Janet Church (Atkins) from Anaheim, CA was documented by her little brother, Dave Church (RIP), who was additionally an lively skateboarder, carving the Fish Bowl in 1977, which is such a trendy and iconic photograph. Janet was sponsored by Hobie on the time, rocking her Vans sneakers and Dangle-Ten socks, and I might like to study extra about her.
Picture: Dave Church
The Fish Bowl in Anaheim was a pool off a small home on Lincoln Avenue and regarded a troublesome pool to skate because it was so tight. There was a characteristic within the weblog, Blue Tile Obsession on September 16, 2013, to memorialize the beloved Fish Bowl after it was torn out, with recollections shared and even an artwork exhibit.
When skaters first began going there in 1976-1977, Eric Groff (aka ARAB) remembered that: “the previous girl that lived there would cost us fifty cents to skate. Duane [Peters] jogged my memory that it was fifty cents per hour after which I remembered she had an previous cooking timer she would set for one hour and go away it within the kitchen window. When our time was up, it was both pay one other fifty cents or cut up… Within the early days you’d get free faucet water in a bit Dixie cup, however then when she realized she may generate profits on the water she would cost us ten cents for iced faucet water in an eight ounce Dixie cup.” Feels like a mercenary previous girl – can’t blame her contemplating she possible needed to put up with some skateboarding antics and neighbour complaints! Haha.
Eric offered a photograph of the Fish Bowl decals within the pool – therefore, the identify. And, Wealthy Hamila posted a photograph on Fb of the pool within the Nineteen Eighties, nonetheless getting a number of love.
So glad that Janet was there, representing the ladies at such an unbelievable spot.