After going to a bunch of other parks after this one, The vibe I got from all the local skaters was that this park is pretty much all round disliked. Maybe that explains why it was almost 100% empty for the 3 hours we where there.
As a rollerblader, I love this park. The bowls are incredible, the large bowl has a nice fly-out bit. The ledges are long, you can build up the intensity very nicely. The long rail is sweet as well. The transitions on the smaller bits are very weird. I've skated a lot of parks made by Skateon, and they all have the same issues with shitty transition.
The video is informative and well done, but you could have posted it without the clickbait title. For what it's worth, the bowl/pool part of the skatepark is excellent. Transitions are well built, the surface is really smooth, grippy and fast. The small bowl has tiles and good coping, and it has a minimalist design in order to learn how to pump and carve well. The middle bowl has many interesting features and many possible lines. The deep pool is crazy steep and deep. It's scary to drop there and it's hard to pump, but pros seem to be pretty happy with it. It's much scarier in real life than in the video, as you mentioned. This whole bowl section was designed by Rune Glifberg, and the plan was to allow skaters to train for the Olympics. The locals who were riding the bowls and pools seemed to be pretty happy.
I would not complain having a park like this nearby, we didnt have parks anywhere close to this 20 years ago. Just rough concrete with metal obstacles back then and terrible roads & sidewalks. Things have improved so much last couple of years.
@@Nielson_Memories this country is old and mostly made out of old pavements. But things have improved so much over the last decade; smoother bicycle lanes, and actual skateparks. It got me back into skateboarding recently after 18 years
Thank you for your honest review. I live in Amsterdam nearby this skatepark and I completely agree with the criticism you mentioned. There are several nice parts in this skatepark, but as a whole it is a complete waste of money. The layout and skatability of this park is terrible. Most of the transitions are way to steep, which makes tricks like 50/50 grinds and smith grinds the best tricks attainable. Learning new lip tricks is nearly impossible in this park. The street part is lacking many usual obstacles, the huge hip with the bench on top is only approachable from one side. I can go on and on. For this kind of money Amsterdam deserves a better skatepark. However, I do skate this park occasionally because it is fun to cruise around in the large bowls and the vibe is always friendly. A döner / pizza and a small supermarket are right next to the park. By the way, Amsterdam has many other skateparks that are worth a visit, but they are way smaller.
Hey man thanks for the comment. Yeah we went to quite a few parks and i especially liked the olympiaplein one. marnix bowl was really nice as well. but you are totally right about that park, they could have done so much more.
I live in The Netherlands too, anytime a local skater from where i live (near Groningen) goes to this park, they say the same things about the park and the obstacles. However, during the summer its extremely busy there i've heard 😅 Secondly; our town (Veendam) just got a skatepark last year. If you're up for the 3 hour train ride, maybe you could review it? Just tipping you off 🙏🏻
It's in a residential area where home owners would see the value of their property diminish if they let graffiti slide. In the week of the opening, they actually had a dozen cops kick out all the skaters not just from the park, but out the whole area after the specified opening hours. The street section is an embarrassment for the 2 million euros this park cost
After going to a bunch of other parks after this one, The vibe I got from all the local skaters was that this park is pretty much all round disliked. Maybe that explains why it was almost 100% empty for the 3 hours we where there.
As a rollerblader, I love this park. The bowls are incredible, the large bowl has a nice fly-out bit. The ledges are long, you can build up the intensity very nicely. The long rail is sweet as well.
The transitions on the smaller bits are very weird. I've skated a lot of parks made by Skateon, and they all have the same issues with shitty transition.
The video is informative and well done, but you could have posted it without the clickbait title.
For what it's worth, the bowl/pool part of the skatepark is excellent. Transitions are well built, the surface is really smooth, grippy and fast.
The small bowl has tiles and good coping, and it has a minimalist design in order to learn how to pump and carve well.
The middle bowl has many interesting features and many possible lines.
