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Judging by the photos some of you have great skate parks nearby. For a state as populated as NJ we have some of the shittiest skateparks you could imagine. This thread will pay tribute to the shittiest of the shit.
Behold the now defunct Somerville NJ skatepark:
This park is the ugliest skatepark I ever saw. Not only is the ground an old tennis court surface but the ramps were topped with Masonite in a state with four seasons. The paint scheme reminds me of The Peoples Republic of China. And the wall ride is just laughable and takes up the entire far end of the park. The first time I heard that Somerville had a park I was stoked but when I arrived I just had to laugh. I did not become a local.
Please share your abominations…
maple shade skatepark and the new freedom skatepark are abominations
freedom is especially heinous because they built 1/4 of it and then the rest is black top...
And now the blacktop is a pickleball court. So lame, since it’s 5 minutes from my house. If you’re into curbs I have a few going at Kirbys Mill school. I go there most of the time instead of Freedom. Or I go to Pennsauken which is rad.
I remember being so stoked when Sayreville and Maple Shade got built then being totally bummed when I skated them.
Same deal with the Freedom expansion which was built by Grindline(!) but also managed to mostly suck. Had more fun there on the super long flatbar. Last time I checked that place out the blacktop was basically unrideable.
Shield’s was pretty much the next phase for indoor parks in the area.
So one day we’re at FDR and the owner of Sheilds skatepark comes up handing out flyers. He says he’s opening a park, asks us our names and shit. We introduce ourselves and are being cordial and so we ask him his name. (We were all late 20s/early 30s, he looks about 10 years older or less)
“Mr. Shields” he replies.
Everyone busts out laughing and someone says something like “Get out of here you dork!”
Good times. Never made it to his skatepark.