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re: anybody every skate the park in athens
Posted on 5/21/15 at 6:43 am to Chef Leppard
Posted on 5/21/15 at 6:43 am to Chef Leppard
My kid (he's 7 now) wanted to try out skating about two years ago. I hadn't been on a board since I was about 16, but I thought it would be a fun thing to do together. I was living over on College Station and started going to SPOA to get my legs back. Left a lot of blood over in that cement, but fell in love with the park and got to know a few guys around my age to skate with. We used to have quite a crew (about 7 of us) the met up Sat or Sun mornings to skate there. I got into getting pictures of folks out there ripping it up and some of the younger kids suggested an IG or a Facebook page - I don't do fb, so I cranked up the Instagram.
Chris is buddies with a guy I went to hs with and who has skated since I've known him. This guy's got a pretty sick ramp in his back yard that he's in the process of bowling out, and a nice little street section as well. It's like a mini Skatetopia. So, Chris and I figured out all the folks we both knew coming up in Habersham and Hall counties and got to be friends. I buy all my gear from him. He's making some pretty sweet shop decks that he's shaping and painting. At $35 a pop, they're more than worth it. He's also just a cool guy to shoot the shite with.
Now, my son is really into it and we skate together all the time. He'll be doing his second summer of skate camp at KONA this year.
Chris is buddies with a guy I went to hs with and who has skated since I've known him. This guy's got a pretty sick ramp in his back yard that he's in the process of bowling out, and a nice little street section as well. It's like a mini Skatetopia. So, Chris and I figured out all the folks we both knew coming up in Habersham and Hall counties and got to be friends. I buy all my gear from him. He's making some pretty sweet shop decks that he's shaping and painting. At $35 a pop, they're more than worth it. He's also just a cool guy to shoot the shite with.
Now, my son is really into it and we skate together all the time. He'll be doing his second summer of skate camp at KONA this year.
This post was edited on 5/21/15 at 6:48 am
Posted on 5/21/15 at 8:14 am to JacketFan77
You just picked up major cool points with me pal
Sold. wish id have found it yesterday. Ill probably go back this wknd if I don't have to work. I took two days off this week just to chill and skate
thats badass. theyre can't possibly be many things in life cooler for a kid than skating with dad
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I buy all my gear from him. He's making some pretty sweet shop decks that he's shaping and painting. At $35 a pop, they're more than worth it. He's also just a cool guy to shoot the shite with.
Sold. wish id have found it yesterday. Ill probably go back this wknd if I don't have to work. I took two days off this week just to chill and skate
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Now, my son is really into it and we skate together all the time. He'll be doing his second summer of skate camp at KONA this year
thats badass. theyre can't possibly be many things in life cooler for a kid than skating with dad
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