There’s still too much snow on the ground to get outside and skate, but after some desperate searching I heard about the Crossroads Skate Park in Ogden, Utah from a guy at Milo Sport in Orem. Crossroads may be Utah’s last indoor public skate park (if I’m wrong, let me know). Entry is 5 bucks for 2 hours.
Crossroads is a small park, but has packed in the fun with a mini (micro?) spine half-pipe, a 5′ half pipe, and a number of quarter pipes leading to streetstyle obstacles. The ramps are made of masonite, the surface of which is coated with the carbon/bearing grime of a thousand skateboards. And I thought concrete parks were slick!
With all that slickness the street style obstacles were a little too much for me (or maybe it was the more able skaters zooming constantly from one to another), but the half-pipes were a lot of fun. We were there midday on a Saturday, and the park was pretty crowded–mostly little rippers under the age of 14, I’d guess. There were enough little kids skating the 5′ pipe that I had to wait for 2 or 3 runs in between my own. And when you suck at half pipes as much as I do, that turns out to being a little too often to learn anything new!
