Skatepark expansion offers 'wheel' excitement
Owen Miller tests his skills on a feature at the original phase of the Concrete Lake Skatepark in Sandpoint. Thursday, skaters, supporters, city officials and construction crews gathered for a groundbreaking of the park's second phase.
Photo by CAROLINE LOBSINGER
Area skaters, Bonner County Skatepark Association members, Sandpoint officials and crews from Dreamland Skateparks gathered for a groundbreaking of the the second phase of the Concrete Lake Skatepark, located at Travers Park in Sandpoint.
SANDPOINT — It's possible, Rory Whitney said, looking over at kids dipping into the bowl at the Concrete Lake, that one of them is a future Olympian.
Whitney, owner of the 7B Boardshop in downtown Sandpoint, was among several dozen people at the Sandpoint skatepark Thursday to celebrate the groundbreaking of a long-hoped-for second phase.
"It's very fulfilling, seeing the excavators down here moving dirt and stuff like that," said Whitney, who was one of those kids dipping into the bowls at the skatepark's launch 19 years ago. "It makes me happy. It's been a long, hard-fought battle, and I think the kids in this town deserve the best park we can give them. What we're doing here makes me very happy."
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