Life List
Great Canadian Skate Trip (with
rating) 22 parks in 21 days
Thunder Bay D-
Forks Winnipeg A (NL)
Swift Current, SK A+ (NL)
Calgary A+++ (Ssk8)
Golden Freeride park B+ (NL)
Revelstoke D
Lumby C (Ssk8)
Coldstream A (Ssk8)
Ben Lee Kelowna A- (NL)
Penticton Youthpark A (NL)
Nanaimo B++ (NL)
Ucluelet B++ (NL)
Tofino A- (NL)
Vic West B+ (NL)
Squamish A+ (Ssk8)
Whistler (C+) & Original
Snake Run (A) (Ssk8)
Kamloops Rotary A (NL)
Edmonton Church Downs B (Ssk8)
Winnipeg Happyland B-
Kenora B+ (Ssk8)
Marathon C
Espenola D
TORONTO PARKS
Lawrence & Weston - concrete
preforms on a concrete base. Small but never busy.
Cummer – Older of Toronto’s
concrete parks. Still fun.
Bathurst & Dundas. Nice wood
mini-pipe and some obstacles. Seasonal
park
East York - Small new park. 2 hubbas have been capped with granite
ledges. Locals have added a pipe for jamming and a wall ride. Park is tight but
fun when it’s not busy (Ssk8)
Vanderhoof - best bowl on
southern ON (for now) needs more street (Ssk8)
Port Union – Originally a wood
preform park. Now a pretty good concrete park. (Ssk8)
Warden & Ellesmere - awesome
new park with large bowl section to come. (Ssk8)
Etobicoke - preform park in
tennis court. Preforms may be from temporary east york park because they have
x-village stickers on them
GTA Parks
Mississauga Icelands (NL)
Mississauga Credit River
Brampton Ray Lawson - cruddy wood park – continual expansion but
best suited for bmx
McMurchy – lots of preforms on old parking lot. Pre-fab mini pipe is
good.
Jim Archdekin – see ray lawson without the expansion.
Chinguacousy Park - beautiful 15000 foot concrete park with some cool
features not found in other parks (Ssk8)
Sandalwood and ching - preforms on a fresh asphalt base. mini with
spine.
Markham - beautiful graffiti free
park. (Ssk8)
Richmond hill - Metal preform
park on fresh asphalt base, all ramps are placed on a concrete slab.
Pickering - booo, Quarter pipes
that have safety rails at the top
Ajax North - metal preforms on
concrete base
Ajax South (41) - metal preforms
on concrete base
Whitby Iroquois – Old concrete
park. I like it.
Whitby McKinney – New concrete
park. I like it. Great mini-pipe.
Oshawa - donevan rec. Center. Fun park. Old but good lines
Whitby Psych ghetto gym park - if
you’ve never been it’s too late now
Road Trip
Georgetown – sucks. Lame little
park kinda like a wading pool where all obstacles lead to the center.
Bowmanville - see Pickering. Same
builders. Quarter pipes that have safety rails at the top. Park narrows to 8
feet in the middle. May have been
demolished
Madoc - super sweet concrete park
with pretty much everything including a bunny park. July 25, 2007(Ssk8)
Havelock, ON - Unacceptable. I
thought there was nothing worse than Brampton but I was wrong. July 26,
2007. (Now gone May 2014)
Milton - beautiful long style
park. Great for practice.
Bolton – sweet long park (Ssk8)
Phase 2 bowl complete.
Acton - worth the drive. only
downfall is one unlevel concrete joint. (NL)
Baden - surprised anything was there, but
don’t waste your time.
Courtice - Rob Piontek memorial skatepark. great
park. good times. (NL)
Brooklin - A quandary. Not that good a park but apparently well
cared for. Totally skateable, just not well conceived. Asphalt base with moulded 4 set and grind
bars, pre-fab box, bank and 3 quarters.
Shred Central – poop
Orangeville (NL) so nice, like Acton and Bolton combined.
Vaughn (NL)
Nice park. Really easy to skate
and improve skills.
Brantford (NL) Sweet plaza style
park with common elements of a skatepark.
Cool mini with benches reminds me of China Banks, SF.
