1976 Skateboarding - Pipeline - Houston,Tx

[harrower1]

if youve ever been there its real lame these guys will give you shit for doing any flip tricks so i pretty much go there kill the spot and bounce before a bunch of old dudes try to fight me

[DOsherow]

This is classic old skool. Not far from Fondren Jr .

Johnston Jr High & Westbury 83..Grady H was there , I remember that him and all the other's he called out below. Also Trip Lassiter, Tom Gore....

Thanks!!

David Osherow

[soundjamz]

How was it recorded, Bete Max? lol

[bigwaves1]

@soundjamz - actually, each frame was hand drawn on parchment paper and then hand colored. The 70's porno music was added later. Thanks for watching ;-)

[indyfan22k]

@bigwaves1

its amazing how much porno music sounds like 1980s Elevator/hold on telephone/ department store/ easy listening radio :-P

[genesaddictiontexas]

I skated that place heavily too. I graduated from Westbury in '81. Skated there in the around late '76 on. Remember, Michael Emerson, David Gordon, Scott Durham, Troy Gardner, Mike Ibenthal?

Thanks!

Gready Hunter

[geneknox]

Great seeing this old home movie. During this same period, on Houston's northside, we were rideing what some called the Meatgrinder. There is a video posted here, called Dumbass Longboarder, but some of the original top section is missing? Some of us guys originally road it on clay wheels. A set of wheels would only last one day! Then the orginal Cadilac Wheels became available in Houston around 75 or so. does anyone have any old home movies of the Meatgrinder? Please post them!! ,

[ralka1958]

I remember this place! Grew up about a mile and a half from there. I spent summers from 1967 to 1974 riding my bike up and down the banks of Braes Bayou. I aso remember floods in the Bayou and we would dive into or ride our bikes in to the "rooster tail" where the water was rushing in form the ditch . Caught turtles & crawdads & killed water mocasins!

[catkiller44]

looks like a dream to me. big ditch, stylish moves, and everyone is on a longboard. classic footage

[visiblesoul]

Posted a video response with some of my old 70s footage of EZ-7s and Meat Grinder.

[1zooyork9]

my dad might be on here

[jkirasich]

Hey can you tell me what the closest street intersection to this awesome ditch is. I live in houston and love to shred the gnar

[astmaattack]

so are their wheel sliding? or are their trucks really loose?

[visiblesoul]

Both. Too bad you can't hear the roar of Roadrider 6s on the cement.

[aandoraa]

BEAUTIFUL O_O

[thewellsbeenpoisoned]

GOLDEN FOOTY

[mhansontx]

Bigwaves1- there is a guy at 35 secs into the video with corduroys and no shirt. Do you recognize him as a guy named Joe Sousa from Sharpstown?

[bigwaves1]

Not him. His initials are WW. Now lives and surfs in Corpus

[mhansontx]

The "pipeline" is located on the Braes Bayou at the intersection of South Braeswood and Fondren. It's about 100 yards or so to the west of the bridge on Fondren that crosses over the bayou. My brother, friends and I used to go there whenever we could in high school. It was a great place, but a lot more dangerous than it looks. Great video. I wonder how many of the guys in the video went to Sharpstown HS.

[bigwaves1]

A bunch. Some Bellaire and Westbury as well. Most '76ish grads.

[damanisdakila]

@bigwaves1 hey man i go to westbury high school over here on southpost oak ima go to bellaire

[cwegers1]

Instantly favorited

[kawasaki218]

you know where this is located i live about 30 mins from houston!

[marksz06]

This video is great. I am barely 23 years old so I could never skate pipeline but i would have loved to hit it up. I love this old footage. To me, this footage is very refreshing to see. It just makes me want to go out and skate. Go out there and just get back to rolling around and just enjoy it. Yeah I know there will be the occasional ollie over curbs but that stuff is the funnest thing to me sometimes. No tricks, just rolling.

Now I want to skate EZ 7.

Great post man

[pusspusher]

is that braes bayou? i lived a few blocks away and never knew that!!!

[frankierays]

Thanks for posting! Now I have a video to go with the great memories of a trip my EZ-7 buds and I took to this place back in the day.

[bigwaves1]

You are welcome Frankie. I skated EZ also back in late 70s to 81. Mostly Pipeline and Meatgrinders, up the ditch from EZ. I just checked out your EZ vids and your music. Good stuff. Elrider?

[frankierays]

Elrider?

[zoemarkus]

Is this EZ-7 ??? That was the place for us in the 80's!

[visiblesoul]

No, EZ-7s is still there last I saw. This place was in SW Houston. Speed bumps were put in by the city in late 70s or early 80s. A couple of friends and I tried to scrape them off shortly afterwards but it was too big a job. It was a wonderful place to be in the 70s.

[AlvinBaker0]

No the one in EZ-7 is the Meatgrinder and now its suuuuper taged up and it gets really muddy there but its still soooooo fun

[jamesandrew2000]

Anyone with footage from Pipeline skate park in houston. Torn down in 86 i think.

[visiblesoul]

I have stills but no video. Fun place. Especially the bathtub bowl and the 3-sided big rectangular bowl.

[bravelittlebeemer]

Is this place still around? Directions please! That's a sick ditch.

[surforgohome]

sick style ditches are the best down on spad we do the same thing surf and skate

out ditch isnt that big but we make do

[cutulut]

porn music lol

[sk8whatsk8lol]

This place still exist i had been there nice vid

[surfnica]

Dis'is bullsh$t man! Where's Tbone? I was numba'one wippa USA! Dog Town baby!

Seriously, you and Joe are ripping. Great vid! Loved that place. Now excuse me while I go jackoff to this cheap 1970s porn music! :-)

[megamatt13]

what's with the porn music

[bigwaves1]

not my music, just my rip from my buddies DVD. Prolly built in music from his DVD prog. I was too lazy to change it.

[visiblesoul]

P.S. How did you do the digital transfers for this footage?

[visiblesoul]

This place was the best. I skated it from about '76 until the damn speed bumps destroyed it. After that we moved to Meat Grinder and EZ7s but it was not the same. I have some washed out 8mm footage of Creekmont and EZs.

Thanks for posting. It brought back some good memories.

[jews78]

where was this?

[visiblesoul]

Use these coordinates for a Google Map: 29.676318,-95.510124