Skateparks

Skateparks Skateparks are enclosed areas with obstacles to skate. In the 70's people skateboarded in empty pools to get the feeling of surfing. When skateboarding gained popularity skateparks where made to be like these pools. Sometimes skateparks are torn down because of insurance and liability reasons. Insurance reasons are also why some cities have laws that skateparks have to have obstacles under a certian height. With the growing popularity of street skating, skateparks are being built to simulate obstacles that you would find in an urban environment. These kinds of parks are called skate plazas and they are in high demand by street skaters because they allow to skate realistic obstacles without getting kicked out. This is a proposed plan for a skate plaza. As you can see it looks more like a normal environment than a skatepark. Home