Hoffman let us go swimming in there when they first put it in and it was filled with water for the surface curing. I skated it for years afterward. Skating the pipe for an hour straight was my summer morning zen ritual. I practically lived in that park for years. I wasn't there for the wrecking...but thank you my brothers for giving it a proper wake...
Eventually... man and his machines will destroy everything. Like the last dinosaur, Upland finally falls... If you could rip Upland-you could rip anywhere, bigger, deeper, and more gnarly than it looks; it's not about "old school" or "OG vert dogs"... it's about skating... period. This is a good post, and while it is sad... in the end all we have is our memories/stories.
fuck this shit makes me want to cry, hoffman let us skate the park a few days before this, now i live down the street from where the pipline was, breaks my heart everytime i go to the post office, or just drive by and see the industrial mall there instead of the pipline, i was there at least 2 or 3 times a week, gonna miss the old stomping grounds. and for those wondering yes i still skate!
My souvenir from Pipeline... A plate and 4 screws in my left wrist... ha! Fell from the top of the coping to the bottom. My wrist didn't like that very much! However, got to skate there for two summers = win!
ive never skated a decent bowl, i probably wasent alive at the time of this bowl, but it hurts to watch the basis of great times being taken away from your hands like that. i know this is hurts you alot more then it hurts me. it hurts me alot
@majora158 I'm sorry but it isn't even close.The original combi was smaller,tighter,kinked,rougher,slippery,had more vert(oververt),bigger coping.After skating perfect ramps,parks,today's skaters wouldn't like the old pool.Even most of the top pros back then had a hard time in that thing.
@lemonite1 What do you mean it had oververt? It was 4' of true vert right? Oververt = elipses, no? The replica is bigger? It looks smaller. I've thought to myself that might have to do with it being indoors. They used the original blueprints provided by the Hoffmans. Skaters still skate rough terrain today, c'mon! There were perfect skateparks in the skatepark era like Winchester and Cherry Hill. You can't find skateparks as great as the ones from the 70's, c'mon!
It's amazing how demolition is going on 10' away from the skaters, something that certainly wouldn't be allowed nowadays for obvious safety and liability reasons. Saddens me to see the Pipline being torn up. Wish I was there to share in that last session.
I was nine and got to skate there before they tore it down. It is one of my best memories of growing up knowing all the wicked thrashing that had come before me there. Respect.
i'll do my best here, FUCK CAPITALISM,MONEY,INSURANCE,SHIT ALL FOLDED N FUCKED, THIS SORT OF TERRAIN SHOULD BE LISTED WITH A PRESERVATION ORDER ON IT. UNREPEATABLE CONTOURS ARE FOR LIFE NOT FOR DECEMATION, HAD TO WATCH THE SAME THING AT MY HOME PARK IN UK. HOW SALBA,MILLER,NASH,ROBISON(R.I.P.)MALBA AND THE FULL CREW WHO KNOW WHO THEY ARE ,PUT UP WITH THIS AND WERE FORCED TO ACCEPT THIS IS BARELY KNOWABLE ! RESPECT TO YOU ALL, YOU HAD IT THERE FOR REAL,THANKS FOR THE YEARS OF INSPIRATION ,PEACE
Fuck Taxes instead! Liberals and Lawmakers! we should have the Mob run around and collect 10k or 20k from each Law office(every month) to fix the economy Lower taxes then everyone will be hiring and we can use the money from the Lawyers to build Schools for skating and Musicians, and Bars. Everyone will be earning top dollar to pay to support there Local skatepark. I've been skating 35yrs now and I rode the Vans Combi Pool July 22nd. We need more riders there ...the Vert ramp is gone now!
i remeber reading about this years ago and feeling absolutly gutted then even though i had never seen it with my own eyes i knew that thisplace had spawned so many great skaters and was unique..now to see it i feel even more gutted. what a waste what a fucking waste.
Wow..sad video...first pool I actually got air in...the combi pool. I used to take the bus for an hour skate all day and bus it back home in the summer...well worth it!!! GREAT TIMES!!!
The day my home was destroyed.this rules and sucks at the same time.R.I.P Robi and the pieline .I just wished you'd spell my name right, its Galvan.I'm the hippie taking my last sad runs.Long live the BADLANDS
Total skate apocolypse! ...read about the demise of this place in transworld 1989...it seemed a legend...can,t believe i,m actually watching it nearly 20 yrs later! ...Although tragic, i could of watched this all day..."this is the end,,,my only friend":Jim Morrison-THE DOORS...
i used to work at the pipeline back in 85-87,me trent, stan sucked, but all the people i met and tricks i learned, damn this is heart breaking, i remember mickey and steve double runs. i remember when the alva guys,craig and eddie showed up and stan threw them out, they showed back up in long wigs and i let them skate stan chewed my ass out but god it was funny watching him chase them around that park.
great video...i live down the block from where the Pipeline used to be..it sucks driving by and seeing the stupid ass buisness offices they put up in it's place.
