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Hear from professional and legendary skaters such as Ray Flores, Mark Jones, and more as they talk about the history of Venice Skate Park.
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Give me a little bit of the back story that maybe not everybody knows about the skate park what it took to make happen. I kind of stuff it's used to be a key part right here with the pavilion right here. And it wasn't much of the state like it was like the big street area would walls and tables.
We were filled routes in the coffins coming down down how are you working on project started 1989. For ten years. It was. We're here shortly are basically told -- there's never going to be state spartans are going to be here forever your 2000 they probably determine their future down. -- was renovated feature. Just amazing reward you had no -- you -- noble. Generated 4030 pros. Flat Walton curves is just one of those deals that we've been sitting on waiting and wondering what the city was gonna work -- this isn't working against this.
Kerry woods and oil field. Toxic pollutants had cleaned up at the well -- capped at fifty feet below the surface so these are really experienced -- that. Actually have a -- time for skate park ever before.
Finally when they got -- commission okay. That was that was a big plus. Negating the design -- submitted it would if you hyperinflation.
This is just about honoring. The guys that that skateboard. Joining us carefully laid it down before there's. I have I think the mixture which it 56. It was a fine mixture of skaters orders notes local guys who really want to support the state -- he would actually here we can build together. That's my message to didn't really do believe this apart for everybody in. That's all that it's always been we've always gotten skaters all over the world.