Hamilton – Turner park(ssk8) New
plaza park next to police station. Everything is really original and
smooth. Bowl is wicked (sorry Hoof)(#60)
Malton – concrete preforms on concrete
base like Weston &Lawrence. Lots of
things packed into a small space.
Hamilton - Waterdown(NL) - best bowl in Ontario.
smooth with good heights and a nice spine.
Keswick(ssk8) – Similar to cummer but
actually skateable.(63)
Cj’s Skatepark - Very nice park, Mini with spine and roller,
mini with extension.(64)
Kitchener – The Aud, Classic old park with a great set-up(65)
Bala (NL)- nice sk8 spot. 1st picnic bench I've found in ON
(66)
Cambridge(ssk8) – Riverside park is ok. New bowl is nice.(Brampton(sandalwood)
& this make 68)
Mississauga/Clarkson -
good assortment of ledges and rails
Big # 69!!!
Ashbridges Bay – Interesting plaza style layout. Park can handle lots of skaters.(ssk8) #70!
Xtreme wheels Buffalo NY. Big
indoor park with tons of stuff.
LONDON TRIP July 19, 2010
A- Naiomi-Almeida Park* small
newline skatespot
B - White Oaks Optimist Park*
C - Basil Grover Park* spectrum
skatespot
D - West Lions Park #75
E
- Kiwanis Skateboard Plaza NEW newline plaza
# 76
F
- Stronach Park NL
TILLSONBURG SKATEPARK NL # 78
Orillia – Top 3 worst Parks in
Canada. Lousy construction. Ridiculous
“quarter pipe with vert”. Coping sits
on top of quarter. Enough flat bars to
allow for actual skating.
Huntsville – Great flow to the
park. Nice bowl. Bad run off issues floods park with thick
dirt after rain. Bring shovel and broom.(ssk8)
Bracebridge – Nice park in shaded
area. Not a fan of the bridge element. Super
smooth bowl. The pit seems to suck you in.(ssk8)
Barrie – Old park with giant
elements. Like Kitchener and Orillia had
a giant (ugly) baby. Probably the worst Acceptable park.(#82)
Lindsay – Metal performs on
decent asphalt pad. 1st of City of
Kawartha Lakes 3 parks.
Omemee - Metal performs on decent
asphalt pad. 2nd of City of
Kawartha Lakes 3 parks. Exact same
performs as Lindsay.
Uxbridge – Dirt cheap wood ramps
on concrete base. (85)
Port Hope, ON – Nice concrete
park, typical park style. Flow is excellent.(ssk8)
Warkworth, ON – Metal preforms on
old asphalt parking lot.
Campbellford, ON – Awesome park
by the river. Great use of granite and
natural stone. Sweet pool coping. My
favourite bowl ever with a huge bank with granite at the top, a steep pool
style shallow end, perfect mini pipe area, a big deep end with slight oververt,
a couch, and a rocking roll in roll out area with pool coping.(ssk8) (88)
Port Perry, ON – Bank, pyramid,
quarter and mini-pipe preforms on a concrete base.
Orono, ON – Concrete preforms on
concrete base. Arrangement of obstacles
is very poor. (90)
London – Medway Bowl. Really nice big bowl with a pool coping deep
end, a spine and wall ride.(ssk8)
London – Ledge Land, a bunch of
concrete and metal benches in front of the bandstand a Victoria Park. Designated
by the city as a skate spot.
London – Wosley Baracks. Old park with new plaza style street coarse
addition and a pool.(Update by ssk8)(93)
Oshawa North – Sweet plaza style
skatepark with great lines and obstacles. NL
Vaughan Jack Pine Skate Spot –
Small skate spot in community park. NL(95)
Big O, Montreal – iconic skate
spot located on the Olympic park. Tight concrete quarters.
Brockville – nice Park at the
arena. NL(97)
Picton, ON – Great park with
large area surrounded by well kept lawn. Huge mini bowl and good lines.
