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Title: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: chockfullofthat on May 16, 2014, 06:52:51 AM: Skate parks in the midwest are finally starting to catch up to the rest of the (first) world. This looks fucking amazing.

https://www.facebook.com/a2skatepark (https://www.facebook.com/a2skatepark)
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: Schismatic on May 16, 2014, 09:21:13 AM: Place looks like a tranny skaters paradise. I lived in Michigan from 1990-1995 and the only park we had was the Skate Zoo in Kalamazoo, about 45 minutes from the podunk town I lived in. It's good to see parks popping up around there, the skaters need them.

In a place with such harsh winters it would be nice to see cities making some free covered/enclosed parks too.
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: paraquat on May 16, 2014, 10:00:00 AM: Quote from: Schismatic on May 16, 2014, 09:21:13 AM
Place looks like a tranny skaters paradise. I lived in Michigan from 1990-1995 and the only park we had was the Skate Zoo in Kalamazoo, about 45 minutes from the podunk town I lived in. It's good to see parks popping up around there, the skaters need them.

In a place with such harsh winters it would be nice to see cities making some free covered/enclosed parks too.
Kzoo was the shit back then.
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: art hellman on May 16, 2014, 11:25:44 AM: Des Moines IA is working on plans to build a crazy one
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: StokedTaco on May 16, 2014, 03:40:19 PM: skatezoo still is the shit, best mini ramp ever.
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: Jackie Joyner Kersee on May 17, 2014, 11:45:23 AM: I moved up to the upper peninsula about a month ago, no skateparks but it snowed yesterday
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: StabMasterArson on May 17, 2014, 09:20:09 PM: It's about time this thing gets built, they have only been trying for ten years.
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: Bobby Peru on June 24, 2014, 03:50:26 PM: Opened up last week. It's amazing. Tony Hawk, Ron Allen, Tony Magnusson, Andy Macdonald, and some kid who skates for movietickets.com named Alex Sorgente came out for the grand opening. They're still accepting donations for the endowment fund (https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=DpWE5cfkJl_ewbPiD2f-P570hWSCNz6oa7ZXaE-urDV4Bw2wr30hVzyF8Ti&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d5402c249c5a2cfd4a145d37ec05e9a5e) if you're able to help out.

Some overview photos:
(http://a2skatepark.org/sites/default/files/images/IMG_5961.preview.JPG)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10376264_10154243903845585_1658494150636035344_n.jpg)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10375910_10154239458985585_4481848852530435253_n.jpg)

(https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t1.0-9/1466143_10154195074155585_5086208017271303301_n.jpg)

(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t1.0-9/10313357_585178201579677_7273156170656393988_n.jpg)

Some opening day photos by Morgan Somers:

Local-ish dude David Dixon:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10474731_1384817511778713_1013485649296611818_n.jpg)

Local-ish dude Mark Davenport murdered the bowls:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/10378962_1384967468430384_6244535010465978917_n.jpg)

Tony:
(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10435926_1384605091799955_8550103877733745763_n.jpg)

But yeah, this place is nuts. Made a trip back to Ann Arbor to skate it for the week.
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: paraquat on June 25, 2014, 05:01:12 AM: Damn. Of course I had to have a kid right now. ::)
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: artsy on June 26, 2014, 08:16:41 PM: just got back from going tonight. Sick as hell. Pretty busy, but everyone was real cool and even the scooter kids weren't bad. Once you go there, you'll appreciate those last two bowl pics of Tony and that local. The deep end in that bowl is fucking massive. Park is worth a trip for sure.
Title: Re: Ann Arbor Skatepark
Post by: pizzafliptofakie on June 28, 2014, 04:58:50 PM: Been skating there every off day I've had this past week. I'm ecstatic that it's finally a thing. Such a fun park!