| There are many things people
know about skate parks, but some knowledge is very different. There
are many different times of skate parks. |
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Skate parks were first built in
the 1970's. They were built on the idea that skaters had a hard time
finding places to practice their sport. it was also a much safer
place to skateboard. |
| Other places that people
could practice skating was in their own backyards pools. But only
certain people could skate backyard pools because it was on private
property. |
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The worlds first skate park was
opened in Port Orange, Florida in 1976. That skate park was called
"Skateboarding City". A week later another skate park was
built in Carlsbad California called "Carlsbad Park". |
| After this happened skaters
became very popular to skate parks. After this happened skate parks
started to be built all over North American cities. Other countries
started to build skate parks such as Japan, Australia, and Europe. |
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Every single skate park is
different but all of them share a common element. they are share
elements such as ramps, stairs, rails, benches, and bowls. |
| Half pipes are the main thing
in most skate parks. a half pipe is like the letter
"U". They are usually between 8 and 12 feet. |
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