The Search for Wallows

[Mrsurfermonkey808]

i live down the street from wallows

[1004w12]

The only way to really skate it is with pads--and fast. It is rough as hell. To get up the wallsyou have to pump.

[beatonrj]

Wait a minute... Buck Chin, the realtor? Nancy Chin, the manicurist?

[killer97000]

I went today!!!! sadly it sucked sadly.... its right by my school too much grass and bumpy

[nye1956]

Great video Jimmy, thanks for sharing! :)

[Corza79]

That was sweet bud, love the editing!

[MegaScout11]

Did you see him?

[jimmy71]

HELLO EVERYONE,

THANKS FOR MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE BY BECOMING A SKATEBOARDER. FOR THE RECORD THIS WAS FILMED ON A DISLOCATED KNEE! I HAD A BRACE HOLDING IT TOGETHER. I COULD BARELY WALK FROM THE RENTAL CAR TO THE DITCH. SORRY FOR THE LAME SK8NG BUT HEY I HAD KNEE SURGERY 2 YEARS AGO & NOW I'M BACK. I PROMISE I WON'T LET YOU DOWN. I HAD TO SKATE THIS HISTORICAL LANDMARK SOMETIME IN MY LIFETIME SO I COULDN'T PASS UP ON IT. STAY TUNED FOR MY OTHER MOVIES COMING SOON -----JIMMY PELLETIER***

[clarntoon]

how stoked were you skillet!?

Looks dirty, wet and steep. epic spot bro. thanks for sharing 

[homeskillet64]

@clarntoon my boy Jimmy was stoked beyond words.  I just chopped up this vid for him, I haven't gone out there yet.

[djmrmystic]

i grew up skating these in Niu Valley, Oahu. Bo Ikeda lived down the street from our house and there would always be parties and shit with him and Hasoi at his house.....Wallows-damn , this brings back da memories

[nportillo73]

Right on, man! I'm glad you lived your dream. I saw "Animal Chin" back then, too. Although I was a freestyler (Mullen, baby!) I always loved the street skating scenes in the movie. You have done something very important in your life, and nobody will ever be able to take that away from you...

[sazeracJeff]

Shoots. I hopped that fence just yesterday.

[killdoser666]

I first seen wallows about 5 or 6 years ago on the game THUG

[k11joyoun]

I live right down the street from wallows, and i go there almost every day. SUPER STOKED!

[crazy4donutz1]

i want to find it sooo bad but im only 11

[djmrmystic]

@crazy4donutz1 , its the creek on the west side of Niu Valley, kinda near Niu Valley Intermediate School. Jump in around the side , like he did and walk up 1/4 mile or so. Just be respectfull of the homes and its all good!

[jaymcinney]

Good for you mate. no nightmare airs on that trip. What an amazing spot.

[dippinyo]

i'm gettin hungary bone heads........

let's go deal some meal.

[tony619rider]

i hit that spot many years ago when my pops was working in oahu, wallows is actually called nui stream on a map, peace

[mike978508]

yapple zapple!!!

[manny8080]

i'm from waianae and never heard of wallows b4...i think your skating in the waianae sewer man...show me how the hell you got up there anyway if you get the chance

[10stair]

nope thatss wallows alright buddy

[sidders1skate]

you lived the dream!

[mommadeathface]

sick that you found it, but dude, skate it better than that.

[homeskillet64]

This is on a torn acl.

[iliketojumplargeobje]

ahh, bummer man. How did it feel to be there, was the place even that good? I can imagine it going to ways 1 - you realise how sick a spot is and start feeling the vibe or 2 - you realise that it's not about the spot, but more the people that were riding it, so it could have been anywhere...

[beatonrj]

"Lost my board, biffed my shins. Twanked my knee. Both knees are twanked. Wrist, wrist is danked. Twanked and danked. Shoulder's pa-gooshed." That said, wouldn't that mean that your ACL, at the time, was sha-glanked? I hear it's way gnarlier and steeper than it looks.

Great video though -- I'll be sure to pass it along to Buck Chin (the realtor) and Nancy Chin (the manicurist).

[SLAMDANCETHENWO]

That spot is bumpy bumpy way harder to ride than it looks I rode it 1991 and it was ruff then its gotta to be even worse now ease up on the round eye .

[RottenCarcass1]

@mommadeathface

AGREED!

[MeridianAbstract]

Sweet! You are living a lot of people's dream Jimmy.

[nawabmevans]

damn

[KevinRitchie]

Oh man your so lucky.

[LARC0]

Awesome video m8! brought back a flashback of my younger years... I miss skating man. Good job on the video BTW. :)

[MikeDesadario]

slash those walls or somethin

[bobble88]

Nice you got to go, too bad it has been ruined for years. Water-bowl=death... lol

[ttone96]

lol where like trying to make a repeat of search for the animal chin?

[bobbyatesanta]

wallows is pretty junk now. the city put in steps and all these other concrete barriers/annoyances. if you compare the original vid with this one you can see the differences. also the concrete is really bad. if you're fuckin gnarly like cab and all dem den i guess its still fun. but if you're shitty like me den "off the walls" in hawaii kai is the place to be.

[beatonrj]

Oh man, that's rad. That music was an instant flashback. Did you swing by the Blue Tile Lounge to catch a Johnny Rad Skate-and-Destroy party or what?

[skater12E]

your from D.C dude?

[homeskillet64]

yeah dude, Pulaski OG.

[DrOfWax]

Nice work!

Skating Wallows was a dream of mine too.

Did you happen to see Chin there?

[johnhenryramsey]

dude lucky man i love old school skating and id love to go to the wallows dude  rock on man!!!!

[randybobbitt]

Jimmy you're my hero...