I’ve had a few cool encounters over the past year at skateparks that have made me further appreciate public skateparks — and public parks in general — as important places
I’ve had a few cool encounters over the past year at skateparks that have made me further appreciate public skateparks — and public parks in general — as important places
Like communities across the state, Central Oregon’s towns boast their fair share of public skateparks. Bend, Sisters, Warm Springs, Redmond, Madras and Prineville are all home to concrete skateparks.
On the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, the loud chorus of spring birdsong is mixed with a new sound: the steady rumble of skateboard wheels on concrete. On a recent Sunday afternoon, a young girl sat on her skateboard and prepared to drop in on the halfpipe. Then, crack! The smack of flesh on concrete as […]