Get on board and help make skatepark dream come true

Tuesday 14th December 2010, 1:00PM GMT.

The former toddlers’ playground is the site for the skatepark. Pictured there are, left to right, backer Zef Eisenberg and the Xtreme Sports Association’s James Harrison, Deputy Mike O’Hara and PJ de la Mare. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 1063535)

A SKATEPARK would help get youngsters off island streets and help create a future extreme sports champion.

That was the message from Guernsey’s Xtreme Sports Association, which, after 30 long years of lobbying, hopes to see a permanent facility for local skateboarders and BMX riders built at Beau Sejour by next summer.

With costs expected to top £200,000, fund-raising is key, which is why today the Guernsey Press, as media partner, is helping launch its Get On Board campaign.

Since planning permission for the facility was approved in November, the association has been looking at ways to attract donations and sponsorship so that the work could begin.

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Chris - Jersey

December 14, 2010 at 5:09 pm

Guernsey have got as great chance here for a World Class skatepark to develop the talented youngsters you have on the Island.

Us folks in Jersey will be very jealous when you get it up and running, as it will far surpass the poor facilities we have over here.

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