West Dundee Concrete Mini!

Went all the way out to West Dundee to skate a concrete mini. Not too much to say about the park, there's not really a flow to it because it's mostly street obstacles. The mini was perfect though, save for the wax that kids have put on it. One side hangs in the air with no deck, and I was able to hang a feeble all the way over it which I was pretty happy about. Finally was able to land disasters, which is why I went in hunt of a mini ramp, trying to push switch through traffic at Wilson was not paying off. Here I was able to do a bunch of switch rocks, then move to disasters. Not really worth the drive, but if you're already going out to Schaumburg or Roselle its only another 15 minutes. Forgot the camera so I have crappy phone pics.



Built by Spohn Ranch I believe, craftmanship was all good, no complaints, but it's not as if it was a complicated thing to pour. The soil under the hanging side of the ramp has already compacted leaving an extra space between the ramp and the soil. I expect it to get worse over time, hopefully the crete is strong enough and wont crack.



The street course pitches downhill, which is a blessing and burden. Less pushing unless you really want to hit it the other way. There were also lights on one side which made the park pretty rideable after dark.



I don't really give a shit about this part.



The little bank was actually pretty fun, I didn't expect to ride it when I got there, but gave it a shot and liked it.


Nice little park if you're already out there, not worth much of a drive, but much better than a skatelite mini, and much better than drop-on-top prefab concrete. There's a mall nearby if your lady is tired of watching you skate.