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Remember the Flatlands in Melbourne? I loved that place when I was fourteen.
Before Federation Square was built for the yuppies and tourists, there was the beautifully ugly Gas and Fuel buildings. And next door, the Flatlands.
Those were days when wheels were tiny, when the fashonable skater wore baggy orange Cross- Colours jeans, when Sam Morgan didn't yet look like Mick Hucknall from Simply Red (just kidding, Sam)
Didn't somebody ollie that huge double set at the front? Was it Salman Agah or Ryan Denerez?
Ah, the memories...it's like Proust....
Who cares, it was just a big smooth surface and a bunch of dirty skate rats. I'm glad it's gone.
good times!!! good ol cameron rushton lived under there in a shity little room for awhile. (to those who new him)
"shifty forty"
Wasnt there banches? I saw tons of footage of those guys flipping over benches on their side and standing up.
Really poppy flatland stuff too.
Yeah there were benches that you'd do stuff over, but you couldn't grind them or slide on them. As a spot it was over rated.
I concur. SLAM magazine is also completely overrated and makes for good ornamentation in one's shitter.
I saw an epic demo there. Koston, Creager, Keenan and Chany. Creager was amazing.
good times!!! good ol cameron rushton lived under there in a shity little room for awhile. (to those who new him)
hahahaha,someone lived there??fucking gnarly! i vividly remember seeing it when i was a little tacker but wasnt on board yet unfortunately.
It was a fun place to skate and meet upwith crew.
There were benches and propped up kickers.
Smooth surface.
The first place I ever saw Lewis Marnell, Mike Denovan and Tristan Walker skate. There were sick demos there. Dom Kekich developed his street pop there.
You could skate, chill, drink, meet chicks and film lines for days, and shifty fortys was downstairs...
I could only just ollie the medium benchs there, but Dom could nollie and switch ollie over the big bench !! super pop....
I also heard that one of Kirby's flatland lines is still going to this very day!
hang on...
a vert skater who can switch ollie benches?
did I miss april fools or something!
Yup, I think Dom also had the cover of Australian Skateboarding doing a switch 180 over the waist high bench at Flatlands...he ruled that place
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The Flatlands tribute thread
raphabee 03:03 05/Apr/09
Remember the Flatlands in Melbourne? I loved that place when I was fourteen.
Before Federation Square was built for the yuppies and tourists, there was the beautifully ugly Gas and Fuel buildings. And next door, the Flatlands.
Those were days when wheels were tiny, when the fashonable skater wore baggy orange Cross- Colours jeans, when Sam Morgan didn't yet look like Mick Hucknall from Simply Red (just kidding, Sam)
Didn't somebody ollie that huge double set at the front? Was it Salman Agah or Ryan Denerez?
Ah, the memories...it's like Proust....
Brian Wilson 07:04 05/Apr/09
Who cares, it was just a big smooth surface and a bunch of dirty skate rats. I'm glad it's gone.
Rodos 08:34 05/Apr/09
good times!!! good ol cameron rushton lived under there in a shity little room for awhile. (to those who new him)
"shifty forty"
Davo 2153 10:55 05/Apr/09
Wasnt there banches? I saw tons of footage of those guys flipping over benches on their side and standing up.
Really poppy flatland stuff too.
Brian Wilson 10:59 05/Apr/09
Yeah there were benches that you'd do stuff over, but you couldn't grind them or slide on them. As a spot it was over rated.
Machine 11:00 05/Apr/09
I concur. SLAM magazine is also completely overrated and makes for good ornamentation in one's shitter.
Davo 2153 11:08 05/Apr/09
I saw an epic demo there. Koston, Creager, Keenan and Chany. Creager was amazing.
*Nosferatu* 12:57 05/Apr/09
good times!!! good ol cameron rushton lived under there in a shity little room for awhile. (to those who new him)
hahahaha,someone lived there??fucking gnarly! i vividly remember seeing it when i was a little tacker but wasnt on board yet unfortunately.
heavyweight 17:43 05/Apr/09
It was a fun place to skate and meet upwith crew.
There were benches and propped up kickers.
Smooth surface.
The first place I ever saw Lewis Marnell, Mike Denovan and Tristan Walker skate. There were sick demos there. Dom Kekich developed his street pop there.
You could skate, chill, drink, meet chicks and film lines for days, and shifty fortys was downstairs...
NIKEEEM 17:56 05/Apr/09
I could only just ollie the medium benchs there, but Dom could nollie and switch ollie over the big bench !! super pop....
I also heard that one of Kirby's flatland lines is still going to this very day!
nav... 18:12 05/Apr/09
hang on...
a vert skater who can switch ollie benches?
did I miss april fools or something!
NIKEEEM 18:19 05/Apr/09
Yup, I think Dom also had the cover of Australian Skateboarding doing a switch 180 over the waist high bench at Flatlands...he ruled that place
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