@@wingdingdmetrius8025 thank you i seen the same point of nature mixing water a lot elements bad in ciments for water a lot things add up in too may be in the river :( it is fine to build spot but but take care nature please
The level of work you put into these spots is just insane. I think it gives hope to a lot of budget minded DIY guys. Can’t wait to see the next chapter in this build.
8:43 Those "holes" at the base of the box drainage culvert are actually drains to allow built up ground water to seep out from behind the walls, otherwise water pressure would build up during heavy rainfall events and potentially compromise the structure of the wall. You almost never see them flowing though because as you know it's so dry down here that the water just sinks into the water table before it has any chance to accumulate in the topsoils.
This stirs my inner Hank Hill. Looks like the funnest project. Your lack of preparedness for the rain cracks me up but I suppose that’s just part of the California charm of it all lol.
If you also wear a hard hat you can get away with even more. Also for scouting spots a hard hat, hi vis, and a clipboard will let you go and check out spots without people questioning you.
Dude.! I came across this project before the storm, and I just saw the spot a few days ago complete and must say that you killed it man! It looks so fun, I literally have been waiting for the water to clear out so that I can skate it!! Thanks again for the sick spot!
Sourds illegally LEGIT skatepark to me. "Legal/illegal" doesn't exist in skateboarding. "Underground" yes that's what/who we are and always will be. ✊️
I always find it funny because I am sure someone who does construction professionally will probably only shake their head watching these builds, but when you are out there you just gotta make it work somehow.. :D DIY spot like that is a perfect usage for these storm drains. when done correctly, they shouldnt interfere with the original purpose and it is basically negative space either way
Was thinking about this, why not build ramps out of wood or metal and then just transport them there and bolt them down so they don't get stolen? Seems like it would be easier than carrying concrete. Been thinking about doing something similar at a spot just opposite my house, there used to be a skatepark there but they tore it down a few years ago.
These diy vids really get the guerilla skate spot vibes going. Definitely makes me look at my surroundings with a little more detail. Thanks for the content.
Are you worried about documenting this and uploading it to UA-cam? I've heard of some people ending up in jail for it (different reasons of course). I do love your content and I wanna see more coming though! Haha
It’s something I always consider. Especially in the beginning of starting this UA-cam channel. I’m optimistic that if I was to be charged I could fight the case using similar scenarios where DIY Skateparks provide city safety. I searched for this particular location for months, it’s a neglected piece of land on city property (not private) which hopefully would help. Local city officials are aware of it (cant disclose how I know that) so far I’ve had no issues.
I dont think the little holes are drain holes for long lengths of drain from anywhere, but small holes for minimal drainage of the land behind the walls.
I grew up,skating in the early 70,s , our dreams were the pictures in the American magazines , our reality was rain and rough concrete spots , as we grew our live for skating grew with us , I still skate now age 60+ we built wood half pipes and never lost the love , great to see this dream still being lived and loved.ML&R from London England L.S. D
The holes in the wall are called weepholes. You will almost never see any water come out of them because it comes little by little, but they prevent water from collecting behind the retaining wall which adds extra weight and pressure on the wall, thus the weepholes prevent it from falling over. The holes are not connecting to any pipes, it is purely for drainage from behind the wall.
If you're not using form nails, try those next time. They're the ones with a double head so they dont sink in all the way and there's always a head to get purchase on to remove
hey man , why don't you use the "fabric sheet technique" for the curve of the ramp ?? you would save a lot of weight and materials , since you won't need to fill up the whole thing but just ad a structural reinforcement every meter or so it might also help to dry faster than a thick pour of concrete
Sooooo sick dude! Glad to see the spot is surviving winter! Cant wait for the next video and hopefully one day get to skate it! What ever happened with the dude that was lurking on you?
Reflective vest that states EPA Investigator. Usually you're free to roam around the cabin. Just EPA will do too, just make it BIG to see from afar. Anyone and everyone can be an EPA informant. Look at Cali, they'll informants.
