Saturday, May 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
decks...
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
How to dig ramp footers by Team Pain's Mike Kruse...

I got a reality check yesterday when Mike Kruse came by the Mango Pit to help me with some footers. After over a month of tweaking and playing around with ramp parts I've decided to just go back to getting a mini ramp done for now. The drive out to the ramp has been wearing on me and I just need to get something done. It will still be a bowl eventually, just nowwhere near as epic as if it was on my own property. So I'll save the whole wooden Englewood thing for later and maybe go for something more like a mini Charleston Hanger...
Thanks to Mike Kruse for taking time out of his busy schedule to help me out there in the blazing heat. Also thanks to all these dudes for helping me line up the wood, trailors, materials, motivation etc.: Rob Perkins, Rob Beasley, Tifton, Gar, Robin New, Jim Johnson, Mike Lewis, Mark Buncy, Eric Oakley, Tall Bob, Dave Ellis, Dave Knox, Tito the list goes on and on. Only in Skateboarding would people that you've never even met before come together to help out with something like this. No time schedule, no set design, no permits, no insurance, and hardly any money at all. I guess the mini will be fun for awhile until we can bowl it in and then work on the deep end. More skating, less work. Now it's just a race between us and the rain rotting all the wood!
Monday, June 04, 2007
Friday, June 01, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Sewerside...

Click on the BabySkulls link to see what these dudes are trying to do. They call it Sewerside. The beer can coping mold on their site reminds me that skateboarders think alike everwhere no matter how much rising waterlevels may separate them. The Picture shown here is just a conceptual done in photoshop in an effort to hype up the project and hook up some cash for materials. Good Luck dudes...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
we gotta git this dude to play here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhVy-cIqXVY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2F
Friday, May 11, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Monday, May 07, 2007
Sunday, May 06, 2007
new wood...
Sunday, April 29, 2007
As the Mango turns...
Last friday, Todd W. and I went over to Gator Trace to scope out some wood. A friend of ours is building some new condos over there and told us to come get whatever was laying around. We ended up with a truck bed overflowing with a few 2 x 6's and a shitload of 5/8's plywood. Big thanks to Dan Georgiton for the hook up and Todd for the truck. I might be scoring another load of wood today...I'll let you guys know...
Kulas won't be back until next Sunday, so construction is pretty much halted until his return.
In other Mango news, a neighboor who happens to own a back hoe/front-end loader has volunteered to clear out the property for us. The spot for the ramp is pretty clear, but the surrounding area is in need of some help/leveling. This guy is my hero!
The main portion of what we will be needing now is 1/2 inch ply for the two bottom layers, although any type of wood donation will be put to good use.
Thanks for the continued help and support, we appreciate it!!!
As the Mango turns...
Last friday, Todd W. and I went over to Gator Trace to scope out some wood. A friend of ours is building some new condos over there and told us to come get whatever was laying around. We ended up with a truck bed overflowing with a few 2 x 6's and a shitload of 5/8's plywood. Big thanks to Dan Georgiton for the hook up and Todd for the truck. I might be scoring another load of wood today...I'll let you guys know...
Kulas won't be back until next Sunday, so construction is pretty much halted until his return.
In other Mango news, a neighboor who happens to own a back hoe/front-end loader has volunteered to clear out the property for us. The spot for the ramp is pretty clear, but the surrounding area is in need of some help/leveling. This guy is my hero!
The main portion of what we will be needing now is 1/2 inch ply for the two bottom layers, although any type of wood donation will be put to good use.
Thanks for the continued help and support, we appreciate it!!!











































