North Bay All-Wheel Park & Pump Track

 North Bay All-Wheel Park & Pump Track

Wyld St & Oak St E

A nice, big New Line Skatepark with pump track.

Plenty of parking (cheap but probably only enforced on weekends)

It's a really nice skatepark/pumper in a large public park with a playground, splash pad and sport courts near the waterfront.  It is pretty classic New Line with a lot of features laid out like previous designs. 90% sure the pump track is Velosolutions.

There's lots of flat and all the standard features.

I would not be bummed if it was my local.

Oh yeah! It's got motion sensing lighting!

sesh - Cosmic Frog Butt

My legs were toast so I couldn't pump by the end of the session.

The park is built into a hill and the QP meets an integral retaining wall bank at a 90degree angle. Interesting feature.

This bump to rail is a little high but I felt like it was the only feature with big proportions. Not as much of an issue for BMX but my legs were toasted.

This small QP is a little tight. I had no issues but it may be more difficult to learn drop-ins.

Cosmic Skater Frog Butt!

Great Pump Track. Everyone was enjoying it.

Rest in Peace Amber

While this mural is set to be removed, hopefully the small memorial will remain.

This is my buddy Garrett. We went to the same high school. We were in a band together. We drove, with another friend, to Vancouver Island in a 2 door Honda Civic and hit 22 skateparks in 21 days back in 2006.  He said he hadn't skated in a decade. Bro was 50-50ing the flat bar and Blunt Yanked the big QP second try. Good Times.

2013 - Same Shirt😂

And a little advocacy on the side...

I had a little interaction with a graffiti removal contractor.  Do it right and don't get peeved when you don't like the experts advice. He (the expert, me) may just know what he (the expert, me) is talking about.

I didn't like the idea of the park being damaged so I sent this as soon as I made it home.

I woke up to this message

& received this about an hour later. You're Welcome!

Earl Bales Skatepark

 Earl Bales Skatepark

4169 Bathurst St

EB is now under construction by Melfler Construction LTD (I'm digging to find out if they subcontracted it to a skatepark specialist UPDATE - Ewww, looks like CRC, so not so much a skatepark specialist as skatepark butcher). Melfler's been attached to Milton Community Skatepark & the Mount Albert Skatepark. I dropped by the site and saw the ground work underway. I'm posting now to see which skatepark is completed and open first, EB or HALP in Queensville by CRC.(the race to last place, their design for Eglinton Park is happening too)

It should be open and vandalized before winter.

Update Dec 3, 2025 - My insider has let me know the site is now shut down til spring. It's too cold to pour concrete successfully. BUT NewLine is pleased with their site inspections.

Above is August 9, below in August 30. 

What have you done in 3 weeks?!?

Here's the concept for reference.

Sept 7th.

Sept 27

NOV 1

This little guy had a rough Halloween.  As I approached the park, I heard something move inside a trash bin. I used my phone cam to look inside cuz I didn't want a squirrel in the face. I tipped the bin out and this guy waddled over to the tree and made himself more comfortable.

Sidewalk (yay) is done.

It snowed today (Nov 9). Does the City get a partial refund if the park's not done this year?

NOV 23

Looking more like a skatepark but DAMN, what's taking so long?

Oh right, they're also working on Queensville. Don't spread yourself thin CRC.

Saved another Raccoon from the same trash bin.

NOV 29th