Duuude hell yeah. Life is too short to sit around and see dreams why not make em come true right…. This will b there for the next few generations and also bringing in the secret park again….. made a bowl back in the day in the marshes down in Avalon nj it’s most likely covered with mud by now I’m 33 it was made when I was like 9 lol…. Much love broskies and chicklets do ur thing and make a dream to reality
In Peoria Az during Covid, a friend and other regulars built a park at a hidden spot with their Covid checks. Was under a well traveled but smaller bridge. Home Depot even delivered the supplies down to it 🤣 Ion yours I would have made some kind of lip on sides for water flow so it doesn’t wash out.
A little advice from someone with an ADHD brain; use your sharpie to mark an X on the waste sides of your cuts so you don't accidentally cut the wrong side. Saves me all the time from miscuts.
Little tip for "gorilla" project concrete mixing use a tarp put a bag or 2 in the middle have 2 people each grab 2 corners and then add water and then continuously alternate pushing corners towards the middle/the other person and your concrete will mix in a matter of a minute or 2 tops and then it's ready to pour where you need!
buy a tarp! its so much easy to mix cement with a tarp ,,cleaner at the spot an less hard on the body ,,two people holding two corners can just toss an turn a bag a cement to a perfect mix in four minutes
Drain holes are probably blocked off and serve zero functional purpose. You're smart to still avoid them though. 1) Might upset city and incentivise them to ruin all the work you did. 2) You dont want the unlikely event of water coming in and wrecking the ramps from behind.
funny thing is i bet the total cost was 1/10 th of the mini ramp in your back garden but will still end up being as much fun...... i know its different but you get what i am saying....
I appreciate the planning that went into this and how you broke it down and didnt rush the build. I think it's important that you showed its better to take the time to address any mistakes or problems that come up along the way. Shout out to Matt for coming through clutch with the skills too!
Those holes are probably weep holes for the walls. If those holes are not there, then water will retain in the soil behind the wall then the wall will fail.
It would be better if you filled up to the forms. Also maybe invest in a radius floats. I’d say a resin float is better then a wood float. Maybe check out the white lighting or the orange thunder those are pretty good you can screed then use those then steel trowel. Crk. You can also have a little tape to cover the tops of the screws so crete don’t get in them.
I love DIY spots. There's a cool one under a bridge downtown in my city that skaters just built in a parking lot and the cops don't seem to care. I'm not really good enough to skate on anything at them, but the whole construction and aesthetic is so cool.
the caulking gun should have a hole over the trigger where u put the tip of the caulking tube in it and pull the trigger and it should cut the tip of the caulking for u.
Coolest part is the rocks filling the quarter. That not only helps reduce cost for you as the builder, it will also clean the spot up and make it already looking nicer just from all the rocks being gathered and hidden under the concrete. Wish I could do this in my local town.
Made that same mistake last week. Was cutting some tarp into a homemade amp cover and cut one of the guide lines, not the cut line. I guess i was just excited to cut something lol
man i've got this idea to use an ac frequency on some electrical wires to make the concrete harder? I tried making some mud and put it on a DC battery with some wires it seemed to stay wet forever ??
YOU are divine doing GODS WORK right there. For EVERY skater the best way you can add to the worlds skateability is to get a "rub brick" or "brick rub" (any hardware shop ~30bucks) and whenever you feel like it in your travels remove bumps, intrusions, sharp corners on gaps in footpaths, rub out the thing that made you stall.fall/body etc It makes SO much difference getting from A to B smoothly after a long day or if intox Over COVID used oll the free masks and carried a rub brick everywhere in my backpack. Ended up smoothing all the rough patches on all my usual transit routes even on concrete board walks for less budum-budum fatigue. Have found now more and more skaters are using the same routes and spots and expanding them once they find out the simple rub brick secret. They're also great for preparing/finessing spots like the one you made.
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Sick video 👍
this is such a random looking piece of infrastructure. do you know what is the point of this big concrete ditch in the middle of nowhere?
@@wingdingdmetrius8025 thank you i seen the same point of nature mixing water a lot elements bad in ciments for water a lot things add up in too may be in the river :( it is fine to build spot but but take care nature please
BTW u did a great job on both the video and the qtr pipe
Where's ep 2 on this i want to see the follow up
“Preparation is key” 😂 you left your stuff in a a storm ditch before a storm
haha. legend!
