A group of local skateboarders following renovations at the city of Camas’ newly named Riverside Bowl Skatepark say they are worried about the park’s final reveal.
Washougal skateboarder Tim Laidlaw, who approached city officials in Camas and Washougal back in 2017 to push for upgrades to the rundown skatepark and helped kickstart a community-wide effort to revamp the park, has been photographing the remodeling work for several weeks and posting those photos to the Riverside Bowl Facebook group.
“I just take photos and say what’s happening down there. I learned not to fight with the city, but people are coming to me now, saying, ‘Hey, what’s going on at the park?’” Laidlaw said. “There are concerns about what’s being built.”
Gabe West, 50, a Washougal resident who has been skateboarding at skateparks throughout the Pacific Northwest for the past 20 years, is one such person.
“A lot of people, if they’re outside the skating world, don’t realize there are definite ‘dos and don’ts’ for skateparks,” West recently told The Post-Record.