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When I was in 6th grade I first rode this park and I feel it embodied everything a skate park should have. The whole park was a snake run with a corner that had some nipples and another bowl that was half filled with dirt. It was rough with potholes and the transitions were totally lumpy. The concrete was like sandpaper and if you fell on it, there would be a visible mark where you had deposited skin. Periodically some crazy gangsters would drive up in a huge white van and all the skaters would scatter. If you got caught, they jacked all your stuff. There was a liquor store down the street a little with 40s and soda for under a dollar. As little kids in the 80s, we would ride the bus down or get a ride with older skaters, cross the border and skate to the park, which not unlike San Diego, was illegal. However, if you got caught in T.J. $20 would get you off. Once, when we showed up there, the owner Julian was getting married. We got to hang out at the wedding, party with everyone in the wedding party and skate into the night. The locals at this park were amazing. They rode totally dilapidated boards at about 90mph launching over humps and into bowls. (Note: this is actually a map to the border. Although there is a new T.J. park under the gigantic flag, this park has been sadly dozed). Memorable video parts by Matt Hensley and Doug Smith depict this amazing lost spot.
When I was in 6th grade I first rode this park and I feel it embodied everything a skate park should have. The whole park was a snake run with a corner that had some nipples and another bowl that was half filled with dirt. It was rough with potholes and the transitions were totally lumpy. The concrete was like sandpaper and if you fell on it, there would be a visible mark where you had deposited skin. Periodically some crazy gangsters would drive up in a huge white van and all the skaters would scatter. If you got caught, they jacked all your stuff. There was a liquor store down the street a little with 40s and soda for under a dollar. As little kids in the 80s, we would ride the bus down or get a ride with older skaters, cross the border and skate to the park, which not unlike San Diego, was illegal. However, if you got caught in T.J. $20 would get you off. Once, when we showed up there, the owner Julian was getting married. We got to hang out at the wedding, party with everyone in the wedding party and skate into the night. The locals at this park were amazing. They rode totally dilapidated boards at about 90mph launching over humps and into bowls. (Note: this is actually a map to the border. Although there is a new T.J. park under the gigantic flag, this park has been sadly dozed). Memorable video parts by Matt Hensley and Doug Smith depict this amazing lost spot.
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