how can you make such a lengthy interview out of nothing. Basically what happened is that Nike payed of the city council so they could make a legendary spot into a skatepark. It's gonna take couple months max. before someone ends up doing something stupid and the council has their excuse to shut it down again. But NikeSb still has the positive publicity they paid for.
I guess it's great you can skate there now, but there isn't really a shortage of skateparks and perfect ledges in SoCal.
Also I don't get the whole fighting against the stoner park soundwall crap. wouldn't it be better if the people living there didn't complain so much and the park could be skated for longer??
Yeah there are plenty of other ledges in California but the courthouse being a legal skate spot with durable ledges is pretty rad. Some spots are more than just the skatable stuff and there was a reason we used to drive there in the 90's instead of skating less torn up ledges in the valley.
Fuck a wall at a place like stoner park . Aside from air-flow and gang tag drama right inside, you could guarantee more robbery, assault, drug deals, bum naps, etc. I think people summed that up well enough. It's not the suburbs.
You're absolutely right about Nike putting up marketing $ for good press. Sounds like what they did though is give the minimum needed to get the ball rolling on the spot, then left it in the hands of skaters. I always question their motives but fuck it, that was a decent move. If some pricks fuck it up then that's not on them. I hate to say it but Nike deserves some recognition for their part in at least making the whole thing possible; it's in our hands now.
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