Local skater, Tito Lara, 11, rides on the transition of the indoor mini-ramp Monday at Cheap Tricks skate shop in downtown El Centro. The two foot tall, 10 foot wide ramp also includes a four foot vertical wall extension. Weekly barbecue ramp jams are held every Sunday for skateboarders. (FERNANDO ACOSTA JR.) |
For years El Centro resident Beto Borjon, 17, has dealt with the law when riding his BMX bicycle out in the streets.
“There are too many tickets going on,” said Borjon. Aside from getting fined for riding in unlawful areas, many times he’s running from the police for the same reason, he said.
“It’s about time we get a skate park,” Borjon said.
This last idea was echoed by many of his peers who congregated Thursday evening outside the Finish Line bicycle shop on Main Street.
Some 20 teenage BMX riders went from the bicycle shop to the Community Center on South First Street to attend the second and final workshop of the El Centro Community Oriented Skate Park.
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“There are too many tickets going on,” said Borjon. Aside from getting fined for riding in unlawful areas, many times he’s running from the police for the same reason, he said.
“It’s about time we get a skate park,” Borjon said.
This last idea was echoed by many of his peers who congregated Thursday evening outside the Finish Line bicycle shop on Main Street.
Some 20 teenage BMX riders went from the bicycle shop to the Community Center on South First Street to attend the second and final workshop of the El Centro Community Oriented Skate Park.
To read the rest of this article, see today’s print or E-edition of the Imperial Valley Press. To find a newspaper rack near you, click here.