Rotating Manny pad.(ssk8)
Belleville, ON – Pretty good park
with some interesting obstacles like the double step gap. Deep bowl.(ssk8)
Port Dover, ON NUMBER 100!!! – Great park with round about
flow lines. Nice pool in the middle. Similar to Huntsville but smaller.(ssk8)
Kitichener, ON - Nice bowl, interesting street section. Some obs. Need concrete on both sides. More thought put into ride ups on one
side.(ssk8 & HS)
Bancroft, ON Good park by the river. Nice mellow bowl with
good parallel sides. Sweet gap filled in with cheap green carpet(nice but could
have been better) .(ssk8)
8th Street
Toronto. Toronto’s new best park. Pool style bowl, nice quarters and
banks. 6 foot quarter with slight
oververt.NL
Vaughan Hillside skate spot. Cute community skate spot. Properly constructed “wading pool” feature.NL
Peterborough, ON 105
Big concrete hole.
Coping diameter is 4” and is curved metal instead of pipe. 2 parts of the park that you have to walk to.
Some banks are too steep and there is still difficulty getting speed. Rails are
placed too high. There is a ridiculous
bank wall that would be fun if the rest of the park didn’t suck. It’s built like a bmx park with no bikes
allowed.
Hamilton – Parkdale. Old small park. Everything you need.
Hamilton – Beasley Bowl Old bowl with a quarter, lump and jersey
barrier.
Burlington – Maple park. Another joke with a ride up to stair
set. More one foot with vert.
Vaughan – Twelve Oaks Park. Transition centered skate spot. Circular bowl with roll in and
extension. 2 stair sets, 2 mini q’s and
some benches in a great layout.NL
Toronto – Dufferin Grove
Park. A couple crappy ramps and boxes on
a hockey rink. 110!
24/7 skate church,
Burlington. Mini and ramps
Napanee, ON. Old park with banks, quarters and old school
pool.(ssk8)
Tyendinaga Mohawk Terr. Big concrete park with giant ufo crashed on
one side. Really slick concrete. Some
features are difficult to hit with a skateboard.HS
Trenton – Quinte West Park. Old concrete park with good lines and
features. Lower section can be ollied into but no ramps to go up. (ssk8)
Knoxville, TN – Park the size of
(& located in an old) baseball field.
Large bowl with over-vert. Big deep pool with coping. Good sized street
section and small beginner park.
Lexington, KY – 90’s era concrete
park. Old but has good flow. Located in a nice city park.
Windsor, ON – Large park with
metal pre-fab on concrete base. Well set
up with everything you could imagine.
Equal to Richmond Hill in quality.
Chatham, ON – Concrete park with
a nicely designed “big 3” setup. NL
Simcoe, ON – The best community
built wood park I’ve seen. Functional
for both skateboards and BMX.
Waterloo, ON – 120! New Line park
centered around a volcano with a tree in it.
Includes features of plaza, transition and snake run. New era of circular parks.
Vaughan – Freedom Park Skate
spot. Small community park with a
quarter, rail and unuseable pyramid and ledge.
Toronto – Wallace-Emerson
community park Metal pre-forms on
concrete base. Geared towards bmx.
Midland, ON – Pre-cast concrete
park with PIP mini-bowl. No flow or run
up to concrete obstacles in middle of park.
Same issues as all modular parks. HS
Azilda, ON – Metal Q, bank and
funbox on asphalt pad. 2012-05-26
Sudbury, ON – Great concrete park
with bowl and street sections. Large with good flow and sections that can be
sessioned. NL Park 125. 2012-05-27.
Vaughan – Carville mill. Stupidly designed concrete park. Small stair sets with no way to ride back up.
Obstacles too close together. Two
pointless steep banks. Interesting
mini-ramp configuration. (Who sk8s built)
Burlington, ON-Norton. Great New
Line park with huge bowl/snake-run/ditch.
Nice advanced level obstacles like bank to hitching post rail and
pyramid rail. NL
Burlington, ON- Mountainside
park. Introducing a new term – Slurry
skatepark – A bunch of (random) pre-cast (concrete) obstacles does not make a
park. Low flat rail was only useable
part from the steep bank, wedge, Chicago barrier and roller.
Toronto – Underpass park. Pre-fab ramps and rails on concrete base. Bonus – Stays dry in the rain.
Spott’s micro-mini – miniramp in
the basement. 130!
