Construction of Optimist Skate Park in Pocatello now complete

HALF-PIPE HEROES: Community drops in for Optimist Skate Park grand opening

POCATELLO — Area skateboarders, in-line bladers, BMX riders and scooter enthusiasts can now grind, slide, flip, fakie and launch into Pocatello's state-of-the-art skate park following a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday afternoon.

Construction of Optimist Skate Park in Pocatello now complete

Dave Van Etten, left, and Anne Butler stand next to the Skate Idaho feature. | Logan Ramsey, EastIdahoNews.com POCATELLO – Two people who worked to make it a reality stood at the top of an embankment and admired Pocatello’s new skate park. It was Thursday morning when David Van Etten and Anne Butler presented the newly completed Optimist Skate Park to EastIdahoNews.com ahead of its 12:15 p.m. ribbon cutting on Friday, July 25. The way that Van E…