whats it like promoting luv and San Francisco knowing that they are associated strongly with homosexuality? N expressing your admiration for Ben just seems to bolster that claim. I mean his is from Canada but he's not like the dudes from Carts Of Darkness, he's NOT gonna hit 70k on a shopping trolley.
That really makes my heart ache to see such a beautiful and smooth outdoor park littered and disrespected like that. Coming from an Omaha skater who just got a local DIY destroyed by the *city* after coming together to try and save it.
@@KyleBGanger bust heads man make the little fuckers care when i was a kid in the early 2000s you learned skatepark etiquette or you got kicked out (and the next closest park was like a hundred miles away) so getting kicked out wasn't an option you either had respect for the park and everyone in it or you didn't ride
It is the middle of winter in Canada, this is the first week it's been nice enough to go outside and skate. I went to the park yesterday and it's freshly swept, generally in the summer when people are there everyday it stay's clean.
Where that park is located that is not possible. There will always be junkies there trying to stay out of the crap weather there because its close to one of the biggest hit areas of homelessness and drug use in Canada. The park is also on borrowed time as the viaducts above it are going to be torn down and the park with it. Locals often clean it and the city does sweeps every now again as well. He just went in a bad time when not many people are out.
They try, but it's hard to keep up in the downtown core where many homeless, mentally unstable, and those struggling with addictions seek shelter during the rainy seasons of Vancouver. The rest of the city's parks are very well maintained by the locals.
That "yeah!" biker is gonna be hyped when he sees this video 😄 best of luck with the brand. Already off to a solid start with the generator wood. Love that wood ❤
I'm excited about the new skate shop! I hadn't skated in years and and then I ran across your videos. Got addicted to all the information, and now you have inspired me to buy a generator / DLX board. This new shop of yours is awesome! Now I have a go-to spot to get future gear!
I'm a N/Eastern Sk8r. riding NewYork Skateboards 8.3 - Krux 8.25 - SlimeBalls I'm not _as young_ as you. Recovering alcoholic/druggie, and it feels divine to be rolling around again on a board! Your vids Help and inspire, and your humor isn't too bad!☝😎
So much content lately wooo. Definitely gonna go check it out as I’m always looking for a new source for product, in the prairies here we are confined to zumiez and the local shops. Also want to support the boy. Keep up the good work
"Just your regular grime and filth." Lol... Good stuff Ben! I'm really stoked about the boards because I'm kind of tired of all the wack graphics and what the skate industry has become. I remember a time when blanks were cool. Lastly, you seem like the kind of dude who should be designing boards because you have so much knowledge and passion for it.
always love watching your videos. they provide a lot of insight on what products are good and just about the skating world in general. you truly inspire me to keep on skating and your positive way of presenting yourself and just the way you balance everything in your life is a great example on how to lead a nice life
Man, I would not want to fall at a park that dirty. You were really close to tagging the back of your head/back on the corner of that ledge! Maybe it was the angle, but it looked close. Good luck on the new business venture.
Damn here in San Francisco we are known for human turds On the sidewalks and needles and crust but damn that park is pretty shitty! I always thought everything in Canada is clean and beautiful!!? Oh Ben if you need any graphics for your boards hit me up!! ✌🏼
Nice vid as always Ben! I love your style and how solid it is!! Thank you for being a clean skateboarder and cutting out all the bad stuff, I really respect that😃🙌🏼
Awesome Ben I filled out the form. My local shop also carries BBS shop decks. The only thing I don't like about them is the steep nose. If I could get that 8 inch deck a little longer with a mellower nose it's all I would ride. Basically I want the G008 crail shape on generator wood haha
Wow. Always packed a broom and garbage bag with me everywhere I went to skate. All of us need to Be grateful for having places like this or a DIY or even a popular street spot!!
Since this video has come out I have seen two different clips from here haha surprisingly the park looks semi clean but you can see bums in the background. One was on an Instagram clips mix and the other was a clip from our local ninetimes skateshop. Trippy that I haven’t seen it before then I recognize it twice within a span of days. Looks fun!