Uxbridge, ON – Uxbridge Rotary
Skatepark. Gone is the old wood park, in
with a spectrum winner. Concrete. Nice flowing concrete park with hefty
hubbas. Large bowl with extentions, a
roller and steep bank. Also some fun stuff on the decks of the bowl. 131 (ssk8)
CBMK, Mississauga, ON – Indoor
wood park with a 4 foot mini bowl, a street area with a hubba, step-up gap and
moveable rails and ledges. 8 foot
halfpipe with 10 foot extentions. Pipe is really mellow with big transitions
and no vert. Sadly, CBMK is scheduled to close in 2013 after 9 years in
operation.
The Ward, Guelph, ON. Pretty large indoor park with 6 foot mini, 2
foot micro-mini that’s tight, A good sized street section with everything inc.
3 and 6 stairs. Also a little practice section as well as a decent skateshop.
133
Sutton, ON – New Line concrete
park. Rails, planter bench, stairs, quarters and banks.
King city, ON – 135! Spectrum park with a deep pool, wedge,
step-up, stair sets, different quarters, and over-vert pocket and a jersey
barrier with a pipe.
Cannington, ON Huge park with a
bunch of concrete bumps and table tops. Large tranny section and 2 run outs
with enough for another park. Pyramid,
wedge, rails, ledges, step-up and quarters.
Cannington, ON Old park still
exists. Some old ramps and a grind rail.
Gananoque, ON Concrete park with street and bowl/tranny
features. Lots of fake rock features work well in the park.
Kingston, ON Grenadier skatespot. Small concrete park with neat extension
feature and Q-pipes.
Kingston, ON Polson skatepark.
Small concrete park with a funbox and a mini.(140)
Kingston, ON Memorial DIY. Rails, ledges and a bank to wall-ride set up
at the Memorial Arena.
Burlington, ON Palladium Park. Terrible slurry park – 25’x25’ with jersey
barrier, steep bank, block ledge and high rail. No run up or run out to
anything. I’d say this is the worst park after Orillia but Burlington holds
more horrors I fear.
Stouffville, ON – Old park Parking lot pre-fab and a mini ramp.
Tottenham, ON – Aging skate-lite
on custom metal fabricated 6’ mini, Bank and Train rail.
Beeton, ON – Good 4’ Metal mini.
Bradford, ON Metal pre-fab on
asphalt. Full mini, q-pipe, spine, banks and wedge. Curved barrier should have been sunk in
concrete.
Aurora, ON – Concrete park with
step-up, ledges, bank and Q-pipe. Built by concrete experts, not skatepark experts. A few sunken gaps pose perils.
Oakville, ON Iroquois Ridge Skate Park – Concrete modular
on concrete base. Minimum.
Oakville, ON Glen Abby Skate Park
- See above but with a stupid jersey
barrier.
Burlington, ON Orchard Skate Spot – Outer banks with 3
stair, hubba and little launch in the middle. Ssk8. # 150
Oakville, ON – Shell Park. Great old style (like Peterborough or Trenton
done right) Thick pool coping on everything.
Burlington, ON – Kiwanis
Park. New runner for worst park ever.
Flat rail, kicker and rainbow rail on 25’ x 25’ concrete slab. More useable
than palladium.
Burlington, ON – Brant Hills –
Pre-fab concrete structure in PIP. Still
with the Jersey barriers!
Ajax, ON – ARC New concrete park
@ Auldey Rec Center. Skatable AJAX Structure. Standard park stairs, hubbas,
rails and step-up. Small but decent bowl. Transition to flat not perfect. Nice large flat at one of park. #154 Spectrum
Design.
Hagersville, ON – Pre-fab
concrete structures in poured concrete.
Crete had to be built up to ramps.
Upper area decends via 6 set and step up/down. F’n Jersey barrier. Better than nothing.
#155. 2013-06-13
The Bridal Walk Skate Spot,
Markham, ON – small park – bank on one side, quarter on the other and pump
bumps in the middle. 1, 2 and 3. 2013-06-21
Toronto, ON – Lawrence Ave W.
& Varna Dr. Metal Pre-fab in old tennis court. Not bad actually – good set
up.
