Skatepunk

Skated the new Laguna Niguel bowl today. The park isn't open yet but for some strange reason there is no fence around the park and the only thing ready to shred is the bowl. It's a clover of sorts, three heights, three connected bowls, similar to Clairemont in SD and to Fontana, but this one seems more rideable to me, at least from a carving prospective. The lines are amazing and there is this cool roll-out lip section with a hip that lets everyone enjoy. And the surface? Well, Wally Hollyday did it and it's amazing. I should say his crew did it... The parks are getting better.

There is also a new park being designed for Orange and for Rancho Santa Margarita, too. Lance is working on the RSM one with Mike Hirsch and it should be good. By the way, Fontana and Upland can be added to the list of parks that have lights on regularly now. West Covina, La Habra, Laguna Hills, are the others here in the area that think skateboarding is equal to basketball, hockey or softball. Just think, maybe some of the "little criminals" who don't have a place to skate at night would skate at the parks if there were lights, huh? A good friend of mine recently told me about the lights at some of the parks in Oregon: they're on motion sensors and they go on and stay on whenever skaters are in the park, 24-7. Pretty good idea. Pretty simple, too.

Skatepark Randumbs, December 2002 Check Out