Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Geri Lewis and Jesse Martinez will be among the professional and amateur skateboarding aficionados on hand today to christen the new $2.4-million Venice Beach Skate Park with a few ollies and tuck knees.
The long-awaited, 16,000-square-foot facility near Windward Avenue and Ocean Front Walk, rare because it is located on a beach, features rails, ramps, steps and a bowl that resembles the empty swimming pools where Adams and Alva, among others, gave birth in the 1970s to progressive skateboarding in the Santa Monica and Venice areas.
