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
edit- Bill Godfrey Oval
- City Sk8 Park, Adelaide
- Monster Skatepark, Sydney Olympic Park
- Pizzey Park
- Snake Run
- West Beach Skate Park
Canada
edit- Legacy Skatepark, Ottawa's largest at 18,300 square feet (1,700 m2)
- 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
edit- Copenhagen Skatepark, Copenhagen
- Fælledparken Skatepark, Copenhagen
France
edit- 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
edit- Mellowpark, Berlin
India
edit- Desert Dolphin Skatepark, Khempur, Rajasthan.
Jordan
edit- 7Hills Skatepark, Amman
Malaysia
edit- Pasir Gudang Skate Park in Johor, Malaysia.
Netherlands
edit- Area 51 (skatepark), Eindhoven. One of largest in Europe.
North Korea
edit- Pyongyang Skatepark, the first skatepark in North Korea.
Portugal
editPhilippines
edit- 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
edit- Bor Skate Plaza, in Bor. Largest skate park in the Balkans.
Slovenia
edit- Skate park Rog ("Skejt park Rog") – the first covered skate park in Slovenia, at Rog (factory)
Sweden
edit- Stapelbäddsparken in Malmö.
United Kingdom
edit- 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 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2).
- The Rom (1978), Grade II listed skatepark in Hornchurch, east London, England.
- Stockwell Skatepark – South London, UK
- Slades Farm Skatepark (1978), Bournemouth.
- St Neots Skatepark, Eaton Ford, St Neots [1]
- Adrenaline Alley, Corby, Northamptonshire [2]
United States
editAlabama
edit- City Walk Skatepark (2022), Birmingham, Alabama. Largest skatepark in the Southeastern United States and the fifth largest skatepark in the United States. More than 57,000 square feet (5,300 m2). This skatepark is apart if the Birmingham's City Walk that spans more than 10 blocks and over 31 acres.
Arizona
edit- 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
edit- 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] 62,000 square feet (5,800 m2).
- Pacifica Skatepark – Pacifica, San Francisco Bay Area. Built after consultation with Tony Hawk.
- Pedlow Skate Park – Encino, California great for pool skating, more than 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2).
- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editMaryland
edit- 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 Jersey
edit- Berry Lane Skatepark, Jersey City. Reopened in 2020 as a part of Berry Lane Park's renovation. [13]
- Seven Presidents, Long Branch. Rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy in 2015, opened back up in 2019, with plans to include outdoor workout equipment. [14]
- Ocean City Skatepark, Ocean City. [15]
- Neptune Skatepark, Neptune. Added a pump track to the park in 2022. [16]
- Castle Point, Hoboken. [17]
New Mexico
editNew York
editOhio
edit- Skatopia – Anarchist Skatepark in Rutland, Ohio
- The Flow Skatepark (2001-2013), Columbus. Was a world-famous[1] skatepark. At approximately 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2), 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
edit- 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[18]), Ashland. It's a "rad and versatile" park.[18] It was amidst some contention about families and surveillance cameras in 2018.[19]
Pennsylvania
editTennessee
edit- Concrete Wave Country – Nashville's first public skatepark.
Texas
edit- Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark – 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) in-ground public facility in Houston, Texas.
Virginia
edit8 Mount Trashmore Skatepark, in Virginia Beach (24,000 square feet (2,200 m2))
Washington
edit- Edge Skatepark – Redmond, Washington
- A skatepark (1966), Kelso, Washington. For skateboarders and skaters, with plywood ramps, lighted for night use.[20]
Wisconsin
edit- Turf Skatepark (1979), Milwaukee. Included five concrete pools in an indoor/outdoor facility (defunct since 1996).
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In 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.[citation needed]
Gallery of Skateparks
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- ^ "Welcome to Ocean City, New Jersey, America's Greatest Family Resort - Skateboard Park". www.ocnj.us. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
- ^ Daye, Charles. "'This is a labor of love': Neptune skatepark reopens with new pump track". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
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- ^ Popular Science Magazine, April 1966, p127