Rolling Freedom skatepark is located in Woodland Washington (785 Lakeshore Dr, Woodland, WA 98674) about 30mins north of Portland. The park has a decent sized bowl that at its smallest is about 6ft tall that goes up to about 9ft or 10ft with some oververt. There is also a street section with some ledges, fun boxes, a 6-stair gap, and some other random obstacles. The concrete and copping are in fairly good shape, but the concrete is a little rough so some softer wheels may work better than my 84b’s. The Bowl was my favorite thing here, but I am more of a transition skater, so I am a bit biased. The main thing that sucks about this spot is it directly next to the I5 so the noise from the traffic was a bit much but if you’re in the area its worth a stop.
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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