Curt Stevenson tipped me off that construction on the new 16,000 square foot Venice skatepark has broken ground. It’s a Wormhoudt design, but I don’t know who is building it. according to Yo Venice, the construction is supposed to take an inhumane TEN MONTHS! Really? That seems absurd, but then again, those California construction companies seem to work at a glacial pace. We’re still waiting for Ed Benedict to open here in Portland, and coincidentally, California Skateparks is the contractor on that long overdue opening. We never seem to have that problem when the jobs go to local contractors, I’m just saying… A web site called Venice Skatepark would seem to be the place to go for info, but so far it looks like the site is only aggregating feeds from elsewhere. A skateshop called, wait for it… Venice Skates has more of an inside line, including shots of Christian Hosoi, Pat Ngoho and Jesse Martinez taking a break from a session to revise some of the bowl plans. Considering the long and colorful history of street skating at Venice Beach, I’m surprised there is as much tranny in the design. It’s about half and half. I guess a street plaza would pretty much be replicating what was already there and legal to skate for the most part. Still, it’s an interesting choice.
[Source: Poweredge Magazine]
9 comments
Hass
The park costs 2.4 million dollars. Doesn’t 150 dollars a square foot seem outrageous? Is this the cost of construction in California.
mike
Rad! I can’t wait to go there in full pads and puff out my chest while talking about how we gotta “kill all da kooks,” while listening to some horrible hybrid of rap and metal set to the worst slap-bass ever recorded. VENICE POR VIDA AND SO FORTH!
egbert
Is there an area for break dancing?
LP
breakin is a memory. anyway, wont there be too much sand in there?
Infectious Grooves
Yo, Mike. You talk like there’s some kinda problem with the time tested metal-rap hybrid we got comin’ outta Venice. Think you is the one wit da problem. Betta cancel any travel plans you got fa comin’ our way, man. Cuz if you do, betta look out fa the bad dude with the tight fittin’ hockey jersey and stocking cap (me). Omma bitch slap you like I slap my bass. Gaboing gaboing boing! Right to the curb.
miguel
arrg wormhoudt. I just did a trip back down to norcal. His parks are getting better. sebastapol is fun. I think roosevelt in san jose is a wormhoudt park. Still they are not dreamland. I am not sure if the new better wormhoudt parks make up for all the shitty ones!? whatever though anything new is fun to skate. venice should be fun. The design looks good.
Carroll13
I’m confused…
..I thought Venice WAS a skatepark…
😉
conahan
Where’s the gondola transfer!
max
is the park done???????????