Skatepark design inspiration

fisheye

Does exactly what it says on the tin - photos of upcoming and current contemporary skateparks. If one of the mods could pin this as a resource so skaters can send the link to local skaters and councillors involved in designing and petitioning for parks to let them know what will make an international, landmark facility that will attract many visitors from all over for years to come...

Proposed park for Gothenburg, Sweden.


http://www.placed-to-ride.com/projects.php

Cairns, Australia - right on the seafront.




Stoke plaza.

http://www.sketchyskateboarding.co.uk/

This is a pretty rad obstacle in Johnson Reserve skatepark, Australia.


Dundee, Scotland.


Lucan, Dublin.









Prissick, Middlesboro, England.

www.prissickplaza.co.uk

Penzance, Cornwall.


Clitheroe, Lancashire, NE of Liverpool.






Idea nicked from Sidewalk.
There's a limit to 15 images per post apparently, so hence the multiple posting...

fisheye

A new sheltered plaza for Southwark in London. It'll be situated in an old railway storage tunnel.




Ballarat Skatepark, Vic, Australia



Gouldbourn, NSW, Australia (Just outside the ACT)





Epping, Victoria, Australia.





Weston Creek, Canberra, Australia



Shepparton skatepark, Vic, Australia



Maroubra, NSW, Australia




Hobart, Tasmania

fisheye

Caloundra Skatepark, QLD, Australia



Coorparoo, Brisbane, QLD.









Woodridge, Brisbane, QLD.





Browns Plains, Brisbane, QLD.

fisheye

Annecy, France


Rattenberg, Austria



Amsterdam - Holland


Reeshof Bowl Tilberg, Holland



Spuybowl (The Hague) - Scheveningen, , Netherlands


Malmo - more at http://www.stapelbaddsparken.se/media.asp and an interview with the designer/construction group at http://www.stapelbaddsparken.se/art.asp?id=30





Mammoth Lakes California:







Bologna, Italy:


Florence, Oregon:



Reedsport, Oregon:

fisheye

Louisville, Kentucky.


Near to Barcelona


Black Pearl - Cayman Islands - at one stage, the biggest in the world.


Somewhere in Japan. Looks more like a streetspot to me...



This is the original of all skate plaza designs in Nantes, France. Built in 2002. The photos are crap, but there's more on agoride.com. Basically, it's smack bang in the middle of the city on a large tarmac slab, surrounded on 3 sides by a variety of benches and up sloping ledges. Probably one of the earliest examples of a park being made to be part of a central town square/park. It's the sort of thing that could be done at somewhere like Wolfe Tone should the opportunity arise.

fisheye

Marseilles skatepark, built in 92 and one of the all time great skateparks.






Livingston skatepark, Scotland. Built in 1978 and known throughout the world as one of the best - crap photos though...

segasega

That looks so so good.

Rovi

Did someone do a bit of 'abrasion testing', I wonder?-


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dazftw

Fair play for putting that post together! segasega yea that looks soo good God I wish we could get something like that!

shagman

Whether street plaza , transition , bank or bowl the one thing that all these parks have in comment is that they are concrete.

The majority of concrete park builders are skater run quality companies.
The majority of modular park builders are from a playground equipment / street furniture / playground equipment background and make overprived flatpack biscuit tins.
Councils chuck these down on a concrete (or even worse a tarmac) slab and nobody uses them cos they're complete rubbish and in a few years time they rip them up to use the area as a tennis or basketball court claiming there is no demand for skateparks.
Anyone who lives near an area which has received a grant for a park please e-mail your local coucillors and tell them you want a concrete park.
Seriously go look up who your local councillors are and get on it. If we can start this first wave of park building off right and get parks like the ones above built then future parks will copy these. Councillors know as much about skateparks as you probably do about planning by-laws , they need to be told what to build. If we leave it up to them we will get the easy solution ....biscuit tins on tarmac.

dazftw

Yea I totally agree... Have you seen the one in Waterford... complete waste of a €100,000.. We are supposed to be getting a concrete one now so hopefully that goes ahead!

