Ontario Skatepark Consultation
Scott Loyst is a Full-time Skatepark Nut!
(He's also a full-time paramedic)
I am happy & available to consult, totally free of charge, on any skatepark & action sports facility projects in your community. I am not a skatepark designer, builder & I don't work for any of the Design/Build Companies. What I do have is a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over 20years/570 parks of skatepark riding experience. I possess a vast collection of skatepark photos and articles, free to be used as examples in your advocacy efforts. I've become familiar with most of the Canadian Skatepark Companies and Builders, skatepark materials & budgets, Grants and RFP processes. I've been in touch with The Skatepark Project (formerly The Tony Hawk Foundation) and even won their Online Trivia Contest.
I have skated over 570 different skateparks across Canada and the Unites States & I've been involved with several projects in the GTA and beyond.
If your community is planning a skatepark, I want it to be the best investment for your community. I always recommend giving the local users what they want and will use but an experienced outsider perspective can always be useful.
I have been advocating for skateparks for the last decade and the Advocacy Details and Skatepark Profiles can be found on this blog. (best viewed in desktop mode). My skatepark photographs have been used by New Line Skateparks, Pickering's 2017 Skateboard Park Strategy and Hamilton's Skateboard Park Study.
In 2022, I reached out the The Rotary Club of Milverton, ON when I had discovered they were planning a small skatepark with a Skatepark Company that is well known for the wrong reasons. The Member I reached stated 'We're the Rotary Club. We're great at raising money but we don't know skateparks.' They had been given an existing design as a cost saving measure but the flow and structure of the park was not great. I suggested some adjustments, gave rationale for them and drew a modified version of their concept. The constructed skatepark is fun with all the core obstacles and some fun tweaks.
The new Burford Skatepark is currently under construction after many months of consults with their local advocates. We corresponded by email about the layout of the park and how to include the basics while providing the flow the local riders desired.
I've skated some truly terrible skateparks and my goal is to assist your project to be the best it can be. For best results, I recommend using an established Skatepark Designer/Builder. I've compiled a 'resume' of the companies that have designed and built projects in Ontario as well as a list of General Contractors who have built skateparks in the Province.
Ontario Skatepark Consulting.
I put the 'Free' in Freelance.
Scott Loyst
Email: scott.loyst@gmail.com
IG: @spotttheloonie
@PickeringSkateparksAlliance
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