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<br /> By'i Pin Endow as9millionin the united States at
<br /> Star Tribunj Staff Writer , last count — are tired of being kicked
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<br /> ea Musgjerd was all smiles sidewalks, and are joining forces to
<br /> last week after zooming down lobbygovemment agencies for
<br /> a 7- foot -high ramp on in -line places to practice their sport
<br /> skates, then completing a As a result, park and recreation
<br /> head - over -heels flip. , directors, city councils, even the ,
<br /> "I kind of blanked out Hopkins Jaycees, are doing 180-
<br /> when I was upside down, but I , degree turns of their own.
<br /> landed it on my first try," said Ben, Consequently, parks such as the
<br /> 13, of Eden Prairie. "It was a rush." Overpass are becoming as common
<br /> One flip led to another. Then as water parks and soccer fields. In
<br /> another :qua Ben had whiled away the past two summers, half- pipes, `
<br /> another afternoon at the spines and -mini -ramps —the tech t' 1
<br /> OverpassrgHopkh s,thenewest nicalnamesforramps —have
<br /> skate park in the TwinCities.area popped up in Coon Rapids, Brooklyn
<br /> The Overpass will lose that.dis- Park, Maple Grove, Burnsville and
<br /> tinction soon: Two more parks will Shoreview. Even Fulda, Minn., popu-
<br /> openn the metro area in the next Litton 1,300, has joined the ranks. 4
<br /> few weeks, Their arrival continues a ,
<br /> trend sweepipg the nation. SKATE PARKS continues on 9
<br /> Why the sudden explosion of
<br /> skate parks? First, television cover- ALSO Wilati= .: ff
<br /> age;parr;ndariy- onESPN,has >.A sampling ofmetro-area * A
<br /> legiops of boys and girls to take up - . •, skate parks. 9.
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<br /> at the Overpass. "k was a rush," he says of the move. , Hcpkhrs, p atterns a movo on a haM�lpe t h e Overpa
<br /> In Hopkins. " Thi s Is a good place to make` bicrlght khid Meneta " Mari as."
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