A few clips have appeared on youtube from "Overground Broadcasting" directed by Takahiro Morita from the Far East Skate Network (http://www.fareastskatenetwork.com/). This clip put up recently is from the ending scene in the video creating a simularity/ relationship between billiards and skateboarding.

Peter Vlad's...

This is a interesting video if you haven't stumbled across it already

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6089315470536518414

Edgecumbe Skatepark Concept

To be situated at the Rangitaiki Reserve off College Road in Edgecumbe, the design intended to pull in the history and natural phenomena of the area where achieveable. Mountains, islands and the patchwork of farming paddocks all had an effect in this design. The earthquake of 1987 also lended its hand in the conceptualisation of the design through the 7km faultline that opened up in the Rangitaiki plains and through the damage that occured in the area.

The design consists of a top platform bowl area that orientates two long strips that intersect each other along the roadside. An axillary path also flows from the main hubba and steps to the furtherest end of the roadside strip. One strip has been patterned to illustrate the patchwork of farming paddocks in the area with one side seemingly braking away from the landform creating a depression (and drainage swale) immulating the earthquake faultline. Some semi circle manual pads (fallen silo tanks from dairy factory) and bent rails (railway tracks) are also included in this area. Along the roadside strip are a variety of obstacles including a large 'punched ticket' (cantilevered bank with cut outs) at one end and a hollowed volcanoe (White Island) and wave structure with plaque at the other. In some respects the peanut bowl could be considered as Mount Edgecumbe likened to Maori legend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Edgecumbe/Putauaki, if you feel the inclination.

The axillary path has a variety of rail jams with a tight carve wall to help with circulation. There are a few other obstacles spread throughout the skatepark that are best observed in the following images and video.

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Invercargill Skatepark Concept

This design has been proposed to replace the existing skate park between Elles Road and Ness Street. Existing phenomena and vegetation was taken into account when developing the layout for this design. A line of cherry trees (?) from Elles Road was retained to create an avenue effect in the design. A banked strip with associated obstacles and the main entrance was placed on the southern side with a boxed area and axillary entrance on the other. Due to the amount of available space the widths were kept to a minimum. Vegetated swales cut through both strips from the Cherry tree (?) planting strip into bioretention areas.

These areas flow into a central area with a range of skateable features and flow banks that then steps up to a snake run and spine bowl on the top platform. At the furtherest end of the bowl a skateboarding strip leads to the Ness Street entrance.

The design was generally focused around working in with the existing vegetation and banked areas on the opposite side of the railway tracks with some reference to local features. This includes the rocking coastline areas of the bluff and the Tuatara sanctuary at the Southland mueseum and art gallery. Eventually the gardens surrounding the skate park will connect with planting schemes in the local area. With more interaction with the community this area of the design can be developed further.

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