Author Topic: Harrow Concrete Skatepark (Read 4081 times)

dirtyvans · « **on:** September 02, 2006, 12:50 PM »

I was speaking to a Harrow local at Southsea who was raving on about Harrow

Its another original 70's park, similar to ROM and Southsea

http://www.harrowskatepark.co.uk/mainpage.htm

check the map page for a pic, looks pretty cool, might be worth a sesh

anyone got any views on it?

MartyC · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2006, 12:56 PM »

Quote from: dirtyvans on September 02, 2006, 12:50 PM

I was speaking to a Harrow local at Southsea who was raving on about Harrow

Its another original 70's park, similar to ROM and Southsea

http://www.harrowskatepark.co.uk/mainpage.htm

check the map page for a pic, looks pretty cool, might be worth a sesh

anyone got any views on it?

Used to be awesome to skate and ride but the council filled in peanut bowl and knocked down the four feet of vert on the performance bpwl and then filled that in too

Still, it's a good park the classic pool is tight for bikes and so is the halfpipe but the runouts (known as the b0ll0x for obvious reasons) are good and the halpipe is excellent for jumping out of at the ends and so is the snake run. Definitely worth checking out their website....http://www.harrowskatepark.co.uk/mainpage.htm

I reckon a sesh there would be a good day out

jeff spicoli · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2006, 01:13 PM »

awesome skatepark I rode it in 85 when Matt Baines was killing it .

DR VINOAH · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2006, 01:39 PM »

ill be up for a harrow sesh

billy-bmx · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2006, 01:54 PM »

im up for that

jeff spicoli · « **Reply #5 on:** September 02, 2006, 02:14 PM »

maybe one day if I get the time. I only ever get as far south as Manchester Airport these days .

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #6 on:** September 02, 2006, 03:57 PM »

rich

harrow be top place seemed to live there every weekend between 83 - 86, 40p return on the train, and as for matt baines he was the geezer and top banana an absolute flippin ripper, man i miss them days. a mates got a load of photos from harrow bitd will see if i can nick em

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #7 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:17 PM »

Built by the same company that built Rom and Gillingham. James Hitchcocks local park and the scene of many good sessions. Worth a visit for sure

SaMAlex · « **Reply #8 on:** September 02, 2006, 09:43 PM »

I think all the bowls are dig out and ridable now

MartyC · « **Reply #9 on:** September 02, 2006, 10:48 PM »

Quote from: SaMAlex on September 02, 2006, 09:43 PM

I think all the bowls are dig out and ridable now

Last I heard the peanut was still filled and has a car or two buried in it, the council refused to let the performance bowl be dug out as it was way too scary bitd, but without the 4ft of vert it might not have been as scary

Still, its worth a trip over there as I reckon it will still be great fun

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #10 on:** September 02, 2006, 11:57 PM »

the peanut is dug as as last time i went i fell in it

MartyC · « **Reply #11 on:** September 03, 2006, 12:02 AM »

Quote from: QUADROPHENIA on September 02, 2006, 11:57 PM

the peanut is dug as as last time i went i fell in it

Excellent, bitd that bowl was way rad for jumping out of

Stodgy · « **Reply #12 on:** September 03, 2006, 10:15 AM »

Anyone mention Harrow?! Hell yeah, it was my second home BITD! Matt Bains rocked...have a look at the first piccy for some Matt graffitti. That's me in the first pic and then the second two are a chap called Martin (I beleive).

dirtyvans · « **Reply #13 on:** September 03, 2006, 01:31 PM »

yeah great pics

right we'll have to make this a little gathering one weekend soon

that last pic - is the rider jumping the hips on the snake run (as the guy i chatted to at southsea said it was great fun - bit like the moguls at rom)

ps what is the bike the guy in the diamond jumper (i had oner of those!) on - look well weird

dirtyvans · « **Reply #14 on:** September 03, 2006, 01:33 PM »

it looks like a racer converted into a bmx (maybe its bobacid!)

