In the new issue of The La Jolla Light was an article highlighting a recent proposition made both at the La Jolla Town Council’s Park and Beaches Committee and La Jolla Parks & Recreation Inc. meetings for a skate park in La Jolla. My roommates and I were very excited, as we have been talking of constructing a half pipe in our yard for over a year. Everyone kept yelling, “Did you hear!? They might build a skate park in La Jolla!”
The article pointed to the lack of space for local tweens and teens to skateboard and hopefully provide them a place to skate instead of in front of businesses. For the nation’s most expensive housing market a few skateboarders is a huge concern. I can’t say I’ve had much trouble with La Jolla skateboarders. A few months ago there were some kids skateboarding on our trashcan – we weren’t too concerned – it wasn’t long ago that we were doing the same thing.
The big thing that this community doesn’t realize is that it isn’t the local teens that will be using this skate park, its all the kids at UC San Diego! I graduated from there and let me tell you, there are students skateboarding all over the place. Pretty soon all those kids will be over running the La Jolla Recreation Center Skate Park. I think the smart thing to do would be to build the park closer to the university, maybe somewhere near La Jolla Shores? or closer to UCSD?
All I know is that It makes me excited to know we may have a skate park in La Jolla soon! I’m not too sure if it will eventually happen or not, but if it does I foresee a lot of broken bones…
