Tropica Skatepark in Hemsbach, 8. Februar 1992

Skateboarding and BMX action filmed at Tropica, Hemsbach, Germany. The skater with the white helmet is Marc Mitzka, he used to be a local and well known in Germany at the time for being one of the best halfpipe skaters. I wonder what became of him...
We used to skate at Tropica a lot even though it was almost 1.5 hours by car from where we lived. But at the time there were few indoor parks around so we put up with the dance-pop music, slippy floors and low lighting anyway :-)

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• tropica
• marc mitzka
• hofheim
• skateboarding
• bmx

[soehngenetic]

Mitzka got Santa Cruz Pro, but soon got some serious trouble with his knee, when my infos back then were right. The last I saw and read of him was in maybe 2001 in MSM skating the Railslide Halle/ Maintal.

I think Tropica was closed, because in the mid 90s skateboarding wasn't as popular anymore and the owners may have had some bad loosings. I remember the owners changed very often even in the early 90s and on weekdays there often were less then 5 people skating there.

[1949GeneS]

Was ist mit dem passiert? Und warum wurde der Park geschlossen?

[1alphanumeric1]

marc mitzka used to be my skate god this time. i was 12yo and started skating there ! what a time... and skateboarding changed so much. still have some old h-street, santa cruz and powell decks at home.

thanks for posting !!