MartyC · « **Reply #15 on:** September 03, 2006, 02:01 PM »

Looks like a MooseGoose but I could be wrong

The guy is jumping the hip on the moguls, the snake run is behind where the kids are on there bikes, another good hip is the one on the runouts or b0lloxs.

We used to jump from the run outs into the park next to it, clearing the footpath in the process - great fun

I tried several times to clear the fence at the bottom of the run outs and nearly made a few times when the fence was still complete, then to make it easier "someone" pulled it down about 2 feet

Then it came down completely like in the pics

rakas17 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 03, 2006, 05:20 PM »

me and my mates ued to get up at 5am to get to harrow before it got busy... the four bowls are numbered 1 to 4 and poeple would shout what they were doing before they dropped in.. 2 to 3 through the gate, bowls working or bolox poppin out

it seems ridiculous now but thats what eveyone did.... the half pipe is gnarly its got no flat bottom... i smashed my ankle there when i was about fifteen doin a 360 out of bowl 4, had to get a couple screws in it to fix me, ah those were the days

maghubs · « **Reply #17 on:** September 03, 2006, 09:21 PM »

I have been to Harrow to ride with the kids recently......
....still looks all the same to me as it was BITD. GREAT !!!!!

keyhole kid · « **Reply #18 on:** September 03, 2006, 09:25 PM »

me and the southsea possed will be up for it rich,.. i didnt ride there back in the day

P0LL0 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 05, 2006, 12:54 PM »

When we going Rich? I'm up for that

pickle · « **Reply #20 on:** September 05, 2006, 01:16 PM »

I'm up for that too! i drive past it every day from work......never actually been over and looked though

By the way in the last picture the other kid's on a Burner GS, i only know because that's what i has BITD

good to know his mum and dad had fook all as well

Oh those freemans catalogues were great weren't they

Donker · « **Reply #21 on:** September 05, 2006, 08:06 PM »

harrow is a cool place, except for the occasional chavs which i suppose you get everywhere.

highly reccomended and ill be there if there is gona be a meet

stuntmaster · « **Reply #22 on:** September 05, 2006, 09:20 PM »

i used to ride there at times and yeah cool place and yes they did dig out one of the bowl`s and yeah they do shout out 1 or 2 ie to which bowl . last time i went i face planted on the mini ramp they had there

paul_harrow_mid80s · « **Reply #23 on:** March 17, 2009, 10:48 PM »

Sorry, realise this is an ancient thread but wanted to comment on it as it brought back memories.

The Popping in/Popping out thing made me laugh that was so true. I also remember the fence being tried cleared once then ripped down although wasn't there when it was ripped down. When I used to go the Pool and Performance bowl were filled in although I remember one wet day we brought spades down and tried to dig it out oh the ignorance of youth. The story I was told was that the council filled them in as they were too dangerous and they had smashed up the concrete before filling them in.

Matt Bains did absolutely rip in the half pipe there but there was also a black guy called Rodney who I thought was just as good and super super smooth in the pipe. Pete Dossett also used be good in the pipe but to me the first two where the daddies.

Quadrophenia, Stodgy and Marty C I must of known/seen you at some point.

HEYWOOD BMX · « **Reply #24 on:** March 17, 2009, 11:00 PM »

Bain ripped.I used to ride/skate Harrow for years.Bain was pretty good.Do you remember TC? He used to clear the fence out of the snake run..Rodney Allen was also cool,mad flat tables when "working" the bowls.I grew up with Dossett,he was pretty good on a bike before he started skating.Do you remember Yogi on his GT expert?

Author Topic: Harrow Concrete Skatepark (Read 4081 times)

jeff spicoli

DR VINOAH

billy-bmx

jeff spicoli

SaMAlex

rakas17

maghubs

keyhole kid

P0LL0

Donker

paul_harrow_mid80s

HEYWOOD BMX