Holly Farm Skatepark – (10819 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97219) In SW Portland is a 2,800 sq ft oblong concrete bowl, it was designed and built by Dreamland Skateparks. The park is in a residential area off of SW Capitol Highway and when I was there it had a ton of scooter kids and families with strollers milling about in and around the bowl. The Park itself starts with an inclined run that has brick inclines on either side that gradually increases in height as you head to a steep incline that has a half bowl to the back that leads into the main bowl itself. The Bowl ranges in height, with the lowest being around 5ft and the tallest around 9ft or 10ft with a kicker step being on the taller wall. In the center of the bowl is a 4ft curved spine that faces the inclined entrance into the bowl making a kind of curved halfpipe on the back end of the spine that faces the back wall. The park looked super fun before I tried to hit it, I was picturing myself just carving around easily in the oblong shape of the bowl, but I could not get a good line in. Keep in mind that is probably just because I still relatively suck and not the park, but I tried rolling in both ways on the entrance, frontside and backside but I just could not get a clean line with any momentum going. Check back later as I am going to have to go back and try Holly Farm again after I get my skill set better.
Portland Oregon (and its surrounding areas) is surprisingly a great skateboarding town, PDX “is the first city in the world to have a comprehensive master plan for skateboard park development. SPS conceived of and advocated for a Skatepark System Plan in 2001. It was adopted by Portland Parks & Recreation's skatepark advisory committee and carefully applied to existing park sites over a 24-month planning and public input period, and ultimately supported and passed by Portland’s five elected officials, its city council on August 3, 2005” 1 City council supported and passed a plan for the creation of 19 parks in Aug 2005, But since then more have been supported and built in Portland and the surrounding metro areas. I have found over 100+ parks within 200 miles of Downtown Portland OR, where the majority of them are located, the furthest South West being in Reedsport OR, furthest North in Brier WA, And the furthest East in Ellensburg WA. A few of them are indoors private pay to s
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