Building My Secret DIY Skatepark

[@15digitlongname]

nothing i love more than seeing the diy grow

[@LOWBIMMER323i]

Hopes this helps get a few supplies! 🛹🤙🛠️ Love the DIY content!

[@ZackDowdy]

Thank you so much for the support!

[@TwoGunToast]

leaving it to the sides is really smart. the City is basically leaving it alone as a courtesy because youre taking care of the area and not effecting what the ditch is built for. A lot of people dont do that and stuff gets destroyed constantly. Always a chance the City will do something regardless but I do think that choice has helped a lot to preserve the spot. good on ya.

[@Blinkey99]

One of my favourite series on KZbin at the moment

[@johnsergeant751]

Hey Zach, you inspired me with your diy vids. I went out and found a carpark that nobody cares about behind the Sydney Fish markets, it had heaps of untouched curbs and the security even saw me doing crack repair and said cheers! Keep killing it

[@castaway_j7663]

I've used bed frame rails salvaged from the garbage as angle iron just need a saw or grinder to cut them

[@CraoeSteez]

I haven't skated in years, and I don't know about construction....but it's fascinating seeing the process you share. Props to you man for all you do for your community,

[@TRAVIESO_NA]

If you do the ground. Do a thin coat of really watery concrete to smooth out the ground... a little goes a long way. just a lot of work do it sectionally.

[@ZackDowdy]

Been thinking about that! Channel St did some recently and it's nice.

[@vorpalblades]

That's just going to chip out. Use floor leveler/ ThinSet mortar. Or hydraulic mortar. That's what it's made for.

[@SuperSayinSolidSnek]

​@@vorpalblades this is the correct answer

[@gaellemasson3176]

It's a cool project and I can see you put your heart and soul in it. Total respect!

[@dirtypauwz2109]

I love the reverberation/echo of the sound from the skating from the course!~

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

I need to hire this guy

[@dirtysep]

Recap was a nice touch. Long live The Lizard

[@Justin-k3e]

I love the Skate Park you have built so far especially the ledge it looks really good I would Definitely skate it❤😊

[@Saladlover]

Zack is an internet road dawg. Massive respect.

[@toony1998]

This is looking amazing man! I’ve been working on some similar stuff myself!

[@ZackDowdy]

Love to hear it

[@bruhhhhh2106]

Dowdy side is definitely my favorite of the names has a really nice flow to it when you say it.

[@Ol_Durty_Badger]

9:57 hey brother another way you could level your angle iron would be sone of the plastic “break to fit” EZ shims. You could hit them with Liquid nails so they don’t move. I live up in Montana and skating is limited to the late spring and summer. Surprisingly there aren’t many indoor parks up here. Infact there might not be any these days. We used to DIY stuff in parking garages or in our friend’s un-finished basements. Nothing as serious as this, but I made myself pretty popular in 7th grade when my dad helped me build a custom reusable parking block form/mold. The blocks could be narrow or the wide banked blocks. Then a friend recommended the pool coping bricks. Local building g supply had a ton of really nice ones that had been sitting their wharehouse for years. They had a a big pallet of them and hooked me up for like $1.50 a brick. So I made a few parking blocks that were topped with chopped pool coping bricks. Used a brick layers hammer to cut the backs shorter so they’d sit on the top of the parking blocks neatly. They were awesome to hit from the banked side and nail some slappy curb action. I think by the time I stopped making them I had made something like 10-15 custom parking blocks for friends and other local skaters to shred in their driveways or garages. One of my buddies from back then, lived not too far from where I live now. His parents sold the house sometime around 2010. But at the edge of the driveway still sits one of my pool coping topped fat boy parking blocks. Still darkened with wax and it’s still got a ton of our stupid 13-14 year old paint pen “tags” lots of old skate brands drawn on it. Some of which don’t exist anymore. A few Heartagrams, Element tree logos, Osiris, The love park stacked letters and because teenage boys will never fail to draw offensive things, a few flying dicks lmao. On the very end of the block my own achievement is still immortalized in red dripping paint pen. “Badger Blunted this block May 8,2001.” The pool coping was perfect for locking in blunt slides. I’m tempted to ask the home’s current owners if I can either buy the block off them or if they’d let me have it. My own sons skate now and it would be perfect for our driveway/garage. Plus extra cool points for a piece of my skating past. I’ve followed your diy builds for a while now, and they are an inspiration!In 2020 when my youngest son took an interest in skating, I built a little 2ft tall 6 foot long mini quarter in the corner of my garage with a piece of 2.5in stainless coping laid into it. I used cinder blocks and gravel for the structure and then tied the blocks together with rebar before for reinforcement. I floated the hell out of the concrete to get it nice and smooth. Finished it off with quickcrete’s gloss finish. It’s super smooth but turned out to not be super slick, like when you ride a concrete park with some dusty wheels. which was my fear after I coated it. Love your vids, and love how you show everyone how you can build a spot to suit, and have a blast doing it. Gonna have to donate some cash to ya, cuz you are being an awesome ambassador for skateboarding. Showing that diy spirit but also not wrecking shit in order to accomplish it. Keeping kicking ass brother and keep on shredding!

