Prime
Cuts
Gilroy Skatepark
Gilroy, Ca
Top: Gilroy has
more to offer than
just a grind-it-once-
and-forget-about-it
rainbow bar.
Right: On account
of the fresh cement,
Jason Adams' board
reacted stubbornly to
this noseblunt slide,
throwing a virtual
tantrum of jostling
and screeching.
Jason, however,
managed to reel it in.
ust south of San Jose and
east of Santa Cruz, CA, is
Gilroy garlic capital of the
world and home to a new
skatepark. The park is
pretty small but packed well
with assorted goodies. Good things
about the park are the five different
flat bars and many various metal-
edged ledges (say that ten times fast)
that encircle the park. There are
three pyramid-type setups of
varying transition and banks with
ledges that make for some fun trick
combos. Two quarterpipes (the
tallest objects at the park) face each
other with rounded hips. On the
backside of one quarterpipe is a
multi-level ledge setup that has
potential. At the gravitational bot-
tom of the park is a short volcano
with a big deck that gives you a good
start-off for shooting back to the top
(the park is set up on a slight incline),
hitting an obstacle on the way.
Overall: 4 out of 10.
-Aaron Jones
Above: Frontside crooks look good. They seem like a straightforward
trick to learn but for most, they don't come easy. Aaron Vandenbulke
paid his dues and can now take them upstream.
Right: Seasoned vert dogs know that two opposing quarterpipes can
double as a mini. Fakie rock, tail tap, fakie rock, tail tap...