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ALFORD
Dirt:
There's a rad set of trails at Alford - possibly the best trails within a 100
mile radius: 5 ft take offs, decent sized gaps, a small 10 pack and two other
lines.
Park:
The Alford skatepark is now open. It was designed by the locals
and is apparently as near to a proper pool as you're going to get in Scotland
(are there actually any proper outdoor pools in Scotland?). It's pretty
tight and features a spine, a teardrop and even an over vert section on the
vert extension. It varies in depth between five and six feet and apparently
the locals are already working on raising money for phase two, which will probably
be a load of new school stuff (boxes/rails etc), but no-one knows yet.
The park is situated next to the dry ski slope.
Street:
Street out in Alford is well-good and there's plenty of stuff to ride - ya just
gotta find it!
- Lots of nice ledges of various heights at the school, which are good for learning
grinds.
- For something a bit bigger, head to the coal place for the nice, big, long
granite ledge there.
- The railway is packed with stuff to ride, including a ledge, some stones that
you can wallride, a bank with some tracks at the top that you can stall. You
can also gap the tracks and there's the big-ass wallride that Labrat stalled
the top of [AIRTIGHT NOTE: Don't go messing around on working railways, or
you'll die]
- There' s lots of stuff at the Waterboard: gaps, wallrides and a cool, square
rail that's so much fun.
- The Haughton has a treeride and a few gaps.
- The gas place is covered in gaps and ledges and stuff.
Mint and John Mac
Thanks to aberdoombmx.co.uk for the photos
Know any good spots? Then why not email them
to us: airtight@bbc.co.uk - cheers!
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