Article relates a proposal to create a permanent skateboard park by the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz. The skate park would replace tennis courts currently at the location, and it would be a permanent park in place of the temporary Fun Spot skate park that will be the site of a future visitor's center for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The author mentions other skate park locations had been considered and abandoned. Concerns from neighbors are noted, as well as the timeline and next steps in the approval process.