Mabel Davis SkateparkSunday morning I fielded a call from Round Rock’s Darrell Lowrance. He said the park was open, so I made a few quick calls and ran down to Mabel Davis to check out the completed public skatepark with Adam and Shannon. Sure enough, there were about 30 people skating and riding bikes around the place. Everyone was stoked. We rode for about 45 minutes before the cops showed up to tell us the facility wasn’t officially opened. Without taking any names, they gathered us all into a group to issue us this warning saying that they’d arrest us next time for criminal tresspass. They said the park would be open on November 14th. So far as I’ve been told, the grand opening is still scheduled for December 2nd, which coincidentally is the same weekend as the Shut Up and Skate contest at the Pipeline Skatepark in Houston. That’s the place built from pieces of the closed Vans park. Here’s a few photos I shot at Mabel Davis during the unauthorized preview session.

Banana Farm RampAfterwards, we drove over to the refurbished Banana Farm ramp. Mancub and crew have expended a fair chunk of money and energy replacing rotted flatbottom and replacing worn coping which has really freshened-up the ramp. After some issues with trespassers breaking their gate, they’ve clamped down on visitors to the ramp. It was great riding that ramp again.

Saturday, we also travelled out to Copperas Cove to ride a pool at a motel. It was a cool setup with double loveseats and an easy-to-ride shallow end. Here are some photos from that pool session.

Early voting for the Travis County (public skatepark) Bond Package continues until friday afternoon. Here is a link to early voting locations. You can vote at any of those locations regardless of what part of Travis County you live in. Also, you can skip any of the other issues on the ballot. The key one for the public skatepark is the Parks and Open Spaces item.