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EPICLY LATER’D
By Patrick O’Dell
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These are pictures from Skatopia, a skate park/farm/anarchy commune in Rutland, Ohio. I went there a few weeks ago to film some stuff for a weird TV show unrelated to my own weird TV show. I’ve been there before, maybe three times, but that was in the 90s and I was younger and drunker. I actually vowed never to go there again—or at least not to the parties they have there. I always felt like I was gonna get killed or beat up at any second. But this time around it was actually nice, maybe because it was the middle of winter. I got to skate a little, pet some dogs, and sit around a furnace, and I made a friend named Convict, who told me he went to jail for nonpayment of child support and also for shooting a “nigger.” But regardless of our obviously vast differences, he was the guy I liked the most there. I mean, could you go to jail for two worse things? But he’s more complex than that, or maybe more simple, or maybe he was just too good a storyteller. I wished I’d filmed the trip for Epicly Later’d, but I didn’t. Hopefully I will go back soon.
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See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Jun 10, 2009 wrote:
Skatopia is a pilgrimage spot. Rightly so. Epic terrain, great skaters, great vibe. Ask the hundreds of cool parents who have brought their kids of all ages. My kid skated that full pipe when he was 18 months old.
Get off the computer and go find out for yourself - go live life instead of vicariously commenting on other people’s. | | Anonymous, on Jun 6, 2009 wrote:
You guys are such pussies. Obviously your the ones who never got laid. ;)long live the farm! | | Anonymous, on Jun 4, 2009 wrote:
Of all the rad shit at Skatopia why would you write about the convict? Some people just dont get it... | | Anonymous, on Jun 3, 2009 wrote:
So why dont people do something more useful with their time like not making up bullshit to make them feel like they have something to say. | | Anonymous, on Jun 3, 2009 wrote:
foxface fuck you
you are probabably a bigger bigot than the convict at least he doesnt know better while you act as if you do then judge people based on this crap did i say fuck you hope to meet you one day you ultra cool stand up type reading your vice magazine and fuck you again for the sake of it | |
| Foo, on Jun 3, 2009 wrote:
@anonymous with the horrific night.
You’re from Charleston and should know better, you went to see the Serpent Handlers of West Virginia play. The building was not swaying, maybe it was your reality. After you hit several girls in the face and didn’t understand the rules you promptly taken by locals to the edge of the bowl and threatened not to do it again. As Brewce stated, it is only 13 feet and wooden instead of cement proving your reality distortion field. Again, it wasn’t your ‘homies’ who grabbed you, it was myself saving you from the ill decision to punch un-expecting people. Afterwards, your real friends took you away from our home saving you from a drunken mistake.
Now I can get back to my real work in planning the Bowl Bash XIV.
-Foo | | |
| Foo, on Jun 3, 2009 wrote:
test? | | Anonymous, on Jun 3, 2009 wrote:
i own skatopia.
convict is some random redneck who does not represent anything that has anything to do with us.
He did not shoot anyone. He is a bullshitter and attention grabber like jerry springer and patrick o dell.
skatopia is not a hub of anarchy it is a dictatorship run by me.
in the future rogue self absorbed reporters should ask permission to write articles about my home.
As for the parties you let 1000 idiots
listen to music and drink and smoke for days their memories seem to distort reality. No one has ever been stabbed there and the bowl is 13 feet deep.
