The skating is not restricted to
bowls. Freestyle action in Whiter's parking in
Tracy Smothers on a revolutionary new design skate deck
Whiter features ve
and coping among them is the popular clover
The Turkay Shoot at Whiter foatured Southern California's lop amateurs, Tony Hawk Indy Ar
Another version of fronside ar Nol Blender Whiter
The bow
full pipe is heavily vertical and pitched out. Lester Kasai, layback air
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G&S
Radical amateur Lance Mountain flows an
Indy Air in Whitler's keyhole
SKATE CITY, WHITTIER
Whittier was created with the
vertical skare in mind. It definitely
features more vertical terrain with
tle and coping than any
other
park. The main attraction is its
large wide clover (depth no more
than 5 feet), blessed with happen-
ing coping and files. The action is
hot and heavy in the clover as it
has a multitude of lines available
so that tricks may be wired rather
easily. A capsule pool adjacent to
the clover also features the and
coping. The capsule is also heavily
skated although some criticism
may be claimed because of its
uphill nature and fight transitions
As if that is not enough a deep
keyhole is also part of the park
geography in 1979 it played host
to a Hester Series contest and
since then has s been the target of
some bio s skating
Another feature of the park is its
full pipe, constructed of what was
originally a steel pipe, but now
surfaced and serving its purpose
quite well. A me aside gives an
example of the owner's commit
ment to creating a park of high
quality when originally poured the
bottom of the pipe was linked, but
the management promptly
ordered the flawed area jack
hammered and properly built. That
is what we mean by responsible
owners
A few other smaller bowls with
(of
f course) files and coping com-
plement the remainder of the
park. A small freestyle area is
available, as well as a small banked
half pipe
In closing I would like to add that
the park is well kept, the Pro shop is
fully stocked and the arcade has
all the right machines-in short
you can have a ball there.