this place was the shit. not only did it have the best vert, mini and bowl, but also some of the best skateboarders of the time. they flocked to this factory above philly to fuel their addiction. the progression kept the best guys pushing the tricks. it was close enough to new york that all the shut crew would show up during bad weather. remember billy waldmen? how about bam margera? thomas morgan, dune, bill weiss, bucky laseck... the list of rippers who frequented this place is heavy. once i got a vehicle, i came here a lot to get in on the action

RIP sean miller and tom boyle. two of the greatest skateboarders

these images are all shot by jerry and from 1989


barker barrett was riding for shut around this time (1989). such a lip wizard


dark barker ollie tail grab


craig stout came down from easton to blow minds with lofty tricks on the mini like this frontside tuck


jay sigafoos with a huge indy, how did he do this?


it was amazing to watch jay skate this ramp, ask anyone who saw


jay blasting a stalefish. check my lehigh valley section for more of jays pop


smith grinding


it had been a long time since i've been to cheapskate when i went back 1998. i was lucky to catch a session with longtime rippers of the pa vert scene. the rest of these images are from that day, all shot by jerry and from 1.1998


darren mendito ripped everytime i saw him, over decades. the varial flip indy


the moose, backside air after they knocked the wall down and added a street course


check my ocean city section for frontside airs from darren


beautiful frontside ollie


indy poke


kickflip indy


lein


ollie like i wish i could


dan tag is always down for a frontal. heres one in the bowl


layback on the block


invert on the vert


standard operating procedure


for tag


all terrain tag lippin on the mini


unknown ripper w a solid backside blast


another angle of that, just not a wide angle


unknown invert


unknown frontside barge on the vert ramp


and in the bowl


and on the lip


unknown ollie in the bowl


unknown nosepick


cheapskates skatepark, 1988ish

you should be thankful im sharing this. sean miller and tom boyle on the vert ramp. jay and ken sigafoos, barker barrett, dan tag and jerry hahn on the mini. lots of great tricks get thrown down on the mini


all photos and video by jerry or friend and copyright negativeion.com