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The road to Skatopia is barely two lanes and often unmarked. It winds past a field of sheep, a white clapboard church (Page Free Will Baptist), a yellow highway-crossing sign showing an Amish buggy instead of a deer. A handmade warning at the top of a steep dirt drive — "Skatopia Enter at Own Risk!!!" — lets pilgrims know they have arrived. They come at all hours, most any time of year, from as far away as Argentina, Japan, Finland. The gates are always open.
Photograph by Travis Dove
I'll be the first on here to say that I'm glad that I don't associate myself with that sort of culture. And I think that those sorts of images really help enforce the negative attitudes that skateboarding/longboarding gets from the general population.
I'll be the first on here to say that I'm glad that I don't associate myself with that sort of culture. And I think that those sorts of images really help enforce the negative attitudes that skateboarding/longboarding gets from the general population.
...and you wonder why nobody ever comes to your parties.
seriously, that looks like a pretty amazing (if a wee bit unsanitary) good time,
and 20 years or so ago, a sentence like: "If the mosh pit gets dull, Skatopians add fireworks."
would have had me digging through the couch cushions looking for gas-money.
thanks for the link, SG.
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The best/scariest photo in the group is the one of the 13 year old kid standing on the trunk of a car with a hatchet.
Hard to tell exactly what's up from a sensationalist group of photos like those published, but if Martin really compares himself to various cult leaders, Charles Manson and Steven Hawking, it's not too much of a stretch to say either he's delusional, or the feds will be visiting at some point in the future.
Wells: Did you go, when, and what are your thoughts? Harmless fun or post apocalyptic preview?
...and you wonder why nobody ever comes to your parties.
seriously, that looks like a pretty amazing (if a wee bit unsanitary) good time,
and 20 years or so ago, a sentence like: "If the mosh pit gets dull, Skatopians add fireworks."
would have had me digging through the couch cushions looking for gas-money.
thanks for the link, SG.
Gosh, I've never thought about it that way before...
Read that article on the crapper last night. I have to agree the kid with the ax is gnar...but is it real? Or, did the photog ask him to look menacing to fuel the image for the story?
But ya I've always wanted to head out there...I just don't own any firearms.
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[chandler95] 2:51 pm: Mark is holding a black one for me
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[boxcar182] 7:41 pm: why can't hellen keller drive?
[HamsterChucker360] 7:41 pm: shes blind and death
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[Longbord1] 5:37 pm: your weight advantage was freaking me out
Wow, that place looks amazing. I don't know about punk kids busting out the windows on my car or the probably sketchy music, but a huge farm full of hidden bowls and concrete -- that's friggen awesome!
skatopia in the new Rolling Stone Magazine...
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