The level of work you put into these spots is just insane. I think it gives hope to a lot of budget minded DIY guys. Can’t wait to see the next chapter in this build.
8:43 Those "holes" at the base of the box drainage culvert are actually drains to allow built up ground water to seep out from behind the walls, otherwise water pressure would build up during heavy rainfall events and potentially compromise the structure of the wall. You almost never see them flowing though because as you know it's so dry down here that the water just sinks into the water table before it has any chance to accumulate in the topsoils.
This stirs my inner Hank Hill. Looks like the funnest project. Your lack of preparedness for the rain cracks me up but I suppose that’s just part of the California charm of it all lol.
So true, I never check the weather 😅
Hi vis is the best disguise, literally no one asks questions if your in hi vis 😂
If you also wear a hard hat you can get away with even more. Also for scouting spots a hard hat, hi vis, and a clipboard will let you go and check out spots without people questioning you.
If u need to pour any real concrete lmk! 4 real i would help u and i got a small base
Bob the builder could NEVER!
🤣🤣
"Yes we can!" 😂
Dude.! I came across this project before the storm, and I just saw the spot a few days ago complete and must say that you killed it man! It looks so fun, I literally have been waiting for the water to clear out so that I can skate it!! Thanks again for the sick spot!
It never rains in California
But girl, don't they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours
Sourds illegally LEGIT skatepark to me. "Legal/illegal" doesn't exist in skateboarding. "Underground" yes that's what/who we are and always will be. ✊️
You need brown pants hard hat gloves and glasses you're sticking out 😂 my friends need you in KC KS at least think about it 💚
I always find it funny because I am sure someone who does construction professionally will probably only shake their head watching these builds, but when you are out there you just gotta make it work somehow.. :D
DIY spot like that is a perfect usage for these storm drains. when done correctly, they shouldnt interfere with the original purpose and it is basically negative space either way
Was thinking about this, why not build ramps out of wood or metal and then just transport them there and bolt them down so they don't get stolen? Seems like it would be easier than carrying concrete. Been thinking about doing something similar at a spot just opposite my house, there used to be a skatepark there but they tore it down a few years ago.
What happened with the person who came over to talk?
Dodged the bullet! I think maybe they were scared to find out what I was doing.
@@ZackDowdy hehe right on... looking forward to the finished product. Looking good!
Please get a wheel barrel bro. Save your back.
These diy vids really get the guerilla skate spot vibes going. Definitely makes me look at my surroundings with a little more detail. Thanks for the content.
Thank you for watching, opportunities are everywhere!
@@ZackDowdy I wouldnt miss it. Just curious, are you going to post the overall cost of this?
@@GreybeardSkates Good question - I’ll try to do that in the next episode
wheres it at? i know somewhere insd
Are you worried about documenting this and uploading it to UA-cam? I've heard of some people ending up in jail for it (different reasons of course). I do love your content and I wanna see more coming though! Haha
It’s something I always consider. Especially in the beginning of starting this UA-cam channel. I’m optimistic that if I was to be charged I could fight the case using similar scenarios where DIY Skateparks provide city safety. I searched for this particular location for months, it’s a neglected piece of land on city property (not private) which hopefully would help. Local city officials are aware of it (cant disclose how I know that) so far I’ve had no issues.
Basically, Essentially, Kinda sorta like totally
I dont think the little holes are drain holes for long lengths of drain from anywhere, but small holes for minimal drainage of the land behind the walls.
I grew up,skating in the early 70,s , our dreams were the pictures in the American magazines , our reality was rain and rough concrete spots , as we grew our live for skating grew with us , I still skate now age 60+ we built wood half pipes and never lost the love , great to see this dream still being lived and loved.ML&R from London England L.S. D
The holes in the wall are called weepholes. You will almost never see any water come out of them because it comes little by little, but they prevent water from collecting behind the retaining wall which adds extra weight and pressure on the wall, thus the weepholes prevent it from falling over. The holes are not connecting to any pipes, it is purely for drainage from behind the wall.
