Skatepark of Austin-Beer Bash and BBQ.

Published by Chris | Filed under Austin, Skateboarding

Same game: different city. I went to the Skatepark of Austin for a BBQ, beer and bowl bash on Friday night. This was my first venture into the Austin skate scene since moving here. Its funny how no matter what city you’re in, all of the skateboarders look a like. Mostly because they all wear a variation of the 5 skateboarder uniforms. In case you don’t know what those uniforms are:

So anyway, the skatepark was pretty cool with the usual cast of characters including the dudes with nicknames. The one nickname that really stood out was “shortbus”. I liked that one. Additionally, we had the tattooed face guy with his Pit Bull. Not every scene has the tattooed face guy but you always have a Pit Bull. The one unusual thing that I spotted was a guy with dread locks that was extremely drunk (I think he owned the place).
Never the less, the Skatepark of Austin was a great place. It has a street area with all of the usual banks, rails and ledges, a big ass bowl that goes up to 9’ and has a 4’ kidney shaped bowl with an over-vert section. The park has no air conditioner so be prepared to sweat your ass off if you stop by.
The beer, BBQ and bowl contest was a lot of fun. I’m not sure who won the contest but everyone was ripping. Thanks to everyone that gave me a beer and bummed me smokes. Oh yea, thanks to the dumb bitch that thought it was funny to shoot roman candles at everyone. Real cool.