City of Kawartha Lakes –
Bobcaygeon, ON. Same metal modular park
on asphalt pad. #158 July 5, 2013.
Sunderland, ON – Modular on
concrete pad. Structures not bolted to pad. Pad poorly leveled resulting in
lots of pooling.
Gravenhurst, ON – Bowled out
skate spot with spine. This replaced a full concrete park for some reason.
Orillia, ON Souldiers skatepark
and shop. Giving the kids of Orillia a real place to skate. Street section and
a sweet mini.
The Baitshop – Toronto, ON. Skate shop with a big mini-ramp, little
concrete quarter, bar and projection area for video premieres.
Mississauga – Churchill
Meadows. Concrete pre-fab. July 22, 2013.
Mississauga – South Common
C.C. Concrete pre-fab.
Mississauga – Huron park. Concrete pre-fab with a pole jam. #165
Wellesley, ON. Wood park at local community center.
Mini-ramp is outside so I hit it. #166 2013-07-24
Stratford, ON. Concrete pre-fab
on awful asphalt.
St. Marys, ON. New concrete park
by Spectrum. Mini version of Uxbridge without the bowl.
Toronto Island ghetto skate spot
– DIY wood ramps and manual ledge on a basket ball court. 2013-07-26
Blackstock, ON – Metal pre-fab Q,
box and bank on asphalt. 2013-08-04 Park 170
Coburg, ON – Metal pre-fab on
concrete base. Some signs of wear but good flow when dry. 2013-08-08
Brighton, ON – concrete pre-fab
on concrete base. Decent layout. Catwalk
to 4 stair.
Mississauga, ON – City center
Sculpture Court. More pre-fab concrete, metal and plastic obstacles in a plaza
setting. Pro-skater atmosphere with
workshops on site. #173
Mount Pleasant, ON – Pre-fab on
tennis court. 2013-09-05
Burford, ON - Pre-fab on
basketball court. #175
Paris, ON – concrete park with
quarters, mini, stairs, rails and “wall of death.”
St. George, ON – South Dumfries
C.C. Pre-fab park packed into tiny,
fenced off concrete park. Multiple items
un-useable due to size and restriction of park.
Scott and Amys Trip 2013. Toronto
to Winnipeg & back through USA
Little Current, ON – Small
Concrete park.
Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Large
concrete park with an interesting bridge feature.
Current River C.C., Thunder Bay,
ON #180
Marina Park Plaza, Thunder Bay,
ON – Huge New Line Plaza with Deep Pool.
Dryden, ON – Built in 2008? This
pre-fab concrete park in a disaster. Everything has shifted and the concrete
filler between sections has deteriorated so badly that there are holes and 2
inch deep cracks in the walls of the bowl.
Skatepark West, Winnipeg, MB –
Giant New Line park.
Michael Komenda Memorial
Skatepark, Winnipeg, MB – Huge!
Fort Garry, Winnipeg, MB # 185
Sargent Park, Winnipeg, MB – Old
but good concrete park with different layout and interesting ditch feature.
Chornick Park, Winnipeg, MB – One
of the oldest parks in Canada. Needs some TLC.
Red River Skatepark, Winnipeg, MB
– Interesting park/plaza hybrid.
Altona, MB – Nice triangular
park.
Pine Ridge Plaza, Winkler, MB
#190. Huge park with giant step-up,
capsule, bowl, bank to bank gap and so much more.
Dike West, Fargo, North Dakota –
Older concrete park.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin – New little
park by Evergreen Skateparks.
Skateworks, Rockford, Illilois –
Woodward modular park on concrete base.
Michigan City, Indiana - Woodward
modular park on concrete base. Nice mini ramps, launchers and boxes all down by
the cooling tower.
Kalamazoo, Michigan – Concrete
modular with street and bowled out section.
South Westnedge Skatepark,
Portage, Michigan #196. Large concrete
park with a big kicker gap.
Woodstock, ON – Concrete park
with sweet flow section and typical street section. #197.
Grimsby, ON Old VF&A Park.
Everything is big, enclosed and the Q’s are terrible. 2013-10-03.
Welland, ON – Pre-fab on old
basketball court with a mini.
