St Johns Secret Spot

Now that it’s gone (fuck you very much PBOT) I can post about the St Johns Secret Spot. It was a DIY that was about half finished assuming the unknown builders were going to do a full bowl. It was a pretty intense bowl with a fair amount of vert with what I think was about a 10ft drop in off of pool coping with a bit of a little round indent on one side. It had really smooth concrete for a DIY spot, it’s a shame that it never got finished before it got taken out. Thanks to whoever built it and sorry that your hard work got trashed by the city, it was a cool spot that was not for the faint of heart.

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