Discovered sometime in the summer of 2005, this section of ditch is a small part of a
larger drainage system that winds through one of the more prestigious neighborhoods
in the Hwy 280 area, Brook Highland. It’s discovery began as a group of skaters originally
met and skated the section closest to the subdivision’s pool and tennis park area. Following
the ditch and exploring for “better” sections to skate, this group soon discovered an area
they found most skateable. Along the way, they had passed several carcasses of animals that
apparently drowned or found their demise some other way and ended up collected in the ditch.
Due to this, it was Tom Bagby that christened the name “Dead Animal Ditch”, and it stuck ever since.
Overhead shot
Ditch layout
Rough Cross section
Hip at the top
Main section before bridge
Wallows-esque hip
Round corner section
Bank-to-wall detail
New crete mini-ramp-like
Right side big roll-in
Long straight section
Directions:
Off of Hwy 280 in the Brook Highland subdivision. Past that, you are own your own (secret spot! haha).
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