" hErOEs On whEEls " ™ ...skate and rollerblade. ...to the editor. ...yourself or a friend. ...this site to a friend. editor's note: Blackfoot * Outdoor: 'Crete * Free * Trannie / Street * Rating: Better than Blueballs park... Mid-way thru our '00 Summer Tour we rode out of UT like a bat outta hell. Crossing the border into Idaho, we made our way to Blackfoot's fine little concrete contribution to the skatepark craze. Just up I-15 from Pocatello [that's the local big city up there], Blackfoot's park is really pretty good. It's got the height limitation [nothing over 4 1/2 ft] that a lot of parks suffer from, but it's big enough to hold a decent sized crowd and still allow for a little flow... good job guys. Talking w/ one of the local skatepark enthusiasts, rumor has it that this is one of those grass-roots efforts by the locals. The city kicked down the land and the rest of the resources had to be bootstrapped - cash kicked down from local businesses, labor donated by skaters and supporters... that kind of thing. Update: Apr'01 - We got a little feedback from Randy Fisher. He skated the park last summer and had this to say: "...big, but the surface is not the slippery smooth concrete, it's brushed." Doesn't sound like too big a deal, but we're always down for the information... Options... let's see. Not a lot of opportunity in eastern ID that we know of. We hear you've got little parks in Idaho Falls and Rupert. We shot the parks in Hailey, Jerome [we'll post someday] and Ketchum. To the south in UT you've got a decent park in Brigham and a great park in Ogden. Beyond that, you've got to get yourself to Boise for some nice rides like Lucky88 and Fort Boise. Directions: From Pocatello head north to Blackfoot. Exit Bergener Blvd [exit #93] heading east. Head left [north] on Parkway Dr toward the lake. The park is next to the lake on the left [west] side of Parkway. ...scroll down for pics [ click pix to enlarge ] ^ The town of Blackfoot was named after a kid that tried a 20 stair ollie to flat and jacked his heel.. [I think we all know that story was bullshit...] ^ Funny-fun, fun box ^ Pretty fitty-fitty ^ Street action from the other direction ^ Okay, yes, we did lose this guy's name. And yes, the shot sucks. But the mini-to-mini melon transfer was clever like Mike Meyers! [Check that mini to spine to mini set up... nice! Or as we say in Quake-talk, "n1!" "Ty," replies the mini ^ I like colliding w/ 8 yr olds as much as the next guy, but sometimes a kiddie section is a REALLY GOOD IDEA... ^ Soft-edged flowy, pool thing ^ Street detail [ click pix to enlarge ] [ © 2001 ] [ ABOUT ] [ CONTACT ] [ SUBMIT ] [ ADVERTISE ] [ HOME ]