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Reader: Denver skatepark is so slick because of anti-graffiti coating

Is Denver's skate scene "boring as fucking shit"? That's what one Californian suggested after noticing our photo of the very clean Denver skatepark, when "out here in California skate park walls are all covered with graffiti tagging from anything the rollers want to spray on there." But one reader rolled...
By Patricia CalhounJune 26, 2012
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Is Denver’s skate scene “boring as fucking shit”? That’s what one Californian suggested after noticing our photo of the very clean Denver skatepark, when “out here in California skate park walls are all covered with graffiti tagging from anything the rollers want to spray on there.”

But one reader rolled in to the rescue:

Says Ash:

Denver park is not covered in graffitti, because the entire park is covered in an anti-graffitti coating, which allows Parks & Rec to easily spray off any paint. This is what makes the riding surface so slick.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com
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