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Skateboarding => Travel Guide => Topic started by: MustardTigerPhilCollins on March 08, 2011, 06:44:29 AM
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Yo so I'm moving to the DC Northern VA just wondering where some of the good spots / parks are. I know about Pulaski and GVS and shti.
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I live in Northern VA right now, my two favorite parks are probably Arlington (powhattan springs i think it's called, all concrete, great transition section, couple fun hips/ledges) and this new Herndon skatepark that's pretty mellow and also all 'crete. NoVA has some decent street spots, but you have to search for them. There's decent stair sets at George Mason University in fairfax, along with several gems in old town fairfax. in DC pretty much everywhere there's ledges, some nice banks if you go to the schools around South East (bring a friend...or 5. it can get dicey) Malcolm X park has some fun fountains to skate in the fall/winter, and of course sidewalk bumps and ledge stairs and other stuff to get weird on. across the street from the National Art Gallery there's a long, low 5 stair that's pretty popular, along with some more ledges. prepare for lots of ledges. Unfortunately a lot of DC street spots are a bust (surprise surprise), so it's probably best to not spend too much time at any one spot, cruise around a lot.
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oh and TC Williams High School has some concrete banks out front that I've heard about recently, you may need to bring a sign or something unless you want to ollie a curb into a bank...and Robinson HS has a long-ish 7 stair, 5stairs out front, and a 3 stair that you can use as like a mannypad to 3 stair line deal. whatever, I'm rambling. basically, there's shit to skate but it can be hard to find sometimes.
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kind of last minute, but anyone know of any decent bars out there? i will be in georgetown area tonight, and im assuming there are plenty, but suggestions would be appreciated.
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Shaw:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/5544072253_0d91af36d0_b.jpg)
Mt. Rainier:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4586931761_274de40baf_b.jpg)
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there's a fun park in silver spring, north of dc, can't remember what street it's off of, it was an old skate spot and they built a nice park there, if you just cruise downhill from there you run into some nice stuff...
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Anyone know where this spot is in DC?
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pretty sure thats a north carolina spot, i could be wrong though.. ive never seen it im my neck of the woods
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Ok, thanks!
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That Mt. Rainer Park looks sick!
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That Mt. Rainer Park looks sick!
It's pretty small but really fun to skate if it's not too packed. There's a skatepark that opened up in Laurel pretty recently that's probably one of the best parks in Maryland. It's free to skate and you don't need to wear a helmet.
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/1crazyboy7/North%20Laurel%20Skatepark/5.jpg)
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That park looks great too, NJ has no good parks, its some bullshit.
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the space dish is in NC. i am stationed in norfolk, va. the concrete park out here is sick (northside skatepark)
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What city in NC?
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I am going back to DC near the end of the calendar year with the wife. staying at the mandarin. looking to get in a weekday skate park morning or two. I was there in 2012 and skated this really fun DIY underneath a bridge
is that still standing? does anyone have the pin for it?
are there any new parks?
its probably going to be during commuter hours and ill be alone so not really trying to get hassled or ticketed at archives or pulaski.
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I am going back to DC near the end of the calendar year with the wife. staying at the mandarin. looking to get in a weekday skate park morning or two. I was there in 2012 and skated this really fun DIY underneath a bridge
is that still standing? does anyone have the pin for it?
are there any new parks?
its probably going to be during commuter hours and ill be alone so not really trying to get hassled or ticketed at archives or pulaski.
Park police isn't anything like they used to be. If they roll through, you'll just be told to leave and you go back later, skate archives in the meantime.
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can i have a relaxing skate at those at 9/10 am on a weekday around Christmas time? when i went there ebfore everyone was acting like they were risking their life to sneak in a noseslide and bounce.
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can i have a relaxing skate at those at 9/10 am on a weekday around Christmas time? when i went there ebfore everyone was acting like they were risking their life to sneak in a noseslide and bounce.
Forsure, you'll probably have the spot to yourself as well or only a couple heads.
