Who wants to skate in an old broken skate park? Why not spend time and money on a brand new cement park, so that the parents of the skateboarding kids feel better about where their children are, and not worrying about them falling under negative influences and causing trouble?
Kids in Warsaw need and want a new and better skate park. The park we have now is practically unusable; it has been abused and neglected. Kids are tired of getting into trouble for skating on the streets and sidewalks and other private property. If they skate downtown, or even have their skateboard out, then they will get a ticket for $25; second time, it's $50; and it goes up $25 every time! Parents of the kids getting these tickets or losing their skateboards to cops for skating in the wrong spots would love the idea of their kids skating in a park.
Friends of mine agree and love the idea of making a cement skate park in Warsaw. Also, we want a better park which doesn't have upturned ramps that you can't even get onto. The park we have is so destroyed you can't even skate on it. Everything there looks like it is homemade and warped. We can't get on anything but the rails. The one we have now is literally worthless. You can't get going fast enough, there's no bowl, or any good rails. All we have now is warped ply wood that the city calls ramps, and broken rusted benches that they expect us to grind on and ruin our boards.
Another example that shows that the park we have now is unsatisfactory is the fact that it closes way too early and it's small. Imagine how great it would be to have a new skate park with benches, tables, ramps, quarter and half pipes, a bowl, rails, and many other accessories made for skateboarding. It is in Warsaw's best interest to spend some money on this park because Warsaw's kids need an alternative to skating on dangerous roads; they need a well-equipped cement park. Together, we can make it happen.
