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The Pink Motel Historic Timeline

The Pink Motel Historic Timeline

Pink Motel Timeline 1946–1947: Construction Built in 1946 (some sources cite “1946–47”) by Pennsylvania expats Maximillian (Joseph) and Gladys Thomulka along San Fernando Roa…
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USC TROJAN BOWL

USC TROJAN BOWL

The USC Trojan Bowl was a permission pool in the south central Los Angeles, California that we rode our skateboards in during the summer of 2002. Our friend was the manager of the apartment complex a…
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SQUARE POOLS NEED LOVE TOO!

SQUARE POOLS NEED LOVE TOO!

Square pool need love too, lol. I thought this pretty much sums up this approach to skating empty pools. Not every pool is a perfect kidney or perfect amoeba with perfect transitions. Sometimes and m…
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Monster Bowl: San Diego, California

Monster Bowl: San Diego, California

The Monster Bowl in Southern California was a pool we skated in the early 2000s. It was a long amoeba shaped pool with a loveseat in the mid pocket and the smaller anthony coping. Good surface, tight…
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