The New GBH Shirebrook Skatepark

Jul 28, 2006

Written by Bart de Jong

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The kids of Shirebrook got to celebrate their independence in style by riding the ramps of their very own new GBH skatepark. The size of this park is deceptive, not unlike stepping through the wardrobe into Narnia…with ramps. It may not be a particularly large area but the design skills of Russ has made sure that it has a whole lot going on, and his clever use of space ensures that nothing is crammed in so skaters aint gonna come a collision cropper.

The 6 metre wide miniramp unit includes sloped quarters and a wide flatbank that provides perfect entrance and return for the comprehensive street area. While the street area itself is made up of a jumpbox, volcano and a ultra, ultra wide driveway unit; its got rails, its got steps, a generation gap and a real wide bank. At the far end of the park is a wall of returns made up of quarters, flatbanks, a set back wembley gap and a rollin, all with a massive 3 metre platform for plenty of chill space. GBH have even been so kind as to include a couple of benches for the old crusties to rest their wearies on.

The New GBH Shirebrook Skatepark can be found at Shirebrook Town Park, Park Road, Shirebrook, Notts, NG20 8JQ, England.