Skateboard as Sensory Device
The Site
This is an alley I love to skate for it’s fun mixture of textures and heaved surfaces. I particularly like hitting the metal cover to the buried electrical. It feels like electricity.
The Media
I am riding independent trucks (stiff, wide axil, not loose and squirrely) on spitfire 99a wheels (hard, not gummy). My skate shoes were Globe, reasonably cushy.
When you skateboard, you see the terrain under your feet. It lives in my mind like a glowing trail. I wanted to try giving the things that I see with my feet form and colour.
The Textures
The Result (scroll down for a ride)