Port Colbourne, ON Huge park
shaped like a freighter in Lock 8 park.
Stern end features big bowl section with hips, rollers and a huge
over-vert capsule. Middle has a big pole jam, waterfall quarter, # 200 leading
to 5 set. Bow features a kicker, ledge, compass manny pad and realistic boat
bow with bow spirit. There is also a
pump track connecting the bow and middle.
Park #200
Virgil, ON – Wood modular on
asphalt. 2013-10-25
Thorold, ON – Bad concrete park.
Orillia level bad.
St. Catherines, ON – Large
Concrete park by New Line.
Burlington, ON – Nelson
Park. Modular concrete park with PIP
flat. 5 set, wedge, banks, flat rail and
a hubba. Many of the same issues as all
pre-fab parks but acceptable overall.
Park 204.
Oshawa, ON – Lakeshore Park. A old asphalt pad built around a drain with a
bank, kicker and a 4 set with no run up. Park 205.
Addington Highlands, ON – Older V
shaped Spectrum park. Complete setup with ledges, rails, step-up, manny pad,
rollers and Quarter pipe. It’s in great shape though. Not a hint of damage,
wear or deterioration. 2014-05-26
London – Stoney Creek YMCA. Ledges and banks at the rec center made with
skaters in mind except for the pebble inlays.
2014-06-06 Park 207.
London – Rivers Edge. Pre-fab concrete layed in concrete base. Some gapping on wedge and in front of
q-pipes. Neat box to rail.
London – Springbank Park. (NL)
Sweet zig-zag park with 5 set, wedge with up/down ledge & flat ledge, hip
and bank. Park 209.
Stouffville, ON – Memorial Park.
New concrete street plaza with a bowl. Designed by New Line. Park 210.
2014-06-10
Fort Erie, ON – Medium sized PIP
park with a bowl. Layout and decorative
elements make some item hard to hit.
Completely useless 7 set(viewing only) and big 3 has to be hit after
using tight quarter as turnaround. 2014-06-19
Niagara Falls, ON – Big Old NL
PIP park with plenty on rails, banks and ledges. Park flows nicely into bowl
with spine. Parks don’t age any better. Park 212.
Markham, ON – Ray Street Skate
Spot. Four clamshell corners, a single
pump and a double pump layed out for continuous flow. 2014-06-28 Park 213.
Dieppe, NS – Wood and Asphalt
park (mini ramps and bmx park) with PIP addition with bowl, hubba, stairs and
bank to barrier. 2014-07-10
Summerside, PEI – Concrete park
with great features (Q to ledge, wedge with ledge, ect.) and a bowl like
Boltons. Park 215 2014-07-11
Amherst, NS – Park with
everything.
Truro, NS – PIP era park with
bowl section, banks and hubbas.
Fall River, NS – Transition based
park with a ledge, two 7-sets and a loveseat pocket.
The Commons, Halifax, NS – Old
crete and asphalt park with DIY and Era Addition with street section and big
bowl that spines over into little bowl.
Recycled fire hydrant is great touch.
Spryfeild, NS – 8th
streets bowl with features from Jack Pine & Hillside in Vaughan. Park 220.
2014-07-12
Hubbards, NS - Perpetual flow
park with Big Q, flats and some concrete coping.
Chester, NS – Great era park with
a bit of everything plus clamshell, little Q to ledge and huge combi-bowl look
alike.
Homegrown Skateboards Bowl,
Lahave, NS – A sweet mini-bowl with a pocket and some pool coping in the shop.
Shearwater, NS – Era park with
all the basics and an angled ledge. 2014-07-13
Windsor, NS – Small PIP park by
the waterfront with Q, step-up and wedge to ledge. Park 225.
New Minas, NS – Small bowl.
Annapolis Royal, NS – Small park
with ledge, flat rail and a lumpy Q.
Market Place Park, Saint John, NB
– Little park with bad 18” Q, modular 3’ Q, and standard fun box.
Station 1 Plaza, Saint John, NB –
Big plaza under a bridge with flats, banks, rail, wedge to hubba and stairs.
Cool mini-pipe and patterned concrete quarter.