[@Dwyy__]

Favorite series on youtube

[@oOWeedJesusOo]

So glad to see this back dude! I’ve learned a lot from you with some DIY spots I did and you inspired me to do. Thanks homie!!🔥🔥🔥

[@yarrowcentral]

It's amazing how discouraging something like that angle iron theft can be. Appreciate your honesty and attitude in dealing with that. Love this video, first time seeing your content so the algogods are working for you. New subscriber, looking forward to more! Thanks man!

[@spencernuzzi]

Mr Ledgerson! Came out so chill! I need to some shred dowdyside soon! Been too long!

[@Wellunknownbmx]

Beautiful! Nothing better than a nice ledge!

[@rafaeldrrm]

Damn Zack, love to see this series watching the diy spot grow. I gotta say you were the one who inspired my to do my first DIY build. I live in a small town in Portugal that pretty much has no skate scene, probably less than 10 people actively skating in the community, and the local park has gotten super bad. After around 2 years of municipality meetings that led nowhere in terms of a skatepark renovation I got to building a ledge in an old farmer's market lot a couple months ago. Now I'm hoping to start on a manual pad next weekend and hopefully some quarters/wallrides in the future!

[@ZackDowdy]

Means so much to hear this, much love!! Manual pad will be a fun obstacle to build.

[@rafaeldrrm]

@@ZackDowdy thanks man! I hope it will be a cool addition. I'm thinking of placing a sheet of plywood on top of the cement blocks to make it smoother, I did the same in the ledge to level it out with the angle iron and it worked wonders

[@LOWBIMMER323i]

If you build it they will come! Stoked on the build and some nice art work. Heck yeah!

[@Lukeladd95]

Painters tape on the angle iron until you are done using the trowel, less clean up 🧽

[@EirikFS]

You're a legend! This spot looks so fun! Very inspiring!

[@zackgillen8542]

Suggestion, look for old bed frames to salvage angle iron. Its not as wide but might work?? Love these DIY builds, Keep 'em coming!

[@JAMIEPHILLIPS-g3j]

Love the determination! Ledge is looking badass! Keep up the good work bro!

[@bearwolffish]

Biggest compliment for a builder is organic use what you built.

[@YeFartz]

slinging adobe in blistering heat is devotion and passion!

[@p_daddy8764]

The channel 5 tee is super cool. Andrew is the goat

[@Rehk]

Zack might need two bring two ICE's next time he comes with angle iron lol. Also in the future if your budget gets increased, maybe look into those pulling wagons / garden carts... They're Around $100ish and some can hold 350+ lbs and some are up to like 700+ lbs. would make lugging stuff down a breeze I'd assume.

[@russellzauner]

if budget increases, putting together an aircrete setup to inject the foam makes your concrete many times lighter and makes your materials go many times further - however - you do have to buy foaming agent, people have tested different dish soaps to optimize cost and avoid using industrial foaming agents, which are often toxic to people/environment. Use full strength or mostly full for stress bearing and use aircrete to fill in whatever's left. Also it can probably be adjusted so that if it's only half or a quarter foamed aircrete it will be stronger but still save weight and stretch materials further, and just do it all with one mixture. Once aircrete is mixed, though, a large volume can be carried by most people pretty easily and things like preformed panels or shapes are ultralight compared to regular garden sculptures or features made of standard cement.

[@msavage138]

Lizard diy reminds me of 'the dead frog pool' we used to skate because there were always a ton of dead frogs in it .

