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Skatepark obstacles. (Product Roundup).


Responding to the popularity of street riding among today's youth, Skatewave[TM] has introduced its 2002 Urban Series[TM] line of skatepark A skatepark is a purpose-built recreational environment for skateboarders, bmxers and aggressive skaters to ride and develop their sport and technique. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, quarter pipes, handrails, trick boxes, vert ramps, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, stairs,  equipment. The Urban Series obstacles are modeled after items found on city streets and plazas, including picnic tables A picnic table (or sometimes a picnic bench) is a modified table with benches expressly for the purpose of eating a meal outdoors (picnicking). In the past, picnic tables were typically made of wood, but modern tables can be made out of anything from recycled plastic to , benches, stairs, fire hydrants and highway barriers. These items are designed specifically for riders and can be grouped together to create the feeling of a city plaza City Plaza is a shopping mall in historic downtown St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.

This shopping plaza features heritage architecture and a European small shop ambience. It is home to BITNETS, the award winning technology business, other upscale offices and boutique-style shops.
, or easily paired with quarter pipes, launch boxes and other common obstacles to bring a high-performance Adj. 1. high-performance - modified to give superior performance; "a high-performance car"
superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
 street-skating dimension to traditional skateparks.

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