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can i have a relaxing skate at those at 9/10 am on a weekday around Christmas time? when i went there ebfore everyone was acting like they were risking their life to sneak in a noseslide and bounce.
Unless you're waking up in the city, you might have a terrible drive in. Did deliveries in the city for a while, if I wasn't in city limits before 7am I had a terrible day, I wouldn't get in until after 9 and everything went to shit.
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can i have a relaxing skate at those at 9/10 am on a weekday around Christmas time? when i went there ebfore everyone was acting like they were risking their life to sneak in a noseslide and bounce.
Unless you're waking up in the city, you might have a terrible drive in. Did deliveries in the city for a while, if I wasn't in city limits before 7am I had a terrible day, I wouldn't get in until after 9 and everything went to shit.
im staying like a block from the Jefferson memorial on one side the spy museum on the other.
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can i have a relaxing skate at those at 9/10 am on a weekday around Christmas time? when i went there ebfore everyone was acting like they were risking their life to sneak in a noseslide and bounce.
Unless you're waking up in the city, you might have a terrible drive in. Did deliveries in the city for a while, if I wasn't in city limits before 7am I had a terrible day, I wouldn't get in until after 9 and everything went to shit.
im staying like a block from the Jefferson memorial on one side the spy museum on the other.
Christmas time will be fortunate from a lack of bust POV.
Jefferson Memorial isn't close to any famous spots. Basically you cannot go wrong from 14th street and Pennsylvania all the way to the capital.
On the west side of 14th is a plaza that has a pretty famous manny pad and long mellow ledge.
Across the street is Freedom/Pulaski which speaks for itself.
going further down Pennsylvania on the north side of the street (left facing the capital) there are about 4-5 famous spots you can't miss. a lot of icy ledges and aesthetically pleasing plaza's and monuments. The skate from freedom towards the capital is actually really dope, super smooth bricks with a dope sounds. it's fun just cruising.
Welfare banks are on the other side of the mall (south side) by the american musuem of natural history/botanical gardens practically before you get to capital hill on independence ave.
The Japanese War memorial is somewhat close to union station and has that long granite ledge on the outside of the plaza. It's hard not finding granite in DC.
i'm pretty sure a lot of spots are still kind of a bust, so you need to be aware of park police and keep moving. i wouldn't stay longer than 20 mins at spots that aren't pulaski and you can sort of wager the level of bust by how many people skating. you sort of just have to walk away if park police is spotted and keep your cool.
DC has so many spots, but the concentration of famous ones are probably within a mile adjacent to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Gold Rail is at Metro center right up from Freedom, it's knobbed but cool to look at, especially at night. it's pretty much the most beautiful rail setting on earth imo.
you'll also go by candian embassay and marvel at the 21 stair.
good luck!
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I am going back to DC near the end of the calendar year with the wife. staying at the mandarin. looking to get in a weekday skate park morning or two. I was there in 2012 and skated this really fun DIY underneath a bridge
is that still standing? does anyone have the pin for it?
are there any new parks?
its probably going to be during commuter hours and ill be alone so not really trying to get hassled or ticketed at archives or pulaski.
Sounds like your talking about bridge spot but that’s gone now.
There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
Bust factor for each spot depends on the day and the time pretty much.
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Welfare banks are on the other side of the mall (south side) by
googled these this morning. dear heavens. these are amazing looking. whats the bust factor on those? can i get in a full solo sesh on that?
based on what you are telling me how does the run sound
bottom of 14th head north push and hit some places up until i get to franklin square. hook a right and and another right and come back down 12th and 13th street stopping at archives and return to my hotel?
There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
whats the best park close to the metro?
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Welfare banks are on the other side of the mall (south side) by
googled these this morning. dear heavens. these are amazing looking. whats the bust factor on those? can i get in a full solo sesh on that?
based on what you are telling me how does the run sound
bottom of 14th head north push and hit some places up until i get to franklin square. hook a right and and another right and come back down 12th and 13th street stopping at archives and return to my hotel?
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There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
whats the best park close to the metro?
