Photos: Brooks Fritz

Square Footage: 8,000

Builder: Grindline Skateparks ( grindline.com)

Address: 5603 North River Rd. Oceanside, California USA

Does it cost? Nope, it’s Free

Does it have lights: Nope. But if you feel like playing some baseball all the baseball fields do.

Do you have to wear pads?: Nope. This isn’t football.

Pool coping or metal? Metal coping with some areas of concrete edge. Sorry bowl trolls and old men, the “flow” park is on Mesa Drive. This is the “street” park.

Is it open? Technically no. Not yet. But kids are poaching it. All the concrete is done but the park still needs a little more work. A little bit of welding and then all that’s left is the landscaping to be done. After that it’s open for you and your flipstick to get shred nastyfied.

Nipple

Low to high free lunch

Cheese wedges

Euro Banks?

Euro gap, ledges, hip, nipple, etc…

Spine

I dont know what to say.

Slappy curb

Cant be a “street” course with out the mandatory handrail.

The Skateboard Photographer Stereotype: Show up at the skatepark with no board, maybe don’t even know how to skate wearing MC Hammer sweatpants and UGG Boots ready to shoot the “talent.”

Jersey barrier

and some more slappies…

The kids are hyped!!!

Word is after January 1st 2009 in California all public skateparks will be free with no more pad regulations. Could this possibly be true?

Have a good weekend and New years! - Brooks

Where: Oceanside, California

Address: 4300 Mesa Drive, Oceanside California 92054

Square Ft: 6000

Builder: Grindline.com

Do you have to pay: No

Pads: Brain Bucket

Bmx: Nope.Thats for the dirt.

So the city of Oceanside is about to have a permanent concrete skate park completed. I personally have to say that it’s about time this happened. The city has only been milking skateboarding since the early 80’s here. If you didn’t know the NSA beach style contest was held at the Oceanside band shell in 1985. Google it. Needless to say all the Triple Crown & X games stuff that has gone on here in Oceanside. All by the beach too. What’s funny but actually pathetic is when it came down to building the skate parks no one wanted anything to do with skateboarders being by the beach. At city council meetings one by one near beach locations were shut down immediately. There wasn’t even a chance. So the parks ended up out in the valley.

All I have to say this place is already blown out and make sure you bring your jousting stick because your going to need it. It’s way too small for way too many hyped kids wanting to skate. Plus all the old men coming out of the woodwork. I almost forgot to mention it’s in between two schools.

This place is going to be a Russian roulette Chinese downhill air Canada fly out disaster zone.

But I guess it’s something to skate. I just hope the city doesn’t flake and really does come through on this so called 3rd park that’s supposed to be better then sliced bread. What’s the point of having Grindline here building this stuff if they aren’t going to build a Grindline park. - Brooks