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Clatskanie Skatepark

Clatskanie Skatepark (346 NE 5th St, Clatskanie, OR 97016) in Clatskanie OR which is about an hour from Portland OR and is one of my FAVORITE parks, I seriously love this park! And It’s COVERED! So, if you are looking for a spot to hit on a rainy day here ya go. The park ramps are all wood with a top layer of Skatelite which is super-fast and smooth. The only drawback with the Skatelite is that it is pretty slick if your riding hard wheels and if you eat it the surface tends to just flay off the first layer of skin. Other than those two caveats it’s a great surface to ride on especially if you’re of the age group that I currently reside in as it’s easier to slide out, and less impact if you eat it from a height, (argh I hate being old). The parks street section that has a good number of obstacles; Hips, quarter-pipes that vary in height, rails, a nice metal round rail, a pyramid table top with a small transition at the top, and ledges and some other transitions throughout that section of the park. The Star of the show (park) and the reason I have driven an hour multiple times are the half-pipe’s section of the park. The pipes consist of a 4ft or 5ft mini ramp about 12ft wide and is spined and has a humped/rounded role-in that connects to the larger of the two ramps. On the other side of the mini is the large pipe, about 25ft or 30ft wide and it’s spined to the mini. On the spined side of the ramp its transition is about 8ft tall, that connects to the taller part of the ramp that is about 10ft with a role-in in the center of the pipe. On the other side of the half-pipe you have a 10ft section, that drops to an 8ft section, then goes back up to about an 8.5ft/9ft section that on the face of that transition is curved. If you drop in on the mini, take the humped/rounded role-in over to the larger pipe this transition will kick you up to the top with a good amount of speed, it’s pretty fun… I have to seriously congratulate Clatskanie Parks and Recreation District for building and maintaining this park. Every time I have been there, (which is a fair amount in the past few months since starting this blog) the park is in PRISTINE shape. Seriously you guys do a great job!!! I really wish we had something like this spot in Portland.

P.s. the hottie on the pipe is my girlfriend/videographer who is learning to quad skate in parks and is going to be the next big roller skating star!















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Location: 346 NE 5th St, Clatskanie, OR 97016, USA

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