Some Would Say Crazy or Obsessed.
Some would say crazy or obsessed, I would say passion or love. Today 5 people started to clean snow off the ramps and flat ground at the Ben Soto skate park. This happened for 2 reasons: the first is that we have nowhere to go, and an indoor skate park is nonexistent. All we have on Staten Island is the Benjamin Soto skate park, which is currently in terrible condition. Secondly, Marie Carmody-LaFrancesca from Councilmen Oddo’s office has contacted the Parks Department and they stated that they planned to repair the ramps, but due to the weather conditions (snow on the ramps) they cannot. 5 of us started at12:30 PM, 5 turned into 8, then 10, then 15, and then 20. At the end of the day there were 25 bikers, skateboarders, scooter riders and mountain bikers cleaning the snow and ice off the ramps. 5 hours later, almost the whole park was cleaned off. I would like to say thanks to Nick for bringing an extra snow blower, and thanks to all the people who braved the wet snow and ice in 40-degree weather to clean the skate park. I have never seen a sport so bonded.
Ed Pollio
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Many would say crazy and obsessed and those people obviously dont have much to live for or anything to look forward to being that they dont understand or relate to thinks that people are passionate about.
It is Absolutely ridiculous that we still do not have an indoor park or some alternative to pre-fab ramps with decks broken through and screws out far enough to give you too flats and then send you to the hospital. As for the promise of a repair, we have heard it all before ill belive it when i see it.
We have got allot of riders out here and the numbers are only going to increase. We need more than one park and to work with people with better attitudes.
too bad the city doesnt care about staten island… and they dont care about bike riders… so you are equivalent to black people living in projects..
NY tax dollars at work. Good job boys