This a branch of Dirt City Zine. It is more than fitting, since the skaters were the first ones to tag Daytona, The Dirt. So, ode to Team Glug and many others who first broke in the FLA scene. We will be traveling a lot, to take you to both local and not so. We also want this to be a place where you can come to get event updates and coverage, and share scar stories.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Random Skate Fact #1- World's First Public Skatepark
Well, after a nice google search, Carlsbad Skatepark (RIP) seems to takes the cake, built March 13th of 1976. But following close behind was Santa Cruz's Derby Skatepark, designed by Ken Wormhoudt's design firm (still Wormhoudt, Inc.) sometime in 1976. This is literally just a snake run, but super fun. You basically park your car in a residential area and walk into the park. Kona Skatepark in Jacksonville, FL, gets lots of recognition for being one of the oldest still-in-existent skateparks, established in 1977 by the Ramos family.
Here are some links to see more pics for this article.
http://www.carlsbadskatepark.org
http://www.skateparks.com/firm.php
To the right and below is a picture of Lorraine Carrig at Derby Skatepark, 2007, during one of our many skate adventures.
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