CITY TO JUMP ON SKATE PARK PLANS ALL INVITED TO GIVE TIPS TO IMPROVE COMPLEX AT DESIGN WORKSHOP.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY -- The skate park was locked up Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday, but about a dozen skaters climbed in to practice their moves on a day off from school. With that kind of dedication to using the park, it's no surprise the skaters had some opinions about how to improve it. ``Put a little bit more color to it,'' said Haley Phillips, 9, who was skating around with a metallic-silver helmet. ``Because it's, like, a little plain.'' Fortunately for Haley, the city will soon be taking those kinds of tips under advisement Deliberation; consultation. A court takes a case under advisement after it has heard the arguments made by the counsel of opposing sides in the lawsuit but before it renders its decision. ADVISEMENT. , as it makes plans to improve the Sports Complex skate park on Centre Pointe pointe n. In ballet, dancing that is performed on the tips of the toes. [From French pointe (des pieds), point (of the feet), tiptoe; see point.] Parkway. The city is inviting skaters, parents and anyone else to attend a design workshop for the skate park this week. And city officials have said they could spend up to $500,000 on the skate park, and double its size by expanding it to 20,000 square feet. The skaters at the park on Friday seemed eager to see it expanded. A tough bunch, the skaters could describe various injuries they've suffered in their careers. One got a concussion concussion Period of nervous-function impairment that results from relatively mild brain injury, often with no bleeding in the cerebral cortex. It causes brief unconsciousness, followed by mental confusion and physical difficulties. from falling on his head, while another had his board hit him in the mouth and bit through his lip. A pizza delivery “Pizza box” redirects here. For the computer form factor, see Pizza box form factor. Pizza delivery is the service of delivering a pizza to a customer. Pizza delivery presents hazards such as robbery and murder. driver in block-shaped inline skates wore a bandage bandage /ban·dage/ (ban´daj) 1. a strip or roll of gauze or other material for wrapping or binding a body part. 2. to cover by wrapping with such material. over a tattoo tattoo, the marking of the skin with punctures into which pigment is rubbed. The word originates from the Tahitian tattau [to mark]. The term is sometimes extended to scarification, which consists of skin incisions into which irritants may be rubbed to produce on his sprained wrist, the result of a skating accident on the street. ``I like this park a lot,'' said skateboarder Zack Tripp, 15. ``But some of the other people don't like this one for some reason. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why.'' Tripp, the skater who had his tooth go through his lip years ago, is sponsored by a skateboard company and spends every day at the park after school. On Friday, as he stood with fresh blood running down his right forearm, Tripp said he would like to see a half-pipe at the park -- a better one than the two quarterpipes facing each other in one corner of the park. Inline skater Colin Clark Colin Grant Clark (November 2, 1905 - September 4, 1989) was a British economist and statistician who worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia, and who pioneered the use of the gross national product ("GNP") as the basis for studying national economies. , 21, pointed out a railing on the edge of raised cement, and said the railing is in the wrong place. ``This rail is like a death rail,'' he said. ``For some reason they put a huge drop on the other side of it.'' Instead, the rail should be in the middle of the cement ramp, and a cement ledge should be where the rail is, Clark said. A ledge is easier than a rail to jump onto, he added. Skater Jonathan Ratliff, a musician who has a small black musical note tattooed on his forearm, said cement is the hardest surface to fall on, and the park needs more wood. ``You see how this whole park's made out of cement, it's all one piece,'' he said. ``(It needs) wooden ramps Wooden ramps were used by the Germans in World War II to defend areas from terrestrial and aquatic/semi-aquatic vehicles. It consisted of a medium sized tree trunk turned at a 15-20 degree angle with 2-4 legs and mines strapped to the top. made of wood, instead of cement.'' City Councilman Cameron Smyth Cameron Smyth is a Republican who has represented Califoria's 38th Assembly district since December of 2006. He succeeded Keith Richman who was term limited. Prior to being elected to the state legislature, Assemblyman Smyth served on the Santa Clarita City Council, where he said his two children are too young for the skate park, but he sees its value. ``What we have there is great, but it doesn't meet the needs of the growing number of kids,'' he said. ``We want to expand it, and once we do that we can kind of incorporate the designs that the kids want.'' alex.dobuzinskis@dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 IF YOU GO The city of San Clarita will host a public participation design workshop for the skate park from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Sports Complex, 20870 Centre Pointe Parkway, Canyon Country. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Zack Tripp rides his skateboard at the Sports Complex skate park on Centre Pointe Parkway. The city is planning improvements at the park. (2) Colin Clark of Castaic slides his skates down one of the rails. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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