New Irrigon photos
Northwest Skater has some new photos of the Irrigon, Oregon skatepark being built by Grindline. Brick coping, hobbit doorway, bumpy rock lip. Lots of unusual stuff going into this one.
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- Bill Palmisano: Rick, I can't believe you saw this! John, Mike, Shaun and I talk about how we wished we could get in touch in you to see how and what you are doing and if you still have photos. What a kick. Ma...
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- S Hughes: First time I met Sean was when I was a 13 yr old grommet. We had a 1/4 pipe out front, it was maybe 1985. Sean rolls up seeing it and wants to ride. He was a full grown man with a leather biker jacket...
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I’m sure I wasn’t the only one wondering where the awkwardly named town of Irrigon, Oregon is located. Well, the little hamlet fortunate enough to be receiving this nice concrete addition is about 182 miles or 3 hours east of Portland, on the Columbia near Umatilla. I won’t be heading there for a quick session on my lunch break any time soon. Looks fun, though.
Mac
Yeah, dude but when you are on your way to Hailey, Idaho this summer it’s not as far off the road as Milton-Freewater. Oh you aren
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If anybody tries to skate this park and they are not from Irrigon, we will THROW DOWN!!!!!
^^^^^ we’ll meet on neutral territory and fight out the right for non-locs to skate Irrigon with rusty spoons… at Aumsville.
Followed by a cage match at Battleground.
I was concerned about the placement of the urethra too.
In one photo it seems to open right into a hip but it looks like it feeds into that bowl pinball machine style in another photo. I could see that being a traffic problem if it was in a big town.
I am so looking forward to getting in a bunch of fights this summer.
I’m confused. Are we fighting with rusty spoons or skating Irrigon with rusty spoons?
It looks like the urethra might go really low on the cradle side. That could get in the way. Hopefully it is located a little ways up the tranny.
I guess the gnar line will be to carve over the door inside the cradle and then come out and carve over it again on the outside of the cradle…should be interesting.
The door is a big deathbox, so its rad.
It appeared to me that they were about to make two doorways in this park.
The tile in the pipe, the brick coping, the roll off full speed, with rusty spoons…should be fun!!!
you forgot to get pics of the street course…
wait, there’s no street course, you mean i’ll have to skate street style in the streets?
it looks like rolling over that thing will boost you into a 10 foot air.
I only take the photos….I don’t tell them what to build…
somebody should be paying you mileage reimbursment Hughes for all the skate traveling you do and bringing pictures for the rest of us
Where do you guys get your rusty spoons to skate with these days? I used to to to oxidizedkitchenutensils.com but they aren’t around anymore.
In the summer, Hermiston has a Watermellon festival. Looks like a good reason to go this year since Irrigon and Hermiston are basically “Twin Cities.” Also, that is great wine country area. So you got melon, wine and skating, maybe not in that order.
I like the river rock edge and just about everything else about this park. Too much fun!
i live like ten minits away from that shit and i cant wait to skate it even tho he towns grocery store is also there gass station it is asick looking park trully the best one in this aria of oregon
the grand opening is april 14th
I guess they dont spell too well in Irraggooonnn.
Looks fun.
you irrigon kids arent gonna do shit we will show u how to slap tails and surf concrete bitches u dont own shit
Strength through community!
I might have to bring some roseburg kids to show u irrigon punx what time it is. hahaha lets get ready to rumbllllllllllllle!
IT IS IRRIGUN TOO THATS HW U PRONOUNCE IT 2 DCK! LEAVE MY LIL TOWN ALONE! n besides we are 2 poor to make our own bumperstickers lol…u pplz r jst cm gzzln ck sckn mthr fckn gy ass pssys at least we are the 3rd twn in oregon that has a dome
How can you be sure how to pronounce it if you can’t even spell?