Kelso, Washington skatepark opens
November 23rd, 2009 by kilwag
A nefarious character going by the name of “Crete Cult” sent in some shots of the new Kelso, Washington park being built by a non-name construction company. As for the review…
Rides good…Good Tranny with no kinks
Well, there you have it. Anyone else? I recall there was some to-do about the contractor, but the details escape me in a haze of web hosting service outages.
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
poonjabby
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:33 am
from sleestak:
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/09/area_news/doc4a543cd7d344d699916550.txt
November 25th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Good over all park….Deep 10 bowl and the over vert pocket has pool coping and the park was poured good..its rite off I-5 on the Kelso exit…Its a good stop between Seattle and Portland to throw down some grinds..Has a good street section for all you street shreaders..
November 25th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
The park is put together in an odd but unique way. The tranny takes some getting used to (with some of it being below 2 feet, literally). Some of the hips in the bowl aren’t aligned perfectly, so it’s hard to get speed from some areas. The street course has some hard to hit spots like the six stair/handrail due to lack of runway. In a nutshell, it just takes some getting used to.
November 25th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
this park looks sooo sick. cant wait to get out there to skate it. the tranny looks way fun
November 26th, 2009 at 2:26 am
definitely a fun park, but try to make it there before school lets out, the afternoons can get quite busy with kids. it does take a bit of getting used to, like the hip that is big, but kinda mellow. the “ledges” on the north side of the park (second pic up from bottom) are more benches than anything so far, and getting a “session” on the mini ramp can be difficult sometimes when people come flying out of the big bowl/over vert pocket, or people bombing through the mini to “launch”. overall it is fun, compact, and lots of different stuff to skate. definitely worth the minimal effort to get to. and like i said, a midday stop during the school year will be the best option. otherwise, be prepared to dodge kids nonstop.
if you find it too packed, try hitting the Longview park only a couple miles away. mostly street obstacles there, and now that this is open, definitely low traffic.