Don't Let This Happen - Save Baysixty6!!

I can't remember when Baysixty6, or Playstation Skatepark as I've always known it, opened up under the Westway, but I do remember how important it's been to so many London-born and London-based skaters over the years.
 

The midi-ramp has been witness to countless Wednesday night sessions throughout the years, concentrated in the cold, wet winter months. The arrival of the mini-mini created a new era of snake/barge sessions that are some of the best fun you can have skating in London.

Whip enjoying the old tomb extension

The park has been the venue for the Crossfire Jams and many demos over the years, and having the park is just as important to getting big teams and tours to stop off in London as it is for the next Ross McGouran or Nick Jensen, who both spent many of thier formative years skating there.

Currently there is a threat hanging over Baysixty6, one that I hope to god we, as a community of skateboarders, can neutralize.  

The Westway Development Trust are trying to get planning permission to turn what is now the skatpark into a Garden Centre, yep a Garden Centre and office space.  The reason they are giving for this move is "The skatepark does not serve the needs of the local youth"  What a rediculously weak reason to give.  I'm not even going to go into why that is the most lame excuse I've ever heard. 
 

So how do you help? It's all about public oposition and the two best ways right now to register your oposition to this insane plan are,  to sign the petition here...

Save BaySixty6 Petition

and if your on Facebook show your support here..

Save BaySixty6 FB Fan Page

I'm signed up to both and I'm going to do all I can to keep this place available for skaters from not only London but the South East and even further afield who travel into London to skate one of the few covered skateparks in the South of England.

[LIALC]