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RDS Indoor Closed
« on: August 03, 2006, 11:12:30 PM »
RDS Indoor in Richmond Closed on July 31st, for anyone who wanted to know. I think it's bullshit. It was the only indoor park near me, even tho it was 1000km away... FUUUCKKK

www.rdsskatepark.com

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2006, 11:23:56 PM »
fuck that park. *puts foot down*
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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2006, 07:52:53 AM »
time to take apart the vert set up....

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2006, 08:12:07 AM »
I heard the new landlord was turning it into a gym...... because there clearly isn't enough fucking gyms out there already. so lame.

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2006, 08:14:10 AM »
I heard the new landlord was turning it into a gym...... because there clearly isn't enough fucking gyms out there already. so lame.
so it could be more 'jockish'?

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2006, 08:16:20 AM »
WAS IT A SICK PARK?
OR JUST THE ONLY 1 UP IN THAT AREA???

ANYWAY THAT FUCKING SUCKS..

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2006, 08:27:14 AM »
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I heard the new landlord was turning it into a gym...... because there clearly isn't enough fucking gyms out there already. so lame.
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so it could be more 'jockish'?

Judging by the entire red dragons crew you think he'd just move the ramps to the side so they could have a red dragon gym or should that be even more gym shit in there
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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2006, 10:59:11 AM »
So sad RIP man.

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2006, 11:00:44 AM »
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I heard the new landlord was turning it into a gym...... because there clearly isn't enough fucking gyms out there already. so lame.
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so it could be more 'jockish'?
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Judging by the entire red dragons crew you think he'd just move the ramps to the side so they could have a red dragon gym or should that be even more gym shit in there

THEN THEY WOULD ALMOST GO OUTTA BUSINESS....and then they wood have to enter a dodgeball tourney!! HAHAHAHAHA

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2006, 11:10:05 AM »
hoyl shit i was there on the 29 skatin and im from calgary ahah wow

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2006, 12:23:56 PM »
Skateboarding seems to be slowly dying.

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2006, 12:37:55 PM »
Skateboarding seems to be slowly dying.

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2006, 12:43:06 PM »
go wax shit, take back tha streets

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2006, 02:27:26 PM »
I'm trying to decide how I feel about this. I didn't really visit much anyway and it was a tad expensive, not to mention the lame ass kids that hung out there all day, but it was nice to at least have the option of an indoor park through about six months of constant rainfall.

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2006, 04:40:24 PM »
yeah..i skated the new indoor in north van....soon realized what we'd be missing...it's back to the chan centre i guess....

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2006, 05:29:37 PM »
are they going to have everyone on the team tear it down with a hand axe, that would be the ender ender to their next horrible movie.
Han solo blew up the Death Star in Episode 4.  Heard it from a friend.  Reliable source.

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2006, 07:53:54 PM »
The landlord increased the rent $10,000 plus each month.  They were forced to close.

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2006, 09:02:54 PM »
so hainous

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #18 on: August 04, 2006, 09:53:32 PM »
i was in richmond last year, and i skated it sooo much and had lots of fun. i also met colin mckay an mike hastie while i was there. i have a friend who met sheckler there, and another friend who saw machnau skating there one day, but didnt get to talk to him. still awesome to be in the presence of pros.

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #19 on: August 04, 2006, 10:04:39 PM »
honestly, any cats that try to successfully finance an indoor park, let alone in van, deserve a mile high salute.

first the source in calgary
and now this

it's a god damn shame baby
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and I be speakin' to my P.O. with a serious lie

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #20 on: August 04, 2006, 10:06:54 PM »
you gotta wonder who's gonna take all those ramps....shit...they gotta have like 200 grand worth of ramps....

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #21 on: August 04, 2006, 10:07:40 PM »
you gotta wonder who's gonna take all those ramps....shit...they gotta have like 200 grand worth of ramps....
its really that much? damn, just donate it to some town/city

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #22 on: August 04, 2006, 10:08:42 PM »
rds was a fun place

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #23 on: August 04, 2006, 10:10:54 PM »
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you gotta wonder who's gonna take all those ramps....shit...they gotta have like 200 grand worth of ramps....
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its really that much? damn, just donate it to some town/city

skatelite is like $100 USD a sheet...

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #24 on: August 04, 2006, 10:11:56 PM »
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you gotta wonder who's gonna take all those ramps....shit...they gotta have like 200 grand worth of ramps....
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its really that much? damn, just donate it to some town/city
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skatelite is like $100 USD a sheet...
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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #25 on: August 04, 2006, 10:12:09 PM »
yea thats redicoulas

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #26 on: August 04, 2006, 10:15:01 PM »
i also skated "shred central" in toronto, and i just cannot see it staying alive. great owners, great park, great price, but no one skates there

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #27 on: August 04, 2006, 10:38:08 PM »
Now all the little kids and skatepark jocks will have to go out and skate real street, what a shame.

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #28 on: August 04, 2006, 10:40:41 PM »
i honestly think the only way places can stay in business is if the city donates a building for free....then hopefully what they charge pays for some of the operating costs...skateboarding unfortunately or fortunately is just not organized enough to get that shit off the ground... maybe with all the buildings for the olympics one might free up....vancouver doesn't need much..i had just as much fun at the project and it was half the size...

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Re: RDS Indoor Closed
« Reply #29 on: August 06, 2006, 11:26:23 AM »
This is what I heard, and it's heartbreaking.

The doors of the building are quite small, so there's no way to move any of the ramps.  So they're all going to be torn down.  Garbage.  The End.


PS.  I got an email from RDS on the 2nd of August saying they're closing for good on the 31st of July.  Lame?  There wasn't much warning for those not "in the know".


The Crackpipe was a miniramp spot in Gastown in Vancouver, it closed a couple years ago.  Westbeach got rid of there shop miniramp so they could have more floorspace for girls bikinis or whatever about a year ago.  And now RDS closes.