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Skatopia
I am extremely pleased to announce that this place exists. There is this skateboarding-anarchy-compound out in the middle of nowhere, where skateboarders live, skate and do anything they want 24-hours a day.
If someone mentioned this to me, the first thing I would think is that this place must be somewhere in the middle of the California desert. You know, the place where people make speed all day and get away with it. Some place where the land is cheap, but only a few hours away from the Southern California skateboarding industry. But, to my dismay, it’s in Ohio of all places and it’s called Skatopia.
I first heard about it from our buddy Dave Ruel, who has a house that looks like a chunk of Skatopia was dropped by helicopter in the middle of Orange County. The first stories he told me were things like: cars blowing up, all kinds of things to skate and of course the general mayhem that ensued on a daily basis. Basically it sounded like a cross between David Koresh’s Waco Texas compound and an enormous makeshift skate park.
I just picked up a copy of the latest Thrasher mag, and there is an article about some skaters that stopped by Skatopia. There is a photo in that article that shows some large house that looks like it had been hurled by a tornado, and so ingeniously attached to the side of the two story house is a 20 ft in diameter full pipe. Does this imagery paint of picture of WTF? Good.
The next logical step was to search the web. Skatopia.org is the official website, bolstering the title “Anarchy, Any Questions?” How appropriate. What surprised me is that they actually list the address to this place. However, if you like to skate at a skate park that is probably breaking numerous state and federal laws just for existing, you should probably roll by. And of course, helmets and pads are not required (but in this case, I actually suggest you bring them; shit here is gnarly).
Certain skaters want to die at Skatopia. I’m dead serious. Like they want their last seconds of life and final resting grounds to occur at this compound. This is the place, where no one will kick you out for skating, a place where you can completely let loose, and it’s pretty much the only nation-state-quasi-paramilitary-territory that you would want to reside in. Anarchy and skateboarding – it’s really that simple. So for those who live by this spirit – this is the promise land.
What Kind of Skaters do you expect to see there?
This isn’t your street skating, Nike wearing, Lupe Fiasco listening type of place. Most of these guys are in their late 20s, 30s and 40s. They drink a lot of cheap beer. They are not afraid to loose teeth. You know, the kind of skater Thrasher likes to promote. However, from what I can tell they will warmly accept any skateboarder with a true skater heart: someone who loves to skate anything, loves to party and destroy shit, and is basically down.
I’m going to shut the f up and just let you guys find out more for yourself.
“The American Dream: No government, no police. Skatopia”
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