Harrow, ON

 Harrow, ON

Nestled by the Arena, Fairgrounds and High School at the end of McAffee St.

New Ramps installed in 2022. I hit the old ramps in Aug 2022. Honestly, as bad as the old park was, it had more character and was a funner sesh. Rust in Piece.

This place was great.

Old Park

Pickering, ON

 Pickering, ON

Pickering's park network is growing.

West Shore Skate Spot.  

1015 Bayly St

Pickering Skatepark

Behind the Rec Complex at 1876 Valley Farm Rd

Pickering Indoor/Mobile Skatepark

A mobile Pop-up park - various locations.

THE West Shore Skate Spot

 The West Shore Skate Spot

After 7 years work the WSSS has been opened at the West Shore Community Centre @ 1015 Bayly St in Pickering.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Sept 21, 2022 @ 6pm

You can check out some of the construction photos HERE

The Trees are getting names.

This spot is the result of hundreds of hours of Advocacy by myself and others. The Build Crew, being skaters themselves, made 2 alterations to the design for better park flow. The QP was bumped up by a foot and the flat ledge was moved to avoid a narrowed space by the hip.

The Pier 7 Ledge and Stairs both have beveled fronts to prevent hang-ups.

This ledge contains a Later Skaters Beer Can. Check the construction photos for more Easter Eggs.

2 years later and I just noticed the grammar mistake.

Effect > Affect

Construction of the West Shore Skate Spot

 Construction of the West Shore Skate Spot

Construction started July 4, 2022.

The Park was opened for use on August 18, 2022.

Check out pictures of the finished park HERE

Find out what it took to get here - CLICK HERE

Day 1 Boys on site.

Moving Dirt

Moving Mounds

Integral Wall going in.

Pier 7 Ledge

My Pole Jam!

Bank to ledge going in

The West Shore Skate Spot contains some Easter Eggs.

This little bearings tin was filled with a few meaningful items.

Canada Skateboard Sticker.

My card - with Blood, Sweat, Tears & Beers

A piece of my ramp.

A tile from my old ramp.

A screw from the Newcastle Skatepark build.

An old bearing.

A button from my paramedic uniform.

A dirty quarter from the West Shore Clean-up this spring.

The UPC from Thrasher Magazine, September 2015. It was that month I first spoke to council in what led to the Skateboard Park Strategy and this project.

Wall's looking nice.

Bank going in.

'A' frame PJ

Easter Egg #2. Boots in the hubba!

Looking more like a skatepark.

Planted

It's a Ledge, not a bench.

Made my Mark

A Later Skaters Gang 'Better Late Than Never'  Beer Can went into the curved ledge.

Landscaping going in.

And suddenly, it was open.

Batawa Pump Track

 Batawa Pump Track

Ski Club Ln at the Parking lot for the Batawa Ski Club

Batawa Pump Track is one of the many free facilities in the town. The pump track is asphalt and pretty smooth and there's a small skinnies track. Keeping the kids busy is easy with the Dino Dig and Batawa Lions Natural Community Park. I took my son out for the first Father/Son skatepark trip and he loved it. We also ended up in Belleville for milkshakes so we checked out the skatepark.

Dino Dig Climbable Triceratops Skull

Natural Playground. There's also slides, swings and a zipline.