Whats the Deal with Love Park

So three weeks after the removal of the Christmas village we skaters are still getting pushed around by security figures telling us not to skate in Love Park. I’m entirely perplexed by this ever changing playground of rules. For one, I’ve skated love park many a Saturdays with no consequence and made plenty of skater acquaintances doing it. However yesterday when I went to meet up with the guys over at Not 1 Philly Parkour  I was greeted by a police officer who told me to keep my board off the ground. I did what he asked but I just didn’t get it . Was it really that big of a deal? The Christmas Village has long since been gone and the only remnants of it were the ugly ‘You Know You Love It.” Noodle. Who authorized Kraft to put that blight there? How soon can we get it torn down?  Anyway there was hardly anyone in the park so I don’t see what the big deal was. There's even a new green 'Fairmount Park Rules and Regulations" board. No biking, no in line skates, no roller blades, no skateboards  no scooters, no alcoholic beverages, no smoking... Its like they want us to just sit there and enjoy the fountain or something.  I left and didn't soon return. I hope our skate haven returns to its original skater friendly dome-plex soon. 

Lil' Wayne's New Skate Park

Yup, you read it right, Rapper, Designer, Entrepreneur and now Skateboarder Lil' Wayne has opened a skate park in his home town of New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward, Louisiana. Lil' Wayne's "DEWeezy Skatepark" is intended to be a beacon of hope and a rebirth for the community in an area that's seen little growth or rejuvenation since 2005, when it was virtually destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. In an interview at the park's opening, Lil' Wayne told The Associated Press, "I just wanted to help out my city, help out the people and the kids and give them something to do, something they haven't done before. It's always good to learn something new." Professional skateboarder and this year's X Games gold medalist Paul Rodriguez was on hand, along with fellow Mountain Dew teammate Theotis Beasley to help commemorate the park's opening and to wow local kids with their bag of tricks, skating the park alongside novice skater Lil' Wayne for the crowd of spectators. The skatepark was designed and built by veteran park builders California Skateparks. The design mirrors the local geographic attributes of the neighborhood, with the quarterpipes at either end of the skatepark symbolizing the Mississippi River and the Bayou Bienvenue, and a line running through the middle of the park representing Caffin Avenue. The DEWeezy Skatepark is named after Lil' Wayne's Trukfit clothing line, which launched at the Agenda Trade Show in January, in addition, Lil' Wayne's line of sneakers through Supra debuted in August at the Project trade show. Having recently appeared on the cover of skateboarding's biggest mail-order catalog, alongside some of the most prominent pros in the industry, Lil' Wayne appears to be carving out his place within the skateboarding market. From the videos the park seems pretty legit. Hand rails, hubbas, stairs and flats rails. It almost seems like Wayne did his research on this one. either way check it out and let us know what you think. You can read more Here and see some actually interview and skate footage Here Be sure to give us some feedback about how you feel about Wayne skating, what he's doing for his community, the Truckfit line, and the skate park project as a whole, we look forward to hearing from you. - The Philly Skater Over n' Out.