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White Sands Skate & Surf:
24201 Valencia Blvd
#1335
Santa Clarita, CA
661.222.9275
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* Outdoor: 'Crete
* Free
* Trannie / Street
* Rating: As the Scottish say, "It's crrrapp!"
Uff. Santa Clarita park - 12,000 sq. ft of "nice try," completed back in Mar '98.
Here are a few of the things that are wrong w/ this park: 1.) Too small, 2.) The bottom half of the park is built on hill [that's bad], 3.) The smaller fun box has no run up or run out, 4.) The quarter has virtually no deck at all, and finally, 5.) The coping - ahhhhhh!!!
Talking w/ the original designers of this park, we hear this is one of those "designer v. the contractor" fowl-ups. While this design was probably never perfect, a lot of the trouble zones in this park may be indications of a butcher-job by the contractor... experience is everything!
There is some good news in this review. The Site Design Group [480.894.6797], designers of such worthy projects as Chandler, AZ, have been contracted to come in and fix this place. That's pretty amazing.
"We are doing a re-construct/refurbish to Santa Clarita. Basically we are going to make this park much better. Have you seen the current coping? (ugh... metal curbs)."
- SDG
We couldn't have said it better ourselves...
There aren't too many other options nearby, but if you're ready to drive, here's what we got: Simi's SkateLab, Vans Bakersfield, and Camarillo. Out in Ventura you've got Hobart park and SkateStreet. There are also parks in Palmdale, Glendale, Northridge and a new park in Encino to consider...
Directions: Coming from L.A. take Interstate 5 north to the Valencia Boulevard exit, make a right [east]. Continue on Valencia, crossing MacBean Pkwy and Bouquet Cyn, at which point Valencia becomes Soledad Cyn Rd. A few miles down Soledad you'll hit the interestion of Reuther/Golden Triangle where you'll make a right and cross the railroad tracks [look for the signs]. Make another right on Golden Valley Rd and head up the hill for approx. 1/2 mile. The park is up there, way the hell in back of some warehouses.
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