Welfare has a huge bust factor, last time I was there I got one try, sometimes I’ll get 30 mins. There’s stuff to skate around the entire block though
Maloof is off the stadium armory stop and it’s my favorite dc area park.
Shaw is skating distance from a stop on the green line if I recall.
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I am going back to DC near the end of the calendar year with the wife. staying at the mandarin. looking to get in a weekday skate park morning or two. I was there in 2012 and skated this really fun DIY underneath a bridge
is that still standing? does anyone have the pin for it?
are there any new parks?
its probably going to be during commuter hours and ill be alone so not really trying to get hassled or ticketed at archives or pulaski.
Sounds like your talking about bridge spot but that’s gone now.
There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
Bust factor for each spot depends on the day and the time pretty much.
. I miss bridge spot. Went in 2011 at like 10 pm and we ended up smoking weed with some random kids lurking . I Ollied straight over the make shift manny pad and that was super fun. Fun spot . I miss living in DC hence the slap name haha.
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I am going back to DC near the end of the calendar year with the wife. staying at the mandarin. looking to get in a weekday skate park morning or two. I was there in 2012 and skated this really fun DIY underneath a bridge
is that still standing? does anyone have the pin for it?
are there any new parks?
its probably going to be during commuter hours and ill be alone so not really trying to get hassled or ticketed at archives or pulaski.
Sounds like your talking about bridge spot but that’s gone now.
There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
Bust factor for each spot depends on the day and the time pretty much.
I always assumed DCLOVE was just an era you were stoked on like the josh and Stevie days.
I would no joke drive from MD to skate bridge spot on rainy days. To this day I’ve probably skated dc more than Baltimore and I’m only 20 mins from downtown Baltimore
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I am going back to DC near the end of the calendar year with the wife. staying at the mandarin. looking to get in a weekday skate park morning or two. I was there in 2012 and skated this really fun DIY underneath a bridge
is that still standing? does anyone have the pin for it?
are there any new parks?
its probably going to be during commuter hours and ill be alone so not really trying to get hassled or ticketed at archives or pulaski.
Sounds like your talking about bridge spot but that’s gone now.
There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
Bust factor for each spot depends on the day and the time pretty much.
I always assumed DCLOVE was just an era you were stoked on like the josh and Stevie days.
I would no joke drive from MD to skate bridge spot on rainy days. To this day I’ve probably skated dc more than Baltimore and I’m only 20 mins from downtown Baltimore
I cut my teeth skating Baltimore, downtown and all around the beltway. I hate it, I hate the spots, I hate the public transit. I wish I could have skated DC more often. We often went north to Philly as this was during the Philly craze.
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I am going back to DC near the end of the calendar year with the wife. staying at the mandarin. looking to get in a weekday skate park morning or two. I was there in 2012 and skated this really fun DIY underneath a bridge
is that still standing? does anyone have the pin for it?
are there any new parks?
its probably going to be during commuter hours and ill be alone so not really trying to get hassled or ticketed at archives or pulaski.
Sounds like your talking about bridge spot but that’s gone now.
There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
Bust factor for each spot depends on the day and the time pretty much.
I always assumed DCLOVE was just an era you were stoked on like the josh and Stevie days.
I would no joke drive from MD to skate bridge spot on rainy days. To this day I’ve probably skated dc more than Baltimore and I’m only 20 mins from downtown Baltimore
I cut my teeth skating Baltimore, downtown and all around the beltway. I hate it, I hate the spots, I hate the public transit. I wish I could have skated DC more often. We often went north to Philly as this was during the Philly craze.
I went to philly basically as soon as I could drive. Took the light rail to downtown Baltimore before that.
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if you're into transition stuff -
green bowl is a dope DIY bowl with chunky coping - 2913 20th St NE
there's a wooden bowl behind union market. hop the fence, or you can shimmy on the gallaudet side.
meridian hill park (also called malcom x) has a bunch of cascading fountains that are empty during the winter. very fun, low key spot to warm up at. was in that recent FA video where they were in DC. if you see park police book it before they hassle you.
if you're feeling hesh, school pool is an abandoned high school with a really crazy pool just over the border from DC. also in that FA video. it's a pretty scary place to go alone, so bring some friends or be prepared to go it alone. I forgot the address, I'll see if it I can dig it up. It's pretty well known, asking some local heads should get you the location.
