Neon Frontier on 107.1 FM: Skatepark Revolution

Nora Robertson — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:41:29 +0000

By the early 90’s, skateboarding was in a slump again. The sport had gotten to a new level in California in the 70’s when skaters brought surf-style moves to the empty swimming pools and decaying urban infrastructure that littered the edges of towns like Venice Beach. But then, street skating ran into community opposition in most parts of the country, and skate parks were having liability issues. Mark Scott, Dreamland Skateparks owner and one of the original builders of the Burnside skatepark, sat down with me to discuss how it took a DIY community of Portland skaters building an indie skatepark under the Burnside bridge, in cooperation with the local business community and retroactively approved by the city, to kick off what Mark described to me as the skatepark revolution.

Check out the podcast on 107.1 FM here.

Destination DIY

sarahf — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:59:00 +0000

Julie Sabatier is a very cool and busy person. She creates the interesting podcast “Destination DIY”, an exploration of all things (you guessed it) DIY in Portland. Past topics include zines, art, gardening, death, food, and many, many more. If you are in search of a new podcast to listen to in the car, at work, or while folding laundry check it out here. Julie also works as a producer at OPB, and has a few stories airing there soon, so keep your ears out.

DIY – PLAZM

Neon Frontier on 107.1 FM: Skatepark Revolution

Destination DIY