Placed To Ride – Skateparks R Us

Rock material has been brought and placed on the site today. Same work will continue tomorrow.

By the end of the day, we’ve made good progress on the first wall/ledge. We’re waiting for holidays to end around here so we will receive our shipment of coping then it will be onto concrete. Look for new pictures to come soon.

Compaction of fill material

Ups!

A car load of us went to Stockholm saturady under rainy to sunny skies. It is about a two hour drive from here (150 km each way). A little longer than the train, but in between the five of us much cheaper, plus we had a chance to chose our own schedule (the latest train from Stockholm to Avesta leaves at around 17:45). While there, we managed to get a little skate in, during a dry period, at the outdoor bowl and a quick tour of the indoor tight concrete mini-ramp in the skate shop next door.

Traté ir de compras en Stockholm, pero fue muy difícil con cuatro muchachos.

Here is one view of the construction site and HERE is another. Things are starting to shape up a bit as you can see. We’re planning to be in full swing, next week. We’ll also have two additonal workers arriving (Dave and Chooky, both Australian, both part of the Stapelbädds crew).

Today we quit work a little early as plumbing is beginning to be laid.

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Yesi at work.

(L-R)Hannes, Yesi, Rul, Roli and Fidi taking a break from the rain in our indoor break room. We’ll have to wait a little longer to get more use of the new outdoor seating.

Overview of the 1,500 square meter skatepark area. For a larger view CLICK HERE.

Plumbing and excavation work by Grytnäs Gräv.

Aquí está Veronica, quien nos ayudó muchísimo a obtener nuestro número personal en Suecia. A su lado se encuentra Pierre, quien nos ha estado ayudando desde nuestro primer día en Suecia. Pierre junto a su hermano Christoffer poseen una compañía famosa de ropa para skaters que quieran estar a la moda, VILLAGE CLOTHING.
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Estamos estrenando nuestra mesa y banqueta nueva la cual fue construida por Hannes y Fidi.

Excavation work is starting to reveal a big pit and two even larger mountains of material. Form work is continuing and I’ve been around town fixing details. I am glad Avesta is a small town so drive times don’t equal much.

The posted picture shows grey skies, but while I was inside today the sun came out and some actually claimed it to be hot at the construction site this afternoon. The sun seems to make a tremendous difference. When it shows itself the warmth is felt, otherwise this week has been quite mild with a few sprinkles mixed in between. We all hope we will be finished with construction before late Autumn so we can head south before the sun fully does.

The holes are beginning to be dug, paperwork sorted and the forms set. Today came with a friendly visit from the city.

Check out today’s News! Wow! What more can I say. It a lot for the first day.

Rul with a prize photo in the local newspaper!

Tuvimos un excelente día el sábado. La pasamos super con el crew de Stefan, pescando y luego el mega picnic de costillas, pinchos, hamburgers y mazorcas.