- The Antoniutti skaters complain about the poor condition of this skate park. Nine years after it was built, the track reported is in such bad shape that falls because of the gaps are common ground.
Antoniutti, Saturday afternoon. The sound of dozens
wheel rolling on the asphalt of the skate park. Over a hundred people skated in 400 square meters. Few meters to many people, say the skatersque use their free time doing stunts in the park. "This is the only clue to Pamplona."
There is more to the suburbs, in Mendillorri, Zizur Mayor, Ansoáin or Chantrea, but there are good and everybody comes here, "said Eneko Navarro Mellado. This Pamplona 26 years is a regular biker the skate park. "I come here since he took the track and there are holes which are from the beginning. Never been fixed, "he says. Refers to two holes in the ground and are the terror of the skaters.
And this" skate-park "was created in 1999 and the feeling among users is that since then, has been forgotten . So say the skaters who frequent it, they complain that "lately, all the drops have been because the soil is poor, and this can be avoided, as Rodrigo has Cebrero chest, a 20-year Uruguayan recently, in October, was injured when his mo get caught nopatín in two holes in the ground. But it was not the only, and that was a busy weekend: "They came in all three ambulances from falls. The boy fell and, while you were serving, it took another" Navarro account.
also denounced the graffiti skaters made in the walls of the bathtub, because "nobody clean" . City Council painted over, but the paint is teasing, lumps and the shoe does not slide. also are four squiggles ", says Javier Shower Irujo skater 30 years is already a veteran in the sport. cha Du has also suffered the consequences
consequences of the poor condition of the track and ensures that they have often been protections that have saved him from breaking his wrists.
For now, the skaters are pulling home arrangements: "We've tried to fix it with cement or buy
weleft a friend. Fill cracks, but as skate all the time do not dry well. We've done it eight times in three years " says the twentysomething Jaime Andrés Beltrán, a Colombian addicted to the wheels that takes six years enjoying the track. " We will act, "says Beltran," call 010, especially after the coup of Rodrigo. "
But the damage does not prevent the track is meeting place for c
ents of people on weekends. addition to the library that houses the track injured , in Antoniutti can find skaters of all ages, from age six to thirty; and "skaters" in Pamplona Area (San Jorge, Barañáin, Zizur ...). families also choose to spend the afternoon in the park and entertain with tricks and antics of these acrobats of the wheels. So these guys are clear: "They always say that kids do not do sport, There are no activities for us, because here it is, so they have to take care of, "claimed the skater Victor Abechuco Asensio Lopez, 14. Shower meanwhile also adds that" we must use the track with his head " to keep it: "You have to take care of it because he likes a lot of people. The skate is a culture. "