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Post by Gen Sk8 on May 10, 2008 7:02:58 GMT -5
LOCATION: 6401 NE Pleasant Valley Road; 15 minutes northeast of Penn Valley LIGHTS: YES HOURS:DESCRIPTION: 40,000 square foot concrete park with a good variety of street and small transitions.     Please post comments about Pleasant Valley Skatepark on this thread.
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Post by mutant on May 13, 2008 22:52:04 GMT -5
This really is a huge place to skate. But the concrete is so ruff and the metal coping is falling apart, it sort of hard to skate. It's still a fun place to skate.
That Genesis guy should put some pics up.
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Post by noahf on Jun 8, 2008 14:52:14 GMT -5
This place is so fun to skate at.
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Post by johnf on Jun 11, 2008 21:59:21 GMT -5
At least for myself, this is where I got back into skating transitions; this is where I relearned many moves; saw a lot of excellent pro. demos; put on two contest; and got injured twice: one broken, right ankle and one slightly torn Achilles tendon; and finally, this is where I met a lot of other skaters' who I still skate with today.  Noah and I just went by there tonight and the lights were on, but there is a 12:00am curfew, which keeps the rift-raft away; plus the new North Patrol Police Station and Training Center is to the east of it. Yes, it's in need of repairs, which the City P&R Dept. is willing to help do, but the repairs might not happen anytime soon. Once the repairs happen, the Park will be better to ride. The maintenance needs to happen or the Park won't be ridable in the near future. Only bikers will have any fun in it. Although I don't ride there that often, if it wasn't for this park, I would have not gotten back into side-walking surfing until the better parks had come along.   |
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Post by wedge on Aug 19, 2008 9:42:41 GMT -5
I will always have a special place in my heart for this place.
I met a lot of my homies there!!!!!!!!!!!
And like John said really got back into vert skating.
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Post by jimmyk on Aug 19, 2008 18:45:48 GMT -5
I agree with johnf and wedge. I met a good portion of the KC crew here back when it was the only skatepark in KC and my return to skating would have been on hold for a few more years until the better parks got built without this place. I still enjoy riding here. It's a great place to work on tricks. Given that this place has lights and that aren't any other real parks in the Northland, I'd be willing to bet this place sees more skaters [and bikers] per day than any other park around KC.
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Post by noahf on Nov 3, 2008 19:17:35 GMT -5
i skate here everyday pretty much and after awhile you learn to love the lurkers and little kids taking over the park on big wheels scooters and other lame toys but overall this park is so fun ive been skating it since 99
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Post by Ghost of Timmay on Aug 12, 2009 14:37:57 GMT -5
This thread needs life.
I tried google mapping this and kept coming up empty. Can anyone give me directions?
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Post by mutant on Aug 12, 2009 15:16:14 GMT -5
PM for you Tim.
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Post by Ghost of Timmay on Aug 14, 2009 12:26:34 GMT -5
Wow, skated here this morning. I'm sure at one point this place was fun, but I got cause in a couple of the expanding cracks and was wobbled off my board more than once. It looks sooooooo fun, but I don't have the improv skills to skate something that rough. Spoiled is what I am.
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Post by jimmyk on Aug 14, 2009 21:20:48 GMT -5
You know panictim, I used to be really negative on this place. Then I started approaching it with a ditch mentality instead of a bowl mentality and now I really like it again. There are some fun lines and unique quirks about this place that are actually pretty cool. If you ever feel like riding it again, shoot me a line and I'll try to meet you over there.
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