Charleston Hates Skaters

I took a trip down to the Isle of Palms, SC last week with the fam for a little chillin' and relaxin' - chillaxation, if you will - and thought I'd hit a few skate parks while I was there. I fired up ye ol' Interweb for some skate park info but was dismayed by the lack of current stats on the parks in the area. I saw "The Park" on ConcreteDisciples.com, "The Courtyard" at the Carolina Ice Palace, and a few dinky skate parks attached to public parks. I also came across this little number...

Charleston Cop Pushes Skateboarder

I scoped out some spots on the way through town and saw plenty of "No Skateboarding" signs posted. Hmm, it looks like Charleston as a whole doesn't like skaters. We also passed the Fairmont Skate Shop while travelling through Mount Pleasant and decided to hit that place up for info before setting out to find the parks I had researched. Lusy and I packed our gear and headed toward the shop.

The Fairmont Skate Shop was pretty well stocked. Lusy picked out a sweet belt (sweet because it was bright yellow and on sale) and I picked up a hoodie (on sale as well) and a skate video. I started talking with the skate shop owner, Shane, and I asked him about the local skate parks. He said they were all lame. "The Park" was about an hour north and he didn't recommend it. "The Courtyard" had closed. He claimed that everything that was worth skating was in people's backyard. Shucks.

I told him about the 'Cretins and we traded URLs (Fairmont Skate Shop if you want to check them out). I also told him that I had seen some video of a cop pushing a skater off his board and Shane was like, "That was my brother. I filmed that!" Ha! We talked about the video, the aftermath, and attitude of Charleston for a while. Shane was a cool cat!

In fact, Shane was so cool, he gave me the numbers of some guys who had a legendary wooden bowl in their backyards. I think that it was the Warehouse Bowl that Travio and I had looked at on ConcreteDisciples.com. Unfortunately, I was nursing a foot injury and I had the sweet and impressionable Lusy in tow. I appreciated the numbers but never pulled the trigger. If anyone is in Charleston and wants to try it out, I have Jerry and Hank's numbers >:)