shagman

There's two grants that have been allocated to waterford one to waterford CITY council .They thankfully have studied what happened with the RSC park and are putting in a proper concrete facility in the peoples park. Waterford COUNTY council also got a grant for €140K for a park in Tramore. I'm not sure if it'll be concrete or modular but they certainly have the budget for concrete.
Information I have is... no work done at all, some design done, not gone to tender, held up by the site being used as a depot for trucks?
Jane O neill is the council engineer you need to talk to on 051 395555.
(Thanks Grant for the info)

shagman

Council Minutes February 2006
7. Notice of Intention to Advertise Development of Skateboard Park, Tramore Previous Page | Next Page


(6) NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ADVERTISE DEVELOPMENT OF SKATEBOARD PARK AT THE LOWER PROMENADE, TRAMORE WEST, TRAMORE, CO. WATERFORD, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART VIII OF THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, 2001

On the proposal of Cllr. L. O'Sullivan, seconded by Cllr. P. O'Callaghan, it was agreed to proceed and advertise the proposed skateboard park at the Lower Promenade, Tramore West, Tramore, County Waterford, in accordance with Part VIII of the Planning & Development Regulations, 2001."

Resolution
Proposed by Cllr. L. O'Sullivan,
Seconded by Cllr. P. O'Callaghan, and resolved,

"That we, the members of Waterford County Council agree to proceed and advertise the proposed skateboard park at the Lower Promenade, Tramore West, Tramore, County Waterford, in accordance with Part VIII of the Planning & Development Regulations, 2001."


Tramore Town Council Minutes 2005
12. December 2005 Previous Page |


MINUTES OF ORDINARY MEETING OF TRAMORE TOWN COUNCIL HELD ON TUESDAY 6th DECEMBER 2005 IN CIVIC OFFICES, TANKFIELD AT 7PM

PRESIDING: Ms. L.O'Sullivan, Mayor

PRESENT: Councillors: Blaise Hannigan, Dan Cowman, James McCartan, Paddy O'Callaghan, Ann Marie Power, Joe Conway, Ben Gavin, Raymond Hayden.

IN ATTENDANCE: Mr.John O'Sullivan, Town Clerk
Mr. Brian White, Manager
Ms.Ann Marie Casey, Acting Town Engineer
Mr.Liam Fleming, Waterford Energy Bureau.

1. Minutes
Minutes of ordinary meeting held on Tuesday 8th November 2005 having previously been circulated were adopted on the proposal of Ms.A.M.Power seconded by Mr.R.Hayden.

2. MATTERS ARISING
i) Skateboard park
In reply to the Clr. Power, Mr.White stated that the County Council had to come up with matching funds of €135,000 and that plans were currently being drawn up for the park.

dazftw

Do you know where(if they do) the park will go in Tramore, I hope it goes down where the old one was!

fisheye

shagman wrote:

it was agreed to proceed and advertise the proposed skateboard park at the Lower Promenade, Tramore West, Tramore, County Waterford, in accordance with Part VIII of the Planning & Development Regulations, 2001."

That's your answer right there. I would say that it's at the same place alright.

skateing dragon

They all look like great desings

fisheye

I think it's pretty lame that some 4 year old topic about organising a snowboard trip is pinned, but a legit topic - resource even - like this isn't...

Sort it out!

f

tempe skate park in arizona just built. I saw this in hte new strange notes dvd looks real good




built by site design group, they seem to have theyre heads screwed on

fisheye

I'm pretty sure that you've posted 2 different skateparks there. The first and third images are the same park - I think Tosh Townend skates it in TWS's Sight Unseen. Good shi.t though - Site Design Group also did the Middlesborough and DC plazas.

f

fisheye wrote:

I'm pretty sure that you've posted 2 different skateparks there. The first and third images are the same park - I think Tosh Townend skates it in TWS's Sight Unseen. Good shi.t though - Site Design Group also did the Middlesborough and DC plazas.

no theyre the same parks, tempe skatepark arizona, its just like 2 different styles, check google images, you can see the flat banks leadin up to the bowl from the street course on the first image and you can se the pocket fro m the street course

will_c

fisheye wrote:

Proposed park for Gothenburg, Sweden.

now why cant we have something like this?
this will attract skaters from all places.