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Started by twidmer. Last reply by twidmer Jul. 25, 2009.

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Did not get the grant. Everyone pretty much went over the skate parks. Trail projects were the ones that got the money. Pretty ugly since there is a separate grant for trails already in place. Burned out on this project. What if we get the work comp…
July 24, 2009
Drove over to Sunriver- Cool place for family/bikes. They need a skate park there! Anyway the presentation was good. We don't have our old City planner, so working with the intern was sooo much easier. She did a great job with the presentation and s…
June 13, 2009
Yeah, good luck. Interested to hear how it goes.
June 9, 2009
Rich Burton added 3 photos
June 7, 2009
twidmer added a discussion
Going to the Park Meeting in Sunriver on Wed.. Wish us luck. We are going in with around 89,000 in matches, in-kind, and donations. Looking good. Check out Millcityskatepark.com
June 7, 2009
Yeah it's all hand-stacked concrete. The spot is sleeping for 1 year now because I'm actually not living over there and my friends did not have any car to go to the spot, but this summer we'll do more work. I pour the coping according to the swedis…
June 4, 2009
Rad. I'm guessing it's all hand-stacked crete. Looks great. Can't wait to see more pics as spot evolves. Did you pour your own coping as well?
June 3, 2009
Timothée added 3 photos
June 3, 2009
Timothée updated their profile photo
June 2, 2009
John Kehoe is now a member of Piece of Grind
June 2, 2009
Timothée is now a member of Piece of Grind
May 31, 2009
twidmer is now a member of Piece of Grind
May 29, 2009
A blog post by Rich Burton was featured
If you are interested in visualizing your piece of grind idea prior to implementation, you might try using Google's 3D modeling tool, SketchUp. It's free and has enough features to get a good feel for how your design will look when finished. Word of…
May 27, 2009
Rich Burton added a blog post
If you are interested in visualizing your piece of grind idea prior to implementation, you might try using Google's 3D modeling tool, SketchUp. It's free and has enough features to get a good feel for how your design will look when finished. Word of…
May 27, 2009
A blog post by Rich Burton was featured
If you're looking for bowl design ideas and/or features, check out Wally's gallery of pool pics. Better yet, stop by IPS Skate & Snow in Hood River and chat it up with Wally, one of the original pool skaters. The guy has skated many a backyard pool…
May 25, 2009
Rich Burton added a blog post
If you're looking for bowl design ideas and/or features, check out Wally's gallery of pool pics. Better yet, stop by IPS Skate & Snow in Hood River and chat it up with Wally, one of the original pool skaters. The guy has skated many a backyard pool…
May 25, 2009
 

COMING SOON!

I've been toying with the idea of creating a repository of suppliers, builders, techniques, practices and methods for creating skate terrain over the last few years. A place to help folks realize their own piece of grind, so to speak. Well, the time has come to put up or shut up. Stay tuned and check back soon.

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Rich Burton

Visualize Your Idea

If you are interested in visualizing your piece of grind idea prior to implementation, you might try using Google's 3D modeling tool, SketchUp. It's free and has enough features to get a good feel for how your design will look when finished. Word of warning, if you have used 3D modeling tools before, SketchUps user interface is a little quirky. If you're interested in seeing your design without having to do it yourself, drop me som… Continue

Posted by Rich Burton on May 27, 2009 at 11:41am

Rich Burton

Design Ideas and Motivation

If you're looking for bowl design ideas and/or features, check out Wally's gallery of pool pics. Better yet, stop by IPS Skate & Snow in Hood River and chat it up with Wally, one of the original pool skaters. The guy h… Continue

Posted by Rich Burton on May 25, 2009 at 11:30am

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