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How is a bust free, super fun skate spot getting torn out a good thing? If you preferred the original before it got renovated I can understand maybe wishing it was still the OG version, but being happy a spot is getting torn out? I'm curious what would provoke a "good riddance" response...
typical SLAP anti-West Coast bias
I'm pretty sure Honey Island lives in LA/California so I don't think that's it. My question was sincere, and if I had to take a guess I'd wager the courthouse has become somewhat of a vortex that sucks people in due to the bust free nature, so some locals may resent it when lazy friends go there instead of skating "real" street spots. I know of spots/parks in other cities that locals have a love/hate relationship for the same reasons. But I think being happy it's gone is a bit much.
I visit California a lot, and never got to skate the original courthouse... but I'm being 100% honest when I say it's easily one of my favorite spots I've ever skated. Possibly #1 for me. I remember spending 5 weeks in Barcelona wondering when we'd skate a spot that good, and it never happened. I'm a big fan of straight up ledges and flatground with lots of space. In Barcelona we mostly skated uneven tile or asphalt ground spots, and nothing I remember skating was as wide open without tons of people milling about. Courthouse is huge, smooth and not crowded with pedestrians. Plus there's lots of shade and stores right next to the spot for food and drinks. I'm bummed there's a chance I won't get to skate it again before it's gone.
But I digress... Honey Island - am I correct about the vortex resentment?