Well I went to the site to check it out and noticed that almost all of the generator blanks are sold out! Hopefully that's a sign of things going well and I'll just have to check back for a restock. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for this project!
Reminds me of my local park, always filthy and as it's under a railway arch always damp patches and puddles even when dry outside. Some bright spark also decided to throw a load of paint around the place one day 😡💩
Ideal size and shape for me is 8.75x32.5/14.5 WB. Full nose and tail with steep concave. Congrats on the collaboration. Sounds like you guys have a great idea in mind. Keep up the great videos, you inspired this broken down 25 y/o to get back on the board haha.
I skated a lot of times in there when I lived in Van, too many syringes on the ground and it was definitely scary to fall, and if I went there early there was still a few homeless people sleeping in the skatepark, none of them seem to care about the skateboard sounds but it was awkward to skate. Nevertheless there is a lot of people helping on cleaning the skatepark, but there is still a lot of work to do since it's near to hastings street still I would definitely recommend people to go, the park itself is fun just don't go with kids if you're a fearful parent, other than that you'll be fine
Biohazard Park. We used to bring a broom to clean up. You need a full hazard suit for that place. KRAZY. Nice footage. Seriously that place is sick as in I'm feeling sick.
For pop i prefer a steep (kicks) Deck with 14 3/8 wheelbase (its a Shopdeck from a German skateshop who uses generatordecks) with forged indys. When i want my manuals more consistent i have to choose a little flatter Kicks, also with indys (forged or Standart height) a Jart with 14 1/2 wheelbase works great....I am really interrested in custom shapes designed by you, the biggest problem is the shipping. But im sure there will be a lot more interests from my country.
I love blanks. If you can get Generator standard 8.125 x 31.6 with 14 WB. (Shape that guys like Shane O'neil, Mcclung, Spencer Hamilton use) I will grab a few. They have a minimum of 50 per design but not sure how you can get the blanks. You have to know someone I guess. A local shop here has them from time to time. Straight from Mexicali I believe.
When that park first opened it was amazing now its fell off its too close to the dt core and with the way that place has been looking since the pandemic its pretty nice considering
7.9” x 31.1” 14” wheelbase. I’m in the U.K. but def will order of the shape is right. Fairly subtle concave low to medium. Shortish pointy tail and normal round nose
i did the survey but i guess shipping to Germany won't make i a real option for me sadly.. though i am very interested to see the shapes of the boards you come up with
SoCal USA. I like Wide boys, 9-11 inches. I ride Indy 159, 169, and 215. Ideal Decks have double kick, Wheel wells, Interesting & functional shapes. madness has some sick stuff, so does welcome. $40-75 is reasonable. Ps stix and dsm are the best woodshops imho.
Skated there this summer and it wasn’t nearly this gross. Infact, I was kind of expecting it to be more grimmy but after seeing this video I think I just got lucky
That shit would never fly at my local! Like it gets dirty and there’s usually some beer cans left around but that’s usually cause we skate the trashcan and it’s the only trashcan till you get to the parking lot. But even still if it got that bad the city would probably have a cop stationed there making sure people clean up their trash
Hey Ben I really like your channel and you skate real good, heres some info if it helps you at all, I'm from San Luis Obispo California. In my town we actually have 2 pretty big skate shops. CCS warehouse and Skate warehouse (skatewarehouse.com) and so this is where I get gear (Im currently skating a 8.0 Zero deck). Im also a old guy I'm 35 and i skated in the late 90s (Jamie Thomas was my fav skater back then along with Ed Templeton). I actually just recently got back into skating and I'm nowhere close to your level but having so much fun and its great exercise but trust me I get whooped (I'm not in the best shape) anyway thanks for uploading these awesome videos!!
Would be a cool video of you cleaning it up, then we can see if it stays clean or not. If its cleanes up people might clean it. Even place trashcans there maybe.
I will check out the shop. Now that park, I couldn't/wouldn't skate there. The filth would be in my head the whole time. I slam way to much for that place.
