There's a skate park in Karen. No way! Yes way! :D In the Hub Mall, i discovered an amusement park called Funscapes -- after one of my paintball matches. At that time, the games were fewer and rather expensive. The employees were so friendly to me on that day. Maybe because it was my first time there? I cannot say.
After paying a game and losing pretty badly. They invited me to skate out back. It was just an empty place with a tiled concrete floor. I was so exhausted; i couldn't land tricks so well but i managed to show them a thing or two about skateboarding. I didn't know that very spot would be a skate park one day. No wonder they encouraged me to skate there.
Funscapes is an amusement park with slot machines with a variety of games to pick from from Time crisis, Armageddon, Batman, the ones for picking prizes that i don't seem to remember at the moment, a jungle gym of some sort en cetera. They have a couple of branches in the Adams Arcade, Two rivers mall, Thika Road Mall. If you're interested in finding them check out their website by clicking here.
Back to the skate park, in the beginning of the year (2017) i noticed they made some improvement in the so called concrete floor: it had a pyramid, halfpipe, a rail and kicker ramp. So there's going to be skate park here? i asked one of the employees. Later, i shared this spot with my friends they were so eager to skate. They went there to skate without me.
This time there was a card that you needed to scan then the sensor would detect it and with money loaded the device would deduct and now you can skate there; It costs 200-250 shillings. On the first day, we filmed some array of skate videos and i asked the skaters what they think about the skate park.
The question i asked the skaters is how they find the Funscapes skate park?
Here's what they got to say:
Skater 1 : I dislike it, i don't know. It's kid stuff. But it's skateable.
Skater 2: They have good and almost perfect transitions, but the thing is some obstacles are set out of place. Because, the pyramid is not supposed to be there after the rails and then the flooring; It's not supposed to be like that; This matting is not right. They could have just put a hard surface with more friction since this surface is too smooth for our wheels. And then, the transition used for the park is good. But, then the setting in terms of organizations and the flooring is not good. They should change that.
Skater 3: The bad things about the skate park it's expensive, i hate this funny tile thing. Since it's too slippery and you can't really go fast on it at the same time. The Obstacles are cool; they are really well shaped but the hand rails are sort of not well thought out. The park is really small compared to Shangilia. You can fall off the railings over there. I don't think I'll come again. Maybe if i get good in Shangilia and come and film some tricks in these trannys.
Skater4 : It's fun! They've tried by the way. Considering that they are not many skate parks in Kenya. It's a good attempt; They can still do more. So far at least it's skateable.
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After paying a game and losing pretty badly. They invited me to skate out back. It was just an empty place with a tiled concrete floor. I was so exhausted; i couldn't land tricks so well but i managed to show them a thing or two about skateboarding. I didn't know that very spot would be a skate park one day. No wonder they encouraged me to skate there.
Funscapes is an amusement park with slot machines with a variety of games to pick from from Time crisis, Armageddon, Batman, the ones for picking prizes that i don't seem to remember at the moment, a jungle gym of some sort en cetera. They have a couple of branches in the Adams Arcade, Two rivers mall, Thika Road Mall. If you're interested in finding them check out their website by clicking here.
Back to the skate park, in the beginning of the year (2017) i noticed they made some improvement in the so called concrete floor: it had a pyramid, halfpipe, a rail and kicker ramp. So there's going to be skate park here? i asked one of the employees. Later, i shared this spot with my friends they were so eager to skate. They went there to skate without me.
This time there was a card that you needed to scan then the sensor would detect it and with money loaded the device would deduct and now you can skate there; It costs 200-250 shillings. On the first day, we filmed some array of skate videos and i asked the skaters what they think about the skate park.
The question i asked the skaters is how they find the Funscapes skate park?
Here's what they got to say:
Skater 1 : I dislike it, i don't know. It's kid stuff. But it's skateable.
Skater 2: They have good and almost perfect transitions, but the thing is some obstacles are set out of place. Because, the pyramid is not supposed to be there after the rails and then the flooring; It's not supposed to be like that; This matting is not right. They could have just put a hard surface with more friction since this surface is too smooth for our wheels. And then, the transition used for the park is good. But, then the setting in terms of organizations and the flooring is not good. They should change that.
Skater 3: The bad things about the skate park it's expensive, i hate this funny tile thing. Since it's too slippery and you can't really go fast on it at the same time. The Obstacles are cool; they are really well shaped but the hand rails are sort of not well thought out. The park is really small compared to Shangilia. You can fall off the railings over there. I don't think I'll come again. Maybe if i get good in Shangilia and come and film some tricks in these trannys.
Skater4 : It's fun! They've tried by the way. Considering that they are not many skate parks in Kenya. It's a good attempt; They can still do more. So far at least it's skateable.
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