New Oakland Skate Plaza

[ticklefingers]

Checked out this new park today.  I heard it was built or designed by California Skateparks who also did the P-Rod park, Berrics, Carls jr park, Richmond... all the best fake street parks in CA. The park is fully done, just not opened yet. I think the city is waiting on finishing up the basketball courts. It's fun, but its going to be a shit show anytime school is out.


Granite hubbas.




Granite elevator ledges


Metal double siders!


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[shredorbread]

wow this is awesome, love how all these plazas are poppin up in the recession!

[Tuna]

that looks really fun.

[Bubblegum Tate]

Heaven, wish i lived across the street yet again I don't really want to

[crest]

stoked.

[sweets]

I need to move somewhere that has a street plaza. Are you still a barney if you're at a street park?

[Sleazy]

sick, anyone know if this things ever getting built in austin: http://www.newlineskateparks.com/Projects/Featured.aspx?r=British%20Columbia&p=113

or has anyone been to this one: http://www.newlineskateparks.com/projects/Projects.aspx?c=United%20States&r=&p=126

i'd really love to skate a newline park. grind line licks balls

[Acrid Avid Jam Shred]

sick, anyone know if this things ever getting built in austin: http://www.newlineskateparks.com/Projects/Featured.aspx?r=British%20Columbia&p=113

or has anyone been to this one: http://www.newlineskateparks.com/projects/Projects.aspx?c=United%20States&r=&p=126

i'd really love to skate a newline park. grind line licks balls

I can't figure out if the cedar park one is open yet, do you know?

As for house park, uhhhhh, the city is being an asshole supposedly they don't have enough money right now to start construction or something. I sent an email to Newline, the people that are building it but they never wrote back. It sucks.

[luke_gardner]

the 1-2-3-stair euro gaps look like they'd be fun as hell to skate

thanks for the panorama pics, i usually have a hard time judging a place if it's just individual photos but that looks like a pretty solid setup

definitely dig the plazas...seems like it will breed some really creative people but also a lot of samey shit

[Gomez]

Heaven, wish i lived across the street yet again I don't really want to

yeah i wanna go there sometime soon, but i heard that the area it's in is among the worst in oakland.

[Sleazy]

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sick, anyone know if this things ever getting built in austin: http://www.newlineskateparks.com/Projects/Featured.aspx?r=British%20Columbia&p=113

or has anyone been to this one: http://www.newlineskateparks.com/projects/Projects.aspx?c=United%20States&r=&p=126

i'd really love to skate a newline park. grind line licks balls

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I can't figure out if the cedar park one is open yet, do you know?

As for house park, uhhhhh, the city is being an asshole supposedly they don't have enough money right now to start construction or something. I sent an email to Newline, the people that are building it but they never wrote back. It sucks.

the googling i did seemed to indicate that cedar park is partially done and open. sounded like the street course was done and the photos showed the street course.

bummer about house park. that thing looks nice. any idea what area of town that is?

i was thinking about checking out round rock but it doesn't look that great and seems like it'd be packed with kids.

[RightCoastBiased]

Where in oakland is that? I plan on checking it out next time I am in the bay.

[Fongstarr.]

Where in oakland is that? I plan on checking it out next time I am in the bay.

I swear someone mentioned this park before. If it is in the same area as stated, I don't think it is in a bad area. I think it is a ways away from the freeway and Bart though. Looks nice though.

[ticklefingers]

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Where in oakland is that? I plan on checking it out next time I am in the bay.

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I swear someone mentioned this park before. If it is in the same area as stated, I don't think it is in a bad area. I think it is a ways away from the freeway and Bart though. Looks nice though.

86th & Macarthur. My cracker-ass wont be going there by myself again. It's kinda sketchy.

[H8R part 4]

that place looks sick! 
i'm sure the oakland locals are going to kill that place. 

[Bubblegum Tate]

that place looks sick! 
i'm sure the oakland locals are going to kill that place. 

or someone will attempt to murder you while skating. Wonder if it's safe to film there will all your camera equipment lying around?

