List of skateparks explained

This is a list of notable skateparks.

Builders of skateparks include local skateboarders creating do it yourself / "barge board" parks and firms such as SITE Design Group and Grindline Skateparks.

The first skatepark to receive historic designation was the Bro Bowl, in Florida, listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The second was The Rom, in east London, England, which is Grade II listed.

Australia

• Bill Godfrey Oval
• City Sk8 Park, Adelaide
• Monster Skatepark, Sydney Olympic Park
• Pizzey Park
• Snake Run
• West Beach Skate Park

Canada

• Legacy Skatepark, Ottawa's largest at 18300square feet
• Underpass Park, Toronto
• Vancouver Skate Plaza, Vancouver, once named 21st on a top-25 list of world's best skate parks
• Shaw Millennium Skatepark (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) – One of the world's largest outdoor skateparks, designed by Spectrum Skateparks with Landplan associates.

Denmark

• Copenhagen Skatepark, Copenhagen
• Fælledparken Skatepark, Copenhagen

France

• Lorient skatepark, Lorient, from the 70s, still open in 2019
• Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est, Marseille (billed as Europe's largest indoor skatepark as of 2009)
• Beton Hurlant, Paris, from the 70s
• La Villette, Paris, from the 70s
• Prime Paris, Paris, from the 70s
• Erromardie, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, from the 70s
• Saintes skatepark, Saintes, from the 70s, still open in 2019
• La Roche-sur-Yon skatepark, La Roche-sur-Yon, from the 70s, still open in 2019

Germany

• Mellowpark, Berlin

India

• Desert Dolphin Skatepark, Khempur, Rajasthan.

Jordan

• 7Hills Skatepark, Amman

Malaysia

• Pasir Gudang Skate Park in Johor, Malaysia.

Netherlands

• Area 51 (skatepark), Eindhoven. One of largest in Europe.

North Korea

• Pyongyang Skatepark, the first skatepark in North Korea.

Portugal

• Chelas skatepark,^[1] was inaugurated in 2013, Chelas, Portugal
• Parque Das Gerações skatepark,^[2] was inaugurated in 2013, São João do Estoril, Portugal

Philippines

• Koronodal Skate Park in Koronadal, Cotabato^[3]
• Mountain Dew Skate Park in Makati
• Tagaytay Extreme Sports Complex in Tagaytay, Cavite. The venue for skateboarding at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.^[4]

Serbia

• Bor Skate Plaza, in Bor. Largest skate park in the Balkans.

Slovenia

• Skate park Rog ("Skejt park Rog") – the first covered skate park in Slovenia, at Rog (factory)

Sweden

• Stapelbäddsparken in Malmö.

United Kingdom

• The Buszy
• Harrow Skate Park – Harrow, UK
• Playing Place, an historic skatepark in a small Cornish village
• Radlands
• Rampworx skatepark, Liverpool. The largest indoor venue in the UK, covering 50000square feet.
• The Rom (1978), Grade II listed skatepark in Hornchurch, east London, England.
• Stockwell Skatepark – South London, UK
• Slades Farm Skatepark (1978), Bournemouth.

United States

Alabama

• City Walk Skatepark (2022), Birmingham, Alabama. Largest skatepark in the Southeastern United States and the fifth largest skatepark in the United States. More than 57000square feet. This skatepark is apart if the Birmingham's City Walk that spans more than 10 blocks and over 31 acres.

Arizona

• Surf City (1965), Tucson, Arizona. Asserted to be first skatepark in the world^[5] Operated by Arizona Surf City Enterprises, Inc., it had concrete ramps.^[6]

California

• Carlsbad Skatepark (1976), Carlsbad. California's first skatepark. Home of World Skateboard Championships on April 10, 1977. Operated until 1979, then buried, then destroyed in 2005.^[5] The current Carlsbad Skatepark is elsewhere.^[7]
• Pier Avenue Junior High School skatepark (1999), Hermosa Beach. Opened by the city, a small skatepark at the site of the first skateboard competition, which was organized by Dewey Weber across the street from his surf and skateboard shop. Makaha Skateboards was a sponsor of the competition.^[8] School is now a museum.
• etnies Skatepark, Lake Forest – Largest free skatepark in California.^[9] 62000square feet.
• Pacifica Skatepark – Pacifica, San Francisco Bay Area. Built after consultation with Tony Hawk.
• Pedlow Skate Park – Encino, California great for pool skating, more than 12000square feet.
• Santa Maria Skate Park – Fletcher Park. 700 Southside Pkwy, Santa Maria, California.
• The Palm Springs Skatepark contains a replica of the Nude Bowl, which is the most popular feature in the park.^[10]

Connecticut

• CT Bike (1987), Bristol, Connecticut. All wooden indoor skate park, still in business today, despite a 1988 fire, operated by same family. Where Tony Hawk "made his debut when he was just a young boy on his first East Coast tour."

