OUR VIEW: Skate park needs more supervision

Natalie Larson

Senior Writer

Skate Park offers bumps and bruises for Logan’s youth

On the day Logan Skate Park opened at 451 S. 500 West, five ambulance runs were made and 25 people walked into the Logan Regional Hospital with broken wrists, cuts, bruises and broken collar bones to name a few.

That same day, vulgar graffiti appeared on the new ramps and threats were made by the governor to close the park if it continued.

As a staff, we would like to comment on these happenings.

Although the skate park provides a place for individuals to ride equipment prohibited in most areas, it is not a safe alternative. This is evidenced by all the injuries.

Signs are posted around the park warning skaters to “use at your own risk,” which limits the liability of the city. However, with a facility of such high-injury potential, more than signs are necessary to keep people from harm.

Just as any public swimming pool has lifeguards on duty whenever people are in the water, the Logan Skate Park also has someone on hand to enforce some basic rules to protect those who use it.

As it is, the park is often too crowded and many injuries result from collisions.

Requiring protective gear could help reduce the number and seriousness of the injuries.

An addition, we’d like to express our disapproval to the individuals who did the graffiti. The city built the park for your benefit, and the first day it opens, you wreck it.

We’d also like to thank everyone for the improvement since that first incident. Parks and Recreation Manager Brendon Pratt said they’ve only had to peel off stickers since then.