Nice to know. Thanks for sharing 🫡
If you're not using form nails, try those next time. They're the ones with a double head so they dont sink in all the way and there's always a head to get purchase on to remove
hey man , why don't you use the "fabric sheet technique" for the curve of the ramp ??
you would save a lot of weight and materials , since you won't need to fill up the whole thing but just ad a structural reinforcement every meter or so
it might also help to dry faster than a thick pour of concrete
Been waiting for this one!!
A high-vis vest and a clipboard would probably keep any civilian from questioning you lol
Why would you leave all of your caulk and caulk guns at the site? Backpack?
He said getting all the stuff there is sketch. I bet he don't want to get caught bringing tools and materials down there!
Sooooo sick dude! Glad to see the spot is surviving winter! Cant wait for the next video and hopefully one day get to skate it! What ever happened with the dude that was lurking on you?
Reflective vest that states EPA Investigator. Usually you're free to roam around the cabin. Just EPA will do too, just make it BIG to see from afar. Anyone and everyone can be an EPA informant. Look at Cali, they'll informants.
How about just an area code to start my hunt?? Please and thank you. SD loc
Duuude hell yeah. Life is too short to sit around and see dreams why not make em come true right…. This will b there for the next few generations and also bringing in the secret park again….. made a bowl back in the day in the marshes down in Avalon nj it’s most likely covered with mud by now I’m 33 it was made when I was like 9 lol…. Much love broskies and chicklets do ur thing and make a dream to reality
The way you work makes me anxious. It seems you just wing things with little prep. Not my style. Gives me tweaker vibes
thank you for your service 😎
What a score on those tiles!
Someone commented on the last video telling me to grab them, stoked!
In Peoria Az during Covid, a friend and other regulars built a park at a hidden spot with their Covid checks. Was under a well traveled but smaller bridge. Home Depot even delivered the supplies down to it 🤣
Ion yours I would have made some kind of lip on sides for water flow so it doesn’t wash out.
Wear a high-vis waistcoat and a hard hat , mate. It 'legitimises' virtually everything!
A little advice from someone with an ADHD brain; use your sharpie to mark an X on the waste sides of your cuts so you don't accidentally cut the wrong side. Saves me all the time from miscuts.
Should've brought a drill and mixed that Crete in your Lowe's bucket.
really enjoying this process
Nobody in the right mind thinks you're lucky for living in California.
dude. you got overlap/variate the blocks. stacking them straight on top of eachother is sooo much weaker.
Little tip for "gorilla" project concrete mixing use a tarp put a bag or 2 in the middle have 2 people each grab 2 corners and then add water and then continuously alternate pushing corners towards the middle/the other person and your concrete will mix in a matter of a minute or 2 tops and then it's ready to pour where you need!
Looking good
buy a tarp! its so much easy to mix cement with a tarp ,,cleaner at the spot an less hard on the body ,,two people holding two corners can just toss an turn a bag a cement to a perfect mix in four minutes
then just tip out of tarp into yr form
If ever in the New Orleans area . Come skate Fireman's Skatepark in Houma,La.
Lmfao you're putting the adhesive on both sides, taking you twice as long, as if putting it on one side is any different 😂
Looking good Zack, canna wait to see the revea!!
Hey can you do like a 4 minute video recap on how much it costed to do everything you did and how much bags of concrete you used
bro i cant wait to see what the spot looks like when its done
Cool video but kinda sad how paranoid you gotta be about shit getting stolen. Is it really that bad in SoCal?
Hey, I work with a lot of that stuff if you want it to last a lot longer stagger cinderblocks and put some rebar in there create a stronger base
Never seen people using earth as filling. Only river sand (sea sand - bad).
could you put some pallets on the ground to build on that would keep you above the water without obstructing the flow?
That's a good idea
Where a orange construction vest next time and put up some cones, best way to lay low is to blend in to the average person
There is a hole on the caulk gun handle that you can cut the tip open with
You should just creep your tools and stuff in your car rather than leaving it there
Drain holes are probably blocked off and serve zero functional purpose. You're smart to still avoid them though.
