Corunna, ON

 Corunna, ON

Corunna 2.0

The old park was still in place on the west end of the Corunna Athletic Park in April of 2023. The new park is on the east end of the park with parking off Queen st.

Edit of the Trip.

As good as you can get with a metal park.

Pumptrack for the kids

The pumptrack has nice on/off ramps. The 'Sofa' is neat idea but this version at 8' isn't long enough and is really loud.

OLD PARK

420 Colborne St

Legends (ie: Google Earth & Street View) tell of additional ramps but now they are just a memory.

I had skipped Corunna in 2016 on another ROAD TRIP. Despite being the worst park this day, it took the most time to get a boardslide on this warped rail. Plus the ground is crap and I had to run in from the grass. At least my poutine was awesome. 

I visited Corunna in May of 2022. Little did I know a new pad and park would be installed weeks later on the north east corner (off Queen st) on the same park.

Edit of the 12 park day trip. See the stupid trick that took too long.

According to another blog, there were 2 QP's made of plastic. Unknown if there is a timeline for decommission but it was there in April of 2023.

the State of Skate - 2022

 The State of Skate - 2022

2022 has been a pretty great year for me.  I hit 49 new skateparks,(EDIT- got to a private park making 50 for the year) hitting my 500th skatepark, House of Vans - Toronto Pop-up, in the process. 

At one point I thought I'd been to all the outdoor public skateparks in South West Ontario. Then I found out that the new Mold-master skatepark in Georgetown had opened. So I bee-lined there from Strathroy (where I was checking out the build in progress).  Little did I know a park I had hit in MAY, Corunna, had been completely replaced. 

RIP

Corunna & Mold-master were not the only skateparks that were replaced this year. The Harrow and Essex skateparks got new ramps. Tecumseh Skatepark in Sarnia is currently under construction, replacing their metal park with concrete and Amherstburg has opened a metal park (phase 1 of 3(pumptrack and concrete bowl)).

I also had a bunch of strike outs in the last 2 years. On the 80 Skatepark run, Dunbat was closed and Sheldon Skate Spot in Burlington was just gone.  I went out to find parks in Sterling, Harwood, Hastings, Paisley and Millbrook only to come up empty. 

7 years of advocacy saw the first new concrete in Pickering in over 20 years come to my neighbourhood. The West Shore Skate Spot is amazing and extremely well loved and used.

After seeing the work that went into the West Shore Skate Spot and chatting with the crew, I learned that the need for skatepark builders is extremely high. Projects are popping up all over Ontario and towns are asking for accelerated timelines. This has led to some projects having few bidders and some companies getting more work. It's good but comes with some issues. 

I created a listing of all the skatepark companies that have projects/ramps in Ontario and broke down Their Best & Worst projects. It's an interesting compare and contrast.

The new Strathroy All-wheels Park was a perfect example of a Great looking Design but an end product that is underwhelming.

Wrapping up the year, I headed into the basement for an end of year Christmas Edit full of NBD's 

Ready for more parks next year and more fun road trips.

See you in '23.

Mini-Ramp Madness

 Mini-Ramp Madness

The long overdue follow-up to Ontario's Best Bowls, I present a compilation of Mini-ramps, Vert and Pockets. Some are great, some are no more than two parallel quarter pipes. Click on the name/link for locations & reviews of the park. I left out some truly awful ramps & places I haven't been to yet but you can check out the full directory of 640+ parks and 1000+ point map HERE.

Updated as of June 2026.

Ajax - Ajax Community Centre

Alvinston

Aamjiwnaang - Sarnia

Akwesasne Skatepark - Cornwall Island

Amherstburg

There's also a 4' mini on the open pad

Angus

This is the old park. The new park has the same mini.

Arthur

Arnprior

Beeton

Binbrook

Bonfield

Pretty good for a seasonal park

Bradford

Brampton

Brampton has a couple minis and a bowled-out pocket.

Brantford

Brant's Crossing has an interesting, street inspired mini and there's a metal ramp on the other end of the city.

Brighton

Brighton's update included a bowl section that flows into the park.

