Our first stop on our Fall Mini Montana road trip was Dillon, Montana, where there is a new Grindline skatepark that was finished just a couple of weeks ago dubbed the "Racetrack." This park is unique because it basically forms a figure eight that you can skate in either direction with a big metal full pipe through the middle that was donated by someone local during the construction. It also has a rollover that crosses over the top of the tube. We arrived mid day in Dillon to about a dozen kids on Razor scooters and bikes falling all over the bowl and a couple kids skating the little mini park section. There was also some fresh graffiti all over the thing including a glaring swastika so please disregard that in our pictures. Every little kid in the park knew who did it, so hopefully the kid got what was coming to him.
Our initial impression was that it was a little bit smaller than we expected based on pictures we had seen and it was pretty tricky to figure out at first. After a couple roll arounds you kind of get the feel for the flow and then you can really start pumping it. It has a mix of pool coping and metal coping with the pool coping in most of the corners. It also has some speed bumps built in that allow you to create new lines with out just riding the figure 8 the whole time. Overall though this park seems to have and endless variety of stuff to figure out and is definitely one of, if not, the most unique park I have ever skated.
Montana Skate Trip: Day 1 - Dillon
posted by jeremiah at 7:57 PM on 10/08/2006
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