Skateparks – Page 66 – Skate and Annoy

Swalecliffe skatepark opens

I didn’t know where Swalecliffe was until I looked it up. Turns out it’s in South East England, near Whitstable. “Whitstable?” you ask? Why I believe that’s near Swalecliffe. SnA reader Neil Brown says they’ve been waiting years for a good outdoor concrete park in his neck of the woods, and he’s stoked to finally […]

Get some concrete experience at Marginal Way

Reading and watching documentaries are no substitute for experience. If you want to learn how to work with concrete to build skate structures, here’s your chance. Marginal Way Skatepark will be hosting the Red Bull 10 Stair contest on Saturday, August 4. Red Bull has offered to pay for skatepark improvements as their contribution to […]

New skate park irks neighbors

the Home News Tribune (News that hits home in central Jersey!) reports that a new skate park irks neighbors. Noise complaints have neighbors starting a petition to remove the brand new $300,000 skatepark. HNT Staff photographer Jody Somers’ picture clearly shows that these noise complaints could have been avoided or severely curtailed had the city […]

Holly Farm progress 7-24-07

Sorry if you’re tired of looking at Holly Farm construction photos. These shots by Rich Burton should be the last ones because it’s almost complete.

Washington. Still there.

I don’t know. Maybe Mark’s intro was a little off putting, but for some reason we didn’t get a lot of response from our Washington road trip feature, so I’m re-posting again. Hey look kids, there’s even some street skating! Four pages and over 150 pictures – never mind that two thirds of those pictures […]

More Holly Farm

Pictures of Holly Farm from last Thursday at Skaters for Portland Skateparks.

Vancouver meeting report

Team Shralp passed along a report on the Vancouver meeting last week. Sorry I’m a little slow in passing along the info. Sounds like there was a decent turnout – a mix of ages and a few skateboarders for a change. Some neighbors thought the skatepark was getting special treatment – dog park people were […]