Caesarea

Chesley 2.0

CJ's Skatepark - Mississauga

Not too many places to find a small mini, large mini & vert ramp but CJ's has them all.

Clarence-Rockland

Collingwood

Cornwall

Corunna

Elora

Erin

Fergus

Forest

Frankford

Georgetown

Driveway Skate Shop has a nice indoor Mini and the mini-bowl at Gellert is very popular.

Gravenhurst

Goderich

Guelph - Silvercreek Skatepark

Haliburton

Hamilton

Every park has a mini, bowl or quarter.

Hawkesbury

Ilderton

Sweet little flow park.

Inner Circle Skatepark

Innisfil - Sleeping Lion Skatepark

Kemptville

Kingston

Kingston has 3 parks with a lot of transition but Polson has the true mini.

Kingsville

Kitchener - Upper Canada Skatepark

Lakefield

Listowell

Limoges

A 7ft and double mini with bad coping.

London

London has some great bowls. This mini is at Kiwanis. There is a mini at West Lions with some plans for pre-fab.

Lucan

Lucknow

Not that good. The Mini is tranny to bank with no-ping.

Lynhurst

Flowy little park

Madoc

Central Hastings Skatepark

Markham

Greensborough-Williamson Neighbourhood Park is the best mini but Berczy can be fun too.

Mississauga

Crappy mini at Port Credit. New metal mini at Malton. Zonta Meadows Flow Park opens in 2026 and CJ's is in Mississauga.

Mitchell

Mt Forest

Crappy mini and crappier 'bowl'

Muskoka Woods

Private summer camp. I've dropped in. Not recommended. Now Decommissioned. 

Newmarket

Niagara Falls

North Bay

Thompson Park

Oakville

Shell Park Whale Bowl (above), Iroquois Ridge Skatepark, William Rose Bowl, Cornwall Rd Skate Spot and 16 Mile have all the transition covered.

Oil Springs

Orillia

Souldiers Orillia's mini. RIP.  There's another 'mini' at the outdoor. It's on the 'worst bowls' list. New skatepark with a bowl now under construction (June 2026).

Ottawa

Ottawa and the surrounding area have a lot of good parks. Legacy, Kanata & Berrigan have a lot transition. On Deck Skateboard Shop has its own mini-ramp! Stefan Wenek saved the pre-fab mini with the park upgrade.

Owen Sound

Weird Park. Metal Mini that's been upgraded to a half bowl but downgraded due to a hole in the ramp

Paris

Paris now has a great phase 2 bowl.

Parkhill

Phelam

Interesting park with a snake-run mini.

Pembroke

Pocket and mini

Peterborough

Big, old and gnarly

Picton

Possibly the worlds best mini-bowl.

Plattsville

Port Colborne

Port Hope

Port Rowan

Port Perry

Rama

Rama has some parallel walls if you're desperate.

Richmond Hill

Giant mini at Richmond Green for now. Amazing bowl at Lake Wilcox.

Ripley

Russell

Rockwood

Rossmore Ramp

Hidden gem in the middle of no where.

Saugeen Shores

Shallow Lake

Shelburne

Stoney Point, Lakeshore

St Isidore

If you like mellow, kinky minis with no coping, this is the place for you.

St Thomas

This shot does not do this park justice. Click the link.

Stratford

Stratford All-wheels park. Phase 1.

Sudbury

Greater Sudbury has a bunch of parks, some of them are terrible. Some have mini's. 

This is Delki Dozzi Park. 

Tecumseh

Temagami

Thornbury

Grab some Cider

Thornton

Trenton

Quinte West Skatepark

Tillsonburg

Toronto Bowls & Mini-ramps

For all of the Toronto Skateparks click HERE

Vaughan

Vaughan has some strange 'minis' at Carville Mill & Village Green 

but the best is the 12 oaks mini-bowl.

Washago

Whitby

McKinney has a nice mini even though I broke my collar bone there. Recent patches are less than stellar. Whitby Sports Centre will have a skatepark with bowl & pump track.

Woodstock

I had to throw in this crazy flow section.