Before it opened tile man Dave

David Gardner has been an active and dedicated skateboarder and surfer, up and down the coast of California, but mostly here in Santa Cruz for nearly 30 years. Dave proposes to stamp concrete textures (in the form of waves and/or faces) around the lip of the two skate bowls. Along with adding dynamic colors and forms to the surface of the park, this proposal also serves functional and aesthetic needs of the skaters, as it provides visual and auditory cues to their movements without compromising the skating texture of the bowls. Feb. 3, 2007 He is seen here making sure the tiles have just the right sound before staining them. One of the best reasons to do a public art project at a skatepark!

Santa Cruz Sentinel Surf Photo contest

Hey it's a permanent wave as I see it. A little shout to Jimbo Phillips and Dave of Diamond D Concrete and crew. Many countless hours of work. More a love of the project then for the money.

Vote if you want.
Voting ends October 24, 2008

Wave up date white wash

Friday morning a little more white wash added.



Thursday morning a little sampling of the update. Thanks for Jimbo, Dave from Diamond D Concrete and crew. Crystal from Parks and Recreation art council and others. It will look great when finished and really stand out. Who knew that the concrete was darker underneath the first layer of sand blast. Great excuse to go skate and work again. Sorry I'm not able to help out like I'd like Dave. It looks great.

Skateboard Class at the park Nov. 3

Yesterday's class was amazing! It was the first beginning skateboard class Gary and I had done for Santa Cruz Parks and Rec. We had 11 kids ages 5-9 signed up with an adult female. I found out on Friday that I had 9 more on a waiting list. Father of child number 10 called me directly at work (small town). We had a good early start at 9:00 am the weather was perfect and the local skaters were respectful and patient with us taking over sections of the park. It was great to see the kids learn to fakie in the little pool. Learning the feeling of going back and forth and teaching them balance and how by bending the knees and straightening up they could get some momentum. We even got the kids in the full pipe and big pool. They were in awe of the size and the echo inside. The smiles say it all.
I want to Thanks Drew for driving all the way to SC even though he had a birthday for his niece to attend. Also Mike for helping all the other parents that gave a hand. We learned that we need more skate teachers and a bit shorter class session. We enjoyed teaching the class and will do it again!

(Skaters not to worry it will be like once every six months.)

Tagging sucks!

If you see anyone tagging your park stop them! Every time they tag the park will get shut down and they will sand blast off the tagging which leaves it rough for slides... All the gray spots in the pool are sand blasted tag marks! Just thought you should know this is your park if you want it to be around and want more parks in Santa Cruz, Capitola, Aptos...take care of it.
You guys are lucky and have a park to skate. Many of us elders didn't have a park in town and had to drive hours away to play.