Are you from Jersey?
Ah yes, I’m referencing a decade old Saturday Night live sketch, that’s how creatively dry the well is. Yesterday we got two separate tidbits about two new skateparks opening in New Jersey. GardenSk8 is an indoor wooden park that opens Saturday November 1st, and the other is an outdoor concrete park in Princeton (Ivy league.. well la de dah!) being built by Grindline (not listed) which is the good news, but the bad news is they ran out of money for the bowls and the park will be pay-to-play.
Princeton, NJ
The word on the concrete park from reader Skatebroke
From the info I gathered, it is a Grindline deal, but it will be pay to skate. Regarding the bowl though is more unfortunate, since the bowl isnt happening. For now it is what is and no more. The town ran out of money. NJ Skateshop is working with Red Bull to get the funds for the bowl. So basically, its a half done park, but it should be up and crackin’ soon.
GardenSK8 Grand Opening
Pine Brook NJ, get the details here. plus construction photos here, and more here.
Video Tour
Skate Daily reports that the GardenSk8 park also includes a larger 11.5 foot bowl with a 7 foot shallow end capped with pool coping and links to a photo gallery. That’s a big wooden bowl. I wonder why they left it out of the video.
Yeah, same photo gallery I already linked to! That big bowl is in the pic above too.
Oops, I missed those links, I wondered why you didn’t have them. You kids and your confusing blog posts. Still, that bowl is Pier Park sized! except for that wimpy 7-foot shallow end.
Road trip!!!!