🗣️ Brian Panebianco talks MUNI past, present, and future 🏛️

[naturesbest]

So hard for people to understand, what it’s like losing a skate spot.
Had one in my town; a loading dock that had a kicker style ramp, perfect manual pads, run up and smooth surfaces. It had a ledge that was 30 foot long, started at 1’ and climbed to 3 feet by the drop off that I’d 50-50 so many times because it was just FUN.
Then, one day without any news. It was demolished and a new business was up and running two weeks later.
That was 17 years ago. And I still once a year when I visit my town, drive by and check it out. HOURS of my youth, weekends spent with friends I don’t see anymore, and some of the sickest tricks went down there.

[phyush]

What a cool short documenting all the way to the end DIY

[BODHI__]

Something important to remember is that Occupy Wall Street was happening in Love Park during this time and the Philly PD could not permanently evict people. Kids just kept coming back.

So the city devised a nasty plan that killed two birds with one stone. They were able to permanently evict people from Occupy due to “safety concerns” about construction AND they got rid of all the skateboarders.

Its heartbreaking. When I was deciding where to go to college, the skateboarders in LOVE Park is what made me love Philly more than anywhere else I was looking. It was a truly unique place where thousands were going about their daily business and you could see some of the best skateboarders in the world at the same time.

[uhh]

Back in early 90's my friends n i did the same downtown Utah when they were demoing the Salt Palace to become today's Delta center. It was epic covered parking are with all the product fir there work and became our own sk8 park. Awesome memories of the winters while thick snow falling and us dry as a bone sk8'n n building ledges, pyramids, and even rails. I will never forget those memories!!!❤️‍🔥👊

[stonedpotatoes]

I remember when love park was close to its final days and Philly would show up in GROVES to skate after security got off. 9 pm and there would be a hundred people waiting to throw down. Muni had nothing but security back then and no one would skate it.. and then love park got shut down. And then Philly took over Muni You will not stop Philly. Fuck, I love that city

[Cam-]

That is cool how you build stuff it looks fantastic skated by you guys!

[kevinalamo]

Every one of those tricks/ lines was so rad. I skated Muni one time like 20+ years ago when Love was getting fucked up. It was really respectful skaters, some homeless people and a handful of white-collar dudes walked through. Idk how Philly justifies all the money and time spent making things look worse to spite skaters.

[josegomezamunarriz]

Hi Guys..
Your Passion will GO ON OVER WHEELS...Because you LIVE IT...KEEP IT UP!!!NICE VIDEO GREAT SESSION...✨🍀🛸👾

[indatubesurfer]

Love park was the best! Meet so many cool ppl all the years I skated there! Rip

[Decapent_Tater]

Skating to-be-demolished areas hits different. Also "gnarly presentation" is so funny to me 😂

[JdFlearoy]

That’s bring back memories when I first skated at the age of 6

[wedabestradi]

I love our spirit as skaters we never grow up 😂😊❤

[squidwardshouse]

The innovation of a skater is unfairly overlooked.

[KJAYTHOUSAND]

My neighbourhood had no spots.. and I mean no spots, and on top of that there wasn’t a skatepark around.. closest place was about a 20 minute drive away, but being young with no license yet I’d missed out.. no skaters at my school, nothing. But take that 20 minute drive down the highway and both the highschools that were 5 mins from eachother were packed with skaters, they had a park so close they’d skate it at lunch time.. wish I got to experience something like this.

[ldeez]

This would drive me crazy as a construction worker. I don’t do construction but at my job if people were coming in messing with crap and cutting locks it would drive me crazy.

[allankuria]

At least the spot is immortalized in Session Skate sim and these videos

[mikehemens]

Skate media will not ever let go of this story behind the story shit.

[rollinolan]

As a skater lmao as a construction worker I'm like jus cut the chain so we can use the lock again we usually put the chain on the last links so if somebody does cut ur chains aka lock. U don't lose the lock to an they would get access. Locks only keep respectable people away

[lurks]

Literally interacting with, and in some sense combating, the destruction of history in real time. Skateboarding is so much deeper than simply riding a board.

[jr.spice]

That was like me meeting Andy irons for the first time