In this live YouTube walkthrough, Julian Christianson, accompanied by cameraman Rob, explores the Channel Street DIY skatepark in San Pedro, Los Angeles. He begins by showcasing his favorite obstacle—a 2‑inch gap transition—demonstrating tricks and noting the high‑quality wood construction. Julian then provides a concise history of the park, explaining its 2002 grassroots origins, volunteer‑driven expansion, and eventual recognition by the City of Los Angeles. He reads the park’s code of conduct, emphasizing trash removal, prohibition of drugs, alcohol, bikes, scooters, and graffiti, and encourages self‑policing. Throughout the tour he highlights key features: a steep quarter‑pipe wall, a tight bowl with drainage, pool coping, mosaic art, murals, and a memorial to a local skater. Julian shares observations about the surrounding environment—proximity to train tracks and a container shipping yard—and offers practical tips on parking, nearby food options, and the importance of traveling to different skateparks. The video blends on‑board skate attempts, casual commentary, and community advocacy, ending with Julian signing off to skate a bit more.
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skate park. It's a DIY park. You're got Rob behind the camera. So we're going to start with my favorite obstacle here. This is best obstacle you could skate if you're trying to learn any trick. Definitely skate this first. Um, you're you're gonna learn a lot. So as you can see right here, we got a big 2-inch gap from the crappy plywood to the good OSB right there.
This is—
that's some high-quality wood right there. So let's get some tricks. Hold on, let me put this over here. All right, let's see if we can get, get a trick first try. Now you guys got to be careful, this is next level, this is advanced, you know, this is like 20+ years of skateboarding. You can't, can't start with this obstacle normally, so All right, next try.
Oh, I'm hitting it. All right.
Sick! All right, that was a good warm-up. So we're gonna come down here. If you guys don't know what DIY is, do it yourself, but apparently Little started as DIY. Seems like they got a whole, uh, sign for it though. Let's check this out. In association with San Pedro. That's pretty cool though. Park was started in 2002 by skateboarders trying to improve The San Pedro community started out as a small area with a few concrete ramps, blossomed into what you see here today. All through the continuous labor of volunteers and generous donations of materials, skateboarders transformed this area from a lot full of garbage into a prospering place to skate. Although the construction was originally unauthorized, the City of Los Angeles has come to recognize The park as an integral piece of the San Pedro community. Park is still worked on and maintained by skateboarders and has become an ongoing project. By enjoy— by skating and enjoying Channel Street, we agree to help do the following: dispose of all trash into provided trash cans, even if it's not yours. I definitely already hit some trash since I've been here. So, uh, as we stepped out of the car, someone left their nachos there, so we'll probably go pick up some trash real quick. Keep drugs and alcohol out of the way from the park, please. I know there's a lot of like young adults out there that think going to the skate park is all about drinking and smoking at the park, but that's not cool. Definitely don't do that there. Shouldn't do it at all anyway, but be respectful to all neighboring businesses, fellow riders. Discourage all activities except skateboarding. No loitering, no bikes, no scootering, no graffiti, etc. Help self-police the park within a reasonable manner and report crime to the proper authorities. Skate at your own risk. But yeah, this is cool. Saw it on the map. Flight got delayed, so we're out here in Cali another day, uh, day after Go Skate Day. But it's pretty sick. We got, got a bunch of, uh, random stuff, some art with, uh, what do you call this, mosaic. It's pretty sick, but let's go check it out here. Not bad. As you guys know, I am a street skateboarder, but skateparks are fun, so any kind of skatepark is sick. Definitely got a little bit of trash in here that needs to get picked up. But things get blown around and it's right next to some train tracks. But this is sick. This is actually really well made. Got some pool coping up here. Someone stenciled around the edge, which is pretty cool. The homie John Altamirano in the house. Yeah, but cruise around, see what tricks we can do.
Oh, it's a little tight.
I had to look on the other side.
Oh!
Alright, it's pretty cool though. If you're a transition skater, it's a pretty sick park. Definitely learn a lot here. We got a doorway right here that seems pretty sick to carve over. The tiled piece on the inside is pretty sick too, just entrance and Skateboarders just doing stuff is sick. Let's pick up a little bit of trash real quick.
Boom! Alright, oh, alright.
Stepping back over here, looks like we got a memorial of someone who passed, probably another local skater. Who is this? I don't see a name. But that's dope, just paying homage to the skaters. Pretty sick wave over here. It almost just looks like a wall, but it's just a real steep, steep quarterpipe wall ride. I like, I like the murals. It's sick. LA always has amazing art out here, just graffiti and murals everywhere. It's one thing I really love about Los Angeles.
All right, let's—
I didn't see this side. It's cool. We got some in the sunlight on the other side. It's mostly shaded, keep you cool on a hot day. Pretty tall on this side. Oh, we also got like a small little bowl on this side, which is kind of crazy. If you want to pass me the camera real quick. Yeah, this side's dope. A nice tight little bowl that you could transfer in over here, carve around, come back in the deeper side. They even got a drain to help drain if it rains. Yeah, it's always cool to see DIYs because they just get creative and add the most random things. Yeah, we out here, LA. There's like a big container shipping yard over here. It's fun though, always cool to see a new, new skate park and just going somewhere different. If you're a skateboarder, you should definitely travel, get out of your home state, even if it's within your state, just go somewhere else, you know. Let skateboarding take you around and see the world. It'll definitely change your view on the world, and you'll just have fun everywhere you go because you got your skateboard with you. So, and especially take some friends with you because makes it 10 times funner. But let's see, let me get a little selfie action going.
Oh shit!
All right, that was crazy. I almost ate shit with the phone in my hand. That's why I stay skating street shit. Oh, this is sick too, little Cool action.
Steve too. Cool.
Channel Street. There you have it. It's a lot of parking over here too. So if you're coming in Wondering whether to park, there it is. And if you're coming off the highway, getting off the on-ramp, that's how we saw it. And it's a nice little neighborhood. It's a beautiful day in California. If you're hungry too, there's some shops over here, Mexican food, seafood. But cool, that's it for now. I'm gonna log off and skate a little bit. Peace.
