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Offline billstup

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Where`s this then ?
« on: October 31, 2006, 09:59 PM »
Where on earth was this huge bowl ?



We discused it at Rom on Sunday and no-ones got a clue   :idiot2:

But it looks fecking huge by this pic  :crazy2:
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2006, 10:21 PM »
god knows bill

i,d love to know aswell

looks like a bomb crater :LolLolLolLol:
« Last Edit: October 31, 2006, 10:23 PM by VINOAH,S ARK »

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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2006, 10:25 PM »
Billy - That is HUGE - there was a big bowl in Putney called Wheelies (I think) that looked just like this bowl except this bowl has a scenic backdrop, Putney had the High Street in the background.

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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2006, 10:28 PM »
i remember as a kid going to a place over camden way that had a big bowl like that . we had to leave after 10 mins as loads of dodge folks came over trying to tax our bikes 
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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2006, 10:29 PM »
It`s got to be 20 foot from top to bottom,  perhaps it`s not in this country  :(
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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2006, 10:30 PM »
i remember as a kid going to a place over camden way that had a big bowl like that . we had to leave after 10 mins as loads of dodge folks came over trying to tax our bikes 

I think that was Stockwell skate park.

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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2006, 10:32 PM »


i bet the hip was nick named

humugus :4_17_5:

after the dude in mad max 2

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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2006, 10:36 PM »
well, firstly where did the picture come from billy.


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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2006, 10:37 PM »
its got the same drainage system as rom :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2006, 10:43 PM »
well, firstly where did the picture come from billy.


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I copied it off a site somewhere a while back, fook knows where though  :crazy2:
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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2006, 10:47 PM »
its been on here before and i think mr ruler knows where it is  but im not 100%sure

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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2006, 10:48 PM »
i remember as a kid going to a place over camden way that had a big bowl like that . we had to leave after 10 mins as loads of dodge folks came over trying to tax our bikes 

I think that was Stockwell skate park.

no it not stockwell ridden there loads of time and i do remember it being up by king`s cross way { might not be that bowl but something like it }as we rode there afterwards and that was a funny old ramp that just went straight to vert and was only 5 feet high .  
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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2006, 10:51 PM »
its been on here before and i think mr ruler knows where it is  but im not 100%sure

Yeah I posted it up before but no-one knew where it was then either. I think it was off a site that had a few pics of some bfa comps on it, I think there was some pics of Pepi on there  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2006, 10:55 PM »
i remember as a kid going to a place over camden way that had a big bowl like that . we had to leave after 10 mins as loads of dodge folks came over trying to tax our bikes 

I think that was Stockwell skate park.

no it not stockwell ridden there loads of time and i do remember it being up by king`s cross way { might not be that bowl but something like it }as we rode there afterwards and that was a funny old ramp that just went straight to vert and was only 5 feet high .  

dont think its any where near camden there was a bowl in kentish town but there wernt any grass and trees near it just concrete and flats  :LolLolLolLol:

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« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2006, 11:04 PM »
that's kettering (wicksteed park) skatepark, chilly (david childs / rampchilds ramp builder) was a local.  the guy who did the 2 fakie backflips 2 weeks after hoffman did them at mansfield was from there as well.   he then did a wallride in a tutu at the alfreton 1990 christmas bfa comp and fractured his skull. oh yes.
the one time i went `1990 i think, there was a seriously 70+ year old  guy in red cagoule with full beard rollerskating that bowl.
it got demolished 91 0r 92 i think.

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« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2006, 11:07 PM »
that's kettering (wicksteed park) skatepark, chilly (david childs / rampchilds ramp builder) was a local.  the guy who did the 2 fakie backflips 2 weeks after hoffman did them at mansfield was from there as well.   he then did a wallride in a tutu at the alfreton 1990 christmas bfa comp and fractured his skull. oh yes.
the one time i went `1990 i think, there was a seriously 70+ year old  guy in red cagoule with full beard rollerskating that bowl.
it got demolished 91 0r 92 i think.

gutted it was leveled

loved to have seen the old fella rockin the bowl :4_17_5:

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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #16 on: October 31, 2006, 11:10 PM »
i remember as a kid going to a place over camden way that had a big bowl like that . we had to leave after 10 mins as loads of dodge folks came over trying to tax our bikes 

I think that was Stockwell skate park.

no it not stockwell ridden there loads of time and i do remember it being up by king`s cross way { might not be that bowl but something like it }as we rode there afterwards and that was a funny old ramp that just went straight to vert and was only 5 feet high .  

dont think its any where near camden there was a bowl in kentish town but there wernt any grass and trees near it just concrete and flats  :LolLolLolLol:

i know about the one in kentish town as well . this place i thinking about had grass all round it ie like a park . oh well i never know .
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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #17 on: October 31, 2006, 11:19 PM »
Thanks Chris, when was it built then as I`m surprised I`d never heard of it bitd  ???
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
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 Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
 Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'

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« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2006, 11:28 PM »
don't know when it was built. must have been late 70s. maybe.  it was 18ft deep though.  there was an abmx article on it once. or was it in RAD. god knows, as i just sold them all. didn't i dj?

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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2006, 11:45 PM »
crying shame it was demolished.....i fancy we could have had a bit of a wobble in that bowl

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« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2006, 12:22 AM »
While on the subject of old skate parks, what was the park called in the center of london? and can anyone remember the name?
A long time ago, in a land far away!

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« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2006, 12:32 AM »
Do you mean Skate City which was in Toolely St. just down the road from where the London Dungens are now  :daumenhoch:
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 Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'

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« Reply #22 on: November 01, 2006, 12:33 AM »
Cheers Bill, I have been trying to remember for ages...Have you got any pics?
A long time ago, in a land far away!

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Re: Where`s this then ?
« Reply #23 on: November 01, 2006, 04:24 AM »
this photo was once in action bike a far as i remember. Crazy size. No wonder it was demolished. What were the guys thinking that made it? kids would die in that bowl..

lets dig it up. what hapened to the gillingham skatepark dig up project?
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« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2006, 09:44 AM »
that's kettering (wicksteed park) skatepark, chilly (david childs / rampchilds ramp builder) was a local.  the guy who did the 2 fakie backflips 2 weeks after hoffman did them at mansfield was from there as well.   he then did a wallride in a tutu at the alfreton 1990 christmas bfa comp and fractured his skull. oh yes.
the one time i went `1990 i think, there was a seriously 70+ year old  guy in red cagoule with full beard rollerskating that bowl.
it got demolished 91 0r 92 i think.

Those backflip fakies were at Milton Keynes, what a loon!!!!! He got a blowjob for his troubles though from one of the local ladies  :daumenhoch:

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