1) Might upset city and incentivise them to ruin all the work you did.
2) You dont want the unlikely event of water coming in and wrecking the ramps from behind.
funny thing is i bet the total cost was 1/10 th of the mini ramp in your back garden but will still end up being as much fun...... i know its different but you get what i am saying....
I’d bring the skimboard out make a wicked run
I appreciate the planning that went into this and how you broke it down and didnt rush the build. I think it's important that you showed its better to take the time to address any mistakes or problems that come up along the way.
Shout out to Matt for coming through clutch with the skills too!
Those holes are probably weep holes for the walls. If those holes are not there, then water will retain in the soil behind the wall then the wall will fail.
It would be better if you filled up to the forms.
Also maybe invest in a radius floats.
I’d say a resin float is better then a wood float.
Maybe check out the white lighting or the orange thunder those are pretty good you can screed then use those then steel trowel.
Crk.
You can also have a little tape to cover the tops of the screws so crete don’t get in them.
Dude, you the man. Gorilla skate.
I love DIY spots. There's a cool one under a bridge downtown in my city that skaters just built in a parking lot and the cops don't seem to care. I'm not really good enough to skate on anything at them, but the whole construction and aesthetic is so cool.
the caulking gun should have a hole over the trigger where u put the tip of the caulking tube in it and pull the trigger and it should cut the tip of the caulking for u.
nvm u found it on the gun 😂
Coolest part is the rocks filling the quarter. That not only helps reduce cost for you as the builder, it will also clean the spot up and make it already looking nicer just from all the rocks being gathered and hidden under the concrete. Wish I could do this in my local town.
Top tip is to draw a big X on the part your cutting off
Not staggering the blocks…
good fpr my yard thamk you so nice
Definition of work smarter not harder
AYE WHO TOOK MY MANS SHOVEL!?!?
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U can definitely go to construction sites and ask for spare wood to cut some cost or check behind Lowe’s or home depot
another high quality video! thanks for your diy service 💪
what slump you think that is lol
I came to say you should learn the tarp mixing method but I see others have already beat me to it Nice job 🍄✌️
Made that same mistake last week. Was cutting some tarp into a homemade amp cover and cut one of the guide lines, not the cut line. I guess i was just excited to cut something lol
Why this guy doesn’t just use mortar mix instead of adhesive is beyond me
He silly
Need an update brother!
yall should try cramming the concrete in as tight as possible even the first layer
mix some sand on the base coats to save money
man i've got this idea to use an ac frequency on some electrical wires to make the concrete harder? I tried making some mud and put it on a DC battery with some wires it seemed to stay wet forever ??
Yeah, definitely the weather's fault..
🤣😂🤣
bro speaks in 2x speed
Mlk pool coping! Dope I spent many years skating those
Where is this spot at
Dude you are hardcore! Really sucks that all the rain came at the worst time!
Thank you for taking the time and effort to build a DIY!
Keep skating!
Yeah man so hardcore
yo thats proper
english please
Very cool
love it
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I've been watching you since the very beggining of your channel Dowdy.
Your videos are so good.
Always a great watch.
I really appreciate that!
RAAAAAD
rad!!
nice
jank af..
plz be careful with your back g
WIKKED SKILLS ON DA BLOCKZ YO
YOU are divine doing GODS WORK right there. For EVERY skater the best way you can add to the worlds skateability is to get a "rub brick" or "brick rub" (any hardware shop ~30bucks) and whenever you feel like it in your travels remove bumps, intrusions, sharp corners on gaps in footpaths, rub out the thing that made you stall.fall/body etc It makes SO much difference getting from A to B smoothly after a long day or if intox
Over COVID used oll the free masks and carried a rub brick everywhere in my backpack. Ended up smoothing all the rough patches on all my usual transit routes even on concrete board walks for less budum-budum fatigue. Have found now more and more skaters are using the same routes and spots and expanding them once they find out the simple rub brick secret.
They're also great for preparing/finessing spots like the one you made.
Bro nice build❤
Love this series keep shredding zack
Creative stat