Thanks patrick i thought we were friends | | Anonymous, on May 4, 2009 wrote:
haha those are 2 really bad things to go to jail for | | Anonymous, on Apr 29, 2009 wrote:
ew, whats going on with that guys shaved head + oddly place rattail... weirdo anarchist skaters. | | Anonymous, on Apr 29, 2009 wrote:
anarchy skate commune... oh man. I bet they are al vegans too. | |
| duck duck goose, on Apr 28, 2009 wrote:
fuck. yeah, that is fucked up. i’d stay away too. | | Anonymous, on Apr 28, 2009 wrote:
k. here’s one story from my horrific night at sk8topia. i went to see a friend’s band play. the place was PACKED...the fucking building was swaying under the jumping and thrashing of the pit. it’s up on stilts like 3 stories high. someone INTENTIONALLY tried to shove me over the edge into the pool. and by "pool" i mean emptied out pool that’s got risers to extend it into a 15 or 20 foot drop, all the way to the cold, hard, cement bottom. my guy grabbed me as i almost went over. and it wasn’t like the guy who shoved me was pissed at me or anything. he was just...bored. then someone pulled a knife on someone else, and then that guy got stabbed and i ran downstairs. the show didn’t stop, and there were threats of guns and a huge fight broke out. all the while, there was this dog that kept dropping in. the dog was the only one i saw that night that didn’t eat it, the pool was so sick. | | Anonymous, on Apr 27, 2009 wrote:
fuck me you know the place is bad ass when the kids are carrying massive blades, look its the same size as him. | | Anonymous, on Apr 27, 2009 wrote:
did convict not do that song with gwen stefanny? (oh and that is fanny in the british sense of the word) | |
| foxface, on Apr 27, 2009 wrote:
what i dont get is why these people are so fucking snobish, i understand that they want to keep the park a certain way but to be so fucking intimidating seems like a joke to me, wooo you have some parc in the middle of no where, fuck you guys.. | | Anonymous, on Apr 27, 2009 wrote:
Anonymous, on Apr 26, 2009 wrote:
i’ve witnessed 2 homicides on the streets of brooklyn, a wedding where the groom ran off with the best man, and the 2000 elections in FL...but skatopia is the home of the number one scariest moment of my life. i promise. i started sweating when i saw the pic of the stairs.
okay dude, seriously, you can’t leave us hanging like that. i want some stories, change the names to protect the innocent if you need to but i expect some good shit here. | | Anonymous, on Apr 26, 2009 wrote:
i’ve witnessed 2 homicides on the streets of brooklyn, a wedding where the groom ran off with the best man, and the 2000 elections in FL...but skatopia is the home of the number one scariest moment of my life. i promise. i started sweating when i saw the pic of the stairs. | | Anonymous, on Apr 25, 2009 wrote:
FUCK THIS SHIT ;]]]]]]]]]
man check the haircut ;]]]] | | Anonymous, on Apr 24, 2009 wrote:
it’s a photo essay dude. what were you expecting, moby fucking dick? | | Anonymous, on Apr 23, 2009 wrote:
wow, what a nothing article. so we know theres this skate farm in ohio, with racist "anarchist" inhabitants with bad haircuts, one or more dogs and a 3/4 pipe. Am i missing something? | | Anonymous, on Apr 22, 2009 wrote:
i know it’s virtually impossible to land, but come on. if you’re going to make it that far, you may as well complete the pipe!! | | Anonymous, on Apr 17, 2009 wrote:
This is great i will wait for the Epicly Later’d video on Skatopia | | Anonymous, on Apr 17, 2009 wrote:
at least he got to pet some dogs.....and not get bummed by "convict" (i bet his name is steve) | | Anonymous, on Apr 17, 2009 wrote:
for such a shit hole, it looks like it has some pretty awesome ramps. guess you have to hang with the rednecks in order to get a good skate out there. | |
| poozer, on Apr 17, 2009 wrote:
um, a farm in the middle of nowhere is actually a great place for anarchy. | | Anonymous, on Apr 17, 2009 wrote:
that is a mean haircut that guy has, guess the barber missed a bit. | | Anonymous, on Apr 17, 2009 wrote:
wow it’s a redneck shogun skateboarder with a horrible sense of what is the center of his head | | Anonymous, on Apr 17, 2009 wrote:
im sure i saw this place on tv before, think it would suck to go there, everyone would be an asshole on their high anarchy horse, when the truth is they are all dicks on a farm, not going anywhere. | | Anonymous, on Apr 16, 2009 wrote:
skatopia looks fucking sick. too bad you have to deal with human scum like "convict" but i will give him credit for wearing his awfulness with a badge of pride. | | | Next 30 comments > |
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