[H8R part 4]

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that place looks sick! 
i'm sure the oakland locals are going to kill that place. 

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or someone will attempt to murder you while skating. Wonder if it's safe to film there will all your camera equipment lying around?

is it really that bad over in oakland? 
i heard there are a lot of gangs but they keep the drama amongst themselves.
 

[RightCoastBiased]

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Where in oakland is that? I plan on checking it out next time I am in the bay.

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I swear someone mentioned this park before. If it is in the same area as stated, I don't think it is in a bad area. I think it is a ways away from the freeway and Bart though. Looks nice though.

[close]

86th & Macarthur. My cracker-ass wont be going there by myself again. It's kinda sketchy.

Yeah, I'd be all set with skating in east oakland alone as well. I lived in west oakland, the lower bottoms, and that shit was fucking sketchy as fuck.

[Fongstarr.]

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that place looks sick! 
i'm sure the oakland locals are going to kill that place. 

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or someone will attempt to murder you while skating. Wonder if it's safe to film there will all your camera equipment lying around?

[close]

is it really that bad over in oakland? 
i heard there are a lot of gangs but they keep the drama amongst themselves.
 

There are pockets of good and bad. Downtown is getting remodeled and is looking quit nice now with new condos and restaurants. West Oakland still has its shit areas. Everything around Lake Merritt is fine but if you only go a couple of blocks the other way, it gets bad. And as a rule of thumb, don't wonder the streets at night in the wrong parts of Oakland. I had 2 people that I graduated from high school that got killed over there. It's not even like we're from the same area too since we graduated in Pinole. I think the story was is they were just getting gas and some dudes rolled up on them to jack their car.

I still can't really find this place for some reason. Is it on top of Lake Merritt?

[ticklefingers]

Castlemont High School. 86th & Macarthur

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.758175,-122.162436&num=1&t=h&sll=37.808268,-122.199547&sspn=1.163614,0.649309&ie=UTF8&ll=37.759825,-122.162025&spn=0.009941,0.020342&z=16

[Randozzi]

Looks great, may have to hit it up this week.

[Bubblegum Tate]

Looks great, may have to hit it up this week.

Is it open yet? I guess you could always hop the fence

[ticklefingers]

its not open yet and the fence is pretty sketchy to climb. be careful randozzi

[Rihardslol]

oh my God, lucky bastards.

[CrapShoes]

wish there was one of those in jersey.

[Pavementi]

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that place looks sick! 
i'm sure the oakland locals are going to kill that place. 

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or someone will attempt to murder you while skating. Wonder if it's safe to film there will all your camera equipment lying around?

[close]

is it really that bad over in oakland? 
i heard there are a lot of gangs but they keep the drama amongst themselves.
 

I have a friend who had a roommate shot in his face, point blank, middle of the day in front of his place at the Emeryville/Oakland border, so you can draw your own conclusions from that...

[get some]

Damn that place looks sick! I was going to start a separate thread but maybe you guys can help me out here. I'm moving to Berkeley or possibly oakland this next month with a friend and was hoping that some peeps could help me with info on mellow areas to live...and...where to get a job hahaha I'm leaning toward Berkeley cuz I've spent more time there and there seems to be good spots and mellow vibes all-around. We're trying to rent a house down there and I have a red-nose pit/lab mix (65 lbs.) that is so sweet but very high energy, any of you bay area pals with pets of this size? I started crying like a figureless, dateless 18 year old girl on prom night a few days ago thinking about having to give him up, cuz from what I've seen online, about 1/18th% of the places will allow a dog to be over 25 pounds.  I don't know anyone who can take him in either. I've been checking out like yelp.com and ish like that, but I always gotta come to the slap pals for some good info! Thanks doods, any help is greatly appreciated!  

[Inbred Jed]

Just tell the locs your down with Too $hort and they might let you skate.

[Bubblegum Tate]

Just tell the locs your down with Too $hort and they might let you skate.

[5inchDick]

FUCK CALIFORNIA AND ALL THIS SHIT !!!!!!!!

NJ PLEASE GET ON THE BALL