Best parks for longboards?

**sniffleless** · 08-26-2004 12:30 PM

So which skateparks have any of you found to be very longboard friendly? Which parks are set up in such a way that longboards can be skated there without feeling cramped and such? Kona is a given. The snakerun alone makes that a longboard heaven.

**sk8thedowner** · 08-26-2004 12:45 PM

LANSDOWNE SKATEPARK!!!

its the cousin to Kona, they were built within 6 months of eachother back in the 70's. its in Baltimore, MD. two snake runs, smaller one goes into a freestyle bowl and the larger one leads into a big banked bowl. make the pilgrimmage at least once and you WILL come back for more! if you want directions and pics check out: concretedisciples.com.

hey you live in alabama!, check this out - it made me drool the first time i saw the pics of the GetAWay Skatepark. man i wish i lived in the seventies and was part of the small longboarding cult back then... the pics will speak for themselves...

*skatealabama.com*

**sk8thedowner** · 08-26-2004 12:48 PM

just realized the Get-A-Way skatepark was in Huntsville, AL

AREN'T YOU JEALOUS!

**PlayGod** · 08-26-2004 01:01 PM

Anything with a snakerun or flowbowl is good to go on the big wood.

Try the Cannonbowl in Nashville... I love it on my Gravity 39" Carve, and I'm gonna flow it on my SurfOne 44" Classic.

**Mile_High_Mark** · 08-26-2004 01:31 PM

Boulder and Denver are fun on longer boards. Make sure you got the sticky wheels witcha for the latter, though.

**frank** · 08-26-2004 01:53 PM

montrose co skatepark.

**sniffleless** · 08-26-2004 02:20 PM

I work right down the street from where Get-A-Way. There is a spot where some of the old park is sticking out of the ground. I never got to got it or even see it myself.

I remember when it opened. My folks wouldn't take me or let me have a skateboard. Then we moved to Mississippi and by time we moved back it had been bulldozed. A bunch of those regulars are still skating or starting back. Some of them are getting into longboard now also.

That's a good site. Lots of good photos. Some good articles too. Check it out.

**sk8thedowner** · 08-26-2004 02:23 PM

sad you didn't get skate it. that thing is sick!

**Rocky** · 08-26-2004 02:41 PM

Seylynn is the Canadian Longboard Heavan
<img src=Http://koutax70000.hp.infoseek.co.jp/canada/seylynn/SANY0086.JPG>

**Antisocial Red Sharpie** · 08-26-2004 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by PlayGod

I'm gonna flow it on my SurfOne 44" Classic.

heh. i think you must mean my surfone 44" classic.

pretty much anything bowl-like and concrete is good for longboarding...

**sniffleless** · 08-26-2004 03:54 PM

I've been to a few cement parks where the trannies are too tight for longer wheelbases. It sucks. Can't hit anything head on.

**CRASS** · 08-26-2004 11:48 PM

Any in CA??

**Anonymous** · 08-27-2004 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by Rocky

Seylynn is the Canadian Longboard Heavan
<img src=Http://koutax70000.hp.infoseek.co.jp/canada/seylynn/SANY0086.JPG>

Damn that looks sweet, I just sat drooling at that pic for at least 20minutes!!

8)

**Sensei** · 08-27-2004 05:28 AM

I posted that above, dumb computer didn't log me in.

**ol'dude** · 08-27-2004 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by CRASS

Any in CA??

Down south...
Encinitas, Coronado, Mission Valley (Clairemont).

**cooterboy7** · 08-27-2004 10:15 AM

Whats so good about montrose? I have never been there but my Uncle lives there and used to run a whitewater rafting company. I do visit sometimes so I am wondering what kind of stick I should bring?

**frank** · 08-27-2004 11:29 AM

I was there about 4 yrs ago. Its just a nice smooth park. It has some very smooth carvable lines throught the park. Supposedly they added a phase 2 sinece then. My grandparents live in Ouray about 20mn from the park. We are planning a spring trip out there now