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 Azusa Skatepark
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* Outdoor: 'Crete
* Free
* Trannie / Street
* Rating: "From A to Z, in the USA!"
Hummm, Azusa. Pretty good "street" park. Not great, but pretty good.
The lack of trannie is retarded. 100% street is wack - you hear that Purkiss Rose [you guys know better - how about some help over here?!?]. Give the street skaters something to skate - even 90% of the park would be fine with just about everybody. But purposely skipping any transition in favor of MORE ledges... tsk.
This park does have a LITTLE bit of trannie - almost. I found two "hits" capable of a decent little pop. The little kicker pyramid is okay - too small, but okay. The typical "quarter pipe" at Azusa is more like a bank with a radius at the bottom - not that fun. All the emphasis on stairs kills a lot of lines, too.
The really SUPER wack thing about this park is the "only open 2 hours a day" rule. Full pad nannie hysteria in effect. They don't open until after 3 on weekdays, and they close at dark. In the winter, that's two hours a day. What a waste of concrete. When they ARE open - at least the Saturday I was there - it was dead. A couple of little kids... no aggression, no rippers, no real session. Total bummer.
Directions: Easy to get to this place - just hard to skate it! Take the 210 to Azusa - between Glendora and Monrovia. Exit Vernon, and head north toward the mountains. Almost immediately you'll make a right [east] on Hollyvale, then another right [south] on Orange. Park is obvious, skatepark is next to the gym.
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