s - “A: “(It to curtoNtter. - chi'ieu'iay.'Nbin-iriber may 0 New skatepark gets high marks ( . . . ,. . continued from page I a " ' "I give it a 90," said r * ,‘ ‘ . . 6000 $q_fl_ showroom Robertson. who has been I participating in the sport for I) A, . the last two decades. , . t 4 ~ . He gives the city kudos for ’ " 7 . J , 5" some of the rails and boxes it .‘ f - ï¬g has put in place and said G ‘ if: »‘ there is enough of a run up to ' ? these features that allows talâ€" ‘ 1 ented riders like himself to ‘ - "g dot-laborate tricks. r 77 .. . 1 Robertson's one criticism g». _ ‘ v j 451 was most of the tricks pool «ï¬shifbflf'tn' <. > A f ‘ Q i i - r s ,-, b riders into the same area. - f' ,5i%~fgfr»,: ' g N . l rrzxdleddl'hlctif‘stbllcf: {at}: BMX rider Chris Rooke gets airborn Sunday at thgztegaï¬h is? “P ‘t « near misses as skaters and "ii bikers cross paths. public with its intentions to 10.000â€"square-foot facility in ‘ 3 a And that's one major build. He compared the the spring said Anderson. . \-. thing he's noticed about the process to a skating facility who said she picked up on park since it been opened â€" built near the Kitchener the buuaround thepark _ it’sheen crowded. Memorial Auditorium that “I've been asking a lot of , “I don't think that people has fallen out of favour the skateboarders what they , ' ( ) realize how big the local because of the way it is laid think and I don't tell them I ‘ skate community is and out. work at the city." said Ander- V ‘ t we're getting to see that at "The city got this one son. “I just ask them if they . ‘ the new skatepark." said right," said Robertson. who like the park. and the ‘ \\/7 \T ‘ . \ ‘ Robertson. "Skateboarding‘s also attended a couple of the response I’m getting is very " L . _ been around forever and it's public input sessions city positive. ‘ \ ’ _ . _ cool to see the riders who are staff held in the lead up to its â€They've said it's fun. it's ‘1 r l‘.‘ o; }\ 1 l g I 1 t‘ p. ' ' in their 405 come out and ï¬nal design. in an excellent location and ' ' join the young guys," “This is one of the better they're happy it's at the spot Robertson said he thinks facilities you'll find in the in the uptown area. It's easy " 221 1fi"].1_'m p." [I (i "ill - _; .. my the key to the skateboard province. to get to and there's a good _ . _ ' ' i " y ‘ ._ ' park's early success and posiv "Being90 per cent happy range of rails. boxes and i‘ f †' ‘ "“"‘""! tive feedback is due to the is not too bad â€"â€" it won't be stairs to use. ' fact the city sought input on hard to ï¬nd me most days." “The last thing we wanted (51 g) 8 3 6 ‘ 8 8 4 6 1 â€" 8 D D - 3 4 9 â€" 8 9 87 "W“ the facility from the skating The city will hold an off} to do is build something they ; ‘ . WWW.CrOWflbath.Ca ""'""" 3 community since it went cial grand opening for the weren’tgoingtouse." i" '; “l i o 2 r}. . o o i 4. g. 2 » All regular prtced furniture at 6 n d flu"? I . I n . l . I 5599 “K“ °’ $999 Celebration “M“ g b. WEEKEND . . . . , a. 1." L4.» 3. , 1 '. ’ * as; we ?~""-<v. are: - . ‘ " "v " ""- ’. «7 .¢ ' J“ t. ‘ . . a y, . _ . . . . _ j a"? , the Z‘ “A ' V