Thursday, May 10, 2012

LA River North Spot Check.

Finally got motivated to cruise the LA Bike Path with DMCs help. It wasn't all that bad since the upper section is kinda medium length. I'm sure there's a way to continue the full length of it going south but technical difficulties kept us to the northern most part that originates (or ends) at Griffith Park. It was crazy to see two of the spots seen in the vids. I've been dying to find this bondo'd bank to wall; but still waiting on RECON from Tino...

We did, however, find two crazy spots. It's insane to see how rough & rugged these spots really were. It still amazes me what's been done there. The cement isn't exactly smooth, there's tons of cracks and one bail and it's splash, into the river.

Silas' back tail is retarded. The angle is crazy tight, the bondo entry barely helps, and the ledge is head height. One slip out and it's straight to the dome. It's a shame the bondo is currently chopped up. Dunno if that was a city thing or someone wanted to close out the spot.

Then there's Daewon's ender from Skate More. From the cracks to the speed he had to get to fakie manual the whole distance to the steepness of the re-entry. Fuck. That shit is no joke.