Marina Sticker - Photo by Mark Takahashi

Above the Marina Del Rey Skatepark - Photo by Ray Allen

RIP - 1978 - 1981
Marina Del Rey ranks up in skate history as one of the greats. The park had a great medium-sized Keyhole that saw some of the burliest channel jumps ever done in skateboarding (check out Devo's Freedom of Choice video). The brown bowls -- a '6 keyhole with channel and an odd-shaped capsule -- were also a favorite. One of the best banked slalom runs, a legendary Dog Bowl replica and the infamous Turning Point Ramp (complete with the unstability of a trailer) make Marina one of the best. Locals included Stacy Peralta, Eric Dressen, Christian Hosoi, and Bill Dorr.
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Dennis Ogden   Marina	12:29pm on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
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Dennis Ogden   Marina	12:19pm on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
To Marinha skatepark brazil Dennis Ogden January 5 at 11:15am I did not save the exact dimensions of the new dogbowl off hand. Just from memory. One thing I noticed is that a pool with just a little vertical was more popular with pros as well than a pool with to much vertical. There was a good guy named Ceaser Chaves from Brazil that was a... read more »

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