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The Skate Park Scam

There’s a new skate park in Powder Springs, Ga. At a size of 20,000 sq. ft., and a cost of $1.8 million dollars, you would be forgiven if you thought it was going to be amazing.

SLS and The Demise of Contest Skating.

Well, its back. The worst thing to happen to skateboarding since benihanas. Itโ€™s all over instagram and youtube, clogging the arteries of boredom and procrastination. The dread king of contest skateboarding – SLS. From bad judging to non-lines, this format of contest skating has come to produce the worst in skateboarding. Taking it from theโ€ฆ

Skateboarding

I grew up skateboarding, (if youโ€™re reading this, you likely did as well) not like the millions of other kids who played some standardized sport, whoโ€™s mom or dad had to drive them to practice. I could skate right outside my house:  in the driveway, the sidewalk, and especially the street.  It was my meansโ€ฆ

Skatepark Differentiation

Everyone’s got their own opinion. Skaters are no different.Everyone’s got their own style. Again, skaters are no different. A recent topic of discussion i had was about the difference in skateparks – specifically, Evergreen Skateparks and competition skateparks. If you’ve never seen/skated an Evergreen park, they are a wonder to behold. Smooth flowing transitions, curvesโ€ฆ


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