Reed Skate Park Mesa Arizona It is 31,000 sq. ft of concrete and includes vert areas, pyramids, boxes, ramps, grinding areas, a "donut" with a 6' tall 8' long spine, a 10-stair, and also a separate beginner's area. 1631 E. Broadway Mesa Arizona (On Broadway, between Stapley Drive and Gilbert Road, on South Side of Street at Williams.) Open to Skateboards and Blades only, no Bikes. Skatepark is located in City park with Basketball court, playground, restrooms, open grass areas and accessable from all sides. Parking lot opens both on Broadway and 6th Ave (Behind the park). Williams street on the East side is also available for parking. Skatefest 2004 January 24th, 2004 Mesa's first City sponsered Skateboarding competition Mesa has about 360 sunny days a year, so why did we get rain for days before the competition? It was cloudy and cold, I think the high was 50 or less. We heard that they had men with leaf blowers in the court, trying to dry it out. Kenny, Carlos, J J Carlos placed 3rd in the competition. Hundreds of People, Skaters, parents, friends, lined the fence, cheering on those in the competition. I am not going to elaborate too much, but hopefully the City of Mesa will get it together before they sponsor another event such as this. Showing up for a timed skate competition, then asking if anyone has a watch with a timer to borrow.... allowing some skaters to do extra things "because I know this guy... and he's cool" the announcer calling out "tricks" he didn't know (the crowd let him know what they were) Not having it organized, so there were sometimes two skaters in the bowl at one time, having extra skaters messing around, interfereing with those competing. Calling skaters by the wrong name, not having timing accurate, so skaters who had been told to have "1 minute" runs planned, were faced with having to fill an extra minute on the spot.... anyways... Mesa,, if you need it next year, contact me before the contest, I will get you a real stop watch!!! All the skaters were great, as were the fans, everyone got along, cheering each other on, it really was great to see how the skaters respect each others abilities, and even though they were competeing with each other, they were still encouraging their own competition to do their best!!!! All in all, my grades would be Skaters A+ Skate fans A+ City of Mesa (or whomever actually organized it) D Arizona sun D (it did peek out for a few minutes around 3) Safety A (only injury was someone who got his arm stuck on the fence, not a skater. I will soon be moving non "Reed" skate pictures to their own page. More Reed pictures can be found lower in the page. Pacific Skate Shop 1650 E. Broadway Road #3 - 480-827-3660 Located just across Broadway, at the stoplight. Kenny on the flyer for Pacific New Pictures from around town...... And now back to the skate park..... Beginner's Bowl

A "pond" full of skaters! This used to be a pond, until 2000. Hey, would you believe that's me, in the pictures up top? If you are interested in Arizona, Weather, want to see how beautiful our state is, or need some Arizona information, Visit the rest of my Arizona Information site.