Category Archives: The High School Ditch

427: NJ High School Ditch, Weep & Corn, Tag, Rocky, Roenning circa 85 A Padulo Brothers Brigade film!

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Hey Jason

SkateBoarding” Clip
That’s Tag to start. Looks like there a ton of people on the ground watching. Next is Rocky in the White Helmet. He always skated like Cab with that smooth style and crooked neck.  That’s Corn in the blue shirt and yellow helmet.  That’ Jeff Roenning in the white Zorlac shirt and yellow helmet. And I think thats weep sitting on the platform as Rocky chucks an air over his knees.  Next is Corn and Weeps at the Ditch. Corn said it’s the ditch by the highschool but I think it’s the one closer to Bridgewater on 78 East.  I could be wrong. This part kinda chokes me up watching it.  And then there’s the weird Kona part at the end. I know nothing about it.

The second part of the clip is at my ramp again and it’s Tag again.

I’m sure the people that did the original transfer just stuck it together with no rhyme or reason.  My folks still have the original film too.

Dave Padulo

Jason Oliva

Classic stuff! That is the ditch on route 78 across from Watchung Hills regional Highschool. 

Out the cafeteria (during lunch) and through the woods then it was just a quick  game of Frogger across 78 and you could skate for 15 minutes or so and have time to get back to class. Unless you went with Weep who would take one annoying long 15 minute run and leave you standing there to watch…Commmmmmaaaahhhhhhnnnnn WEEP!! enough already!…great times.

PS. The generic transfer music is too sad.

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Jason Oliva and Weep Sciving off from school: High School Ditch NJ…86′ish

Photo Ben Cornish

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19: Wee Pee “Chris Blank” Frontside Rock n Roll the High School Ditch 1986

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Wee pee frontside rock n roll the High school ditch 1986 

Weep Frontside Rock n Roll on a cinder blockvThe High School Ditch circa 1986

Photograph Ben Cornish

Thats me (jason Oliva) on the other side of the Ditch. This skate spot was through the woods and across a major highway near Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey.

Rocky, Dan, Ben, Weep, Greg, Carl, Mike, James, The Mcdowall bros, Jimmy and Dennis Kane and all of The Raging Lamos attended this school and it is where most of us met.

Needless to say we would cut lunch once an awhile to get in some skating.Tine was limited and Weeps took the longest run’s imaginable. It could  be kinda annoying but that was Weeps style he ruled all of these skate spots in New Jersey.