In July of 2008, Josh, Kyle, Jonas and I hit up a couple of parks one day. Tigard Skate Park was the last one we skated that afternoon. It's actually not a bad park. The big attraction is a huge vert area with giant walls and a step up on the other side. You can drop in from one end of the park and try to get enough speed by getting high up on the wall to be able to ollie up a huge step up at the other end of the park. There are also some other small bowls and some manual pads and rails around the perimeter, as well as a stone dinosaur. We didn't get a chance to skate for that long, but the park definitely has potential. I give Tigard Skate Park a 3 star rating.
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WEST LINN SKATE PARK **
That same day, Josh, Kyle, Jonas and I first went to West Linn Skate Park. You have to drive up into the hills of West Linn to find it. When you get there, it is amazing to see that they built a skatepark with so many obstacles in one little area. The park is basically a tight little snake run with lots of vert bowls. Similar to Tigard, there is a street course around the perimeter, but it is so scary to skate because if you get land wrong on the street course, you can fall into the deep end of a pool. Again, we didn't skate it for very long. It might be fun if you could find a line. Overall, I give West Linn Skate Park a 2 star rating.
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GRESHAM SKATE PARK *
One day, in July of 2008, Josh, Cole, Brandon, Jonas and I skated Gresham Skate Park. We actually thought that a new park was built in Gresham and found nothing but a cement slab with a pyramid in the middle, a small quarter pipe, stadium style steps with lame coping and a couple of small boxes. It seems like a good park for little kids learning how to roller-blade. We skated until we got bored. I give Gresham Skate Park a 1 star rating.
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Christian Young
FP SkateChurch Pastor
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