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Sports Travel: Houston Opens New Skate Park

June 2, 2008 at 3:00 PM | 0 Comments

Calling all boardheads! Houston is the latest city to open up a public park specifically for skateboarding. Crowds braved the scorching heat this weekend to inaugurate the Lee & Joe Jamail Skatepark in downtown's Tinsley Park, which will be open seven days a week all summer long.

The venue came to life thanks to Public Use Skateparks for Houston (PUSH), a local organization which lobbied hard for the city to follow others like Nashville, Philadelphia and Black River Falls, Wisconsin.

Houston's new skate center is named for a local Lebanese-American lawyer and his wife who made a major donation to the park, so maybe that's why--despite what you see in this photo--helmets are mandatory. The park closes at 10 pm, but check out those awesome views of the skyline!

Related Stories:
· Lee & Joe Jamail Skatepark [Official Site]
· The Opening of the Lee & Joe Jamail Skatepark [Houstonist]
· Skateboarder to Jump at Hard Rock [HC]
· Get on Ya Board, Dave [Jaunted]

[Photo: cpm1]