I forgot to mention. Growing up in CT in the 90s to actually skate parks and such, you had to travel, and we did. Rhode island, NY, Pennsylvania. Skate trips with the buddies. Humbling back then.
Sounds like basically the same thing. We had no park. We're lucky to skate the older rippers spots and ramps! Had to take skate trips to go to a skatepark. I feel your energy in your response. I started skating in 1989 as a little kid
Ohh I can feel that. I remember when the park in Lincoln closed in the late 80s it was years before we had a park. Was excited to go to Denver or Davenport, IA just to skate a skatepark. Same thing. Totally remember! Thats why I love even these not so great skateparks! Thanks for the comment!
growing up in the 90's in northern california there were super old concrete wave like parks spred way far apart. but they were huge lumpy concrete runs .. like Santa Rosa and Derby in Santa Cruz .. I literally did not drop in on anything with coping until I was 20 when my town put in a little skatewave thing. I dont think kids realize how lucky they are to even have something like this.
That's spot on! I remember no parks at all. These parks aren't perfect but at least they are there to skate! I grew up with a skatepark then it closed and there wasn't a public skatepark until years later.
This is so TRUE. I'm 40 from Groton CT (some of you skaters might be familiar with the location) we had NO parks growing up. Not ONE. Us aspiring rippers knew all the older guys and where they stashed their ramps etc. Luckily one of my classmates dads ran a concrete company and was hip to it late 90s and built us our first one. Ditto with Ocala where my parents are from NO parks until 2001 and it was out in the middle of NOWHERE. Today the park in Ocala is in the center of the town, and was built by the city. Kids today have parks literally everywhere. Places like Nebraska where you wouldn't think skating would be happening in 1994.
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I forgot to mention. Growing up in CT in the 90s to actually skate parks and such, you had to travel, and we did. Rhode island, NY, Pennsylvania. Skate trips with the buddies. Humbling back then.
Sounds like basically the same thing. We had no park. We're lucky to skate the older rippers spots and ramps! Had to take skate trips to go to a skatepark. I feel your energy in your response. I started skating in 1989 as a little kid
Ohh I can feel that. I remember when the park in Lincoln closed in the late 80s it was years before we had a park. Was excited to go to Denver or Davenport, IA just to skate a skatepark. Same thing. Totally remember! Thats why I love even these not so great skateparks! Thanks for the comment!
growing up in the 90's in northern california there were super old concrete wave like parks spred way far apart. but they were huge lumpy concrete runs .. like Santa Rosa and Derby in Santa Cruz .. I literally did not drop in on anything with coping until I was 20 when my town put in a little skatewave thing. I dont think kids realize how lucky they are to even have something like this.
That's spot on! I remember no parks at all. These parks aren't perfect but at least they are there to skate! I grew up with a skatepark then it closed and there wasn't a public skatepark until years later.
This is so TRUE. I'm 40 from Groton CT (some of you skaters might be familiar with the location) we had NO parks growing up. Not ONE. Us aspiring rippers knew all the older guys and where they stashed their ramps etc. Luckily one of my classmates dads ran a concrete company and was hip to it late 90s and built us our first one. Ditto with Ocala where my parents are from NO parks until 2001 and it was out in the middle of NOWHERE. Today the park in Ocala is in the center of the town, and was built by the city. Kids today have parks literally everywhere. Places like Nebraska where you wouldn't think skating would be happening in 1994.