Portland Oregon Skate parks

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 secti...

Emwon Skatepark ( 10861 Main St NE, Donald, OR 97020 ) Is a little park that’s pretty fun in Donald Oregon which is about 40 minutes south of Portland metro. Donald has a population of around 998 so don’t expect this park to be too busy. This park was built by Dreamland Skateparks and is roughly 2,500 sq ft. It consists of a big pool that’s about 3ft to 4ft with a two stair in the shallow and 10ft to 12ft on the deep end with pool coping all around. It’s in relatively good shape and looks like it was recently painted (past few years) although the paint is coming off in areas but that had no impact on the riding of the pool. The street area of the park is fun, the concrete is a little rough but in good shape all around, it consists of two quarter pipes (or one long half pipe) with some steep transitions that’s about 4ft or 5ft with a round/hump/transition (I don’t know what it’s called) in the center of the half pipe. The coping is in good shape and grinds well. On the back wall of the...

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 th...

Luuwit Skate Spot – (  NE 131st Place & NE Failing ST  ) in NE Portland is one of my favorite spots that I have hit up so far. It is Designed by Grindline Skateparks and Built by Evergreen Skateparks , the same peeps that did the Gateway Skate Spot . Just like Gateway this park has exceptionally smooth and fast concrete that is easy to slide out of if you eat it. The Park has a decent sized half bowl that is about 4ft high with nice coping that runs the length of the bowl. The bowl transitions to a flat area that is bordered by inclined walls on both sides. On one side you have a flat slightly curved rail that is topped with metal, to the other side of the inclines a 2ft to 3ft angled inclined ledge that is also topped with metal. From there the park leads to a 6ft to 7ft J shaped half bowl that has an inclined roll-in on one side and a 2ft to 3ft quarter pipe on the other. I am a big fan of this spot, it is great to re-learn on and is helping with my progression not to m...

Gateway Skate Spot ( 10502 NE Wasco St, Portland, OR 97220 ) in NE Portland and is a pretty cool spot. Designed by Grindline Skateparks and built by Evergreen Skateparks   t his park is fairly new being built in 2018 and has exceptionally smooth and fast concrete and is easy to slide out if you eat it. The park starts off with a big flat area that connects to the rest of the public park via smooth sidewalks that lead to some gap ledges near some new construction that is not part of the park but worth hitting. The park itself consists a rather big half bowl, the transition is about 4ft or 5ft at its tallest, with smaller transitions around 2ft or 3ft.  The top of the bowl has a handrail with a 3 stair gap, a ledge with metal edges, and two role-ins on either side.

Pier Park ( 10421 N Lombard St, Portland, OR 97203 ) is my local spot in St Johns OR and one of my favorites. Designed and Built By Dreamland Skateparks the park starts with a S-Curve section that leads down to the main park that runs down to Pier’s four main sections: a street section, a medium bowl, a small bowl, and a monster bowl with a full pipe in the center. This concrete park is in really good shape and rather fast, with 4 ledges, a stair gap, and three handrails.  Don’t expect to be able to slide out if you bail in the bowls, while the concrete is smooth it tends to just grab your pads and pull them down, I have fucked up my knees a few times. If at all possible I found its best to run out if you hang up or eat shit.

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...