The park's certainly a fun one, although a little on the condensed side. The stairs / hubba / rail are good for learning and messing about on, and the bowl at just under 4ft tall is amazing to zip around in, with plenty of lines to learn. The size of it does mean that it doesn't work too well when busy though, and I can see it being in it's current phase of being hoarded by feral rat children on three-wheeled scooters, as all new skateparks suffer from, lasting for at least the majority of the summer holidays, so pick your timing wisely.
The opening jam on Sunday went off, despite the dust storms causing temporary blindness in all. Peep a few photos from the day, shot by Jordan La Roche, and if you haven't already get up at sunrise and go check it out.
If THAT wasn't enough, another fresh lump of concrete is also just finishing up, over in Woodingdean. Word on the street is it's skateable already. I'll post up my thoughts as soon as I can get over there.
The official opening is in a couple of weeks time, on Saturday July 14th. More of the usual prizes, music, and al the other wonders mentioned here. If you missed the Hollingdean one you better be there this time!
And finally...cruised past Hove lawns today and saw the ramps for Paddle Round the Pier being erected. This was how they were looking this morning, and a few hours later they were looking very enticing. The 8ft especially looks a beast. Sure to see some sick skating on there this weekend.
The ramps will be usable from Friday afternoon for the whole weekend, with jams and sessions going on the whole time, amongst all the other Paddle fun and games. Do your sun dance!
Spoilt for choice these days, anything else going on out there?
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