Hey ben I was wondering what u would think of my set up, personally it's perfect for me. I ride the antihero 8.5 navy eagle deck the length is 31inches with a 14.25 wheels base. I got 149 indys bronson bearings popped the shields out, and spitfire 58mm radials. I do street and transition and i find it to be very versatile. Love the channel bro keep on making good videos!
You didn't mention you see at least a dozen needle sleeves. Those white plastic tubes is where they come from. The needle patrol was there before you got there. I've been there and seen literally 30+ needles on the ground, it was a joke. One thing that was good is the needle cleanup people came by in about 10 minutes and cleaned them up.
A few years ago made the trip up to Plaza from Washington with my gf and her friends who hula hoop. A posse was there where the fires were and the were rudely calling out and whistling at the girls (who never never stepped foot in the park but were on the sidewalk outside). A guy from the posse comes over claiming he runs the park and tells me that we have to leave because the skatepark is for skateboarding only. I told him that I was skating and he said fine but the girls can’t watch or be around the skatepark because they aren’t skateboarders. We just left because it was getting really weird. Googled him, and it seems the city hired him to keep the park free of homeless people on the weekend. Him and that crew are blowing it haha! Still want to go back though!
I heard the city want to tear that skatepark down when they take out the highway above it? But then I'm confused on why the city put new ledge tops on. By the way I don't want the skatepark to be torn out
I see a new Ben Degros upload and I drop everything lol
Agreed I was watching search for animal chin and the notification poped up and I was out of there faster than you could say, "have you seen him".
That must get expensive lol
me too lol
whats it like promoting luv and San Francisco knowing that they are associated strongly with homosexuality? N expressing your admiration for Ben just seems to bolster that claim. I mean his is from Canada but he's not like the dudes from Carts Of Darkness, he's NOT gonna hit 70k on a shopping trolley.
Can I have a free deck from you to tryout ben
A spot that dirty would be a definitive _pass_ for me. I don't want to get sick skating.
That really makes my heart ache to see such a beautiful and smooth outdoor park littered and disrespected like that.
Coming from an Omaha skater who just got a local DIY destroyed by the *city* after coming together to try and save it.
Which spot was that? I only ever go to Roberts but its so damn packed most days.
Filled out the form ben! This is a dream come true. The most informational skater making the perfect deck!
the fact the skaters/bikers don't take care of the park and don't chase junkies away is a testament to how much you did not have to beg for a park
@@KyleBGanger bust heads man make the little fuckers care when i was a kid in the early 2000s you learned skatepark etiquette or you got kicked out (and the next closest park was like a hundred miles away) so getting kicked out wasn't an option you either had respect for the park and everyone in it or you didn't ride
It is the middle of winter in Canada, this is the first week it's been nice enough to go outside and skate. I went to the park yesterday and it's freshly swept, generally in the summer when people are there everyday it stay's clean.
Where that park is located that is not possible. There will always be junkies there trying to stay out of the crap weather there because its close to one of the biggest hit areas of homelessness and drug use in Canada. The park is also on borrowed time as the viaducts above it are going to be torn down and the park with it. Locals often clean it and the city does sweeps every now again as well. He just went in a bad time when not many people are out.
They try, but it's hard to keep up in the downtown core where many homeless, mentally unstable, and those struggling with addictions seek shelter during the rainy seasons of Vancouver. The rest of the city's parks are very well maintained by the locals.
That "yeah!" biker is gonna be hyped when he sees this video 😄 best of luck with the brand. Already off to a solid start with the generator wood. Love that wood ❤
I'm excited about the new skate shop! I hadn't skated in years and and then I ran across your videos. Got addicted to all the information, and now you have inspired me to buy a generator / DLX board. This new shop of yours is awesome! Now I have a go-to spot to get future gear!
Glad you're still out skating! I took a 5 week hiatus. Starting to warm up here though. Time to start getting back at it!
I'm a N/Eastern Sk8r.
riding NewYork Skateboards
8.3 - Krux 8.25 - SlimeBalls
I'm not _as young_ as you.
