Skateboarding and Public Space

FDR Peanut Pool Coping

Nicholas Orso — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:48:22 +0000

The crew was there on Saturday laying it down and hooking the deck up. Respect.

Pop’s Work Continues

Nicholas Orso — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:20:19 +0000

Jesse is there today receiving deliveries and should be (weather-permitting) working tomorrow and Wednesday as well. If you can help, please call Jesse at 215.208.6070.

Photos: Rob Reed

Philly.com

Nicholas Orso — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:22:22 +0000

Treece and I got a write-up about the McRad fundraiser at KFN.

Read ‘er here.

POPs Center Pyramid

Nicholas Orso — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:14:23 +0000

Jesse and Nick started welding the frame…

Skateistan

Nicholas Orso — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:08:54 +0000

The New York Times had a good piece on skateboarding in Afghanistan yesterday. I read about Oliver a few months back and am glad to see that the exposure has brought him more funding. Be sure to watch the video too.

Thank you to everyone who forwarded to me!

Benefit for DIY Parks MONDAY

Nicholas Orso — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:03:49 +0000

Come support your local scene!

POPs Work Continues

Nicholas Orso — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:27:59 +0000

Big work day this past weekend on Saturday, we had over 15 volunteers throughout the day working. Not to mention the amazing meal slaved over and donated to the cause. On Saturday we jacked out a bunch of asphalt, capitalizing on the 3 hammers we had for the day. Laid fencing and tied it into the spine. On Sunday Jesse came back to finish forming the spine and on Monday there was a crew there starting to pour it. Well done everyone.

FDR Fundraiser Saturday Night

Nicholas Orso — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:21:53 +0000

Mako’s Retired Surfers Bar & Grill (301 South St.) is hosting a fundraiser for FDR this Saturday night (November 22). $2 PBRs – half of the money goes to buying pool coping to finish the peanut bowl.

Come out and support your local scene!

POPs Update

Nicholas Orso — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:01:03 +0000

First off, we had a majorly successful fundraiser on Saturday night thanks to the Friends of Pops Playground. They handled the night with the experience of seasoned professionals despite the fact that this was their first fundraiser! Informal word is they raised $3,500 for the park. Bravo!

Secondly, more work went down yesterday (Sunday) at the park. Jesse brought his dad and brother in for some expertise and formed out the topping for the corner. Suozzo was there welding the steel reinforcing for the spine. Stephen, Chrisp, Dan and myself just sort of hung around and got in the way.

Thirdly, the first session ever went down at Pops yesterday on a relatively mild afternoon. Here Stephen James peels a lipslide.

Check the following videos of the architect and super on site – Jesse Clayton. So appropriate that the dude who designed it gets first footage shredding the place. I will try and edit these clips together but for now enjoy them separately.

Flow line: 50-50 fakie, switch front five.

Switch blunt.

Screechin’ and popping a back tail in.

Fundraiser for Pop’s – This Saturday 7pm – Midnight

Nicholas Orso — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:32:54 +0000

We are throwing a Beef-n-Beer fundraiser for Pop’s Playground this Saturday, November 8, from 7pm – 12am. The money will go towards the completion of the skateboard park project we’ve been working on there. For more information, click on the POPs tab at the top of this page for background info and scroll through the home page for update posts on the progress so far.

You can buy tickets online here for $20 ($25 at the door) and it gets you free beer and beef all night! Good music, good people, and good times for a good cause. We will also be raffling off a litany of prizes, including sixers and flyers box tickets w/ parking, and a bunch of skate stuff.

Help the community out by giving the much-deserving youth a safe place to spend their time. If you’ve heard about this project and want to help out but can’t make the event – you can still buy a ticket online to help the cause!

See the attached flyer and if you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly.

All of you with blogs, websites, myspace, facebook, or friends, please post / forward along!