[@rexvermis]

Recently got the news that my local DIY got trashed unfortunately and with no prior warning from the new owners of the property. Glad you posted this video when you did, makes me hopeful for the future!

[@ZackDowdy]

Sorry to hear that

[@chrisr9298]

Always awesome!

[@kevskatesNM73]

I also fix honeycombing when I find it at the few DIYs I work on…I use the rapid set “all crete” leftover from repair work and setting coping 🤟

[@permanentmeanstreak9054]

Dowdy. Underneath your caulk gun is a built in poker for starting your caulk tubes. Hope you don't mind the comment.

[@permanentmeanstreak9054]

It folds out. 😎

[@Kate-tc5uu]

Very sick, racking my brain for somewhere I can try this! Def a fun hobby

[@michaelacookePDX]

Really nice work. It came together rather well.

[@zofr]

that ledge looks sick

[@laspatinetas]

If next time you can weld some bolts into the angle iron to ditch on the concrete gaps, your angle iron will last way longer in place. Thanx for your work 💪

[@timecapsuleearth]

GREAT BUILD, WITH A CLEAN FINISH. LOOKS LIKE YOU WILL BE HAVING FUN, LOL.

[@hotrodhatch]

Keep up the good work man!

[@kevinkev1530]

Awesome man keep up the good work, subbed

[@jochemjongede4804]

love how this thing keeps growing, keep at it! I was thinking you could use painterstape(im not sure if thats a correct english word, its what we use to paint only on areas where we want our paint) on the angle iron to keep it clean.

[@chainswordcs]

it's usually called "painter's tape" yeah. alternatively i think "masking tape" is the same kind of tape, or basically the same

[@863-b9nokaloenfbs]

You should bring a pop up canopy down with you when you go there for shade

[@givemeausrename]

Moustache era is gunna be a good era for you, Dowdy. Trust me!

[@TastyToast7]

This is sick!

[@rustypotatos]

The lizard diy yoooooo

[@Zephyrian1st]

think you could make a concrete mold of a bench to make, thats a heck of a challenge

[@mikevaseymusic]

I actually liked that camera angle.

[@ZackDowdy]

Good to know!

[@SoapworthyProductions]

Episode 10 _BACK AT IT AGAIN_

[@Fake30s]

When he said "sorry for the angle" such a skater thing to say

[@cutthroated]

You can add some fiberglass to hold the mix better and makes it harder and last longer

[@mattyoung8471]

YOOOOO!!! scrape the barcode stickers off the angle iron so people won't steal and return to Lowe's. 🔥🔥

[@Tubyubyoutoob]

Adding more obstacles is how you get it all torn out. Oh yeah and filming it all and posting it is a great way to get it torn out too lol

[@l.j.i]

Dude. You make me want to move to California so I can purely help you build.

[@vZynxy]

Use portland as the top coat its concrete without the rock it’s super smooth good patching material too

[@THEFLIGHTCREW5]

the LIZRD! hell yeah

[@kevskatesNM73]

I wonder how often people LOVE their builds….but like I do ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS think “I’d do THIS and I’d do THAT different if I could do it all over again.” (Mine has to do more with hips and matching footers)

[@hailz44]

would be sick to see you do a hubba!!!

[@Wavefolders]

good job!

[@randellino]

LZRD DIY is sick

[@scottkeenan6339]

That's how the pros do it 💥🤙

[@Rolf_Golfball]

Wow Dokumentary, i love it

[@Cacophonisto]

Awesome 👍 work! In 🦬 NY local skate people took an old slab over and started putting up ramps and slides ... police or town didn't stop it... So then people start using concrete and no one messed with it... It had the name "needle park" because of..well. It was a building where addicts would do stuff... But after the building was gone... It became a slab.... And locals built👍 skate park. It needs a new name... As needle park is yuck.. it's located about a mile away from Ralph Wilson park, where there is A professional built skatepark... If ever in town for bills game ....ask where the skateparks are...we even have. "" food court skatepark"". . Inside of a still running mall! 😮🎉 yes....! . No lie no capno bs..... in an old mall ! Skate all winter indoors

[@Jim-g3q]

Dowdy diy? DowDIY! Lol

[@ZackDowdy]

Haha!

[@Kylelark]

Super dope🔥 what shades are you rocking?

