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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Since last year there has been a major increase in the building of D.I.Y. skate spots. It's a really exciting time for skateboarding for the fact that homies worldwide are empowering themselves to put down some un-hampered terrain the way they want it. Rather than wait to have some half-bullshit concrete to be laid by the council, only to find a plague of dummy scooter kids occupying every inch, every single day (I still find it hard to fathom this epidemic), they do it themselves. Kingpin Magazine and Carhartt teamed up (thanks to Alex Irvine & Daryl Nobbs) to shed some light on this sub-culture of skateboarding through a series of shorts entitled 'Set In Stone'. From England to much of Europe, there are some seriously dedicated folk out there proving that there is more to skateboarding than rolling around the place. I've tacked onto the end a place we built called 'Fox Spot' at the same time these projects were going off...enjoy and go build!

MPORA Action Sports

Set in Stone - Helsinki

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Abandoned Satellite Facility

Located in Maryland, this area was once a missile base until it was deactivated in 1962 as a functional missile silo.

From 1962 until 1993 the site was used by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Microwave Space Research Facility Program. Most of the existing structures were completed in 1967, and included a parabolic dish antenna, transmitters, and a low-noise receiving system.

In addition, the facility was also equipped fully for satellite tracking, data processing, and communications modulation experiments.

Amazing photos of what could be a bleak planet somewhere on the edge of our solar system. More pics after the JUMP.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Abandoned Britain

Abandoned Britain is a great website for those who are interested in abandonment and lost architecture in the UK. The pictures on the site are really beautiful and inspired me to want to break in and either paint the walls or take some photos myself. Well worth visiting...