During the holidays I went down to visit my parents in Arcadia CA and skated the Monrovia public skatepark with my high-school buddy whom I haven’t skated with in about ten years.
Despite some “interesting” features the park is still fun to skate. That said, I probably won’t go back.
The good: Construction
The bad: Crowded street course
The ugly: Wearing a helmet
In Utah you don’t have to wear a helmet anywhere, so I have trouble handling that. I skated for about 1-2 hours without one, as did most of the other kids there, and despite the skatepark being right next door to what appeared to be the Monrovia Police Station no trouble was had.
The bowl is interesting, to say the least. There’s a shallow part that’s about 3-4 feet deep. Probably 3. Then you’ve got the deeper end that’s 5-6 feet. See below.
There are some bumps in between the shallow and deep end of the bowl, which Concrete Disciples describes as “a totally unique element for this area and they make for some really creative lines. Most skaters can’t seem to figure them out and ride straight over them.” That’s the truth. I couldn’t figure out what to do with them. Then again, I’m not a very good skater.
The street course is decent, but small. There’s a 2 stair 3 double set, but it’s hard to get the speed to ollie it, let alone do anything else down it. There are ledges and rails aplenty, but again, getting speed and having time to set up can be tough. But there were some kids there pulling out some good tricks, regardless.
It might be worth checking out once, but since there are so many other spots and parks around SoCal to skate I can’t say I’ll be going back to this place anytime soon.
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