Skatepark - New Albany, Indiana, U.S.A.

8/23/2010

The New Albany skatepark sits in the city's (apparently, unnamed) riverfront park, almost directly under the I-64/US 150 bridge that spans the Ohio River. The park looks pretty old; the locals claim that it's been there about 13 years. It shows the age, with cracking concrete and settling slabs everywhere. The construction looks pretty janky, and the overall design and execution are pretty questionable, too. It's definitely kinda "gnar", but that also makes it kind of fun, what with the oddball flat-banks everywhere, and the fairly-legitimate "street" obstacles (complete with rusty metal rails, several coats of peeling paint, and chunks missing from the concrete). It's only about 15 minutes from Louisville's "Extreme" skatepark via I-64, so if you're up for something a little harder to skate, you might wanna swing by for a few runs. -Bud Stratford, The Solitary Life (www.thesolitarylifeof.blogspot.com)