GC3NB3P Buena Lives! (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by WildHareAdventures

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Hidden : 6/10/2012

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Just outside the gate to Buena Vista skate pool.

This cache gets you just outside the gates of the famous skate pool Buena Vista. You do not have to go through the gate and up to the pool itself. I grew up skating this pool in the late '80s early '90s even though it wasn't exactly legal. The cops would come once a day and roust us, which they would usually explain they didn't want to do but were just doing their job. The pool has been filled in and dug out many times since it was first skated in 1976. Then about the year 2000 the pool was pretty much demolished and it looked like Buena was gone for ever, but in September of '09 Santa Cruz Skateboards got permision to repair it and hold a contest. It was only supposed to be open for a few days, but the neibors liked the skaters better than the transients that had taken over the property. It's been open and skateable since and for the foreseeable future. Again, you do not need to go to the pool to get this cache, but If you decide to check the pool out, or even skate it, please respect the area and neighbors. Don't litter or tag the place. This is not your typical city run skate park. It's a user maintained, DIY, punk rock, tattoos, off the grid place. If you have kids it's up to you to bring them, but my mom brought my here starting in 6th grade.

Here's a little bit of history from Bill Ackerman, one of the first people to skate Buena and owner of Bill's Wheels skate shop..

Buena Vista: A Retrospective

Buena Vista Pool, which we referred to as just Buena, was a huge part of my life in more ways than one. I guess it was coincidence or destiny that the swimming pool my dad used to take care of, that I used to swim in as toddler in 1959, would 17 years later, in 1976, be skated for the first time by myself and friends.The Buena Vista Pool was a vacation home for a prominent doctor in Watsonville. In 1960, the pool house burned down and from that point onward began the long history of one of the best skate spots in Nor Cal. In 1976, myself, George Milburn, Joe and Leonard Martinez and a few others, dug tons of dirt out of the Buena Bowl and got our first taste of transition and vert. From that point on we were hooked. I penned my shop Bill's Wheels in Watsonville in 1977 with my hours being 2pm-6pm.The first part of every day was left open for surfing and many hours of skating at Buena.

The next quarter of a century saw the Buena Bowl filled with dirt (dug out), filled halfway with water (pumped out), jack hammered (patched), a total bust from time to time, and yet Buena lived on.Buena was a huge part of my life throughout 1990 or so,with countless sessions with friends, multiple injuries, parties and basically one hell of a lot of fun. Buena has touched many skate-boarders over the years and will always be in my memories.

-Bill Ackerman, Bill's Wheels Skateshop

And here's a cool link about the contest with pics and a video... http://www.confuzine.com/2009/11/10/buena-vista-pool-re-revisited-2/

You're looking for a green plastic ammo can. The theme is skateboards. (Who would've guessed?!) There's a Tech Deck for the FTF and a couple cool stickers.

Cheers!

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