The park at Melbourne
These are pics of a semi new skatepark in Harbor City, Florida called The Park of Melbourne:
12,000 sq. ft. indoor skateboard park. Features a 9 foot vert wall. Indoor bowl with mini taco and half cradle, with wall ride. Large street course with moveable elements. Full audio system with large projectors playing skate videos and cameras throughout which can be logged into to pull clips of your sessions.
That’s a new high tech twist on skateparks, cameras that record the session and then you can log in and see the pics or video. I’m not sure how well it would work as far as framing and the quality of the shots. Not-so-good is my guess, but if you’ve ever witnessed (or taken part in) a spectacular slam or collision and wish you’d had a camera on it, this system might grant that wish. Well, it would if it was working. I got the pictures late last year. Five months later and the web site seems to still be mostly under construction with the exception of a some overview shots. (Sorry no direct link)
UPDATE: I like that mural, as goofy as it looks. However, I think that the influence of surf-style on popular skateboarding has largely disappeared, aside from a brief resurgence after the Dogtown doccumentary. Anyone?
“Full audio system with large projectors playing skate videos”
Awesome! $55 a year so I can sit on my board and watch footage of someone else skating. I hope they have a concession stand so I can get soda and popcorn.
i think that’s larry bertleman on the waterskate, everybody should do a few runs barefoot now and then; my best was a carve grind (both trucks) on the big wall (right hand pocket in astoria)
Regarding the surf-style mural, the skatepark is about 3 minutes from the beach. Pretty much everything is influenced by surfing in this area.
Well, the locals would know. Come to think of it, I’ve noticed a little more surf-style by some of the locals when visiting the Sarasota park when visiting.