Gravity have sent over their first design for a possible Kenilworth Skatepark Extension! Bowl? Check. 3 foot quarter (complete with loveseat)? Check. Banked hip with grindblock at the top? Check. Drop your feedback comments over on the book of faces.
Next Saturday the local artist in residence at Memorial Park is holding a creative art event at the skatepark! If you’ve got any interest in graffiti or street art then get yourself over to the park next saturday between 12 and 3 (hopefully they won’t be putting graffiti on the ramps… we don’t want another... Continue Reading →
Covpark extension put on hold
Prepare yourselves for a rant…. Last night, I had a chat with Phil Hunt, who had some insight onto where we are with the skatepark extension in Memorial Park.It would seem that the park manager, Ann, has had enough of people misbehaving and damaging council property in the Memorial Park (BMXers were apparently named as the... Continue Reading →
Vandalism at Covpark
It would seem we have more troublemakers appearing at Covpark. Ann Akerman sent me this email today; Hi - Just to say yet more vandalism from skaters we suspect, as part of the skate park fence has been unbolted and used as a ramp. Also offensive graffiti on the ramps again. This is doing nothing... Continue Reading →
Covpark Extension: The latest news
I recently sent Gravity a load of feedback on the latest park design. Whilst we’re waiting on that to process and come back to us, Ann Akerman had a few concerns; 1) There was an accident on the skate park two weeks ago and the skater said that the paint we had used to cover... Continue Reading →
Here are the new Covpark plans - we still need feedback and info about funding opportunities to raise the estimated £85,000 that this thing will cost. Direct all comments to the Covpark Extension Facebook, or adetheterrible@gmail.com.
The deal with Leamington’s Vicky Park mini ramp
I heard some rumours on the grapevine that the Vicky Park mini in Leamington was getting torn down. Some people were saying the ramp was getting destroyed with no replacement, and some optimistically said that Leamington council were putting in a concrete replacement. The infamous Edd Cullen aka Camera Mandem has been in contact with... Continue Reading →
Well it’s all going on with skatepark project on the south side of Coventry! We had the first Covpark design from Gravity over the weekend, and now we’ve got a little something from the Kenilworth project. Through a bunch of complications and the inevitable funding cuts from the government, the guys in Kenilworth are being... Continue Reading →