Apparently, 2000 film already documented the use of abandoned pools by skateboards. Who would have predicted that this practise was only the beginning of a burgeoning practise.During this economically challenging time , we are learning how people are reacting to the situation. One innovation (at least for me) that I came across recently is pools in the south being used as skate parks. http://www.mouthpiecesports.com/blog/2008/12/29/southern-california-turning-into-skaters-abandoned-pool-paradise-all-over-again-bro/
"We have more pools than we know what to do with," said Josh Peacock, who lives in Fresno, the Central Vally city where thousands of homes, many with pools behind them, are in foreclosure. "I can't even keep track of them all any more."
Across the United States, the ultimate symbol of suburban success has become one more reminder of the economic meltdown, with builders going under, pools going to seed and skaters such as Mr. Peacock find a surplus of deserted pools in which to perfect their acrobatic aerials.
These are boom time for skaters such as Mr. Peacock, who travels around town with a gas-powered pump, five-gallon buckets, shovels and a push broom, risking trespassing charges in the singel-minded pursuit of emptying forlorn pools and turning them into de facto skate parks. some skateboarders use scuch real estate tracking sites a realquest.com and realtor.com to find forelcosed houses with pools, while others trawl through satelite images from Google Earth. On the Website skateandannoy.com, where skaters trade tips about how to find and drain abandoned pools, one poster wrote about the economic malise. "God bless Greenspan," the post read, " patron saint of pool skatin. "
Skater boarders are helping the situation because in many warmer states, the authorities are trying literally to bail out pools, using pumps, dredges and strong stomachs to attack an explosion of abandoned pools that have attracted all manner of nastiness-rats or belligerent raccoons or algae, dead leaves and worse. These "green pools" can become a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying west Nile Virus. "
Skateboarders help clean these pools while providing themselves with recreation. They prefer kidney shaped pools.
One person's tragedy is an other's source of fun and excitement.
"We have more pools than we know what to do with," said Josh Peacock, who lives in Fresno, the Central Vally city where thousands of homes, many with pools behind them, are in foreclosure. "I can't even keep track of them all any more."
Across the United States, the ultimate symbol of suburban success has become one more reminder of the economic meltdown, with builders going under, pools going to seed and skaters such as Mr. Peacock find a surplus of deserted pools in which to perfect their acrobatic aerials.
These are boom time for skaters such as Mr. Peacock, who travels around town with a gas-powered pump, five-gallon buckets, shovels and a push broom, risking trespassing charges in the singel-minded pursuit of emptying forlorn pools and turning them into de facto skate parks. some skateboarders use scuch real estate tracking sites a realquest.com and realtor.com to find forelcosed houses with pools, while others trawl through satelite images from Google Earth. On the Website skateandannoy.com, where skaters trade tips about how to find and drain abandoned pools, one poster wrote about the economic malise. "God bless Greenspan," the post read, " patron saint of pool skatin. "
Skater boarders are helping the situation because in many warmer states, the authorities are trying literally to bail out pools, using pumps, dredges and strong stomachs to attack an explosion of abandoned pools that have attracted all manner of nastiness-rats or belligerent raccoons or algae, dead leaves and worse. These "green pools" can become a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying west Nile Virus. "
Skateboarders help clean these pools while providing themselves with recreation. They prefer kidney shaped pools.
One person's tragedy is an other's source of fun and excitement.
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