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GIANT MURAL PAYS HOMAGE TO KOBE BRYANT IN TRI-VALLEY


THE GIANT GRASS TRIBUTE WAS CREATED WEDNESDAY BY PLEASANTON-BASED NEW GROUND
TECHNOLOGY.

COURTNEY TEAGUE, PATCH STAFF

Posted Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:37 pm PT|Updated Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 1:36 pm PT

An aerial view of a Kobe Bryant tribute at a Pleasanton park, created by New
Ground Technology. (Kelli Pearson)
An aerial view of a Kobe Bryant tribute at a Pleasanton park, created by New
Ground Technology. (Kelli Pearson)


PLEASANTON, CA — Pleasanton-based New Ground Technology paid tribute to Los
Angeles Lakers sports icon Kobe Bryant, who tragically died with his 13-year-old
daughter, Gianna, in a fiery Sunday morning helicopter crash.



The 115-foot-tall, 92-foot-wide tribute was done in honor of the basketball
player who "touched so many lives," said longtime Pleasanton resident Kelli
Pearson, who creates designs for New Ground Technology. Her husband, Pete Davis,
created the machine used to make the designs.

The news came as a shock, she said.


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"We love Kobe Bryant," Pearson said.

The creators did not want to reveal the location of the tribute, but said it was
located one of Pleasanton's many parks.




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New Ground Technology creates temporary designs on grass fields — usually golf
courses or baseball fields — using a "TurfPrinter" that uses air to bend grass,
creating a contrast seen only from above, she said. Blades bent away from the
viewer are lighter, while blades bend toward them are darker. Grass is not
harmed in the process, Pearson said.




It takes about an hour to create a hundred-foot image, she said. Each pixel on
the design is the equivalent of a three-inch square of grass.

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