Just drove by today on my way from the new upland fullpipe skatepark, just for old times sake. All thats left is the brick building you can see in the background here, that was the skateshop. Its all office buildings now where the park was, skateshop is a different business too.
Yes, kinda sick. I had nightmares after reaching this video late at night. Only people who made strong relationships with pools know the feeling of such a funeral. I'm glad the guys did not leave the kombi pool alone during her last moments.
Yes indeed, kinda sick. i had some nightmares after reaching this video late at night...Everybody who ever ride pools knows the feeling of such a funeral. I'm glad people did not leave the pool alone during her last moments. Beautiful video, really strong feelings.
Hoffman let us go swimming in there when they first put it in and it was filled with water for the surface curing. I skated it for years afterward. Skating the pipe for an hour straight was my summer morning zen ritual. I practically lived in that park for years. I wasn't there for the wrecking...but thank you my brothers for giving it a proper wake...
Singingcloud1 8 months ago
My heart swells with joy, love and sadness as I watch this---for this video is a gravestone. Something is buried here. Something died here.
It was called brotherhood.
With out shame, I weep--in thinking of those who are no more--
and of days that are no more.
captainpdub 11 months ago
Wow Upland skatepark is gone ? That sucks .
slLLyhumans 1 year ago
Eventually... man and his machines will destroy everything. Like the last dinosaur, Upland finally falls... If you could rip Upland-you could rip anywhere, bigger, deeper, and more gnarly than it looks; it's not about "old school" or "OG vert dogs"... it's about skating... period. This is a good post, and while it is sad... in the end all we have is our memories/stories.
jkthemod 1 year ago
Like the pool is fighting back. It doesn`t want to give in the grim reaper.
bava67 1 year ago
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DAMM, that hurts watching this. i was there two weeks to late on my first California trip back then....
dietsches 1 year ago
DAMM, that hurts watching this. i was there two weeks to late on my first California trip back then....
dietsches 1 year ago
fuck this shit makes me want to cry, hoffman let us skate the park a few days before this, now i live down the street from where the pipline was, breaks my heart everytime i go to the post office, or just drive by and see the industrial mall there instead of the pipline, i was there at least 2 or 3 times a week, gonna miss the old stomping grounds. and for those wondering yes i still skate!
edgranillo 1 year ago
its sad!
moraes59 2 years ago
I broke my arm in the Fullpipe at Pipeline...had just bought the wheels and truck in the skateshop a half hour before. I was around 10 years old.
aronhalt 2 years ago
My souvenir from Pipeline... A plate and 4 screws in my left wrist... ha! Fell from the top of the coping to the bottom. My wrist didn't like that very much! However, got to skate there for two summers = win!
XanarchyX 2 years ago
THEY DOZED MY DREAM
solar7 2 years ago
ive never skated a decent bowl, i probably wasent alive at the time of this bowl, but it hurts to watch the basis of great times being taken away from your hands like that. i know this is hurts you alot more then it hurts me. it hurts me alot
YeahCain2 2 years ago
i remember it when i was 15, reading thrasher mags, always dreamed of skating there... never happened. 20 years later i still feel sad.
mikehardon99 2 years ago
@mikehardon99 if u still skate theres a pool that is basicly identical at the vans skate park
majora158 2 years ago
@majora158 They got the COMBI POOL at Vans because of this. It was a remake.
BadlanderConnor 1 year ago
@majora158 I'm sorry but it isn't even close.The original combi was smaller,tighter,kinked,rougher,slippery,had more vert(oververt),bigger coping.After skating perfect ramps,parks,today's skaters wouldn't like the old pool.Even most of the top pros back then had a hard time in that thing.
lemonite1 1 year ago
@lemonite1 thx 4 telling me i though the 2 looked diferent but i wasent shure
majora158 1 year ago
@lemonite1 What do you mean it had oververt? It was 4' of true vert right? Oververt = elipses, no? The replica is bigger? It looks smaller. I've thought to myself that might have to do with it being indoors. They used the original blueprints provided by the Hoffmans. Skaters still skate rough terrain today, c'mon! There were perfect skateparks in the skatepark era like Winchester and Cherry Hill. You can't find skateparks as great as the ones from the 70's, c'mon!
nkmcfrln 7 months ago
It's amazing how demolition is going on 10' away from the skaters, something that certainly wouldn't be allowed nowadays for obvious safety and liability reasons. Saddens me to see the Pipline being torn up. Wish I was there to share in that last session.
Roboprop 2 years ago
I was there 2 weeks before they did this ....I should have jumped the fence...The biggest regret of my life.
porkchopmark 2 years ago
I was nine and got to skate there before they tore it down. It is one of my best memories of growing up knowing all the wicked thrashing that had come before me there. Respect.
