New Portland Skatepark

[SR Junky]

tell me if this has been up already.  looks pretty nice, but it is oregon so i wouldnt expect much less.

[dkny]

rad, more quarter pipes.   

[FFUR YLLIB]

dammit they said this was going to be a skate plaza. that looks like shit!!!!

this is five minutes from the house so i guess i'll be skating whatever they dream up but this looks pretty fucking stupid.

[txm]

What? Transition, banks, and other fun and original obstacles at a skatepark? We need more stairs, handrails, and manual pads, cause all three of those are impossible to find anywhere else, right?

[NickDagger]

are you guys high?

it looks pretty fucking fun to me


then again i'm not spoiled enough to complain about someone building a gigantic concrete park in my backyard


the only part that looks kinda wack is how the quaterpipes at the end lead you nowhere

[jf]

this has been talked about by the city since 98. im not sure if it will ever be a skate plaza,probably end up being just a bigger glen haven park.

[beeda weeda]

looks like a fun place to skate

[MattG]

that pakr looks like soo much fun, i cant believe one could complain about having it built 5 houses down from him. that park looks truly epic.

[NickDagger]

anyone that would rather have a "skate plaza" than a park like this:




is a fucking idiot.

[FFUR YLLIB]

it looks like a snake run with a set of stairs in the middle.

[NCLOVE]

anyone that would rather have a "skate plaza" than a park like this:




is a fucking idiot.

I know, did you ever go to Gastonia and see linebruger? That park sucked so bad. I would much rather have the one in Portland then that piece of shit.

[NickDagger]

it looks like a snake run with a set of stairs in the middle.

i see your point, but it' really doesn't look that bad

i just think they should add some more bumps and options, theres plenty of flat they could take advantage of it looks like

[txm]

Fuck your flowy and original parks, Dyrdek skate plazas fuckin rule, bro!

[jrock]

ugh....Shreveport...

[crailtapnyc]

that looks sick!! the tight banks look super fun

[dkny]

we already have plenty of skateparks for the old johns.  let's get some parks that will progress skateboarding not just take it back to the 70's.

[bumptobar]

Theres this one place i know of that you can do that in, its called the whole rest of the world.

[sleestak]

best skatepark in the world starts right outside my front door and ends where ever i wind up at

[fgd]

ffur yllib, you're an idiot.  That thing looks fun as fuck to me.  If you're bummed about the design maybe you should have gone to the planning meetings.  They were at the elementary school right by the park which would have made it right by your house.  If you want flatground and ledges, go to the Beaverton park.  If you want big drops and stairs there are plenty around Portland.  I think this thing looks super fun to skate.  Here's another image:




Also, where those black discs are, something like this will be built.

http://skateandannoy.com/2007/11/18/ed-benedict-percent-for-art-project/#more-4517

[dave v-house]

I'm psyched for that ledge on the curve. It'll be nice to skate since they put that fucking fence on the ledge by Lloyd Center. Plus having another park just means all the others will be even less crowded which I always support.

[somekid]

anyone that would rather have a "skate plaza" than a park like this:




is a fucking idiot.

i would call that the very definition of a "skate plaza," and YOU'RE the fucking idiot.

[NickDagger]

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anyone that would rather have a "skate plaza" than a park like this:




is a fucking idiot.

[close]

i would call that the very definition of a "skate plaza," and YOU'RE the fucking idiot.

Not the shitty Drydek-designed style that the kid I was talking to was wanting. If you look at the full design of this park, you will see, banks, quarterpipes, humps, and ramps, to go along with the ledges and manual pads and rails.

Is that the same as what he is talking about with a skate plaza?

No.

Are you a dumbass bitch?

Yes.

[Blue Fescue]

Those renderings are god awful, California skateparks need to step it up.  Flat Trees

[pablo]

Skateplazas in general is the stupidest thing ever, everyone knows it.

[NickDagger]

Skateplazas in general is the stupidest thing ever, everyone knows it.

you think this is stupid:



?

[txm]

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Skateplazas in general is the stupidest thing ever, everyone knows it.

[close]

you think this is stupid:



?

Damn, add a couple more banks and some brick quarters and that would be the funnest skate plaza ever

[bothersome]

If you lived in the PNW then you might get how bummed some us who primarily skate street are and why.
Yes the park looks fun but around these parts there are more than enough crazy tranny parks, would be sick if we had something less well rounded and more of what doesn't get built at parks. The local government has been brainwashed by A sect of older skateboarders who need more "vert" and fucking lame statues of dinosaurs included in the design. How hard is it to look at a park and see what gets skated the most? Go to any number of local parks here and you can see the usage is one sided beyond belief. 30 kids all fighting to skate some ledge or 3 block while the half of the park taller than 8 feet lies dormant until the older dudes get off work to pad up and get there hour of skating in. It's a lame situation and nothing is being done as one of the major companies building parks here not only doesn't give a shit about anything "street" related, they just plain suck at it.  It's beating a dead horse, I went back to searching out crusty street spots or building my own stuff but it's be rad to finally get a creative park filled with elements of skateboarding that you never see or are poorly represented at skate parks.

[fuckingvegan]

Looks fun, though I am secretly hoping all the young guns will go there instead of getting in the way at Glenhaven. And to the kook talking shit on the other parks, the progression going down at the local parks is amazing, transition is just as fun as street and just as challenging.

[NickDagger]

If you lived in the PNW then you might get how bummed some us who primarily skate street are and why.
Yes the park looks fun but around these parts there are more than enough crazy tranny parks, would be sick if we had something less well rounded and more of what doesn't get built at parks. The local government has been brainwashed by A sect of older skateboarders who need more "vert" and fucking lame statues of dinosaurs included in the design. How hard is it to look at a park and see what gets skated the most? Go to any number of local parks here and you can see the usage is one sided beyond belief. 30 kids all fighting to skate some ledge or 3 block while the half of the park taller than 8 feet lies dormant until the older dudes get off work to pad up and get there hour of skating in. It's a lame situation and nothing is being done as one of the major companies building parks here not only doesn't give a shit about anything "street" related, they just plain suck at it.  It's beating a dead horse, I went back to searching out crusty street spots or building my own stuff but it's be rad to finally get a creative park filled with elements of skateboarding that you never see or are poorly represented at skate parks.

Huh?

I don't see any vert in that, they just need to add some more ledges, bumps, some random quarters, and maybe some creative blocks or something, and work on the flow, and you've got it.

Even Dyrdek admitted when asked what he was gonna do differently with the next skate plaze, was that it kinda gets boring real quick if it's JUST ledges and rails. Like no matter how into that shit you are, you're gonna wanna hit a curved or slanted surface every now and again, or you'll get sick of it real fast.

[bothersome]

to clarify i dont want a plaza, just something thats not a mixed run of bumps quarters and bowls.