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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

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6 Responses to 'Kona'

  1. 1. Rocky says: August 20th, 2005 at 8:21 pm

    That is awesome.

  2. 2. ulrichfp says: August 20th, 2005 at 10:41 pm

    lol ive always thought it was in california! anyways i would love to skate there!

  3. 3. stuartd says: August 20th, 2005 at 11:08 pm

    The shipyard stuff you featured recently reminded me of THPS4 as well, those big cranes and shipping containers..

  4. 4. cmsturg says: August 22nd, 2005 at 1:51 pm

    This place is great. Being from Jax, I skated here when I was a kid. Amazing to think that it is 30+ years old.

  5. 5. Luke says: August 22nd, 2005 at 7:47 pm

    Man, I have not played that game in so long..

  6. 6. Matthew Sz says: August 27th, 2005 at 6:08 pm

    Heh, they actually posted something I submitted.
    Yeah, I was bored one afternoon and looked this up, among other things. I thought it was a pretty impressive view, and as a THPS fan I had to submit it.

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