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meridian hill park (also called malcom x) has a bunch of cascading fountains that are empty during the winter. very fun, low key spot to warm up at. was in that recent FA video where they were in DC. if you see park police book it before they hassle you.
when you say hassle -- stern talking to you or sit down and get a ticket? can i get away with an apology wave and walk or do i really have to fucking run? because this spot looks dreamy
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you'll be fine waving an apology and walking off. if you get a real choad of a cop you might have to book it real quick, but that's unlikely. they're pretty easy to spot coming. the park is also situated on a hill, so it's a quick bomb down 15th or 16th to U street if you're actually being chased. but there's like a close to zero percent chance that'll happen. used to skate there pretty much every afternoon after work and the worst I got was a park cop saying he called the police. I just left before they showed up.
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Welfare banks are on the other side of the mall (south side) by
googled these this morning. dear heavens. these are amazing looking. whats the bust factor on those? can i get in a full solo sesh on that?
based on what you are telling me how does the run sound
bottom of 14th head north push and hit some places up until i get to franklin square. hook a right and and another right and come back down 12th and 13th street stopping at archives and return to my hotel?
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There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
whats the best park close to the metro?
Your itinerary is a good but a few things. The way north is a not that exciting. The first block or so is a pretty steep hill then the next blocks are all very tall office buildings. As a result, if it's around morning rush, the sidewalks will be pretty full and the roads will be packed (and the road is pretty rough). There's not a lot to skate on those blocks either (but you can see the Press Liquors that is still in business due to the folks at Pulaski). That said, if you want to bomb a hill, take the walk and do 13th. It spits right out into Pulaski and it's one way. That said, it's heavily trafficked. You might just want (as many said) to get to Pulaski then push down Pennsylvania to the courthouse. Again, there's plenty of spots along the way and you'll end up at a park with a bunch of downhill ledges and the aforementioned long stairs/ledges across from the National Gallery. Walk a little further and there's the Japanese memorial and that really long ledge. Alternatively, walk across the mall and you're at welfare banks. It's really really compact.
Your hotel is about a five minute walk from L'enfant Plaza. It's a metro hub with access to the green/yellow/silver/orange/blue lines. That's good for getting around. To get to Pulaski, either take the green/yellow to archives and skate down Pennsylvania or take the blue/orange/silver to metro center and it's a block down. That said, you're close enough where (if you have the time) you can rent a bike or walk. You'll walk across the mall and get to see the sights on the way.
For actual skate parks: As aforementioned you can take the green/yellow line to Shaw for the Shaw skatepark. Or take the orange/blue/silver to Stadium Armory for the Maloof Park. Both are about a five minute walk from the respective station. Outside of that, you're looking at a hour plus commute one way on multiple forms of transportation to get somewhere and the cost/benefit isn't worth it.
If you head to Pulaski around 10:00 there might be one or two folks. The later it gets, the more folks show up. Park Police are not like they used to be at that spot. The days of swarming and chasing are over. You'll get booted if anything but that's it (barring an open container and even that is sometimes just a stern warning). However, even that happens with less and less frequency.
One more kind of dad like thing to say is that you're right by the Smithsonian and should take advantage of that fact. It has a variety of things to see, is free, and is really awesome. it opens up at 10 every morning.
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I am going back to DC near the end of the calendar year with the wife. staying at the mandarin. looking to get in a weekday skate park morning or two. I was there in 2012 and skated this really fun DIY underneath a bridge
is that still standing? does anyone have the pin for it?
are there any new parks?
its probably going to be during commuter hours and ill be alone so not really trying to get hassled or ticketed at archives or pulaski.
Sounds like your talking about bridge spot but that’s gone now.
There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
Bust factor for each spot depends on the day and the time pretty much.
I too frequented bridge spot. It sucked seeing it get walled up/pushed out. That said, that place got a lot more time than expected. it seemed it was "being torn down next week" for many years.