Florida

• Kona Skatepark in Jacksonville, Florida. One of few private parks of the 1970s surviving.^[11]
• Bro Bowl – One of the last skateparks of the 70s, and one of the oldest skateparks in the U.S.; First public skatepark in Florida Tampa, Florida. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
• Possum Creek – Gainesville, Florida.
• Skatepark of Tampa – Skatepark in Tampa and home of the annual Tampa Pro.

Iowa

• Davenport Skatepark – Davenport, Iowa.
• Lauridsen Skatepark http://www.dsmskatepark.com – Des Moines, Iowa. The largest skatepark in the United States at 88,000 square feet. (8175 square meters)
• Knoxville Skatepark - 502 N Lincoln Street, Knoxville, Iowa 50138

Kentucky

• Louisville Extreme Park – Louisville, Kentucky.

Maryland

• Ocean Bowl Skate Park (1976), Ocean City, Maryland, first on East Coast, and oldest operating municipal skate park in the United States. Renovated/rebuilt in 1997–98.^[12]

New Mexico

• Alamosa Skatepark Environment, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

New York

See main article: Skateparks in New York City.

Ohio

• Skatopia – Anarchist Skatepark in Rutland, Ohio
• The Flow Skatepark (2001-2013), Columbus. Was a world-famous[1] skatepark. At approximately 50000square feet, The Flow was one of the largest indoor skateparks in the nation. It was voted #1 skatepark in the United States by Fuel TV.

Oregon

• Burnside Skatepark, a do it yourself "barge build" beneath the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon. The modern skatepark designs of the Pacific Northwest can be traced back to this. Skateboarders used an area populated primarily by the city's "undesirable elements" to create a skatepark, building one section at a time. The process is called "design/build" (D/B), and is a characteristic of many skateparks today. The design/build process ensures that adjacent skatepark features are harmonious and rideable, allowing skateboarders to create endless "lines" to ride among the many features. It Was featured in Tony Hawk video games and the movie Paranoid Park.
• Ashland Skate Park (1999), Ashland. It's a "rad and versatile" park.^[13] It was amidst some contention about families and surveillance cameras in 2018.^[14]

Pennsylvania

• FDR Skatepark – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tennessee

• Concrete Wave Country – Nashville's first public skatepark.

Texas

• Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark – 30000square feet in-ground public facility in Houston, Texas.

Virginia

See main article: Skateparks in Virginia. 8 Mount Trashmore Skatepark, in Virginia Beach (24000square feet)

Washington

• Edge Skatepark – Redmond, Washington
• A skatepark (1966), Kelso, Washington. For skateboarders and skaters, with plywood ramps, lighted for night use.^[15]

Wisconsin

• Turf Skatepark (1979), Milwaukee. Included five concrete pools in an indoor/outdoor facility (defunct since 1996).

to be processedIn more extreme climates, parks were built indoors, often using wood or metal. By the end of the 1970s, the popularity of skateboarding had waned, and the original parks of the era began to close. A downturn in the overall skateboard market in the 1980s, coupled with high liability insurance premiums, contributed to the demise of the first wave of skateparks. Some second-generation parks, such as Upland, California's Pipeline, survived into the 1980s. However, many public parks of that era can still be found throughout Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chelas skatepark - Skateparks Detail.
2. Web site: Parque das Gerações skatepark - Skateparks Detail.
3. News: Rivera . Oliver Ross . Koronadal City goes extreme with newly-built skatepark FEATURE Koronadal City goes extreme with newly-built skatepark . 20 January 2020 . Philippine Information Agency . 15 January 2020.
4. News: Tagaytay Extreme Sports Complex covered in ash . 20 January 2020 . Rappler . 13 January 2020.
5. Web site: McAlister . Mike . Concrete Skatepark Tour – Candid . preview.arraythemes.com.
6. “Surfing – Tucson Style”, Tucson Daily Citizen, September 2, 1965
7. "Carlsbad Skatepark Update 5-20-05", Web site: Carlsbad Skatepark Memorial . 2010-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100111131823/http://www.carlsbadskatepark.org/ . 2010-01-11 .
8. "HB rode into skateboarding history", http://www.dailybreeze.com, 27 June 2004
9. Web site: Etnies Skatepark Of Lake Forest Aerial . 21 August 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100310010922/http://www.sitedesigngroup.com/blog/etnies-skatepark-of-lake-forest-aerial/ . 10 March 2010.
10. Web site: City of Palm Springs – Skate Park . Ci.palm-springs.ca.us . 2010-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100514134542/http://www.ci.palm-springs.ca.us/index.aspx?page=265 . 2010-05-14 .
11. News: KONA . Matt Soergel . . July 1, 2007 . August 18, 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009145231/http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/070107/lif_180996667.shtml . October 9, 2012 .
12. Web site: History. oceancitymd.gov. 4 May 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171228212957/https://oceancitymd.gov/oc/departments/recreation-parks/skate-park/history/. 28 December 2017.
13. Web site: Ashland (Oregon). SkateOregon . November 23, 2019.
14. News: Families steer clear of Ashland Skate Park . John Darling . . July 19, 2018 .
15. Popular Science Magazine, April 1966, p127