Comments on: Skate Lima

By: Alberto Gandarillas

Alberto Gandarillas — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:41:41 +0000

More info about Converse Skatepark in Lima. ( http://www.radarskate.com/skateparks/skatepark-converse/ ) . Check our spot guide if you are planning to visit Perú ( http://www.radarskate.com ) we have some sick spots to shred !

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:52:20 +0000

Time to make some travel plans

By: Klink

Klink — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:24:47 +0000

Nahh, it’s Flarda… we’re dumb down here (plus drunk in my young friend’s case… I did at least yell “you’re a Bad Jew!!” at him… and, not surprisingly, he dint reply “Too soon??”).

By: Seth

Seth — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:58:21 +0000

I don’t think I will ever be able to wrap my head around West Coast humor…

By: Klink

Klink — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:56:10 +0000

South America… reminds me of Mengele (a real doctor)… has anyone else beside Mengele considered skateboarding to be a Nazi activity? It is a pretty gaseous pursuit.

(Hey, at least I’m not the one who yelled “I love Hitler!” at a session the other night… that was a young Jewish friend, perhaps reacting to the year he’d just spent in Israel… Grover needs to come down here and give him a good talking to, about homeland security and its connection to free sessions.)

By: Klink

Klink — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:38:59 +0000

You Know Nussing.

By: Fitz

Fitz — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:52:23 +0000

Careful, Brad. Any discussion of the social-functions of skateboarding result in one being told not to preach, or not to overthink it–despite it being largely the province of first world participants.

And sure, it’s a sub-culture, and therefore dependent on the dominant/parent culture for it’s norms. Yes, it’s a risk/reward activity that may–like many sports–serve as a proxy for the danger (think hunting, fighting for resources) missing in modern life. And very likely, our various forms of adornment and behavior can be linked to mating rituals…

Knowing all that does nothing to detract from the fun though.

By: brad

brad — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:30:02 +0000

Lima…reminds me of Che (a real doctor)…has anyone else ever considered skateboarding to be a bourgeois activity? Its a pretty selfish pursuit. Skate and annoy!

By: Prickly Pete

Prickly Pete — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:46:50 +0000

Corporate naming rights for skateparks? All these doctorates in skateboarding? I must have been asleep for a long time.

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:49:47 +0000

Skatepark is in the San Borja neighborhood of Lima. Built by Doctor Skatepark, originally of Belgium but now based in Peru. Despite having 42 skateparks, the only ones done right are this one and the other one build by DS. Skatepark opens this weekend with a demo featuring Rune and Barros. Converse paid for the naming rights of the park.