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Art of Board and I Ride I Recycle – The Bruce Boul Interview
Let’s start with the always interesting- How long have you been skateboarding and who influenced you to start? I started…
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Drop-In to Skateboarding Class-Wenatchee, WA
Ben Wixon, SPS Board Member, Co-Developer of Drop In to Skateboarding (accredited skateboard instruction program) and Author of the book- Skateboarding: Instruction,…
Building a Concrete Skatepark on an Old Tennis Court
When it comes to building a public skatepark a lot of park managers begin to look at underutilized park space…
STOKED: The Skate Deck Art Show
Artists and skaters go together like kick-flips and barrel rolls. Fundraisers that bring those two communities together are a natural…
Kingshighway: Building St. Louis Skateboarding
I remember getting the call. It was June of 2009 and my buddy Pat Ritchey called and said, “Come down…
Oregon Skatepark Maintenance
Skatepark maintenance is a subject that to this point often has more questions than answers. The main reason for…
Programs to Promote a Positive Skatepark
Picture this scenario. A community decides the kids playing basketball in the streets and driveways of homes and local businesses…
Planning and Advocacy
Texas Skatepark Index
We are proud to introduce the first of our State Skatepark Indexes. The information that follows is the result of…
30 Reasons
There are lots of great reasons for building your next skatepark. Here are just 30 of them.
Public Meeting FAQ
The first few public meetings for new advocates are often frightening. One expects that the audience will be filled with…
Freedom of Space
“You—skateboarders—are the leading edge of a revolution of the human being’s relation to his or her environment.” —Edmund Bacon
Skateboarding Casualties (2006)
Editor’s Note: Although this report is nearing five years old it continues to be a relevant to today’s skatepark advocate….
Sound Study, Seattle, Washington
The popular noise study conducted by sound engineer Matthew Johnston.
Design and Construction
DIY SeaTac Ledge Repair
How To: Ledge Repair When the skatepark in the City of Seatac, Washington, was opened, the designer didn’t plan for…
DIY Tacoma Manual Pad
Here are step-by-step instructions on how to build a manual pad for under $3,000. This project was demonstrated in Tacoma,…
Types of Skateparks
A group of types is known as a typology. This skatepark typology outlines different types of skateparks in the same…
Introduction to Precast Concrete
In the late 90’s a public skatepark boom happened across the country. Cities that had long outlawed skateboarding throughout their…
Sample RFP for Skatepark Bids
There is no excuse for this kind of quality. The single largest barrier to creating a quality skatepark is in…
Wired Magazine on Skateparks
Skaters have always been more sensitive to architectural form than your average city-dweller. Finally it appears that architects are picking…