Chris Davis, 22, grew up riding BMX in the area near the Ocala skate park and often had to make ramps out of trash cans and pallets, buy plastic ramps from stores or use parking lots because there was no skate park at the time.
The skate park opened in 2019 when Davis was 15 years old and he described the fact as “revolutionary.”
At Saturday’s expansion grand opening event, Davis said it was good to see Ocala investing in the skate community. He also pointed to the variety of ramps in the newly expanded and renovated park and said he “loves” that it was built by skaters for skaters…