Late last year, another big concrete park was finished in Germany – more precisely in Hirschgarten (Munich). The pictures of the building process looked promising so we, a crew from guys around Tyrol (Austria), decided to check out the new concrete monster. We started early in the morning as we were highly motivated and the weather prediction for the afternoon was rain. After an hour car drive we arrived at the Hirschgarten and started the session. The park includes a really good backyard pool with 3 pockets in different sizes, a death box, stairs and great pool coping. A little bit of vert everywhere but still easy to ride for everybody and a guarantee for a hella fun sessions!
For the big bowl, many opinions differ. The concrete finishing is good but the composition between monster and mini parts is a bit weird. For me, it seems everything is wildly mixed without a proper concept. Anyway, there is a taco with about 1 meter (3 feet) of over vert. In front of the taco a speed wobble that is way too tight for getting extra speed, so it’s more of a slow down wobble, than a speed wobble. Especially for young kids but also experienced riders were slamming hard on this thing…. so be careful when you are not used to it. Then we have a monster of a full pipe ending in a cradle.
The cradle was built in 4 pieces so it’s not perfectly round but more like an ellipse with kinks between the different concrete sections. The rest of the park includes a wallride with lip option if you have the balls for it and a mixture between medium and low transitions. Definitely the worst thing about this park is the money aspect. I heard some numbers and for such a budget you normally can build 2 of these parks. Lots of money was spent on a tribune and a noise protection wall that has the shape of a perfect over vert quarter but sadly was not integrated into the park design, instead protected with a fence so you can’t skate it!
Especially if you know that Munich has no indoor park for the winter time it hurts that lots of money was spent for more or less nonsense! There are definitely pros and cons about this project but in the end you should not complain as it’s another sick piece in the European concrete park puzzle! You should be happy that the city of Munich has some motivated locals that took care of the whole organisation otherwise it could also be a shitty standard pre fabricated park that nobody wants! Whatever, go there, shred the hell out of it and make your own decision! – Roman Astleitner
Photos: Fabio Cracolici
Click photo for ANIMATED SEQUENCE
Good review, good pics!
Please note: the whole park would not be there if the sound retaining wall would not be there. The kind of wall was decided by the city not the skaters.
I skated the park and I loved it.
The “speed” wobble is something you have to get used to (I did not in one day).
I did not find any kinks in the fullpipe, yet I did not make it up the cradle yet.
Pretty great park I think.
Check: http://sk8boarding4life.blogspot.com/2010/09/concrete-wonderland.html
The speed wobble isn` t as bad as the one in the first Wörgl bowl…better don`t throw with stones….
However, as in almost every skatepark there is something to complain of, even in the ones from the so called world famous skatepark construction companys.
Bottom line: It`s almost allways personal taste.
yes, but in wörgl it’s not a speed wobble it was made to stop bmx riders 😉 anyway don’t compair wörgl as a super low budget project to Munich…and as i said you should not complain if you get such a park, so nobody throws with stones at all it’s just an honest review and i talked to many people that share this opinion…and you are right that it’s always a personal tast, that’s why you have to go there and make your own decision!
So who is gonna go in and cut down that fence/railing in front of the sound barrier so it gets added to the park?? 😉
who has a genny and a flex w a big cut-off wheel? 🙂
No way! When I was like 18 years old I was skating in the “Hirschgarten” like every week. It was a small place with wooden ramps. Nothing like this. Makes me want to go back to Munich!!