Portland Skate Plaza

[colorblindbowen]

That place is amazing.  They failed to show the amazing 30 foot mini-ramp with marble coping at the entrance to the park.

[seedless]

Ok, so i went and skated there today(Sunday) and yesterday. Let me just start by saying, that mini ramp section with the pool coping, is the sickest thing to skate ever. It was pretty crowded but i figured it was going to be since its been like 70 degrees the past 2 days. There is a long 5 stair with a marble hubba on each side with a handrail in the middle. I thought the hubbas were super fun, but do to the crowd i didnt want to skate it for long and have someone run into me as i was landing. Then there is a long 3 with a small handrail, then another long three with a long square handrail, both were super fun to skate. There are marble ledges and manny pads everywhere, not to mention 2 sick ass bank to ledges. Take out the crowd, and this park is 10/10 no joke. Well i guess it would recieve that rating if you like to skate street, if you only like tranny this park really isnt for you, but i would suggest going to check out that mini ramp section. Ate shit pretty good today so i had to cut my session short, hope i feel better tomorrow so i can go when all the kids are in school.

[colorblindbowen]

Word life god.  I would love to see more plazas like that.  With a good amount of transition incorporated into the mix.  I kind of wish that there were some more qps along the way to keep the speed flowing, but I can't really complain, that park is fast, and it has a lot of really well designed things to skate.

[seedless]

^are you in portland colorblind?

[colorblindbowen]

Seattle for another month, then I'm in VT and Woodward for the summer, then back over to the west coast.  I'm thinking about spending next summer in Portland.  There's so much good shit down there to skate.  Have you been to Hood River yet?

[seedless]

Not since i moved here. I have a friend who is from out there, Ive been to that park once, dont remember it to well though.

[colorblindbowen]

...amazing.

[seedless]

Thats the park that has a sick bowl in the top right corner if your back was to the river yeah?

[colorblindbowen]

Uhhhhh, ohh yeah. That thing is scary as fuck.  I only dropped into it once.  We just skated everything else.  That place is seriously like a fucking lost boy wonderland.  It's in the woods, and it has everything...doorway, steep trannys, bank wall, euro, bank down stairs, handrail, hips, flow, snake run, mini bowl, big bowl, banks, more flow, bank to curb, trees, a subway at the end of the street, shade, and even a little gap over the creek.

[seedless]

Sounds like they added some stuff since ive been there, which was about 3 years ago. My buddy Wiley lives out there when he comes home from school in the summers. Once he comes back i'll head out there and check it out again.

[colorblindbowen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U88iamiPPzo

The hood river section is at the end.  The covered part is where the vert ramp used to be.

That's me with the flapping Ralph Mouth and the back d and front feeble on the standalone quarter if you were wondering...

[seedless]

It has definitely changed since ive been there. Cant wait to check it out again.

[colorblindbowen]

How the fuck did I end up typing Ralph Mouth?  What the fuck?  I know I was drunk when I typed that, but where did Ralph Mouth even come from?  What's a Ralph Mouth?

[Paper/Scissors]

flainell=Ralph Mouth

Ralph Mouth is when you compensate your ability to gain an erection by going down on a girl. It comes from some television series.

At least thats the only way I've heard of it.

[pawnzito]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U88iamiPPzo

The hood river section is at the end.  The covered part is where the vert ramp used to be.

That's me with the flapping Ralph Mouth and the back d and front feeble on the standalone quarter if you were wondering...

Where is that spot after centralia with all the graffitti?