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That's right, two weeks before the grand opening you can get into the brand new Culver City Skate Park on the corner of Duquesne & Jefferson in Culver City. It's open dawn till dusk, but ymmv until the real opening.
Friday night they put up the fence, and Saturday the place was jammed with 300 locals trying it out. I dropped by Sunday morning at 8am to check out the Wake n' Skate crew. By 10am the place had 60 people, and at 4pm there were around 150.
So drop on by and check out the Trog Bowl, Waterfall, Hubba Ledge, Ramp, Pier 7 Block, Wall Ride, 90 degree banked hip, and more!
LAist is proud to bring you the first photos of this park along with the first video tour. This is a skate park, built by and for skaters, that means NO BIKES, they will destroy the transitions and are expressly forbidden from the park.
We had the chance to check out some skaters in the park and talk to Christian Cooper of Concrete Disciples, one of the people behind this 3 year long project.
More Photos After the Jump.
Here is Trent grinding away at the new park.
This guy drove up from Temecula at 8am to try out this pool.
Photos by Brad Herman, more and high res over at my flickr.
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Very cool. When I'm not on the B Creek bikeway I roll by this on my way to and from work and while it looked close to being finished I was wondering when it might be grandly opening.
I wonder if there will be a designated old-farts hour for us from the age of Alva to come out and fall down and hurts ourselves trying to recapture our youth. Didn't think so. Best I just watch from the coping.
-Will Campbell
Great post, Brad. I always like hearing about new skate parks. Did you hear anything about the bowls being tagged/painted in anyway? I'm not sure if that's an intentional thing or if people are actually trying to be destructive...
This is awesome and makes me wish I could still skate.