Archive for the ‘BC Skateparks’ Category
Kensington Skatepark Grand Opening
July 12th, 2010 | Author: Skateparktour.ca
Come, have refreshments, eat cake, skate, and watch demos at Vancouver’s newest skatepark!
Kensington Grand Opening Poster
Vancouver’s 7th Skatepark Almost Done!
July 4th, 2010 | Author: Skateparktour.ca
Sixth new Skatepark in Recent Years Just About Done!
Kensington Skatepark, Vancouver (Courtesy "Vancouver is Awesome" Click to learn more
Vancouver continues to set the bar high in western Canada for providing skateparks to help keep the city’s citizens active and healthy through skateboarding.
Located in Kensington Park at 5175 Dumfries Street (@ E 37th Avenue), the new Kensington Skatepark is a community skatepark, more similar in size to Quilchena and Strathcona than Hastings, which was designed to be a destination park drawing people from all over the city. Recent Vancouver skateparks have focused more on street skating so Kensington helps provide a bit more balance to the range of choices skaters have by including a bowl along with some ledges and street obstacles.
Kensington may well be open by now as it was rumoured to be opening by July 4th but if it’s not, the wait won’t be long now as you can see from the photo at left.
Youth Week Event At The Plaza in Vancouver
April 23rd, 2010 | Author: Skateparktour.ca
Click on Poster for details from VSC
New Skatepark Open House April 6th in New West
April 5th, 2010 | Author: Skateparktour.ca
Unicycle gets some air - Unicon XV photo
As part of a larger park development plan, the City of New Westminster BC is planning a new “all wheel” park in the city and is holding an open house on Tuesday April 6th to get public input into the location and the design. A New Westminster News Leader article describes an “all wheel” park is a skatepark intended to be used by riders of non-motorized recreational equipment including skateboards, inline skates, BMX, Mountain bikes, scooters, unicycles, and potentially even wheel chairs. The open house runs from 6-8PM at the community centre (920 Ewen Ave. New West click for google map). Call 604–527-4567 for more information.
Possible new skate spot for Richmond BC
February 6th, 2010 | Author: Skateparktour.ca
The Richmond Review reports that Richmond skateboarders could have a new skate spot in their city at the Thompson Community Centre. Check out the full story on the Richmond Review website.