Grand Falls, NB – Amateur metal
modular. Looked like tetanus. Park 230. 2014-07-14
Quebec City Plaza, Quebec City,
QC – Big flowing bowl with meatl & pool coping and spine. Large plaza style with stair sets from 2 to
7, cool sculpture-like features, kicker & flat gap over rocks and bank to
ledge setup. Park 231. 2014-07-14
Village Green, Vaughan, ON –
Modular concrete park with PIP base. 2 & 3’ minis, 4 stair and low ledge.
Un-useable curved rail along edge of park and a step-up that riders can’t get
speed for. Welds every 6-8’. July18, 2014.
Leitchcroft Community Park Skate
Path, Markham, ON – Small path with short wedge with a gap and rail, a set of
low and high ledges/manny pad and benches reinforced of skating. 2014-07-19.
Park 233
Petawawa, ON – Modular on an old
tennis court on the Military Base. Not well maintained, missing kickplates.
Elora, ON – Metal modular on
asphalt base. Moved indoors for summer
leaving 1 Q outside.
Fergus, ON – Metal modular on
asphalt base. Severely warped kick
plates and un-slidable rails. Mini-ramp
with multiple uneven joints.
Hampton, ON – CMcK (Concrete
Modular with Kick plates) on an uneven poured flat. Lots of puddles. Otherwise
fine.
Toronto – Malvern Community
Center. Seasonal park on rink with well built wood obstacles. Very popular. #238
Kemptville, ON – Small Street
section with rail, ledge and stairs. Little snake run to mini pipe. 7 foot
over-vert return on snake run.
Kanata, ON – Nice new concrete
park with everything and a bowl at Richcroft Rec. Center.
Ottawa, ON – Legacy
Skatepark. Big era park with spined bowl
corner, multiple ledges, rails and banks. Great lower section with a 3 stair
ledge/manny pad/ high ledge combo.
Montreal, QC – P45 (project 45).
Giant DIY spot with great tranny and salvaged skateable items.
Montreal, QC – La Taz. Giant
indoor park with a huge street section, bmx park, transitioned walls in the
main area. La Taz also features a beginners section and an amazing bowl with
spine and a 3 foot mini upstairs. A
second mini-ramp and easier section is located in another part of the building
which also features a permanent flat track for roller derby, ect. Park #243
Mont-Royal, QC – Constructed
metal modular with mini, rails, fun box, Q’s and a sktechy bank to ledge
feature. Random find. #244
Talys Skatepark – Mississauga has
a new indoor. Small but useful it features a bank, 3 and 6 foot quarters, a wedge
with a rail and hubba. There’s some other stuff and more features being
built. #245. 2014-08-27
Toronto – West Lodge Park. Modular concrete with PIP base. 2 ledges, Q, bank, rail, magic carpet and
gap. # 246. 2014-08-29
Beaverton, ON – New modular on
old asphalt pad that used to be the site of wooden ramps. Worlds sketchiest 6
& 7 stair set. 2014-09-01. #247.
Dresden, ON – Small PIP park with
Q, step-up, ledges and rails. A great ledge/hubba/manny pad obstacle that is
repeated at other parks in the region. I’ll call it the CK pad. 2014-09-03 #248
Wallaceburg, ON – Decent sized
and well waxed. Nothing original but everything you need.
Tilbury, ON - #250. PIP park
built in 2005 for under $100000.fs/bs ledges, Q rails, stairs & step-up and
a CK pad.
Tecumseth, ON – Brand New (line?)
park. Smooth concrete with a long 7 set with round and flat rails, 2 step-up
gaps, Pool coping quarter, ½ bowl with big extention, a cool low arch rail and
a bank to jersey barrier. See...I don’t hate barriers. There’s also a
manny/ledge peice. #251.
Windsor, ON – Forest Glade. Built with input from VF&A in 2000, this
park would be useless if it wasn’t as spread out as it is. More ridiculous features like safety rails, a
4ft Q with 1ft of vert, super steep banks, a bulging spine and a concrete
mountain of banks. Usefull features
include a stair ledge, a 2 level manny pad and a volcano with gentle
transition. #252
Kingsville, ON – Standard PIP
park with mini. Low banked planter in the middle of park is great but the
graffiti cover-up paint is slick.
