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TEAM PAIN SKATE PARKS2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2021 to 2024
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Short edit of Chad Poore, Chris Blake, John Stowe and Brandon Yarborough breaking in the new Team Pain skatepark in Charleston, South Carolina. Shot and cut by Riley Payne, with drone footage by Tucker Mason.

Why skaters like it

Cited in threads about modern skatepark design and skating in hot places. It shows what a new Team Pain built park in Charleston looks like when skated.

“I'm gonna disagree and say parks are much better now than ever before. I started skating in the 80s. Parks back then often had concrete like a patio- brushed. Like a cheese grater.”

u/ramprider

What skaters said on Reddit

u/ramprider2024 · 2 points

I'm gonna disagree and say parks are much better now than ever before. I started skating in the 80s. Parks back then often had concrete like a patio- brushed. Like a cheese grater. The pool coping was rough and you could hang up on it (that's why we had lappers). The designs looked cool, but not all of them made sense. A lot of things were barely skateable. Then they all closed because the insurance became too high.

u/Mas113m2021 · 2 points

At night, lol. You just get used to it, sorta. Our big skate park is open until 10pm(it is staffed that's why it has hours). Very well lit and it is right on the water so a breeze. Also has a concession stand so you can have a burger and get some AC. You can see all the marsh land where the breeze comes from. Still, it doesn't really cool down at night here. Plus the concrete bowl sucks up the heat all day long and i

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