History
In September 2005 the park was resurfaced. The new surface has already cracked and become dangerous in certain places. Users of the park were angry with the council for employing inexperienced contractors who had no experience in the skatepark building field. Some of the wooden local-built ramps were then removed by the council after the fatal injury of a visiting skateboarder. The injury was not incurred on or near the local built ramps but, it is believed, the council felt the need to be extra careful, fearing the possibility of litigation in the eventuality of other injuries.
Following the appalling resurfacing job carried out in 2005, users of the park have successfully campaigned for a further resurfacing. This was carried out between September 2007 and October 2008 (this time with experts involved and a number of local skaters and BMXers helping out). The new surface is accompanied by a number of transition-with-coping ramp additions, most notably in the north east corner of the park, previously an empty space (on the left in the photo below).
The skateboarding and BMX scene is very friendly and locals use the park as a place to hang out and socialise as well as ride the ramps.
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