Stamford Skatepark and the Ridiculous Wood Chips

**jamesgrace** · 04-19-2008 07:06 PM

**unquestionable** · 04-19-2008 07:21 PM

i went around 1 today and i had a blast.... occasionally i would get like something in my eye, i was there from 1-430 and i t hink it happened twice. other than that, COME BACK TOMARROW MORNING, me and my brother wanna rip that sh*t

**jamesgrace** · 04-19-2008 07:37 PM

Yeah, man -- it definitely feels good to be skatin' in the park again!

**Wells** · 04-19-2008 08:46 PM

That park rules; but the management is absolutely retarded. They should have shaded bleachers so people can watch skateboarding, not a 10 foot chain-link fence and 4 benches inside the park. The wood chips are just the finishing touch of stupid.

**unquestionable** · 04-19-2008 09:07 PM

yeah, and the gates on the wrong side, lol. love the park, did you know that the world cup of skateboarding was gonna have their first east coast competition there, but the town didnt let them... probobly cause they dont want "hooligans" coming in from like all around and stuff. max, get down there tomarrow.

**sexualharrison** · 04-19-2008 11:03 PM

**Wells** · 04-19-2008 11:11 PM

Yo. I'm sponsored.

**unquestionable** · 04-20-2008 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by sexualharrison

Aww younleft out the best part!
what about the guy who said he was on the earthwing flow team?
what #### is that?
we have a new game to play. "spot the silverfish nerd"

yeah, how do you play?

**SILVERFLAKE** · 04-20-2008 09:14 PM

Thanks James, your ace reporting has lessened the injury of missing the trip due to being stuck in home repair hell. I probably would have made everything much worse with my major lack of patience and anti diplomacy skills. Saving it for next time HBM !!

Evil Harrison, How many wood chips did you smoke?

**Karv** · 04-20-2008 09:22 PM

I haven't even been there yet and I live about 10 minutes away.

**bpz** · 04-21-2008 01:46 PM

Welcome to Connecticut: lots of dumb people.

Rabid Skunk, a friend of mine and myself got yelled at by some crazy guy who I guess is in charge of the skatepark... we were helping some town workers bail water out of the smaller bowl because we showed up one morning to skate and everything was full of water. He was seriously crazy, kept talking to himself and telling us that people from the town were going to show up and see us inside the gate when it was supposed to be closed and that we'd get in tons of trouble. Maybe he was the guy running the backhoe?

**Ghoulardo** · 04-21-2008 08:01 PM

Ok maybe I'm just overly thick or don't get it because I've never been there but why were the woodchips there in the first place. Like what purpose are they suppose to serve for a skate park?

**Wells** · 04-21-2008 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Ghoulardo

Ok maybe I'm just overly thick or don't get it because I've never been there but why were the woodchips there in the first place. Like what purpose are they suppose to serve for a skate park?

Rest assured: you're not thick. Wood chips are a terrible thing to have around a skatepark. If they wanted to keep skating inside the park, they should have used that recycled sneaker stuff.

**nervous ned** · 04-22-2008 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Sofa King

Welcome to Connecticut: lots of dumb people.

Rabid Skunk, a friend of mine and myself got yelled at by some crazy guy who I guess is in charge of the skatepark... we were helping some town workers bail water out of the smaller bowl because we showed up one morning to skate and everything was full of water. He was seriously crazy, kept talking to himself and telling us that people from the town were going to show up and see us inside the gate when it was supposed to be closed and that we'd get in tons of trouble. Maybe he was the guy running the backhoe?

fortunately, the crazy guy moved on to a different universe. i haven't had any problems the three times I've been there so far this year; nothing but great times. the skate park seems seriously chill right now -- two guys in a pickup truck open the gate at like 8:30/8:45am, and nobody is around until they close at sunset. the other day there was some water on the concrete and they didn't shut down the whole park "until the sun shines" like the crazy guy used to do last year. the wood chips obviously weren't a good idea from a design standpoint, but i've never really heard anyone complaining too much about them. sounds like james had an isolated bad experience, at least from my own experience. i love stamford. i'll be back this weekend.

**jamesgrace** · 04-22-2008 09:54 PM

I love the skateable section of Stamford skatepark, but the woodchip "moat" that surrounds the skatepark is a ridiculous waste of time and money.

Just hope that you don't drive all the way up there only to find out that the Parks & Recreation boys decided that they need to get their time and a half workin' skatepark duty...

Originally Posted by nervous ned

the wood chips obviously weren't a good idea from a design standpoint, but i've never really heard anyone complaining too much about them. sounds like james had an isolated bad experience, at least from my own experience.

**dave_p** · 04-28-2008 12:29 PM

i told you the townsfolk were gonna come and steal woodchips. you didnt believe me.

**jamesgrace** · 04-28-2008 07:22 PM

The giant pile of woodchips had been reduced to nothing in just 7 days!

Also, Hot Dog Van Man didn't show up at all, so I guess maybe he doesn't bring out the SnackMobile every Saturday?

Oh, and they did open up the park gates on time, but it did take them a while to blow out the woodchips and tree pollen. They should just leave a broom and dustpan inside the gate, but I suppose that someone would eventually steal them...