Archive for August 20th, 2005

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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Kona

Saturday, 20th August 2005 by Alex

This is Kona Skatepark in Jacksonville, Florida. It’s a famous location among skateboarders, and also made a great level in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4. From up here, you can make out the halfpipe, the skatebowls (including the pink one, the blue one, the kidney-shaped one), and also that bloody snake-run (I must have tried to manual down through the cones about 400 billion times before I eventually did it). Fantastic to see how accurately they re-created Kona for the game too.

Kona

Thanks to Matthew