[@rahansk8200]

hello from France. The techniques are not good, but it's always better than doing nothing.. Bravo

[@dadboard]

You should write “it’s me” at your DIY’s

[@russellzauner]

This must have taken serious time to put together - thanks for the video and thanks for the love! Spread the word, be heard.

[@TwistingAxe]

Lizrd Easter egg at 6:26

[@idhatemet00]

Just throwing this out there for the next time you need angle iron, hit up metal suppliers near you! CALL MULTIPLE. You can usually get twice to triple the length for the same price or less than you'd get at lowes or home depot. Also i wood work and have welder, im in socal too. Lmk if you need any help with tools or an extra hand, im down for whatever as long as i can skate the diy lol

[@marcocapetillo8879]

There's a lizard diy out in Austin Texas! Just held their 3rd annual Curb bash

[@deepzeliade-dk8uo]

inspiring, much respect from the UK

[@skatedad9794]

So cool

[@crabbyck]

Hello from New zealand! How can I donate? I'd like to donate the cost of the angle iron. SHAME ON THE LOWLIFE THAT STOLE FROM YOU!

[@ZackDowdy]

Hope all is well in New Zealand! I appreciate the support, you can donate by using the "Super Thanks" option located under the video by tapping the three dots next to "Download". I'm considering starting a Patreon for the next episode.

[@flannelshirtenthusiast4159]

Long live Lizard DIY!

[@Zephyrian1st]

you could nextime shim the edge, then fill, and file

[@gregridd]

seen other YTers make a amazon wishlists, to help with donations

[@KurtDriemel-gk4nr]

Go to a local steel yard for the angle iron. It’ll be like 2$ a foot

[@lordsofthewildwood7553]

When building the walls would turn two end blocks on the bottom row give you more support and also make the top layer staggered ?

[@GreybeardSkates]

You probably know this but you should be able to get angle(or any steel for that matter) cheaper by the foot at an actual steel supplier, they might even have scrap drops they want to get rid of cheap. The big box stores really mark it up.

[@lordsofthewildwood7553]

Come on people PRESS LIKE BUTTON 2k watches to only 200 likes 👍

[@Tehkneekz]

Seems like a lot of work for cinder block ledge. Arnt they traditionally stacked 90 degrees utilizing the flat surface then smoothing out the cracks?

[@user-uu5of8rd1n]

Now we want to see you skate that thing.

[@theissofkaltenbrun9043]

Legendary

[@insanogeddon]

Nothing takes away the urge to build or maintain a spot than giant juveniles who leave their trash or trash thongs .. it's like "clean up after yourself, yo' momma don't work here". If you love a piece of art go over it with automotive clear coat to keep the babies scribbles from sticking

[@Nateashnine]

Inspiring

[@vorpalblades]

That thumbnail...when you order Man-Ramp from Wish.

[@Matt_Klos]

You should check your local metal supplier next time. Metal is way cheaper there then Lowe’s or Home Depot

[@Corinthians-kjv]

Bed frames is good angle iron

[@Fake30s]

Professional

[@D00M3R-SK8]

0:29 why do you put the cans in the breezeblocks, please?

[@kevinclark968]

Oh man that angle iron is a burn! Next time look up a metal supply store and look in the remince area. Then you will pay buy the pound. Lowes and home depot metal is expensive and not a lot of options. If you need a flatbar welded i will hook you up doughty little north of LA

[@llaeeZ]

How come you didnt fill the void between the cinder blocks with debris?

[@oimpaa]

pls plant busses or trees LL ALONG SIDE !! so it forms an canopy up top like a natural roof top !!!!!

[@Vykis193]

should've used the pinecone :D

[@ScottBl8ke]

Always inspiring, great filming / editing, all around an excellent story teller. One minor thing, it sounds like you are saying "aggregate" which means to collect or gather into a mass or whole. I think you meant "agitate" or to move with an irregular, rapid, or violent action; or maybe "aggravate" to make someone angry or irritated especially by bothering again and again.

[@paultapping9510]

He is saying 'aggregate', and is correct to do so, given it is a word used to describe the rocky and/or sandy additives used to bulk out concrete, fill voids etc. Words can have more than one meaning and sometimes there are trade-specific meanings to words that are not otherwise widely used too.

[@CarlGustavHung]

Lizard Wizard