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iLiptikalOrbitZ
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada
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| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
that is what's especially funny.
apparently the folks in charge haven't really consulted with their target market...SKATERS!
from what I've read, there is a huge FLAT section to be built...no half pipe, no ramps, etc. which would seem to be the whole f'n point of building a real skate park.
10 yr olds might be happy with a flat surface where they can practice simple tricks... |
I agree they should consult skaters, but kids are useless because they dont know how to build a good layout. There are professional consultant companies (not many, but they exist) specifically for skateparks. Usually these are started by pro/ams with a ton of experience skateboarding.
90% of skaters dont skate halfpipe, so it'd be a waste to put one in. Generally speaking most skaters are "street" skaters. We find obsticals such as flat ground, gaps, stairs, rails, ledges, banks etc. that occur in urban landscape. The best parks offer a good flow that include all of the above. The best ones have multiple sections so that as ability improves the obsticals get bigger.
Personally it sounds like a great location, and it's about time that Toronto started accepting skateboarders, instead of sicking security on us 5 seconds after rolling up to a spot, and putting up skate-stoppers on everything in the city.
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Jul-12-2006 03:32
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iLiptikalOrbitZ
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Re: Re: Whiners try to stop new skateboard park
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
LOVE park in Philly |
actually LOVE got a complete overhaul a few years back, because the city was pissed that is had become a "skate spot". now it's mostly all grass and skateboarding is prohibited 
The majority of great urban (non skatepark) skatespots now reside outside of North America, as everybody is so uptight about it. Spain, Finland, Australia, Taiwan, China, and Brazil are all hugely popular spots to travel to because of thier laidback attitudes towards skateboarding. In the case of Taiwan & China most people are so intrigued by the sport because of it's lack of popularity that crowds form just to watch.
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Last edited by iLiptikalOrbitZ on Jul-12-2006 at 03:42
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