Grinding With Sleep as an Afterthought in Louisville, Kentucky
In an era where skateboarding stigmas have severed the freedom of the sport, the Louisville Extreme Park provides aspiring professional skaters and bike-riders an unharnessed opportunity to practice their shackled trade. Open twenty-four hours a day and absent of supervision, the park's laid-back qualities closely reflect the subculture it caters to. Unfortunately, this paradise for the extreme could very well be headed for Fern Gully fate. The haven sits in the path of the proposed new design for the Kennedy Interchange -- the junction of interstates 64, 65, and 71. Skaters looking for laxity will have to gather all they can carry for now. Bureaucracy's bulldozer has leniency in its crosshairs, again.
Take 40,000 square feet of unsupervised street, transition, and vert style skating fixtures featuring two 11’ bowls, two 8’ bowls, one 6’ bowl, a 12’ vert ramp with a 13’ extension, 6’ flat bank, plus endless rails, ledges, and fun boxes for grinding, and somewhere a skater is having a hard time breathing. Featured in Tony Hawk’s Secret Skatepark Tour, the Louisville Extreme Park is in fact a skater’s dream come true, not just skateboarders either. The park features ample concrete surfaces for in-line skating and biking. Don’t worry if you’re just a beginner, the regulars are forthcoming with tips and tricks to help you become a master of that perfect ollie or a front-side 50/50. The park is officially open from 6am until 11pm, but it’s uncommon to ever find the park truly empty.
In an era where skateboarding stigmas have severed the freedom of the sport, the Louisville Extreme Park provides aspiring professional skaters and bike-riders an unharnessed opportunity to practice their shackled trade. Open twenty-four hours a day and absent of supervision, the park's laid-back qualities closely reflect the subculture it caters to. Unfortunately, this paradise for the extreme could very well be headed for Fern Gully fate. The haven sits in the path of the proposed new design for the Kennedy Interchange -- the junction of interstates 64, 65, and 71. Skaters looking for laxity will have to gather all they can carry for now. Bureaucracy's bulldozer has leniency in its crosshairs, again.
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