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Hammond skate park drawing crowds
Aimee Yee
Daily Star Staff Writer

Local skateboard film maker Brody Fontenot, 23, of Baton Rouge
....."Dreamland Skate Parks just grabs people up," he said. "Anything they do, they're gonna go for it. They're not gonna be able to keep 'em away."

.....local skateboarders are managing to stay away from bank parking lots and the college campus where they're not allowed to board, according to police reports, which show a decline in the number of complaints of damages made by boarders using handrails to slide on their trucks.

.....The older guys packed things up after a while and turned the park over to the younger kids, with several parents showing up to watch and sit on the bleachers beneath the shady trees.

.....Built by Dreamland Skate Parks of Lincoln City, Ore., the 10,000-square-foot concrete park was a long time coming to the city and maybe even the state, boarders said.

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