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Skate Culture in Social Circle, GA

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2007-04-27-skate2.jpg (Above) Everyday after school Social Circle kids congregate at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park . The park will be replaced next March with a new park. 

(Left) Bo Day, 17, jumps from a ramp at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA.

(Below) Zac Wisnewski, 15, smokes a cigarette at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA. He wears a latex glove because his mother smells his fingers to ensure he doesn’t smoke.

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2007-04-27-skate6.jpg (Above) Kids from Social Circle, GA gather at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park behind City Hall. The park is a popular place to hang out after school. 

(Left) Bo Day, 17, jumps from a quarter pipe at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA. Many of the regulars at the park consider Day the best skater in the city.

(Below) Caleb Hayes, 16, Bo Day, 17, and Tyler Rowe, 12, talk skating while the three break between tricks. The Skaters call each other family.

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2007-04-27-skate8.JPG (Left) A skater at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA grabs his arm after he fails to land a jump. Although the injury would ultimately require stitches, he was fortunate because the fire department was located just across the street. 

(Below) Tyler Rowe, 12, watches as Bo Day, 17, skates on the half pipe at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA. Rowe has been skating for three years and has aspirations to play running back on the University of Georgia football team.

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Discussion

2 comments for “Skate Culture in Social Circle, GA”

  1. i miss those days those were good times but now its pretty much broken down, theres like nothing there and they still havent started the new one.

    Posted by Caleb Hayes | September 5, 2008, 8:36 am
  2. so when is the skatepark going to go up. i skated the temporary spot a while back. but like why would you get peoples hopes up of a skatepark and never build it.. thats lame. whenn is it actually going to be finished. i have been waithing for like 2 years now. you have the spot cleared out.. so just build the freakin thing!

    Posted by josh smittson | January 11, 2009, 10:19 pm

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