On Friday July 22nd, 2011, the city of Los Angeles held it’s grand opening for the Westchester Skate Plaza. The 13,000 square foot Skate Plaza was designed and built by CA Skateparks and features a variety of elements designed for hardcore street skating. Eric Koston and Steve Berra of the Berrics were on hand for the opening celebration along with a host of other pros including Luan Oliviera, David Gonzales, Curren Caples, Pat Duffy, Kurtis Colamonico, and Braydon Szfranski. Champion of the skate plaza project and Los Angeles city councilmember Bill Rosendahl presided over the day’s events. Skaters came from as far away as Carson City, Nevada to skate the plaza on opening day. The Westchester Skate Plaza was made possible by funding from the city of Los Angeles and a generous contribution from the Annenberg Foundation. CA Skateparks donated some extra features to round out this excellent new skate facility.
Huge turnout at the opening!
These guys came all the way from Carson City, Nevada to skate the new Westchester Skate Plaza…
Bemidji Skatepark in Minnesota is under snow! However, this is not stopping the dedicated skaters of Bemidji. All winter long they have been digging out features and shoveling snow aside to keep this park skateable, even in their extreme weather conditions. Minnesota has low temperatures in the 20′s! These temperatures would keep most skaters inside during the winter months, but this chilling weather is not deterring the skaters here.
This park was designed by Site Design Group and the specialty concrete done by California Skateparks.
Photo from Etnies Blog | Posted by Alex |Thursday February 10.2011
Etnies skatepark in Lake Forest has begun construction on the expansion of an additional 16,000 square feet. This million dollar expansion will add a street run with six stairs, manny pad, A-frame bump, mini bowl, and added alterations to the existing park. With the skatepark changes, the park will be the biggest free skatepark in the US and one of the largest parks in the world! It will total around 60,000 square feet in size. The expansion concept was designed by Nick Gates, city of Lake Forest staff, the skateboard community, and Site Design Group. California Skateparks will again be the builders of this landmark park.
Design Rendering from Site Design Group
The skatepark is going to remain open as possible during the construction. Completion of the project is projected for mid July 2011.
Joe Ciaglia and Colby Carter worked with professional skateboarder Sean Malto and Dan Askew from Escapist skate shop to design a new skate spot for the Street League rider. The skate spot is an indoor, concrete park that is 8,866 sq. ft. and located in Malto’s hometown of Kansas City. California Rampworks provided construction documentation and worked with California Skateparks to build the facility in a little over 2 weeks. See some pictures below and check back for some footage of their first session!
California Skateparks is working hard putting some final touches in Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory. This preparation for the filming of Season Four has all of us hyped in anticipation to see what Rob plans to bring this year. Stay tuned…
DC Shoes team rider Matt Miller stopped by the CA Skateparks headquarters in Upland, CA to take an inside look at our laboratory of creation and discuss some new and upcoming projects. Matt noted he has been skating frequently at Stoner Skate Park in Los Angeles, CA which is part of the Rob Dyrdek Foundation’s Safe Spot Skate Spot program. Check out the video interview here.
A second DC commercial was filmed in the back lot of the California Skateparks headquarters with professional DC rider, Nick Dompierre. Built by California Skateparks, this artificial Hollywood set is just like you would see in the movies, contructed from 3/4 inch thick plywood and then covered in texture to replicate real concrete. Add a concrete ramp, lights, cameras, and pro’s and watch the experts create an amazing national ad campaign.
California Skateparks joins forces with the Berrics to develop the 1st Berrics endorsed public skate spot in Los Angeles, California. The presentation to the community given by Joe Ciaglia, Steve Berra, and Eric Koston was successful. The parks board was fully in favor of the Westchester project. Stay tuned for updates as the project progresses.
I Path Team spends a day out skating at two of the finest skateparks in Los Angeles,Stoner Skate Plazaand Venice Beach Skatepark.California Skateparks is proud to be the designer/builder of 20,500 sq. foot Stoner Skate Plaza and the builder of 16,000 sq. foot Venice Beach Skatepark.
The County of Montgomery has opened the Olney Manor Skate Park in Olney, Maryland. On Januray 6th, the first public skate session was held, along with additional minor opening festivities. Thank you to John Bracken for providing the photos of the opening.
For additional information visit our portfolio or the official county web page. here.
