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Mar 06 2009

Hiromi’s Trip to Christchurch, New Zealand

Published by Hiromi at 4:58 pm under News

Hiromi visited New Zealand recently and was nice enough to make a post - Barry

Here are some pictures of my trip to Christchurch, New Zealand.

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10 hour flight to Christchurch, watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua because I was bored and 10 hours is dammmm long!

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Washington Way Skatepark

Skating an all cement park was a nice change to the plastic and metal ramps that make up Somerset park. Skating in cold weather is refreshing. My board seemed to have more POP and better control

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minimini Ramp

This is perfect for beginners and small kids. The coping is easy to lock onto and smooth. The transition is very mellow making it impossible to fall down or hurt yourself.
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Manual pad + Curb

This is also really good for both beginners and advanced skaters. The manual pad is long and there are no severe cracks or damage to the floor that put you off.

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Sheeps are cute!!

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Quest Skateshop

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Cheapskates Skateshop

For more pictures check our Gallery

13 Responses to “Hiromi’s Trip to Christchurch, New Zealand”

  1. # Garyon 06 Mar 2009 at 5:13 pm

    damn im moving to nz to skate with those sheep in that awesome skatepark cya

  2. # t4ton 07 Mar 2009 at 1:28 am

    the mini looks sick- ecp or lsp should have one too- somerset is terrible and the ramps are ecp are like death traps, mini is back i tell you! just look at cheese and crackers.

  3. # Arthuron 07 Mar 2009 at 11:59 am

    dude that is soo kool!

  4. # propnexon 07 Mar 2009 at 6:44 pm

    how was e weather??
    e park looks pretty empty?
    got many skaters over there?

  5. # Hiromion 08 Mar 2009 at 2:33 am

    Hi propnex! The temp during the day was around 18 oC but it fell to around 10 oC at night.
    I took the pics in the morning when the park wasn’t crowded. But it got busy in the afternoon. It looks like there are more skaters in Christchuch than Singapore.
    But there are also a lot of public skateparks. Unfortunately I only had time to visit Washington Way Skatepark :(

  6. # Arthuron 08 Mar 2009 at 9:25 am

    damn you guys are soo lucky!

  7. # Alvinon 08 Mar 2009 at 3:51 pm

    looks soooo siccccckkkkkkkk mannnnnn…….

  8. # Royon 09 Mar 2009 at 1:13 am

    How much is a deck over there?

  9. # Hiromion 09 Mar 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Hi Roy! The decks over there are slightly more expensive. Branded decks are around NZD160 (SGD120).

  10. # Derekon 09 Mar 2009 at 11:35 pm

    Very nice pictures, nicely taken and it’s great drooling over it! Only thing lacking are just the skaters!

  11. # fazon 10 Mar 2009 at 12:18 am

    Nice park..and cool skateshops…
    Thanks for the pics

  12. # Anonymouson 13 Mar 2009 at 7:07 pm

    ausome pics dude..

  13. # royon 20 Apr 2010 at 4:21 pm

    fuk yea i rip that skate park up every weekend

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