AC Pipe HTL
Natural Mystics
Barry Walsh blasts an
Olympic-sized frontside air.
IN THESE TIMES OF RIDICULOUS "ANT
pleasure" anal attitudes from society's blind judg
ment, it's odd to skate anywhere public with
getting kicked out or threatened when one of us
"vandalizing" some structure civilized society
already vandalized nature with. Those bloody hy
ocrites! But mind you, there's a spot in Montre
east end where security guards drive by waving if th
sense you're there for the fun of it. The place is call
the Big "O" Pipe, situated at the Olympic Stadium
using the metro, get off at the VIAU station and you
in heaven.
This rare gem is truly unique and provides the mi
body, and soul with positive cemental vibrations fr
your wheels to your brain resulting in fulfillment
happiness. The tweaked thing about it is that it was
built for skating. Actually, at first it had a layer of tr
rubber, which was quickly ripped off by all the ast
ished locals at the time, revealing its smooth yet
concrete surface.
Built in the mid-'70s, this perfectly skateable half-
fullpipe has gotten so many people high over the ye
that it has created fiends for eternity. It's like a writ
bench to graffiti, or a booze can to a thirsty drunk.
I get a hit?" We all do when we pack the pipe!
The pipe is somewhat isolated from the other bu
ings on the site, making every time you go almos
intimate as a pool session. Some say it's the clo
they've ever come to skating a pool. The lip is sw
with no deck, giving it a double-sided curb feeling
can get right on top of things. The lip also curves u
join the fullpipe, allowing creativity and abstracted
to reign supreme. Never take its size for granted
pipe can be a punisher, from split wigs to shatte
kneecaps, but it forgives. Those who aren't down The author backside ollies into an
donating blood, steer clear.
anti-gravity tailslide back down the edge.
So if you're in the area and you have your axe with
you'd be a knucklehead not to treat yourself to suc
uplifting time in our beloved sanctuary.
-Marc
Pipe HTLY
B
2E5
"positive cemental
vibrations from
your wheels to
your brain"
Barry rolls a hash blunt to fakie.