Come out and show your support for a skatepark in the Mid City Area.
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Support The Encinitas Skatepark!
The meeting is at 6 P.M. July 11th at the Community Center on Balour Drive in Encinitas. City Council will be awarding construction contracts to start construction on the Encinitas Community Park which includes a big skate plaza and a bowl.
They need people to come out and stand with us when we get up to give our presentation to the City. If you have any questions check out their page at www.facebook.com/encinitasskatepark
UPDATE: Due to the efforts of the skate park advocates for over a decade this park has been built!
Mid City Skate Park Needs Your Support!
Please come out and support the Mid-City Skatepark Advocacy Group. We Need YOUR support if we’re going to make this skatepark a reality!
Our next community action is on Monday July 2nd at the City Heights Area Planning Committee meeting. This will be replacing the June 27th meeting that we had scheduled. The July 2nd meeting starts at 6:30pm at:
Metro Career Center
3910 University Ave # 300
San Diego, CA 92105
We’re an action item and members of the Mid-City Youth Council will be making a presentation to the committee. You will also have an opportunity to make a public comment if you would like.
Go to the Mid City Skatepark Facebook page
Update: Two skate parks have been built in City Heights due to the tireless effort of the local skatepark advocates:
City Council Budget Meeting
The kids from the Mid-City CAN Youth Council spoke in front the San Diego City council. Jose Fernandez, Jorge Dominguez, Phuc Nguyen, Daniela Barron, Armand Binombe, and Maricel Reyes all bravely spoke to the city politicians about the importance impact a skatepark will have on safety to their community. Mark Tran the groups fearless leader summed it up the best:
“I am here to reiterate to you the importance of investing in our youth, who are our future. Youth in the Mid-City area face many challenges of public safety, broken infrastructure, and inadequate services. They should not have to deal with cars, pedestrians, and cyclists when they are out skateboarding. They should be provided with a skatepark to be active freely and safely. This is a commitment to them as individuals and citizens of our fair city. Recreation facilities and services need to be a priority and slate parks need to be made a reality for our communities. Our budget should not focus on pensions and other things that past city council members have screwed up on. They should be proactive in supporting our youth and not focused on locking them up.”
Great going guys and girls!
City Heights kids talk the impact of a skatepark.
Half-pipe Dreams from robertknauf on Vimeo.
Making a video to share why your city needs a skatepark is an effective way to get the message out and gain support.
Agree with these kids? Show your support by joining/liking the Mid City Skatepark face book page www.facebook.com/midcityskatepark
Update: Two skate parks have been built in City Heights due to the tireless effort of the local skatepark advocates:
Park De La Cruz Skate Park
Central Avenue Mini Park
Advocacy works!
Can Skateboarding Save Our Schools?
Dr. Tae is a skateboarder, videographer, scientist, and teacher. Contrasting his observations of his own learning while skateboarding with the reality that is the current education system, Dr. Tae provides some insight as to how we might better educate in the future.
Sketchup Tutorial 3 – The Bowl
Sketchup Tutorial 2 – Half Pipe
Sketchup Tutorial 1 – Quarter Pipe
Skate Parks in San Diego!
There are 54 Skate Parks in San Diego! Every year this list grows larger and larger. Because of the efforts of Skatepark Advocacy groups San Diego has a ton of great parks to choose from! The OB Skatepark and Memorial Skatepark where two of the first parks to bring in the new age of Skate Parks in San Diego.
Memorial Skatepark is featured in many skateboard magazines. Probably the most popular skatepark in San Diego, Memorial Skatepark is a good example of why more parks are needed! On any given day, skaters from all over San Diego come to skate Memorial Skatepark’s awesome obstacles. It’s great to see the many different generations of skateboards enjoying themselves in the same place. Fathers teaching sons how to drop in for the first time. Ex Pro Skateboarders enjoying a legal place to skate, Sponsored Amateurs and new Pro’s perfecting and learning new tricks to take on a worldwide tour, or just the guy trying to burn off some steam after a days work.
OB Skatepark is a great example of how long it takes to get a skatepark built. I remember going into Just Skate and seeing a model of a proposed skatepark back in the early 90’s! Who would have thought that years later a +40,000 Sq Ft park would open. Skatepark Advocacy can be a long and painful process. It sure feels good when years and years of hard work pay off with a beautiful park like the OB Skatepark.
What is the future of Skate Parks in San Diego? The sky’s the limit! Encinitas has a new park on the way! Oceanside has a few parks planned. North Park is beginning the process of finding a suitable location for a skatepark. Willie Santos and the workshop crew are working hard on getting a park built near the Epicentre. Dana Brown and her crew have been working tirelessly on getting another park built in Tierrasanta. But let’s not stop there. Pacific Beach needs a skate park! Spring Valley needs a skate park! Escondido needs another park! Vista needs a park! Mission Beach needs a skate park! La Jolla needs a skate park! Point Loma needs a skate park!