When I heard that they had a new concrete skatepark in Williamsburg, VA, I was super excited. But when I finally saw the park, my hopes for a sick new spot were as drenched as the park was. The first soaking came from the sign stating the full pads policy, and the second from the cash fees required each time to skate. Full pads, but nothing in the park is over four feet in height! I went back to skate it later on when it was dry. I was nearly denied because it was the BMX session, but it was almost dark, so the old man in the booth took my four bucks and let me pad up and skate this craphole park.

The park is an awful "Mickey Mouse" sort of design both literally and figuratively! It has two three-quarter bowls at one end and there are curb-topped flat banks running down the sides and across the opposite end. The place has an abundance of decent ledges, but who wants to pad up and pay for that? (OK, I did-but strictly for journalistic purposes) There is also a tiny, foot-tall quarterpipe curb thing by the gate that was fun, but, again, it really was not worth the money. The worst attribute of the design has to be the six-inch miniature quarterpipe lip b.s. at the mouths of the two bowls. If you are not careful, you will hang up on these lip things and eat it, trust me. The transitions in the bowls are uniquely retarded- they actually get mellower as the go up, some sort of backwards-elliptical deal going on. Lastly, there are big speed-munching gaps between the concrete sections. The coping?-it suckdiddlyux.Whoever designed this park owes the skaters and the townspeople of Williamsburg an apology and about $50,000 (or whatever he swindled them for!) The four bucks that you have to pay to use it probably just goes to pay for the old man to sit in the booth and collect the money. The kids will learn, eventually, and the place will be deserted and left for dead.

This park pretty much blows goats. Don't go out of your way for it.

Fees: $4 a session / Pads: FULL Pads Required (lame) Hours: After school & daylight weekend hours