September 19-23, 2005
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Opportunity knocks
and I find myself on the coast of San Francisco. So
without hesitation I
decided to hit up the second half of some of California's Best.
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Location: 5th and Harrison, Berkley, CA 94710
Pads: Helmet required
Cost: Free
Open: 7am - 10pm
Terrain: Bowl with four foot, mellow shallow end
waterfalling down into an eight foot section going just up
to vert. Street course with fun boxes, vert wall,
center pyramid with ledge, pump hump and nipple all
surrounded by banks, hips, corners, ledges, and rails. |
Berkeley was the first park I hit
up during my Nor Cal adventures. I came for an evening
session and when I arrived there was not a soul to be found
skating. Looked just like the picture above. This place has great flow and it was super
fun cruising around having the place to myself. I have
heard this place can become a collision course when fully
occupied, so the odds were in my favor. Soon
enough a local shows up and informs me that the park police
have just started enforcing the helmet rule, kicking anyone
out not wearing one. In protest most of the locals
refused to skate the place and took off to bomb hills. |
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Location: 1120 Rossevelt Ave., Redwood City, CA 94061
Pads: Full, Not Restricted
Cost: Free
Open: dawn til dusk
Terrain: Combi bowl mostly six feet deep with nine
foot deep end going to vert. Roll-in and spine
included. Excellent flow and speed lines. Three foot
mini-bowl just three feet from the Combi bowl for transfers. Plaza type
street course with knee high round rail, square rails,
banks, ledges on both sides of the plaza. |
  
 
Location: 540 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Sunnyvale, CA94085
Pads: Full, Not Restricted
Cost: Free
Open: dawn til dusk
Terrain: Huge Combi Bowl with hips, vert wall,
corners, a spine, extension, and finger. Bowl
dimensions four to eight feet, excellent transitions,
excellent flow and speed lines.
The spine leads into a four foot half bowl opening up into a
flow course with banks, hipped half pipes, fun box and
pyramid. Street course with four stairs and handrail,
ledges, and a low flat rail. |
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Location: Hughes Lane, Ripon, CA 95366
Pads: Full, Not Restricted
Cost: Free
Open: dawn til dusk
Terrain: Huge flow course with three half bowls four
to five feet deep with spine connecting two of the bowls and
the third leaving a five foot gap. The three half
bowls transition into the center of the park with several
banks and bowled corners. The far side of the park
consists of a large vert wall with a center roll-in and
bowled in corners. |
Location: 4650 N. Marks, Fresno, CA 93705
Pads: Full, Not Restricted
Cost: Free
Open: 8am - 10pm
Terrain: Four foot half bowl snake running down
into a nine foot deep end with a foot of vert. Large street
course with ledges, banks, two fun boxes, and pyramids
with ledges and rails. The park is surrounded with
additional ledges and rails. |
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Location: Cecil Ave, Delano, CA
Pads: Full, Not Restricted
Cost: Free
Open: dawn til dusk
Terrain: Three clover bowl with six, eight, and ten
foot transitions, the ten foot tranny leading up to a foot
of vert.
Huge flow course with roll-in, spine, hips, banks, flat
walls, and bowled corners. Street course with stairs,
rails, ledges, and banks. |
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