Burnside

I stopped by Burnside Skatepark yesterday. I had never been there before. The place was actually built "guerilla-style", I think 18 years ago or something along those lines. By "guerilla-style" I mean these skaters just took this empty trashed lot under the burnside bridge, where a lot of junkies and prostitutes would hang out, and with what concrete they had, started forming ramps and whatnot, now it's one of the most challenging skateparks around. Built by skaters, D-I-Y, with a spirit of lawlessness. Their project eventually gained approval by the neighboring businesses apparently. It makes the skatepark back in Louisville look like Chuck-e-Cheese. It was wierd because I had visited this place via video games in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater when I was younger and it was actually pretty similar.