SICKYPANTS!!!!
Shout out to all the SoCal locals. I grew up in Orange County so this is EPIC news to hear for me. The Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation just announced it has begun development of its first “Safe Spot, Skate Spot” in Los Angeles’ Lafayette Park this January. The Lafayette Safe Spot Skate Spot should be completed by late February 2009… SICKY PANTS!!
Just to throw a little background on the program but The Safe Spot Skate Spot was developed by The Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation to support legal and safe skate spots for communities interested in developing skateable terrain for their skateboarders. Based from the skate plaza concept, the Safe Spot Skate Spot program will provide an alternative option for communities to develop real legal street skating locations given limited budgets or space restrictions. Basically, to develop and build a skate park or skate plaza takes a GINORMOUS amount of community support and involvement, financing, and development resources…let alone land. It looks like the Foundataion has developed a work around to all of these with the Safe Spot Skate Spot program by utilizing land currently idela and donations rather than straight fiscal expenditures.
The Lafayette Safe Spot Skate Spot was developed in partnership with The Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation, Newline Skate Parks and California Skate Parks. At just over 7000 square feet of skateable terrain the spot will contain ledges, benches and stairs that flow through the park’s natural landscape. It’s noted that a generous donation by CKE Restaurants, Inc. (a.k.a. Carl’s Jr.® hamburger chain) to The Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation secured the development of the Lafayette skate spot. So from everyone at Project Trident a BIG thank you to the Carl Karcher and the entire Karcher Family for their donation.
Not gonna lie to you, but this development is awesome for those in LA. I think we should all support this development and check it atleast once in our lifetime. Hope to meet some of you there someday and if you have any ideas like this or have some connections that could throw an idea like this together, drop The Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation a line…their helping all of us and our communities.
SICKYPANTS!!
Do you do any of these skate projects outside of LA