Recovering alcoholic/druggie, and it feels divine to be rolling around again on a board!
Your vids Help and inspire, and your humor isn't too bad!☝😎
So much content lately wooo. Definitely gonna go check it out as I’m always looking for a new source for product, in the prairies here we are confined to zumiez and the local shops. Also want to support the boy. Keep up the good work
Glad he's doing videos again
"Just your regular grime and filth." Lol... Good stuff Ben! I'm really stoked about the boards because I'm kind of tired of all the wack graphics and what the skate industry has become. I remember a time when blanks were cool. Lastly, you seem like the kind of dude who should be designing boards because you have so much knowledge and passion for it.
always love watching your videos. they provide a lot of insight on what products are good and just about the skating world in general. you truly inspire me to keep on skating and your positive way of presenting yourself and just the way you balance everything in your life is a great example on how to lead a nice life
I always used to see syringers at downtown skate plaza. I once saw a guy climb out of that man hole naked in the middle of winter.
And what are the chances that crack had something to do with it
Man, I would not want to fall at a park that dirty. You were really close to tagging the back of your head/back on the corner of that ledge! Maybe it was the angle, but it looked close. Good luck on the new business venture.
Damn here in San Francisco we are known for human turds On the sidewalks and needles and crust but damn that park is pretty shitty! I always thought everything in Canada is clean and beautiful!!? Oh Ben if you need any graphics for your boards hit me up!! ✌🏼
i instantly thought of soma when i clicked on this video
who's soma
How much for a random person like me
I've never seen so much garbage before lol
JayLuv Designs SF yeah, no one be taking shits I’m the damn skatepark lmao
Nice vid as always Ben! I love your style and how solid it is!! Thank you for being a clean skateboarder and cutting out all the bad stuff, I really respect that😃🙌🏼
Congrats on the new venture! You’re awesome- keep up the great work.
Really loving the new videos lately!
Awesome Ben I filled out the form. My local shop also carries BBS shop decks. The only thing I don't like about them is the steep nose. If I could get that 8 inch deck a little longer with a mellower nose it's all I would ride. Basically I want the G008 crail shape on generator wood haha
All the best in your new endeavors, Ben... keep killing it! 💪
Wow. Always packed a broom and garbage bag with me everywhere I went to skate. All of us need to Be grateful for having places like this or a DIY or even a popular street spot!!
Great video Ben thanks for the incredible content its Great 😊🍻🤘
Since this video has come out I have seen two different clips from here haha surprisingly the park looks semi clean but you can see bums in the background. One was on an Instagram clips mix and the other was a clip from our local ninetimes skateshop. Trippy that I haven’t seen it before then I recognize it twice within a span of days. Looks fun!
Well I went to the site to check it out and noticed that almost all of the generator blanks are sold out! Hopefully that's a sign of things going well and I'll just have to check back for a restock. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for this project!
Reminds me of my local park, always filthy and as it's under a railway arch always damp patches and puddles even when dry outside.
Some bright spark also decided to throw a load of paint around the place one day 😡💩
"Needley Businesses" had me lol'ing
Great show and very entertaining Mr.Ben, keep it up, we wish you guys the best on your new skate board business.
Would love to get me some nice Blanks but I'm from Germany.. shipping would be overkill.
Sehe ich auch so! :D
Same
That reminds me of the actual plazas and squares I grew up skating in South America but not nearly this bad, haha! Geez, man
😂
That's so sad to see, I used to see this park in videos and I've always wanted to skate it. I really hope there's a effort to clean the place up.
Ideal size and shape for me is 8.75x32.5/14.5 WB. Full nose and tail with steep concave. Congrats on the collaboration. Sounds like you guys have a great idea in mind. Keep up the great videos, you inspired this broken down 25 y/o to get back on the board haha.
Hell yeah Ben!! I’d skate a steep 8.375 blank for days, this is so sick.
