Seylynn Skatepark, Canada’s oldest skatepark. Virtual tour coming soon!

On a recent trip to BC, I visited 32 skateparks and took spherical virtual tour photos so that in time, you will be able to explore more Canadian skateparks with virtual tours!  Since 2006, Skateparktour.ca has provided skatepark users with opportunties to find and check out skateparks where they live and travel, and this recent trip will help skateparktour.ca keep current with the most popular skateparks in bC.

As this post is written, there are 195 Canadian skateparks on Skateparktour.ca, 88 of which are in BC. This trip will see 15 BC skateparks added and 16 parks upgraded to virtual tours from slideshows. The new additions include the recently opened Victoria Park in Coquitlam and Queens Park in New Westminster, and Canada’s oldest skatepark, Seylynn.

It will take some time to create and post all 32 virtual tours because skateparktour.ca is a one person operation, but they should all be in place before summer. that is the hope anyway. Each new addition will be announced on Facebook and Instagram, so be sure to Like / Follow Skateparktour.ca so you will be kept up to date!

List of skatepark virtual tours in development

Spherical virtual tour photos taken May 2019

N = Skatepark new to Skateparktour.ca – virtual tour in production
N** = Skatepark has been expanded or replaced – new virtual tour in production

1. Bear Creek
2. Bonsor
   

   The amazing Queens Park flow bowl!

3. Enderby N
4. Fleetwood
5. Fraser Heights
6. Golden
7. Hope N
8. Kamloops
9. Kensington
10. Keremeos
11. Merritt
12. Mission N (coming in 2020)
13. Mt. Pleasant
14. Peachland
15. Penticton Youthpark
16. Penticton (Old skatepark) N
17. Pitt Meadows
18. Princeton N
19. Queens Park N
20. Railside N
21. Revelstoke N**
22. Rocky Mountain House (AB) N
23. Salmon Arm
24. Seylynn
25. Summerland N
26. Towne Centre N
27. UBC
28. Victoria Park N
29. West 49 Indoor N
30. Westbank N
31. Westbank First Nation N
32. Winfield / Lake Country N**

Skateparktour.ca has been busy getting the site tuned up and ready for another season in Canada’s skateparks!  Some changes have been made to make the site work more efficiently for you when you look for skateparks, and big plans are in place to grow the number of skateparks on the site. Here are some of the changes made so far:

Map search results for the Okanagan

Improved Search

• Improved site search box – If you know the name of the park, type it in and the link will appear right away just below the search box
• Proximity – Click on the target to see what skateparks are ithinthe distance you choose, or type the name of a town and see what skateparks are near by
• Map – zoomin on an area or click on clusters to explore skateparks in a geographic region
• Filtered List – narrow the list down by choosing criteria for the type of skatepark you want to find

WebVR Enabled Virtual Tours

Creston BC

You can now have an immersive VR experience directly from a web page without the need for an app. Most of the current VR headsets can display WebVR content. All you need to take advantage of this feature is a compatible headset and a compatiblem browser on your device.  You can find an up-to-date list of browsers at WebVR.info

• Chilliwack Landing Skatepark; Chilliwack BC
• Leeside – Vancouver BC
• Lonsdale / Centennial Skatepark –  North Vancouver BC
• McMillan Youthpark – Abbotsford BC
• Mill Woods Skatepark; Edmonton AB
• North Delta Rotary SK8Park –  Delta BC
• Tsawwassen Skatepark – Delta BC

New Skateparks Added & Coming

Added Recently

• Airhouse Mini-ramp * Nanaimo BC
• CFB Comox Bowl, Comox BC
• China Creek Skatepark – Vancouver BC (WebVR)
• Coldstream Skatepark * Coldstream BC
• Creston Skatepark * Creston BC
• Duncan Skatepark * Duncan BC (Tour of new park to come soon)
• Gordon Head Skatepark; Victoria BC (WebVR)
• Lumby Skatepark * Lumby BC
• The Beach Indoor Skatepark in Saskatoon SK 
• The ARC Skatepark, Audley Rec Centre; Ajax ON

Skatepark Photo sessions being planned

Skateparktour.ca will be taking some road trips this season to take photos for virtual tours of more skateparks. Planned trips currently include:

• Southern Alberta
  • Lethbridge, SLP and the new skatepark
  • Taber
• Greater Edmonton
  • Edmonton skateparks
  • As many Edmonton area skateparks as possible
• BC Lower Mainland
  • Surrey, New West, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby
  • Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver
• Vancouver Island
  • Victoria to Nanaimo