Wheatley, ON – PIP park with
everything like transition to large bank, step-up, Q, grass gap and a CK pad.
#254
Pelham, ON – Isaac Riehl Memorial
Skatepark. New Line park. Big banks,
lots of quarters, a step-up and some ledges.
Nice snake run and a cool “stump styled” volcano. 2014-09-12 #255.
Binbrook, ON – Metal modular.
Mini-ramp, small spine, ledges and rails on a fresh concrete base.
London, ON - White Oaks part 2.
London, ON - White Oaks part 2.
Owen Sound, ON – A mix of low
quality PIP and Modular in a rink sized set-up. Metal mini-ramp, concrete
ledges and gaps with other metal pre-fab. 2014-10-24.
Saugeen Shores, ON – Older New
Line PIP park with bowl corner, rails, ledges, Big 3 set and a picnic table.
There is also a good kicker to bank. # 259
Mt. Forest, ON – Ridiculous
“bowl” and metal modular. #260
Shelburne, ON – 2 tight Qs, one
and a half rails, a tight mini and a fun box. No fun was had. #261
Sonoma Heights – Vaughan,
ON. Small NL park with rail, bank to
ledge, Q and neat ledge/pad/bank combo. 2014-11-05
Muskoka Woods. 2014-11-28 #163.
(all posted NL ON parks!) Indoors features old park style set-up with hips,
banks, boxes and rail. Notable features include the rainbow box, “A” ledge and
14ft steep bank. Outdoors, there is a half-pipe, mini-ramps, 2 old Slam City
Jam courses and a bowl. #263
Elmira, ON. Skate Elmira is
finished and has a long, beautiful park. Ledges everywhere, 3-set and 6-set
stairs, a great kicker gap and a unique bank to barrier feature. There’s also a
8.5foot pool with pool coping, 5foot shallow end and stairs. Well done. #264
& 60th park in 2014. 2014-12-22.
Toronto – Dew Underground. A
temporary park sponsored by Mountain Dew with wood features that are just a bit
off. Tight mini-ramp, steep step-up,
steep bank to ledge and a bump to rail. Small half pipe is the best made
feature. Park 265. 2015-03-27.
Brampton – Gore Meadows. Modular on concrete. Moveable kicker
Brampton – Gore Meadows. Modular on concrete. Moveable kicker
Aurora, ON – Aurora Family
Leisure Complex. Bowl and mini-bowl. Cool gaps, little step-up, stairs, hubbas,
rails and quarters. Big quarter pipe along one edge of park. Lack of drains
means seepage drains in front of the big quarter across the whole park. Park 267. 2015-08-15
Innisfil – Stroud-Innisfil
Community Centre. Modular concrete on
asphalt. Big asphalt wave at rear of park.
# 268 2015-08-19
Innisfil – South Innisfil
Community Centre – Mostly modular, poured loading dock with stairs and asphalt
pad. #269.
Acton, ON – New 3 Musketers Skatepark
– Old park is gone and the arena was expanded. The new park is large for the
area featuring big Q, 8 and 4 sets with step-ups. Re-build of the box with taco Q, big 3 and
stuff everywhere. Bowl with ‘3’ in darker concrete. 2015-09-07 Park 270.
Acton, ON – temporary park.
Modular with a bank layed flat.
Georgetown, ON – Jubilee Skate
Spot. Trail with ledge/manny pad, wedge & ledge/manny pad with small hubba.
Park 272
Wellesley, ON – New Park. The
town stalled for years the then bought 3 modular benches & ledges and
placed them on a sloping concrete pad. 6’ Wood Q added. 2015-10-02 #273
Kitchener, ON – Fisher. New Line
park. Deep ‘Bondi Bowl’ replica. Curved
ledge with hubba, Long 5 set, angled manny pad\rail with gap, A frame, Q and
step-up/gap to box. Could have been a better park if guys at the design
sessions could get along and compromise. #274
Cambridge, ON – Churchill.
Spectrum designed long park with ledges, A frame, bank with ledge and a small 4
set with hubbas and rail. Long ledge over manny pad and a rail finish it off.
#275 11th park in 2015.
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