Spott Dreams of Skate Parks: February 2019

Sunday, 24 February 2019

Pickering's 2019 Budget

Pickering's 2019 Budget
EDIT* The budget has been approved. $1.1mil for 3 skatepark projects. An outside consultant has been hired to deal with corporate sponsorships and naming rights. Check out @PickeringSkateparksAlliance on Instagram for the latest.

Pickering's 2019 Budget draft is available on the city’s website but here’s what I’m excited about. It budgets for 3 skateparks. One Civic Centre (main) skatepark and two smaller skate spots. The spots have a budget of 200000$ which is great and the Main park has a budget of 700000$ which is ok. Hopefully other options will be explored to increase that budget by at least 50K. Pickering’s new skatepark needs to have the same draw as the one at Audley Rec. Centre (ie: quality park, interesting features of all sizes for different skill levels, a bowl and most importantly, Lighting) or users will continue to go to Ajax for a park that can be skated after sundown. Contact your councillor or make a delegation and ask for more funding for the park. We deserve it. Spread the word!
You can check out the Budget HERE.

Toronto's Bowls and Mini-Ramps

Their not all great but here ya go, transition lovers.

Follow the link for locations and to see more of the park.

Vanderhoof Bowl

8th Street

Lawrence Heights

Ashbridges Bay Skatepark

RIP- Skateparks of Toronto's Past

Shred Central

SkateLoft 1.0

Check out SkateLoft 2.0 HERE.

CJ's Skatepark Toronto

Cj's has reopened in Mississauga.

Check it out HERE.

The Baitshop Ramp

Whereabouts unknown.

Toronto Island DIY

I'm just assuming it's gone

Toronto Skateparks

Toronto

I've broken down the Toronto page to make it a little easier to browse through.

Yonge Street (pronounced young ) is the East/West dividing line of Toronto.

Check out the Toronto map HERE

East of Yonge (11 parks)

West of Yonge (8 parks)

Indoor Parks (2 parks)

Seasonal Parks (4 parks)

Pop-up Parks

Bowls and Mini-ramps (9 parks)

The Snake Pit DIY

RIP (5 parks)

Toronto's Seasonal Skateparks

(2023 update - Christie Pits has moved to its own pad within the park, permission DIY. Duff Grove is home. Wallace Emerson is still going (I think) while the concrete park is built. 42 Rides did a summer camp )

Christie Pits