Burnham Skatepark, Chicago Illinois
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Park Address:
3400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago Illinois 60616
Skate Park Overview
Park Description
Burnham Skatepark has 2 bowls 2 wall rides lots of different lines to do. It's open 10 to 10. its free. open every day.
Burnham Skate Park
3400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago, IL 60616
Cross Street: 31st Street
Phone: (312) 747-2200
Price: Free
Overview
Opened in October 2000, this skate park is a center of commotion in 4 1/2-mile-long Burnham Park. The concrete skate facility take ups only 20,000 square feet, but offers a strong mixture of straightaways, ramps and rails for those interested in practicing their outlandish tricks. The surrounding park includes monkey bars, swings, baseball fields, trails for cyclists and a beach for basking in the sun.
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1skyler - this place sucks DO NOT go to it. take 30 min and go to Wilson instead, its way better.
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1skyler - this place sucks DO NOT go to it. take 30 min and go to Wilson instead, its way better.
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midnight office - So much excitement when this place opened. It's all but forgotten now that Wilson has been built. The tight trannys are well documented as well as the wear and tear over the years. There is cool stuff here but for someone who is strictly street, the lines are bad. To grind up the hubba you have to make a 90 degree turn after getting up to speed. Not worth the effort.
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visioncity - Yes, the seams are bad. You must use an old school deck with some nice bouncy 64's or get a bike.
Like anything if you work at it long enough you'll figure it out.
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skate4flip - this place fucking sucked ass. how could u say it was a good park. the shit was so busted up you couldnt skate. it was fucking horrible!
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grindtolipslide - I agree with all of the other comments posted here as of 04-06-06. The manual pad area is great. They were off to a great start then it went to s***. The coping sticks out too far or not far enough or there is no coping! Not one section is acceptable. Why can't a park be built that contains the best elements of Chicago's public plazas? How difficult would that be? Instead we end up with this mess. At least its not crowded!
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ianoid - Oh my god I can't believe I skated there so much 5 years ago. It truly is one of the worst parks around. There are some interesting things to do with tight trannys, weird combos and freaky hips, but basically don't go out of your way. The years have exacerbated the concrete seam issue, which stop you in your tracks. The surface feels incredibly slow. The pool is kind of messed up. Any single element in this park would make a 10 minute street session if it were in a random location. Together, it results in a messed up park that could leave you regretting that you didn't go up Lakeshore Drive 7 miles to Wilson.
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b rad - Some of the curves are messed up a bit but its worth gowing to
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surfincjk - Compared to Wilson this place is horrible and the bowls aren't even worth checking out...if you like stairs there are some gnarly stars/columns to clear....bottom line, if you're in the city, go to wilson!!
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phatman - fuck this fuckin ass skatepark o went there it sucks balls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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