It’s the day before the opening of Override Skatepark in South Shields, im pretty excited about this place. You can never have enough indoor skateparks when it comes to winter or cold, wet days. I know from a business perspective the owners get real cagey about it but they don’t understand sometimes that us riders and skaters want variation, no two parks are identical and this means that people will alternate parks. The reason I don’t go to Redcar skatepark every week is because i’d get sick of it, plus its 45 miles away and if you’re on your todd it costs a lot to go for one session. With Dynamix in Gateshead, R-Kade in Redcar and now Override in South Shields we’re getting a few more options and people love options, who wants to ride the same place week in week out during winter? No one, unless it’s the only option.

Anyways rant over, get a load of some photos of the park before it gets overrun by bikes, boards and scooter kids, the paint isn’t even dry, that’s how new it is. More photos after the jump…