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Florida Part 1: KONA – The Disney World of Skateboarding

“Loving you is easy cause you’re beautiful..  do do do dooo..”  – I Love Kona!  There.  I said it.  No, wait, I LOOOOOOVE KONA!!!! Still doesn’t do it justice.  Be the hero – Drop your kids off and go to the beach.  If they love skateboarding, you will make their lifetime.

Affortable Family Owned Park: Skate all day.

Kid-friendly family appeal: Kona is the world’s oldest operating skate park, built in 1977.  It’s Family owned and everybody there treats you like family and has hosted just about every major pro in its time.    Pros like: Mike Peterson, Buck Smith, Neal Mims and Cairo Foster call the area of Jacksonville, FL. home.  HI TROY!!!!!  Say hi to Troy when you get there, he’s a super cool, stand up guy.  Thanks Man!

Concrete Tranny Heaven:  There are ACRES of TRANSITION  Super huge mellow bowls and two sick snake runs.  There’s so much there that any skater can learn on.

Kona has everything and it’s twice as big and hardcore as you could ever imagine. They’ve got old school that’s actually old, including a wicked downhill snake run, a weird 70′s "freestyle" area, a big porcelain pool and a vert ramp from 1989 built entirely of concrete. They’ve got wood too. Finally, a jumbo metal street course w/ ample kickers and big country trannie for everyone.

Night Skating: Late sessions are popular to beat the heat and extensive lighting means the trannie freaks come out at night”

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