fuck. these dudes changed everything. In the late 90s/early 2000s when a lot of small parks in CA started popping up, we would be clamoring for cities to be bold enough to hire Grindline. Few did, but those are the parks we would get in a car and drive a couple of hours to. Even if they were massive and scary and we couldnt skate it all too well, they were works of art and friggin genius.
At 42, Mark's quote about kids getting dropped off at the park resonates more now than ever. You only get one chance to build a park. A city is not going to tear down a park and rebuild it. Do it big. The kid that is 6 today is going to be 16 in a fast decade and be able to absolutely shred, and itll be thanks to people taking a chance on these kinds of parks. RIP Monk. To the top.