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Denver, CO Skatepark

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There's only one thing to say about the Denver, Colorado Skatepark, and that is holy-bleep-ass-motherfreakin-jizz-poo-pile-fart-crap! That calculates to about one cuss per bowl, ledge, or street element. Wait, this park is expanding...one more-DAMN! The white building with the blue stripe in the background is now gone, and construction on the new section is slated for Spring 2003! How's that for a city taking care of its skaters? This park boasts no less than SEVEN bowls, a pavillion lined with ledges for the tech crew, one huge street area, and as I mentioned before ANOTHER street course planned as an addition. It also features no pad rules, its free, its lit until 11 PM every night, and there isn't a fence around it, so you don't feel like you are skating inside a prison like other parks.

Below are pictures of the expansion which added something in the neighborhood of 25% more terrain to the park!

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Below, take a tour of the various elements of the Denver Skatepark:

This is the Clover Bowl. Super tight transitions (as featured all over the park) and very fast.

This is the Vert Bowl. Heavily sessioned at night by the older rippers. It's deep and tight trannied tight with lots of vert. Home to the beer drinkin bench.

This is the ladder that is built into the shallow end of the Vert Bowl. It allows the little tykes who become trapped in the deep end to escape and make it home in time for dinner. It can also be ollied and carved over (or through!!!)

This is the Handicapped Bowl, named so because of the starting ramp that flows into it. It escalates down into the deep end and spines over into the Kiddie Bowl.

This is the Kiddie Bowl. It's got super tight transitions and way too much flat bottom. Also has a hip, and one side is topped with a chunked-out curb (thank you bmxers) this area is also known as Stinky Shit Corner, because the nasty porta-potties are located there, as well as the water fountain.

This is the Bomb Bowl. It's shaped like a bomb, with two handicap-ramp roll-ins on either side of the stairs, curbs and ledge that occupy the shallow end. From the stairs, it escalates down into the middle section (which is the closest this park comes to a mini ramp) It escalates again into the seven foot deep end

This is the Mini-Washboard Bowl. It has four sections that progressively get deeper, ending in a four-foot quarterpipe. Home to the majority of little kids here. The ledge on the left is perfect for skating as well as parking your butt, and it runs down the entire side of the park

This is the street course. It's huge, with tons of different things to hit. From the viewpoint above, lots of dudes push like hell towards the large flatbank-flyout bank across the way

These are the Street rails. Both have step up stairs but are not perfectly lined up for tricks

This is the Punk Wall. Big concrete ledge with a bank up to it. Fun Fun Fun

These are the Puddles. Funky interconnected flatbottomless bowls to snake through and launch out of.

This is the Pavillion. It's ledge central. Since these photos, the two above have had concrete added to the outer sides so they can be hit from all angles now. Home of the payphone and the only shade at the park, which is a good thing when the summer temps in denver hit one hundred

here is a construction photo from June of 2001

This park is free, no pads, open dawn to 11 PM every day. Kick Ass! The only rule? No Pegs on Bikes!
Check out www.denverskatepark.com for more info on this and other Colorado parks!

DIRECTIONS: Take I-25 to the 20th St. Exit, and head towards Coors Field (the big ass baseball stadium) and downtown. At the first light, turn right onto Little Raven St, and then right again, and you're there, buddy.

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Denver, CO 80202
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