Mellows were critically harshed at a popular skatepark in San Clemente California after it was filled with 37 tons of sand to discourage skaters from using it during the coronavirus pandemic. The facility had been closed since April 1st according to the state’s stay-at-home orders, but skaters regularly defied the signs warning against trespassing. Instead of trying to enforce the closure they simply made it unskateable.
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Venice used the same sanding tactic to close it’s skatepark: