Submitted by pretendmermaid t3_10e0h59 in rva
i quad skate and love skating a half pipe or mini ramp for learning new tricks. i’m looking for something from 3’-6’. or even a bowl that has a section that can be used like a half pipe. any recommendations? extra points if its at a cool park.
looks like a fun flowy park! do you know how crunchy the concrete is? i am blessed with smooth concrete at the parks where i’m currently at and wondering if i’ll have to bring some hybrid wheels.
Just constructed so it should be smooth still.
absolutely love to hear it
oooo a small mini looks fun. the old MASSIVE half pipe i see in photos looks far superior tho. rip
Let me know where you end up going! I quad skate too, need some friends and a place to skate 😬
i’ll be relocating to rva for my job in the next few months and would love to meet up to skate!! i’ll def need some new skate friends
dope! I'll PM you so you can have my # when u make it in town. welcome to RVA :)
I haven't been in a LONG time, so I can't confirm if it's still there, but the skate park at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville used to have a decent half pipe.
Edit: Scratch that. Just saw a recent image and it looks like they took the half pipe out.
that one was kind of weird anyway, it didnt have nearly enough flat-bottom so it was kinda awkward to ride. by the time youre coming down from one side you were going straight back up the other with no time to think in the middle.
this ones a little out of the way, but Colonial Heights skatepark has a pretty new miniramp. they used to have an 8ft halfpipe but it got really beat up and worn out over the years so they recently took it down and replaced it with a keen ramps mini. its only about 3-4ft high but its pretty fresh
> that one was kind of weird anyway, it didnt have nearly enough flat-bottom so it was kinda awkward to ride. by the time youre coming down from one side you were going straight back up the other with no time to think in the middle.
It's been so long that I had forgotten about how awkward it was. When I was in high school I went down the ramp in a wheelchair. It was ill-advised and all I can say in my defense is Jackass was wildly popular at the time.
Check out Carter Jones or Southside.
does carter jones have a a half pipe? i’m only seeing quarters and ledges/boxes in google pictures
Might be just a quarter. Haven’t been in 2+ years, so I might have memory fog. If there’s still a park at Pole Green I think they had a half there too? Again, this was 2+ years ago so I could be wrong. Charlottesville, Southside, and Woodstock are all newer parks in VA that have bowls you might like too if you’re down to travel a bit!
Quad skate = roller skates?
Yes
Laurel skate park maybe? There's a half pipe in the imagery on Google maps
looks like laurel only has a small mini these days and the half pipe has been removed :(
ImmobilizedbyCheese t1_j4pn3dw wrote
Maybe try the Southside Community Center skatepark.