Have you ever had the experience of skating a place and thinking it stinks until someone shows up who rips the place and you realize it’s just you? That was pretty much my experience here. The park is fun enough in spite of it’s typical poor design and construction, but I’ve come to not expect too much from public skateparks.
But then two guys showed up who were amazing and made me realize that the park is pretty darn nice, or can be, if you’re as good as they were.
2415 East Bengal Blvd. (7600 South)
What’s weirdest about this park is that it has hours for different people:
On school days the park is closed until 3:30pm because it’s right next to an elementary school. Don’t want the kids beind distracted, I guess. Otherwise it’s open from 7am to 9pm, and yes, it has lights.
However, on Mondays and Thursdays the park is only open to BMX riders from 6pm to 9pm and on Sundays from 7am to 11am.
And during the summer only elementary kids (I forget what ages that means exactly) can go on Wednesdays from 7am to 12pm, and if there’s summer-school then on Fridays it’s only open to elementary kids from 1:30 to 3:30pm.
I feel like I was incredibly blessed to happen to go there randomly and be able to skate. Sheesh.
But as far as the stuff there, there’s a nice low flat bar to learn tricks on, some low banks for doing the valley fly-out, some bowls, two with a spine between them and some extensions. There are some decent ledges, although all around the park there is a ledge that would be nicer if it were wider, but it’s only about four inches wide on top and then there is rubber “gravel” that looks like asphalt but is rubber and tends to get all over the park.
Have fun, and don’t forget to put the schedule in your Treo.
isn’t there days just for rollerbladers, i mean times like the bikers do. i think it would be nice, so there wont be fights with skateboarders and rollerbladers.