El Paso Forever!

Here is a pic of El Paso's Westside, before I-10, Mesa, and Transmountain! This picture was taken in the 40's or 50's near what is now the Crossroads. Enjoy...

...and what could compliment this picture better than the timeless classic by Marty Robbins?

We love the Chuco Town!

The Time Has Come!

Finally, the time has come for the Sunland Park Plaza to officially open! This project has been long awaited by the public, especially the skaters of the area!  The "Plaza" part of the Sunland Sports Complex has been completed for a number of months now, but was never completely opened. Several times, there were "False Grand Openings", where skaters were told to show up, but the city didn't hold their end of the deal.  Notably, this took place on April 30th, where almost 50 skaters showed up to skate, but the gates were closed!  Even the cops were puzzled as to why the park still wasn't open?  Many of the police officers were told that the park would have a "Soft Opening" on April 30th, and then would be open on the weekend from then until the Grand Opening that was to be held in June.  Unfortunately, this never really happened.  There were some soccer games held at the Complex, but they closed the gates afterwards, and the skaters were not allowed to skate.  So, unless the skaters showed up from 8AM to 12PM on Saturday mornings, they were not going to be able to skate, unless they trespassed. Skateboarders should never get in trouble for skateboard at a skatepark... That's what they are for! 

However, all of that is over now, (Cheers, applause, tears, shrieks of joy are all encouraged!) because THIS Saturday, the Sunland Park Sports Complex will OFFICIALLY open!!!! Here is the info:

WHEN:  Saturday, June 11th, 2011

TIME: 3PM - Gates Open, 6PM - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

WHERE:  Sunland Park Sports Complex, 4800 Mc Nutt Hwy, Sunland Park, New Mexico

WHAT:  The Grand Opening of the Sunland Park Sports Complex

This is going to be a rare chance to break in a state of the art facility, originally designed by Rob Dyrdek himself! Chuco Fresh will be on the scenes, passing out some merchandise to the best rippers, so get out there and show us what you've got! We will be setting up a booth, and grilling some food too! Lets make this an event to remember! 

See you there Chuco Town!

Check out this video of some local shredders ripping the plaza!

Sundland Park DC skate plaza from alldayeverydayfilms.com on Vimeo.

Here are some teaser pics, if you have never seen the plaza:

If you want to RSVP to the Grand Opening on Facebook, click HERE.

A serious amount of gratitude needs to be extended to the El Paso Skate Park Association and Crooks Skateshops! Without these guys, this would have never become a reality!

Building a Better Neon Desert: Final

Neon Desert has now come and gone. The first year went down in the record books as a huge success! There were about 11,000 who attended the Neon Desert Music Festival!  The bands killed it, the weather permitted, the artist threw down, the people were feelin' it, and our sign was a focal point of the festival! 

People seemed to really enjoy a "transformed" El Paso! A number of people at the festival kept saying, "It doesn't feel like we're in El Paso."  The event livened up Downtown! El Paso needs a signature event such as this! You could compare this event to a "Small-Scale" Austin City Limits, or Lollapalooza. Hopefully, this event will enrich El Paso's culture for years to come!

If you missed us at the festival, don't worry, "La Parada" is coming up soon!  You can catch us this upcoming Friday at the San Carlos Building in Downtown, El Paso!

Check out the final process of building this 24' x 8' x 4' sign created from wood!  Lots of Gifs in this one! We have more projects coming up, so check back periodically!

Thanks to everyone who put in hard work to make this festival possible!  Good to see old friends together again!  There has been a movement starting in El Paso. This is the beginning!  All good things take patience and hard work!

Here are some fitting quotes to start this post off:

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

- Theodore Roosevelt

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
- Sam Ewing

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
- Henry David Thoreau

Enjoy!

One letter left to frame out!

The framing of one letter, from beginning to end!

Kim Sullivan cutting the studs for the framing of the letters!

All letters framed out!

Miss Maggie Sully measuring it up!

 Nice fit!

Doin' work! Boxin' it up!

 Yo!

 Drill 90! That's what's up!

Werc and Gera primering, and LJ Shamaley chaulking!

Almost complete!

Complete! Success! 

Adios! Till next time Neon Desert!

Special Thanks to Maggie and Kim Sullivan, LJ Shamaley, Nicole Ingraham, and David Beck for helping with this intense project!

Need something built out of wood? Let us know! We can build numerous objects such as Dog Houses, Decks, Pergolas, Greenhouses, Tree Houses, Skate Ramps, Signs, Sheds, Tables, Stages, and Sculptures!  Contact: chucofresh@gmail.com