Actually went down there a month ago when Pulaski had a festival going on. They tore up the ground, there's huge chucks of rock everywhere, and lots of mud. I got a terrible blunt to rock on the little bump to ledge but the roll in/roll out is trashed. That said there's a brand new brick wave next to it that is really fun and has a kind of hip to drop off the side. Had a ball coming out from under the bridge, popping on the wave, then riding out on the street.
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heading up to 930 for a show next month with my girl
whats the skinny on the weed delivery services?
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heading up to 930 for a show next month with my girl
whats the skinny on the weed delivery services?
Go on Where's Weed. It's a website that lists most weed companies in the city; gives you their menu/prices/phone number. From there it's usually like any dealer, they'll give you a time and location to meet.
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thanks holmes
that shit is not cheap
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Just find a fucking parking garage. Most garage owners there are actually cool with you skating if you do it late at night. There used to be one in Baltimore who actually let us skaters in after he closed, just so we could skate. He's gone tho, new management.
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Welfare banks are on the other side of the mall (south side) by
googled these this morning. dear heavens. these are amazing looking. whats the bust factor on those? can i get in a full solo sesh on that?
based on what you are telling me how does the run sound
bottom of 14th head north push and hit some places up until i get to franklin square. hook a right and and another right and come back down 12th and 13th street stopping at archives and return to my hotel?
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There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
whats the best park close to the metro?
Your itinerary is a good but a few things. The way north is a not that exciting. The first block or so is a pretty steep hill then the next blocks are all very tall office buildings. As a result, if it's around morning rush, the sidewalks will be pretty full and the roads will be packed (and the road is pretty rough). There's not a lot to skate on those blocks either (but you can see the Press Liquors that is still in business due to the folks at Pulaski). That said, if you want to bomb a hill, take the walk and do 13th. It spits right out into Pulaski and it's one way. That said, it's heavily trafficked. You might just want (as many said) to get to Pulaski then push down Pennsylvania to the courthouse. Again, there's plenty of spots along the way and you'll end up at a park with a bunch of downhill ledges and the aforementioned long stairs/ledges across from the National Gallery. Walk a little further and there's the Japanese memorial and that really long ledge. Alternatively, walk across the mall and you're at welfare banks. It's really really compact.
Your hotel is about a five minute walk from L'enfant Plaza. It's a metro hub with access to the green/yellow/silver/orange/blue lines. That's good for getting around. To get to Pulaski, either take the green/yellow to archives and skate down Pennsylvania or take the blue/orange/silver to metro center and it's a block down. That said, you're close enough where (if you have the time) you can rent a bike or walk. You'll walk across the mall and get to see the sights on the way.
For actual skate parks: As aforementioned you can take the green/yellow line to Shaw for the Shaw skatepark. Or take the orange/blue/silver to Stadium Armory for the Maloof Park. Both are about a five minute walk from the respective station. Outside of that, you're looking at a hour plus commute one way on multiple forms of transportation to get somewhere and the cost/benefit isn't worth it.
If you head to Pulaski around 10:00 there might be one or two folks. The later it gets, the more folks show up. Park Police are not like they used to be at that spot. The days of swarming and chasing are over. You'll get booted if anything but that's it (barring an open container and even that is sometimes just a stern warning). However, even that happens with less and less frequency.
One more kind of dad like thing to say is that you're right by the Smithsonian and should take advantage of that fact. It has a variety of things to see, is free, and is really awesome. it opens up at 10 every morning.
thanks for all this
we got a pretty good museum list going. Smithsonian is on it. Air & Space is on it too. Plus since im a MM im gunna see see the Masonic National Memorial; but i'm most pumped about the Spy museum; i fucking love that shit.
do you know a spot that does a cool xmas eve dinner?
