So, more than a few days ago, and extremely randomly, we all heard of a new skate plaza in Baltimore; Brooklyn, Baltimore to be exact. I say randomly because there are few skateparks at all around Baltimore or Towson where I live in the first place and for one to just pop-up out of no where and to not hear anything of it beforehand is even stranger. So Zach and I drove down there and found the usual people you would expect to find somewhere new to skate in town and we skated for the entire day. People were killing it! As usual.
The park itself was somewhat strange and not very fun to me. It was essentially a square of smooth concrete, 3 ledges (one A-frame, a small one and one over a dirt gap), and 3 small banks. The park had no room to cruize around. If its crowded you get frustrated and too much is going on. But, hey. Its a new park, and thats good. Hopefully there will be more and they will be at least a little bit bigger and more creative... I will say that it was much better with a lot less people there. If your there with 3 or 4 friends with no one else then this park would be a lot more fun.
driving down....
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Peeps.
Boring.
Switch Back Tails?
The kids there were interesting. Whether the first thing they said was "fuck you," or "Get out of my way," they were all cool and funny little kids that have just been brought up with less manners. The kid in this photo in particular asked us right off the bat if we had a blunt. We proceeded to ask him what he meant, and he said for smoking, pretty obviously. At first we laughed a little but were mostly just astonished when he said he was in 2nd grade. Sad...
Hopefully having a skatepark will turn the community around and help give kids something to do thats good for them.
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