The city of Malibu is taking some heat for tearing down its temporary wooden skatepark before the new one was finished and some residents claim they could have at least donated it or repurposed the lumber.

The temporary skate park had been at Malibu Bluffs Park for years before the city decided to tear it down.

Glider Lyon had been going to the skate park since he was a baby. The 7-year-old even had a carving that had been there since he was 3.

"I was sad about my favorite bowl in the whole world was gone," Lyon said.

Glider Lyon's dad, Andy Lyon, is a third-generation Malibu resident and an original member of the 1975 skate team.

"I've been waiting for a skatepark in Malibu for 50 years, a real one," he said.

The "real one" is under construction nearby and Lyon said he's grateful fo

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