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meridian hill park (also called malcom x) has a bunch of cascading fountains that are empty during the winter. very fun, low key spot to warm up at. was in that recent FA video where they were in DC. if you see park police book it before they hassle you.
when you say hassle -- stern talking to you or sit down and get a ticket? can i get away with an apology wave and walk or do i really have to fucking run? because this spot looks dreamy
It’s pretty rare to get kicked out at Malcolm
X (as anyone who is from the city calls it) especially if you go in the morning. In my entire life I’ve been kicked out twice, both times I was asked to leave. Now is a good time to check it out, a bunch of my buddies and I just did a big clean up. Just remember to take your trash.
The Union Market (aka Craters) bowl is a lot of fun. If you want to skate with other people and not have to hop the fence there are big sessions every Friday afternoon/evening.
Both spots are walking/skating distance from metro stops.
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Moving to the Kalorama area next month and trying to scope out a good undercover flatground spot for the winter. I'm coming from NYC where all the parking garages are manned 24/7 and pretty hard to skate in. Does anyone have the lowdown on any "indoor" lit up spots near Dupont circle? Or anywhere for that matter? Surprising how hard it is to find a dry, lit up spot in major cities.
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Welfare banks are on the other side of the mall (south side) by
googled these this morning. dear heavens. these are amazing looking. whats the bust factor on those? can i get in a full solo sesh on that?
based on what you are telling me how does the run sound
bottom of 14th head north push and hit some places up until i get to franklin square. hook a right and and another right and come back down 12th and 13th street stopping at archives and return to my hotel?
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There’s a few parks in the city you can skate or take the metro to, but I’ve never been hassled at archives.
whats the best park close to the metro?
Your itinerary is a good but a few things. The way north is a not that exciting. The first block or so is a pretty steep hill then the next blocks are all very tall office buildings. As a result, if it's around morning rush, the sidewalks will be pretty full and the roads will be packed (and the road is pretty rough). There's not a lot to skate on those blocks either (but you can see the Press Liquors that is still in business due to the folks at Pulaski). That said, if you want to bomb a hill, take the walk and do 13th. It spits right out into Pulaski and it's one way. That said, it's heavily trafficked. You might just want (as many said) to get to Pulaski then push down Pennsylvania to the courthouse. Again, there's plenty of spots along the way and you'll end up at a park with a bunch of downhill ledges and the aforementioned long stairs/ledges across from the National Gallery. Walk a little further and there's the Japanese memorial and that really long ledge. Alternatively, walk across the mall and you're at welfare banks. It's really really compact.
Your hotel is about a five minute walk from L'enfant Plaza. It's a metro hub with access to the green/yellow/silver/orange/blue lines. That's good for getting around. To get to Pulaski, either take the green/yellow to archives and skate down Pennsylvania or take the blue/orange/silver to metro center and it's a block down. That said, you're close enough where (if you have the time) you can rent a bike or walk. You'll walk across the mall and get to see the sights on the way.
For actual skate parks: As aforementioned you can take the green/yellow line to Shaw for the Shaw skatepark. Or take the orange/blue/silver to Stadium Armory for the Maloof Park. Both are about a five minute walk from the respective station. Outside of that, you're looking at a hour plus commute one way on multiple forms of transportation to get somewhere and the cost/benefit isn't worth it.
If you head to Pulaski around 10:00 there might be one or two folks. The later it gets, the more folks show up. Park Police are not like they used to be at that spot. The days of swarming and chasing are over. You'll get booted if anything but that's it (barring an open container and even that is sometimes just a stern warning). However, even that happens with less and less frequency.
One more kind of dad like thing to say is that you're right by the Smithsonian and should take advantage of that fact. It has a variety of things to see, is free, and is really awesome. it opens up at 10 every morning.
thanks for all this
we got a pretty good museum list going. Smithsonian is on it. Air & Space is on it too. Plus since im a MM im gunna see see the Masonic National Memorial; but i'm most pumped about the Spy museum; i fucking love that shit.
do you know a spot that does a cool xmas eve dinner?
Air and space was such a cool spot.
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Air and space was such a cool spot.
yea people rave about it. its prettty high on the to do list
im getting so pumped for this trip. we are staying in the Watergate the first night before moving over to the MO. ive wanted to stay there since i was a little kid. and they have kept the facade.
have you (or anyone else lurking the thread) been to ArtecHouse? Someone was telling me it was a cool place to have a drink before dinner but the reviews seem really mixed.
