The first annual Halloween Plymouth Skate-Jam was held this Saturday, without any help from Mother Nature. Volunteers began arriving at Plymouth Skatepark around 10:30am to set-up, in 35-degree weather. Although the turn-out started off slow, by three o’clock a large crew of about 25 heads amassed. Led by the legendary Tin “Puppet Master” Tran, top skateboarders from both the North Shore and the South Shore caravanned to beautiful southern Plymouth. Around 12:30 the skies completely opened up, but that didn’t stop us. The Jam, including props and people, was relocated to the famous Plymouth South High School ‘bench spot’, which features a large awning to shelter us from the weather.
Decor crafted by Abe Dubin and Chris Zacher created the essential holiday experience to this make-shift event. Both skaters have recently graduated different Boston Art Schools, Abraham--Mass Art and Christopher--MFA. These two had spend the past month scouring Halloween-store dumpsters, local dumps, and basements attaining miscellaneous material to then be shaped into the scenery for the jam. A baby-doll in a ghost costume who was referred to as “Little Shredder” was a fan favorite. First, his feet were taped to the top of the new quarter-pipe extension at the skatepark, so footage from the day would feature his classic look. Later, at Plymouth South High School “Little Shredder” helped others ‘bust a move’, as he served as the obstacle to trick over. Another notable aspect of the scenery was the electric jack-o-lantern which was powered by a small generator, provided by photography savant, Buddy Beckly. Rubber severed heads, nylon cob-webs, corn-starch blood, and print-out money littered this temporarily unrecognizable skate-spot.
Life and death was breathed into the Plymouth South High with the introduction of foreign obstacles. One such was an impressive, cylindrical, orange, apparatus which could be ridden on, through, or against. Allston resident and skate-legend, Rob Hall, was the first to push his board through the cylinder while her jogged beside it, and then smoothly hopping back on. Small metal pipes were also a hit as they were used both to grind and to trick over horizontally.
Eventually, our friends from the Plymouth Police Department showed up, only to watch the festivities! It seems everyone in Plymouth was truly captivated by the holiday spirit.
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