I’m not a skater, but this place is insane! Just built a couple of years ago to replace the one down the street that is dilapidated (but also worth checking out - huge half pipe and snowboard jumps!!).
Owned by the city, so pretty cheap to use, I believe. Also cool stuff for non skaters as well. The benefits of being a town with one of the first skateboarding olympians!!
This is the first time I've seen such an amazing facility for skateboarding; I hope it helps develop future athletes.
It's good to have a place like this.
It's a large complex of board and bouldering gyms, which you don't see often because it's an Olympic sport but not a very common one.
If there were that many people in a facility this size, it would be really difficult to play.
The kids are full of energy, and the young street-style parents who dance and skateboard 🛹 gather secretly at night to make handmade crafts in a place where they might get scolded. I thought it was really great that they could gather in a public facility where they could do it openly and with dignity.
Nice job, Murakami City! 👍
December 27, 2023
The facility is generally clean.
The receptionist was friendly and helpful, and told me I could take a tour on the second floor.
It was a weekday, right after opening, so it was empty, and there was one boy practicing.
There are courses that even non-advanced skiers can enjoy, so I'd like to come back with my board next time.
I came to Senami Onsen for sightseeing and thought there was an unusually beautiful skateboarding facility, and then I found out that it's Hirano Ayumu's hometown.
I thought it wouldn't be possible to go to another prefecture, but it was.
It was the older brother's first time trying skateboarding. After being kindly taught by the handsome instructor, he seems keen to start skateboarding right away! The younger brother went to the bouldering area at the same facility. It's a facility I'd like to visit again next time I'm in Senami.
