that also makes me "in the know", just by lucky association.
The spot that Bart took us to was a pair of concrete playthings that we called (respectively) Hutch's Wall, and Hutch's Bank. Named for the builder of these DIYs, of course.
The wall looked hella fun, but we didn't skate it. Why...?! Because we were too focused on the bank...
... which was hella tight, hella challenging, hella harsh... and hella fun. Note the quick trannies, and the real-deal pool coping. It took a bit of sweeping by Da Crew to get it skateable, but once they did...
... it was on. Here's Big Mike with the rock-to-fakie... which is a lot f'n harder than it looks, kids...
... followed by this solidly decked backside rock by "My Alzheimer's Is Kicking In Again"...
... which is when Lorrin came in, turned up the juice, and launched this hella stylish early-grab backside air. This is how the new school rocks the old-school, kids.
Big Mike again, frontside grind from the "kink" side of the transition. If you think this looks easy, then let Big Mike take you to this spot so you can try it. You'll see just how gnar this really is, kid.
The ender was put down by Lorrin again, with this quick-footed frontside lip.
After that, I noticed that everyone was migrating across the street. So I went to check it out, where I happened upon Brian and Lorrin enjoying a quick double-sided curb session at what we might as well call "Hutch's Curb", while we're at it.
Apparently, Brian likes 'em backside...
... while Lorrin likes 'em frontside. Either way, it's all good.
So if you ever want to skate these DIYs for yourself, you should probably try getting a hold of the Old Indy Skaters dudes on Facebook. But, be careful! Those guys are sharp as tacks, and they can sniff out bullshit from miles away. If you wanna play, then you'd better play nicey kid.
That's it, guys. Get searching, and get shredding.
