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Welcome Back to AL.

Creatures

Steven Reeves

Special

Guest Judge

Pat Wachter Bowl Comp e

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Welcome Back to AL.

Creatures

Steven Reeves

Special

Guest Judge

Pat Wachter Bowl Comp e

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DITCH SKATING HAS BEEN AROUND at least as long as street and pool riding, and while its origins lack the glamorous golden-maned imagery of bowl early days, it's spawned of the same do-it-yourself, skate-the-unskateable spirit. When the funplex skateparks of the late '70s and early '80s dosed, you can imagine the pained sigh of acceptance as the skate community returned to the clunky banks and rough runs of the ditches. And while many mourned their beloved snakes and clovers, a new breed invaded the drains in a quasi-street, mock-halfpipe style that spawned moves as beloved as the boneless and forgettable as the hazard. The early '90s saw ditches largely abandoned (along with 70 percent of the rest of skateboarding's history), but the Beryl bank attacks of Daewon and Klein gave a hint that they wouldn't be lost forever. The Oughts saw skaters taking their modern street skills back to the rough ravines, matching up hardflips with harsh banks, as much in the name of progression as desperation at the difficulty of finding handrails on a weekday. The new bucks, clueless as to ditch skating's checkered past. have gone--predictably--buck wild. Ditches are hot again. And with Geoff Rowley's mind-melting 360 ollie Thrasher cover, they've joined the El Toros and Wallenbergs as acceptable A-List terrain. Bring your big guns, boys. It's all downhill from here.

Chk some of these spots

Hills/Woolco Ditch 80s