Comments on: Melbourne’s skateparks: eyesore or urban art?

By: ozsoapbox

ozsoapbox — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:24:35 +0000

Mate you sound like a champ, I only wish you the best of luck in weeding out the deadshits of skating culture.

By: Criminal Damage

Criminal Damage — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:55:16 +0000

Charge them all with criminal damage. I call the cops and have taken to arresting them on my own. Tag my area and you will be handed to the cops to get your ID and then sued privately through the magistrates court for damage and made to pay the bill for clean up which runs into the tens of thousands.

With a criminal record you will not be allowed into the USA, Singapore, the EU and many other countires so kiss you romantic italian honey moon over when you get married pea brain. Forget taking the kids to Disney Land. (If your spray paint malformed DNA will permit you to have kids).

I am 47 and still skate but have half a brain which i am using to chase down these criminals who are societal vandals, environmental vandals and will be stopped.

By: ozsoapbox

ozsoapbox — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:02:33 +0000

@Christian

who gives a fuck whether there is graffiti or not.

Well, my eyes for starters… and then most likely those poor residents who live around the area as well as the public who use the greater parks the skating facilities are in.

Stereotyping Cheltenham, Dandenong, Epping and Frankston just shows you up as the douche you are.

Yeah, because there’s nothing stereotypical about those areas at all.

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:33:07 +0000

Gotta agree with Markfly, the skate parks are for skating who gives a fuck whether there is graffiti or not. Stereotyping Cheltenham, Dandenong, Epping and Frankston just shows you up as the douche you are.

By: ozsoapbox

ozsoapbox — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:36:34 +0000

Camberwell Junction seems to be what it’s called due to the proximity of it from the actual junction itself.

Go and have a look at Cheltenham, Dandenong, Epping or even Frankston.

No thanks, don’t wanna get stabbed. If I did try to drop by incognito they’d make me for sure, I’d be the only guy without a plastic bag and some paint cans.

I am a 47 year old BMX rider

So what’s next for you, the cutting edge extreme world of yo-yo’s?

At 47 maybe it’s time to ditch the baggy shorts, get a haircut and stop hanging around male kids all day?

By: Markfly High

Markfly High — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:49:47 +0000

This is the least researched blog I’ve ever read. Camberwell skate park is one of the best (you call it Junction), but the rest are just pants. That’s why they are deserted. Go and have a look at Cheltenham, Dandenong, Epping or even Frankston. I am a 47 year old BMX rider and the kids that ride these parks are good kids and don’t need idiots like you who don’t understand the culture running them down.

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By: Mark Holsworth

Mark Holsworth — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:11:53 +0000

Thanks for quoting my blog in your excellent survey of graffiti in Melbourne’s skate parks. It has been one of the best blog entries that I’ve read. I agree with you it would have to be cheaper to have them painted well once a year than to clean up the ugly tagging.

By: ozsoapbox

ozsoapbox — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:05:23 +0000

I was actually pleasantly suprised to read your blog entry post. I was last in Delhi back in ’93 and whilst I wasn’t particularly looking for it I don’t recall seeing any graffiti anywhere. When you think of graffiti you usually think Europe or the US so it was nice to see some examples of ‘different’ styles from a not so usual location.

By: Reena Pereira

Reena Pereira — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:46:07 +0000

Thank you for the mention ozsoapbox. Great discourse on street art and graffiti. The streets in Mumbai aren’t that different from the other cities after all. Graffiti can be an abomination or it can be an art. Whatever way you view it, it is ingrained into the very veins and pulse of a city.