ElHypno2007 2 years ago
i'll do my best here, FUCK CAPITALISM,MONEY,INSURANCE,SHIT ALL FOLDED N FUCKED, THIS SORT OF TERRAIN SHOULD BE LISTED WITH A PRESERVATION ORDER ON IT. UNREPEATABLE CONTOURS ARE FOR LIFE NOT FOR DECEMATION, HAD TO WATCH THE SAME THING AT MY HOME PARK IN UK. HOW SALBA,MILLER,NASH,ROBISON(R.I.P.)MALBA AND THE FULL CREW WHO KNOW WHO THEY ARE ,PUT UP WITH THIS AND WERE FORCED TO ACCEPT THIS IS BARELY KNOWABLE ! RESPECT TO YOU ALL, YOU HAD IT THERE FOR REAL,THANKS FOR THE YEARS OF INSPIRATION ,PEACE
solar7 2 years ago
Fuck Taxes instead! Liberals and Lawmakers! we should have the Mob run around and collect 10k or 20k from each Law office(every month) to fix the economy Lower taxes then everyone will be hiring and we can use the money from the Lawyers to build Schools for skating and Musicians, and Bars. Everyone will be earning top dollar to pay to support there Local skatepark. I've been skating 35yrs now and I rode the Vans Combi Pool July 22nd. We need more riders there ...the Vert ramp is gone now!
porkchopmark 2 years ago
i remeber reading about this years ago and feeling absolutly gutted then even though i had never seen it with my own eyes i knew that thisplace had spawned so many great skaters and was unique..now to see it i feel even more gutted. what a waste what a fucking waste.
MADROCKS212 2 years ago
why they haven´t throw him with eggs?
SamZero944 2 years ago
Caus the operator is not the initiator behind a abridgment! Would be fucking dingy to throw eggs at him..
RIP †
w3rw0lf 2 years ago
lol but its a nice video. is there a new half pipe or something now?
SamZero944 2 years ago
Watched it again, alot of good times gone....
saarlander 2 years ago
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saarlander 2 years ago
unf-ing believable...hurts my eyes as that damn shovel devours the shallow near the round!!! R.I.P. ORIGINAL COMBI
dtbeachbums 2 years ago 2
its now in skate heaven with the chin ramp
Boardslydr 3 years ago
Wow..sad video...first pool I actually got air in...the combi pool. I used to take the bus for an hour skate all day and bus it back home in the summer...well worth it!!! GREAT TIMES!!!
Amra591 3 years ago 2
That was hard to watch. Combi pool was fast. No mistakes there or you would pay.
BackRoadsWine 3 years ago
wow,this is a testament to remind us once again just in what sort of world we live in.money wins once again...
jrpolanco 3 years ago
The day my home was destroyed.this rules and sucks at the same time.R.I.P Robi and the pieline .I just wished you'd spell my name right, its Galvan.I'm the hippie taking my last sad runs.Long live the BADLANDS
piperider80 3 years ago
Total skate apocolypse! ...read about the demise of this place in transworld 1989...it seemed a legend...can,t believe i,m actually watching it nearly 20 yrs later! ...Although tragic, i could of watched this all day..."this is the end,,,my only friend":Jim Morrison-THE DOORS...
pleutman 3 years ago
the pain at 2 30 RIP SHRED BOWLS AND POOLS FOR LIFE ONLY SICK!
drummerbowlskater 3 years ago
i used to work at the pipeline back in 85-87,me trent, stan sucked, but all the people i met and tricks i learned, damn this is heart breaking, i remember mickey and steve double runs. i remember when the alva guys,craig and eddie showed up and stan threw them out, they showed back up in long wigs and i let them skate stan chewed my ass out but god it was funny watching him chase them around that park.
415packerfan 3 years ago
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saarlander 3 years ago
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dtbeachbums 2 years ago
great video...i live down the block from where the Pipeline used to be..it sucks driving by and seeing the stupid ass buisness offices they put up in it's place.
RIP Pipeline skatepark..
furiousgeorge413 3 years ago 5
I remember skating Combi when I was 12 years old, back then it was the shit if you could even his "tile"...
Fuck this is sad
phoenixhasricin 3 years ago
what happens to the place now?
SmashThatHead 4 years ago
Just drove by today on my way from the new upland fullpipe skatepark, just for old times sake. All thats left is the brick building you can see in the background here, that was the skateshop. Its all office buildings now where the park was, skateshop is a different business too.
jbeeson 3 years ago
Yes, kinda sick. I had nightmares after reaching this video late at night. Only people who made strong relationships with pools know the feeling of such a funeral. I'm glad the guys did not leave the kombi pool alone during her last moments.
Big respect, excelent video.
bartexx 4 years ago
Yes indeed, kinda sick. i had some nightmares after reaching this video late at night...Everybody who ever ride pools knows the feeling of such a funeral. I'm glad people did not leave the pool alone during her last moments. Beautiful video, really strong feelings.
bartexx 4 years ago
feel that.
MADROCKS212 2 years ago
so sad , excellent vid
ADAM10121 4 years ago
makes me want to cry/scream/write my congressman.
renaldude 4 years ago
The combi pool always scared the fuck out of me.
espada9 4 years ago 2
Chris Robison was one of the last guys to roll in? Classic footage. Rest in peace, big man. We used to play hoop out front on that shitty old rim.
That footage makes me kinda sick.
Bullwinkled39 4 years ago 2