Love the vids glad ur uploading again
Aww I was there yesterday, would've been sick to see you there
I skated a lot of times in there when I lived in Van, too many syringes on the ground and it was definitely scary to fall, and if I went there early there was still a few homeless people sleeping in the skatepark, none of them seem to care about the skateboard sounds but it was awkward to skate. Nevertheless there is a lot of people helping on cleaning the skatepark, but there is still a lot of work to do since it's near to hastings street still I would definitely recommend people to go, the park itself is fun just don't go with kids if you're a fearful parent, other than that you'll be fine
Biohazard Park. We used to bring a broom to clean up. You need a full hazard suit for that place. KRAZY. Nice footage. Seriously that place is sick as in I'm feeling sick.
I can assure you Venice skatepark is squeaky clean.
Not the skatepark. The old pavillion with the ledges that Guy skates in mouse. The smell there was revolting.
@@bendegros oh that's been gone for years! Epic spot tho.
For pop i prefer a steep (kicks) Deck with 14 3/8 wheelbase (its a Shopdeck from a German skateshop who uses generatordecks) with forged indys. When i want my manuals more consistent i have to choose a little flatter Kicks, also with indys (forged or Standart height) a Jart with 14 1/2 wheelbase works great....I am really interrested in custom shapes designed by you, the biggest problem is the shipping. But im sure there will be a lot more interests from my country.
Yes Ben! I am totally down with the blank decks! And yes, this is great to help you out. 8.75 and 9.0 though pls
Is this the Vancouver Carpenter?
Awesome!!!!! Congrats I'm a subscribers of you from the Philippines.... Berto
I love blanks. If you can get Generator standard 8.125 x 31.6 with 14 WB. (Shape that guys like Shane O'neil, Mcclung, Spencer Hamilton use) I will grab a few. They have a minimum of 50 per design but not sure how you can get the blanks. You have to know someone I guess. A local shop here has them from time to time. Straight from Mexicali I believe.
OMG id be so afraid to fall on the ground at that skatepark lol
That’s sucks that no one cleans. I always walk around my local park and pick up trash before skating
Good video. Have u done a review of those huf shoes ?
classic underpass park, chicago's logan square skatepark is pretty similar
you are really killing it man
I was trying to pin down his accent and where he's from him being Canadian makes a lot of sense
That bank session was sick
Awesome. Good luck in your most recent endeavor!
do you think you could review a blind deck at some point ? Great videos !
When that park first opened it was amazing now its fell off its too close to the dt core and with the way that place has been looking since the pandemic its pretty nice considering
Can you do a review on Royal Trucks?? I would love to hear what you have to say about them!
I think bonsor might be 1st because when I do hand power slides I get dust all over my hands
3 videos in a week, damn
7.9” x 31.1” 14” wheelbase. I’m in the U.K. but def will order of the shape is right. Fairly subtle concave low to medium. Shortish pointy tail and normal round nose
i did the survey but i guess shipping to Germany won't make i a real option for me sadly.. though i am very interested to see the shapes of the boards you come up with
Yes!!! Ben has a video today!!! ❤️😁😁
It seems like the seat ledges are the dirtiest thing about the park. The concrete seemed pretty smooth around were you had your sesh.
Man, that park is a shame. What a waste of those nice ledges!
Even Burnside is way cleaner than that park !
Hamilton has Beasley mark appleyards old park and my park it’s pretty dirty there too
Thanks for using the tunes!
Thank you!
Ben, any chance you could put Jart on your list of boards to review??¿ Thanks and Saludos desde Madrid!¡ ;)
SoCal USA. I like Wide boys, 9-11 inches. I ride Indy 159, 169, and 215. Ideal Decks have double kick, Wheel wells, Interesting & functional shapes. madness has some sick stuff, so does welcome. $40-75 is reasonable. Ps stix and dsm are the best woodshops imho.
Do a tensor mag light review would be interesting to see what u say about it
Nice video alway happy when i see this kind of show
Skated there this summer and it wasn’t nearly this gross. Infact, I was kind of expecting it to be more grimmy but after seeing this video I think I just got lucky
It makes me happy to see skaters aware of their surroundings and not glamorizing filth.
