Back in the late '70s, skateboarding was booming and there were lots of skateparks being built.
Lakewood skatepark was one of the best of that time because it was one of the first skateparks to feature real pools, with real tile and coping.
Lakewood was also known for having the Monster Bowl - a 16 foot deep massive pool that dwarfed anything else we had ever seen.
Here's a photo of this crazy behemoth.
I rode this bowl and only have this one photo of myself getting to the tiles and almost a one-wheeler.
This was definitely one of the craziest bowls I've ever ridden. It seemed like it took forever to get to the top.
Can you imagine having to bail at the top of this bowl - and we didn't even have very good knee pads!
That thing's huge! I can't imagine how scary it is to grind that thing haha!
Yeah, I think I was only about 15 at the time and getting just under coping that high was scary enough! It might've been different if we had capped knee pads, but back then, the knee pads were just cloth, not made for knee slides and would slide off your knees!
This pool is huge. Congrats for just riding it. And reaching the tiles 👍😀
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Thanks! Yeah, it was scary, but not as scary as a different bowl at Skatepark Paramount. I'll post about the 16' "Vertibowl" soon!
fresh pictures, man!!! Good to see footage from the early skate scene, it's a honour to have you here!
Thanks!! It was a blast.
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