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Air and space was such a cool spot.
yea people rave about it. its prettty high on the to do list
im getting so pumped for this trip. we are staying in the Watergate the first night before moving over to the MO. ive wanted to stay there since i was a little kid. and they have kept the facade.
have you (or anyone else lurking the thread) been to ArtecHouse? Someone was telling me it was a cool place to have a drink before dinner but the reviews seem really mixed.
Depends on the exhibit. The northern lights thing they have now looks kind of meh, but could be cool. Kind of hard to tell from the photos on their website.
Moving to the Kalorama area next month and trying to scope out a good undercover flatground spot for the winter. I'm coming from NYC where all the parking garages are manned 24/7 and pretty hard to skate in. Does anyone have the lowdown on any "indoor" lit up spots near Dupont circle? Or anywhere for that matter? Surprising how hard it is to find a dry, lit up spot in major cities.
Not sure about Dupont specifically, but there are definitely metro-accessible underground garages that aren't manned. The only ones I've tried that have been busts are at apartment buildings. Just explore, you'll find em!
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I'm going to DC with a buddy of mine to skate Pulaski before it gets torn down. Where is a good place to park around there? Anything good to eat close by (that's reasonably priced)? What's the bust factor these days?
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Moving to the Kalorama area next month and trying to scope out a good undercover flatground spot for the winter. I'm coming from NYC where all the parking garages are manned 24/7 and pretty hard to skate in. Does anyone have the lowdown on any "indoor" lit up spots near Dupont circle? Or anywhere for that matter? Surprising how hard it is to find a dry, lit up spot in major cities.
Not sure about Dupont specifically, but there are definitely metro-accessible underground garages that aren't manned. The only ones I've tried that have been busts are at apartment buildings. Just explore, you'll find em!
Also try looking across the Potomac River in the Tyson's Corner area of Northern Virginia. That whole area is full of underground parking garages that are deserted outside of business hours Mon-Fri.
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Where is a good place to park around there? Anything good to eat close by (that's reasonably priced)? What's the bust factor these days?
idk anything about parking. basically nothing is reasonably priced in that part of town lol. upside is i’ve been at pulaski every weekend for a few months now and park hasn’t shown up once. idk what weekdays are like tho
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I'm going to DC with a buddy of mine to skate Pulaski before it gets torn down. Where is a good place to park around there? Anything good to eat close by (that's reasonably priced)? What's the bust factor these days?
theres street parking all around it so you can probably find something. it's in middle of downtown so lots of places to eat but nothing will be super cheap. rice bar or &pizza for fast casual.. astro doughnuts for a good fried chicken sandwich or district taco for some okay mexican
almost 0 bust factor but if it's a friday/weekend there's a chance there will be some event or protest meetup happening there
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Bumpin again, possibly goin to DC this weekend to catch a show at the Anthem. Looks like there hasn’t really been snow so was wondering if it’s worth it to bring my board? I’m fine skating in the cold, just don’t wanna bring it if it’s shitty out.
I’d probably be staying between the Smithsonian and the waterfront, so close enough to check out Pulaski. Anything else I should try to skate if I can?
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Bumpin again, possibly goin to DC this weekend to catch a show at the Anthem. Looks like there hasn’t really been snow so was wondering if it’s worth it to bring my board? I’m fine skating in the cold, just don’t wanna bring it if it’s shitty out.
I’d probably be staying between the Smithsonian and the waterfront, so close enough to check out Pulaski. Anything else I should try to skate if I can?
Basically what everyone above has mentioned already, once you're at Pulaski if you just skate up Pennsylvania Ave towards the Capitol you'll find a ton of famous spots: courthouse, Japanese memorial, Potbelly's, welfare, etc. Malcom X park is good in the winter since they drain the fountains and its a chill lil bowl spot. The newly redesigned Shaw skatepark is a ton of fun too.
