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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
Friend of mine owned a skatepark and had a few parts behind the counter, but he had to close it down last year. Shame because it was the only park around with a foam pit. It was mainly a bike park as the owner rode for Hoffman bikes but they allowed skaters and in-line guys as well. It was more a labor of love than a profit center. If he sold shoes, clothes, etc, it could have been much more profitable, but he wasn't really into the money.
In the U.S., many park districts have built public skate parks, so private ones only work in areas with bad weather or if you build a really awesome one that makes the public ones seem weak.
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That's a shame he had to close down, especially if it was a labor of love.
I've seen a lot of kick ass parks in the USA that were built with state money. Also seen a lot of total crap ones too where they just went for the lowest bid and hired people who had no idea about skating or how to make a park flow.
This is BASE in Bali. I'm about to do something similar in my city in Thailand, but with an extra area only for street skating, maybe a "plaza" style street course:
http://www.concretedisciples.com/ska...ay.php?id=2921