The deep pool is crazy steep and deep. It's scary to drop there and it's hard to pump, but pros seem to be pretty happy with it. It's much scarier in real life than in the video, as you mentioned.
This whole bowl section was designed by Rune Glifberg, and the plan was to allow skaters to train for the Olympics. The locals who were riding the bowls and pools seemed to be pretty happy.
I would not complain having a park like this nearby, we didnt have parks anywhere close to this 20 years ago. Just rough concrete with metal obstacles back then and terrible roads & sidewalks. Things have improved so much last couple of years.
I don't know what the situation was in this specific case. But often the problems are cost vs involvement of the local community.
@@Nielson_Memories this country is old and mostly made out of old pavements. But things have improved so much over the last decade; smoother bicycle lanes, and actual skateparks. It got me back into skateboarding recently after 18 years
Thank you for your honest review. I live in Amsterdam nearby this skatepark and I completely agree with the criticism you mentioned. There are several nice parts in this skatepark, but as a whole it is a complete waste of money. The layout and skatability of this park is terrible. Most of the transitions are way to steep, which makes tricks like 50/50 grinds and smith grinds the best tricks attainable. Learning new lip tricks is nearly impossible in this park. The street part is lacking many usual obstacles, the huge hip with the bench on top is only approachable from one side. I can go on and on. For this kind of money Amsterdam deserves a better skatepark. However, I do skate this park occasionally because it is fun to cruise around in the large bowls and the vibe is always friendly. A döner / pizza and a small supermarket are right next to the park. By the way, Amsterdam has many other skateparks that are worth a visit, but they are way smaller.
Hey man thanks for the comment. Yeah we went to quite a few parks and i especially liked the olympiaplein one. marnix bowl was really nice as well. but you are totally right about that park, they could have done so much more.
Went to this park last week! Honestly the best park I've been too, so much to do and such unique transitions, huuggee bowls tho haha
Great videos as usual Dan😃 any plans to Sweden soon bro?
Thanks g! I think so yknow! Sweden is in my top 5 for this year
@@Danwebz Let me know homie, would be fun to meet up for some good skating😃
this video is great!
Appreciate the feedback!
Cool looking park, too bad about the steep transitions. That'd put me off too.
Yeah I can’t lie they can be a bit lethal when you aren’t expecting it. Hope you’re doing well tho bro
@@Danwebz yeah all good bruv, hope you're doing well too 👍
Up the irons! 🤘🏻
I love this content bro, keep up 🍎
I hope you come to antwerp and roundings. Whe have some fun new skateparks here. Love amsterdam 2❤❤❤
Love the look of that park I guess this why I'm always alone skating 😭
Gotta meet some more skaters my man!
I live in The Netherlands too, anytime a local skater from where i live (near Groningen) goes to this park, they say the same things about the park and the obstacles. However, during the summer its extremely busy there i've heard 😅
Secondly; our town (Veendam) just got a skatepark last year. If you're up for the 3 hour train ride, maybe you could review it? Just tipping you off 🙏🏻
Oh nice man! Yeah that’s the vibe I got from all the skaters at Marnix bowl. When I come back I will keep that in mind! Thank you!
I live in the Netherlands 😊😊
yoooo thats sick man. I really enjoyed my visit
I live next to that park
I liked the video but the title was kind of misleading ✌️
why is there barely any graffiti on this park lol
Maybe in Amsterdam it’s not aloud haha
It is not allowed in this specific skatepark. Every graffiti is deleted the very next day. However, in most other skatepark around here it is allowed.
On the first night of the opening, 2 huge graffiti’s were done on the virgin concrete of the park bowl…They removed it very quickly…
It's in a residential area where home owners would see the value of their property diminish if they let graffiti slide. In the week of the opening, they actually had a dozen cops kick out all the skaters not just from the park, but out the whole area after the specified opening hours. The street section is an embarrassment for the 2 million euros this park cost
Dan, can you please tell me on what day you visited the park and at what time. Thanks 👊🏻
This was on a Monday morning maye around 11am
@@Danwebz Thanks Dan 👊🏻