The skatepark sits on nearly 1 acre and cost upward $6.8 million, with features suitable for beginners, experts and everyone ...

In 2000, The Oregonian ran a story titled, “Group pushes for city to build skatepark near Steel Bridge.” At the time, the Portland Development Commission had awarded a $50,000 grant to study ...

Of the first purpose-built skateparks, from the 1970s boom years of the sport’s second wave, very few remain. Preserving them is about more than sporting history.

Portland officials have for decades discussed efforts to kickflip the urban landscape at the west end of the Steel Bridge by creating a skate park. Ryan announced in January that the park would ...

Urban Fest returns to Sunderland this summer, offering a free festival celebrating urban sports, music, and art, with BMX and skateboarding ...

Modern skateparks tend not to feature these sinuous free-form snake runs, so popular in the 1970s. Other notable examples include the Seylynn in Vancouver , Canada, and the Netherlands ...