Astoria Skatepark ( Tapiola ) located at 857 Florence Ave, Astoria, OR 97103 was pretty fun to skate. Built by Dreamland Skateparks in 2001 it is a decent size park at 12,000.00 Sq Ft and is relatively good shape considering the age of the concrete. The park consists mainly of a big bowl that ranges from about 6ft to around 12ft on the big transition wall. The copping was in great shape and grinded well. The whole park slopes downward to the big section, between that and the rougher concrete it made pumping back up to the shorter transitions a bit slow for me , but I ride 84b’s so softer wheels may be a better choice for this park just to keep your speed going back up to the smaller transitions. All around it’s a really fun park to hit up if your down there.
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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