![]() Why do you think it's important for skaters to build their own? You guys have some pretty amazing parks and spots to skate in your area. We now had the option of building ledges and transition so everyone had something to enjoy. One of our buddies Brian Dale tipped us with an empty fishing pier that conveniently enough was down the bike path from the barrier. Everyone at the shop gave their ideas but the location we went with was out of the way and we figured it was desolate enough that no one would mess with it.ĬG: During the 30 days we were constantly throwing around ideas and mentioning it to the locals for some input. One night the assistant manager at the shop, Chris Gedney, pulled the trigger and just went to Home Depot, loaded up a shopping cart and built it with the help of some of the FDR dudes and other friends. LD: We got to a point where we had all this money in the build project bucket and way too many ideas on what to do. How did you guys decide on what and where to build? Were a lot of people from the shop involved? It didn't really have a name I always just called it the Washington Ave. We had a dream barrier spot very close to the shop that was torn down roughly a year ago and that was always something we wanted to bring back. Some of the other local skaters also came down and built a kicker that was pretty similar measurements to when you prop tiles up at Love Park.ĬG: Finding a good location in South Philadelphia is definitely pretty difficult. The other spot is on an abandoned pier right off the Delaware River that we built a couple angle iron ledges and a parking block ledge. It was always a good warmup spot but got demo'd a while back so we decided to re-build it and see how long it would last. The one is a jersey barrier that was skate-able back before I ever lived in Philadelphia. LD: We built at two different locations that were very close to each other. We caught up Luke Darigan, Nocturnal's Manager and Chris Gedney Assistant Manager to hear about how it all went down and their plans to keep moving, building and fixing more spots around Philadelphia.Īn interview with Luke Darigan & Chris Gedney from Nocturnal Skate ShopĬan you give a little background on your Build? How did you find the location? Was it skateable before your crew started building? Is there any history to the spot? Does it have a name? Retrieved September 9, 2012.The crew at Nocturnal Skate Shop in Philadelphia, PA raised $600 with their Build Project Bucket and have already built two spots so far.
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