Star Maps - Post 1 - Jan. 2014; The Ponds, Santa Monica, CA

This was the first crude split screen #skatenerdstarmaps post from Jan. 2014. This precedes the numbering system and the hashtag so technically it is Post -4 (Maps -4 BH aka Before Hashtag). I began shooting photos of old skate spots to pass time while taking my baby daughter Luca around West LA and Santa Monica. Building the posts began as something to do while she napped. Photo of Guy Mariano ollieing the rock gap at The Ponds aka Douglas Park in Santa Monica shot by Spike Jonze in 1991. The Duck Ponds or bottom portion of Douglas (the top portion has the small oval plaza with the low ledges featured in Love Child [‘92] and Tim n’ Henry’s Pack of Lies [‘92]) stayed empty from around 1990 through ’96 and the spot was featured in videos like Santa Cruz’s Troops of Tomorrow (‘91 Eric Dressen’s part), the New School video, and later even had a spot check in 411 Video Magazine. I first got to skate there in ’94 when a fellow UCLA student named Meter (Dimitri) brought me there.
Original Caption: Then/Now. #theduckponds #91to14 #pondsmaps
Date: Jan. 9, 2014
Related Hashtags: #pondsmaps #guymaps #cultofspike #wilshirestarmaps #santamonicastarmaps #lovechildmaps #timandhenrymaps #troopsoftomorrowmaps