Filled out the feedback form. Hopefully of some help. Good luck with it all!
That shit would never fly at my local! Like it gets dirty and there’s usually some beer cans left around but that’s usually cause we skate the trashcan and it’s the only trashcan till you get to the parking lot. But even still if it got that bad the city would probably have a cop stationed there making sure people clean up their trash
What's holding people back cleaning it? 3 people, 3 brooms, a snowshuffle, a few binbags and your done in a hour.
Hey Ben I really like your channel and you skate real good, heres some info if it helps you at all, I'm from San Luis Obispo California. In my town we actually have 2 pretty big skate shops. CCS warehouse and Skate warehouse (skatewarehouse.com) and so this is where I get gear (Im currently skating a 8.0 Zero deck). Im also a old guy I'm 35 and i skated in the late 90s (Jamie Thomas was my fav skater back then along with Ed Templeton). I actually just recently got back into skating and I'm nowhere close to your level but having so much fun and its great exercise but trust me I get whooped (I'm not in the best shape) anyway thanks for uploading these awesome videos!!
Would be a cool video of you cleaning it up, then we can see if it stays clean or not. If its cleanes up people might clean it. Even place trashcans there maybe.
I will check out the shop.
Now that park, I couldn't/wouldn't skate there. The filth would be in my head the whole time. I slam way to much for that place.
Can you do a Baker or DGK deck review?
That is awesome news!
They should pay someone to powerwash that place once a week. Guess you would need a hazmat certification to clean that spot.
make a review on the erick winkowski board
Hey ben I was wondering what u would think of my set up, personally it's perfect for me. I ride the antihero 8.5 navy eagle deck the length is 31inches with a 14.25 wheels base. I got 149 indys bronson bearings popped the shields out, and spitfire 58mm radials. I do street and transition and i find it to be very versatile. Love the channel bro keep on making good videos!
Skate spots sometimes get neglected while empty baseball fields and basketball courts get all the up keep.
You didn't mention you see at least a dozen needle sleeves. Those white plastic tubes is where they come from. The needle patrol was there before you got there.
I've been there and seen literally 30+ needles on the ground, it was a joke. One thing that was good is the needle cleanup people came by in about 10 minutes and cleaned them up.
Brutal!
A few years ago made the trip up to Plaza from Washington with my gf and her friends who hula hoop. A posse was there where the fires were and the were rudely calling out and whistling at the girls (who never never stepped foot in the park but were on the sidewalk outside). A guy from the posse comes over claiming he runs the park and tells me that we have to leave because the skatepark is for skateboarding only. I told him that I was skating and he said fine but the girls can’t watch or be around the skatepark because they aren’t skateboarders. We just left because it was getting really weird. Googled him, and it seems the city hired him to keep the park free of homeless people on the weekend. Him and that crew are blowing it haha! Still want to go back though!
How are the bones stf 99 wheels? Might cop some. Been riding on the f4 spitfire 101
This is the most Canadian video you have put out
this entire skatepark looks like one of those rough concrete bowls with three feet of vert that people just dump shopping carts into.
I'd put some game cameras that flash every pic in the bridge webbing & parties might disappear
Can you review the adidas liberty cup shoe
When is the site re stocking 8.5?
1:38 😳😳😂😂😂
And i tought my crusty crab local bowl was full of garbage ( i literally have to bring an industrial size broom and a shovel everytime)
Could you make the specs of that Cardiel you reviewed? Congratulations?
Umm yeah, that park needs to be cleared by a hazmat team. In the meantime I’m psyched for your Canada Skate Shop collaboration.
I heard the city want to tear that skatepark down when they take out the highway above it? But then I'm confused on why the city put new ledge tops on. By the way I don't want the skatepark to be torn out
Seems like a nice simple open park
didn't Ted DeGros had a video ad in 411 video in that spot? or maybe another Canadian park
Ewww that is one grimmy park ben ); when r we getting a review of them HUF galaxy's ?!
I remember when this 1st opened lol
Thank ya