Say whatup to my ppl for me, miss my hometown <3
Edit: Also worth checking out Crushed Skateshop, they good ppl and will also have a bunch of good reccomendations
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I’m going to be in DC this week for a conference.
Crushed is a mile from the hotel.
Pulaski is 2 miles
Shaw is 1.5.
I would love just to skate pulaski after 5pm each evening. What’s the bust factor like? Can I just skate there for like 2hrs every evening?
Also anything else within a mile that area?
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I’m going to be in DC this week for a conference.
Crushed is a mile from the hotel.
Pulaski is 2 miles
Shaw is 1.5.
I would love just to skate pulaski after 5pm each evening. What’s the bust factor like? Can I just skate there for like 2hrs every evening?
Also anything else within a mile that area?
There’s a ton a spots between Pulaski and the court house and welfare is a few blocks from the court house. Plenty of stuff in a mile radius
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I’ve skated in DC a number of times before but never specifically at the fountains at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park. Was thinking about stopping by for a quick session Saturday morning when I’m down there. Anyone skate there recently? Is this spot a bust currently? Thanks!
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I’ve skated in DC a number of times before but never specifically at the fountains at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park. Was thinking about stopping by for a quick session Saturday morning when I’m down there. Anyone skate there recently? Is this spot a bust currently? Thanks!
I haven’t been there recently myself but have seen photos and clips of people skating it. It’s always been mellow when I’ve gone and suspect you will be ok.
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I’ve skated in DC a number of times before but never specifically at the fountains at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park. Was thinking about stopping by for a quick session Saturday morning when I’m down there. Anyone skate there recently? Is this spot a bust currently? Thanks!
i skate these regularly, never had a problem. i have heard of kids getting cited recently but nobody i know
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if you havent you should also check the buchanan memorial at the base of the park. really cool but janky ledges/curb
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Thanks everyone! Yeah I’m gonna stop by Saturday morning and check it out. Definitely will check out that other spot too. I’ll let you know how it goes haha…
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Update: thanks @Esmith5488 and @oak leaf - we skated the fountains at Meridian Hill Saturday morning and had no issues. Got a solid hour in there, then like half an hour at the Buchanan memorial/statue. That low ledge/curb grinds really nice. I’m not much of a skatepark guy, but we also drove by the current Shaw park to check it out.
I was happy to see that there’s still some stuff at the DIY under the highway by Whole Foods too...
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Update: thanks @Esmith5488 and @oak leaf - we skated the fountains at Meridian Hill Saturday morning and had no issues. Got a solid hour in there, then like half an hour at the Buchanan memorial/statue. That low ledge/curb grinds really nice. I’m not much of a skatepark guy, but we also drove by the current Shaw park to check it out.
I was happy to see that there’s still some stuff at the DIY under the highway by Whole Foods too...
Hell yeah! I like skating that statue as a manny pad too. Glad you didn’t get hassled. Would have felt like a dick if we said you would be good and you got the boot or a fine lol. New Shaw is cool but I don’t make it out that way much. The ledges at maloof are kinda my go to for parks around there
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Moved from dc years ago , anyone know if that diy under the bridge near anacostia still there . It’s a little sketch at night but it was fun, we thought we gonna get robbed one time and they ended up smoking us out. How’s Pulaski these days when I was a kid you couldn’t get 5 minutes and they’d take your board , but by the time I left it was pretty skateable. From what I’ve heard the cops have kinda given up on skating the last few years.
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Moved from dc years ago , anyone know if that diy under the bridge near anacostia still there . It’s a little sketch at night but it was fun, we thought we gonna get robbed one time and they ended up smoking us out. How’s Pulaski these days when I was a kid you couldn’t get 5 minutes and they’d take your board , but by the time I left it was pretty skateable. From what I’ve heard the cops have kinda given up on skating the last few years.
Yeah Bridge Spot is still there and skateable.
Pulaski/Freedom is nice & chill now, never really get hassled too much now, my go to day is Sunday because free parking and less people.
However, there are ongoing talks of renovating the current plaza unfortunately...