Duncan Gore has been working with the city of Colorado Springs to get a new park built. The park is already in the works, and now they are looking for suggestions from around the world to help make the park as great as it can be. Duncan is looking for your comments on what makes your local spots great or terrible, or what could be even better. Read his story below and then hit up his Vital BMX Profile to help him out. The results could be incredible.
I am currently working with our local Park and Rec on a new skatepark for our city park here in Colorado Springs. I am looking for any input on anything that any of you might have come upon (whether it be a skatepark, sweet ledge at your school, obstacle down the street, or whatever) when out and about shredding. The best things that you have shredded. Not only do we want a park that we will be proud of, but also one that will be desired and searched out by people all over the world to come shred. We are not looking to build the biggest, but one of the coolest, functional, and best parks around. So what I need from you is your input on your park experiences, whether it be good or bad. If your street section has lines that crisscross and it sucks, let me know. If your ten years old and can't get a run in, let me know. If you have a capsule and you love that thing, let me know. If there is a dope 20-stair rail outside the coffee house—you get the idea. Any idea is valuable to me; all ideas, problems, and solutions. How the city runs things. How is the biker/skater relationship? Anything and everything is relevant to me. Thanks for all your help. Hopefully this thing will be completed early next spring, unless we reach our budget goal early (we are over halfway there thanks to the Park and Rec). The Park and Rec has already approved this project. We are just getting some ideas to help us have a really good park. We have our ideas, but don't want to get stuck with tunnel vision. Let me know if you have any questions or whatever. Just send a message or e-mail. I'll get back to you.
Here are the basics:
1. Park name and city it is in, state or country
2. Builder's name if known (Colorado excluded)
3. Your age/occupation (statistic stuff)
4. Does your park allow bikes? Are there certain times set aside for bikes?
5. Does your park allow pegs? If so, are there any rules or regulations on the pegs?
6. Does your park require pads or a helmet?
7. Cement or prefab (wood, steel, etc.)
8. Does your park have any damage? Be honest. Let me know what is damaged, where, and why you think it is damaged. Don't tell me that there is no damage because you think that our park might exclude bikes. Bikes will be in this park! That is a done deal. If your park is falling apart, we don't want to get suck with that contractor that does a terrible job like they did in Fairplay, Colorado (a skate-only park that was falling apart even before it was six months old in 2006). Let me know what is damaged, how bad, etc. and if it is skate-only or combined.
9. Does your park cost money to ride?
And anything else you think will help us make an awesome park. Thanks for everything—Colorado Springs (AKA Duncan Gore)
