Coming back to this notification on my RU-vid account I realized how much y’all taught me how to skate board and now I’m racing cars, sparked a passion for going fast, thank y’all and don’t worry I haven’t completely abandoned my board!
Love hearing the business side of opening the skatepark . As a small business owner I appreciate the details of the behind the scenes. Also his advice on expecting to spend double, and having the right team/negotiators is some of the most necessary advice for business
JD with the ender, whole squad went and tore it up. You did a great thing Rob, it's awesome to know that many new skaters will get their chance to hone their craft!
Great video, back in college I had to write up a proposal for class, I wrote one on how to get a skate park in my community. We got one the following year a basic metal park, back in 2003. Now we have an indoor park our town is less than 7,000 people.
The owner seemed absolutely rad to the max. This is honestly every teenagers dream to learn the fundamentals to skate. Just blown away how awesome this is & the owner great stuff
I love these small parks! I wish my town had something like this when I was a kid and started skating. I would have been so much better way faster. These parks are just perfect and learning. especially for grinds and handrails.
We had a full blown Woodward in Grapevine Mills Mall here in Texas when I was a kid. But sadly it doesn't exist anymore. I have a prominent memorie of wearing my H.I.M. collab Adios? I believe and they were jamming fall out boy when I was learning how to ollie on banks.
I grew up in south jersey in the 90s/00s we had Vans skatepark at the Moorestown mall and Woodward at Franklin Mills mall. Both parks are closed now but were some of the best and most diverse parks of their day.
Back in the day, we used to have an indoor skatepark in the basement of West 49's flagship store in West Edmonton Mall. It's a distant memory now, but was pretty cool while it lasted!
This was great and the vibe was special 😎👌 this had a completely different feel to it(almost reminded me of Bill and Ted's excellent adventure, lije an 80's early 90's vibe of skating in a mall, also the original THPS 👏)so cool. Love braille ❤
The changes Sunvalley Mall has gone through over the years. Dang. No more movie theater. No more ice skating rink. No more pet store. Plane crash in 1985. I grew up shopping at the mall then ended up working at Cinnabon for a few years then came back a decade later as Mall Security. As soon as I saw the parking lot I knew it was SV Mall and exactly where on the property you were. lol
Would LOVE to see one of these in the American Dream Mall in NJ. Session Big Snow for snowboarding then session Rob Skate Academy, you could even surf in the morning. The trifecta!
That's pretty dope. I kinda miss the buffet tho but it this is cool to see. It's gonna get pretty loud in that section of the mall. Hopefully it attracts people to come back to Sunvalley.
makes me miss Vans skatepark inside great mall milpitas. had 3 street sections, 2 bowls, a full sized half pipe ( Steve Cab would be there often) an outside concrete area with quarter pipes kickers and a spine, and a mini ramp and a wave to quarter pipe. i had a membership for like 3 years in a row. included a full skate shop arcade , lockers and couch to chill on between or after sessions.
This looks incredible we have a bunch of malls going out of business here one of them is turning into a pickleball complex might be some opportunities for a long term low rent lease to start one of these if Robs Skate Academy will franchise............. Main thing that bums me out w my local is that the banks and quarters are short but steep. The street section is tight and the snake run and the bowl are gnarly as. I'm 27 getting g back on my board after about 12 years off, so I definitely love the beginner level features because I can't really risk big injuries what with work and family and all that. Love you guys. This park looks absolutely mint
You should put taller pads on all of the support columns since they aren't for skating anyway. They might protect you from additional liability, and the existing pad is too short to prevent a head hit.
Only thing that I could say would make it better to learn on is having those rail cappers that primitive has - A square rail that slides over and locks on to round rails. SUPER easy to use. ALSO- Aint nothing wrong with the mall grab.
Best mall skatepark of all time was Woodward inside of sugar loaf mills in Georgia. It closed down sadly after a lawsuit I miss it so much. Went to summer camp there
Wish I had one of these near me, just a lil bigger though. Those obstacles were tiny. I'm new, 5 weeks in right now, and can drop in to bigger half pipes than that for sure. I'm sure it's still helpful for learning but you need various sizes all in one place so you can play around. That's one way you get better. Theres a park near me with half pipes that are way too big, but I still roll in off the hip and see how far up i can roll up them. One day I'll get it, I can already tell. Keep at it everybody, confidence is 99% of the battle
You guys gotta come to buffalo New York! We just got a new park in the McKinley mall called food court skatepark! Would love for you guys to check it out!
@@bakedkalechips69 I wrote great mall like everyone would know where it’s at. It was in Milpitas, CA. I would rush there almost every night in my mid 20s after work and skate til it closed. Cheers my man
Saint Charles Illinois has a vacant mall please look into it. Called Charlestown Mall. Everyone in the area is rich. Mark whallburger lives near there. Very rich area with vacant new mall
