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So this has happend to me a few times. The most recent I was mid barspin over a spine and the lights turned off right as I threw the bars. Scariest thing in my life. The lights at our park are suppose to turn off at 10 yet it turned off at 9:55. Anybody else have this happen to them or a friend before? Any crazy stories? I honestly think this is unreal how the lights will shut off and it's very dangerous
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An indoor park I go to during the Winter has done that before, not when I was mid trick though. But I was sitting at the top of the roll-in area and the lights flicked on and off before, and it was nowhere near closing time. Just someone working there thinking they're funny I guess. They don't do that anymore though cause someone I know was apparently doing a 180 bar over the box and they turned the lights off then and he ate complete shit, and went up and bitched them out. Which they deserved, that's fucked up.
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our outdoor park doesn't have lights.
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our only skatepark that allows bikes is in the ghetto and is next to a playground and a baseball field, all with no lights. Some dude got stabbed and died in the baseball field and now the city wants lights, but not in the skatepark area. fml
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My local skatepark is right next to load trains. They have freaked me out mid trick before. That's nowhere near as bad as the lightes going out tho.
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I've seen it happen. A buddy was mid 360 over a spine when they went out. He RIPPED THEM A NEW ONE about it.
Local park lights are supposed to go off at 10, usually between 10 and 10:07 they are off.
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When that would happen some of my buddies i use to ride with would just find the timer/ power box and just turn them back on and no one would ever come tell them us to leave
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At my park we have light but were not using them because people in a building 50 feet away complained and theres trees in the way of the building and the lights weren't even strong enough to light up the entire park
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one park here has a siren giving you a 10 minute warning before the lights go. good thing parking garages are always lit!
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Yeah I think warnings and a headsup before the lights turn off would be so much better and safer all around. Bikes aren't allowed at any parks near me anyways. Haha
