Extreme thrills are open to all

6 November 2008

East Kent Mercury

THE opening of a new skate park in Deal was celebrated with a host of stunts and displays.

Council officials and funding partners watched in awe while youngsters demonstrated exactly what good use they will make of the new area, at Victoria Park.

Cllr Bernard Butcher, chairman of Dover District Council, formally opened the park and the ceremony was followed by competitions and demonstrations on the park's new concrete bowls, street plaza, jump wall and curved rails.

Southsea skatepark was established back in 1978, it’s an amazing place but these days it’s looking a little tired.
Southsea skatepark users group along with Bored Skateshop have teamed up with Spitfire Wheels based in San Francisco, USA to help out.
Together they’ve created a limited run of 200 ‘Support Southsea Skatepark’ t-shirts in which you can buy to show your support.
They are be on sale in Bored and online from Saturday 4th October 2008. You can also pick one up at the skatepark too.

A healthy slice of cash from each sale goes to the users to group give the park a good tidy up so that everyone continues to use the skatepark happily for years to come, just as they have done in the past.

Get spending!

After the IoW council threatened to destroy their skatepark many people joined the crusade to save it.

They've produced a 22 track CD to raise funds.

Please take a few minutes of your time to read the article and help Steveage.