Worst Skatepark Ever

[Mr. Stinky]

The Birdbath, as it's called, because it's basically a concrete dish on Flamingo in Las Vegas.  First one built in the city and legendarily awful.

[fs1/2cab]

2nd park i ever skated and thought it was so sick as a toddler. Actually is pretty sick tho just cement ledges and curbs in a tight square but still a unique kind of shitty

Not gonna lie, I would be stoked to have that near me. The cool kids don't want to skate there and I have some lovely curbs and flatrails. P E R F E C T

[fredgallSOTY]

i love shitty skateparks

[cky enthusiast]

one time i got stuck here for a week

[ProjectBluebeam]

how do so many parks get designed by people that dont know anything about skateboarding

[TheLurper]

how do so many parks get designed by people that dont know anything about skateboarding

I learned from looking into a terrible park it came about because a dad played way too big of a role in the planning of the park. The city viewed this guy as an "expert" and then they had the city architect design the park and used the absolute cheapest builders possible.

Sadly, the city has no idea that it sucks. They really think they did a great job.

[atheosx]

Some of these insanely quirky parks can sometimes be fun or atleast worth a visit just because they have something so odd to try and skate the challenge is worthwhile and ull get some unique footage out of it..

If you discount artificial turf covered parks which is HILARIOUS you get the other worst kind of skateparks. Ones that try to be normal parks but their build by the local tradies who occasionally do cement work and once drove past a skatepark so they vaguyely know what its meant to be like finished.. Everything looks like what its meant to look like, but its all just a bit off so you cant find anything different about it to skate, everythings just really difficult for no reason.

[pi2]

this thread made me think of this edit by flatspot magazine:

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[igrindtwinkies]

2nd park i ever skated and thought it was so sick as a toddler. Actually is pretty sick tho just cement ledges and curbs in a tight square but still a unique kind of shitty

I bring you Luverne, MN.

[Willie]

Some of these insanely quirky parks can sometimes be fun or atleast worth a visit just because they have something so odd to try and skate the challenge is worthwhile and ull get some unique footage out of it..

If you discount artificial turf covered parks which is HILARIOUS you get the other worst kind of skateparks. Ones that try to be normal parks but their build by the local tradies who occasionally do cement work and once drove past a skatepark so they vaguyely know what its meant to be like finished.. Everything looks like what its meant to look like, but its all just a bit off so you cant find anything different about it to skate, everythings just really difficult for no reason.

You can often spot this by the brushed concrete finish. A pre-fab park around me used to be on a tennis court type surface but the township decided to fix it up and pour a new concrete slab. Unfortunately, they gave the slab a brushed finish and now it's a fucking cheese grater.

There is a park in Baltimore (Pigtown?) that has a lovely brushed finish everywhere, even on the transitions.

The ultimate "looks great - is unskateable" park I've visited is Lancaster, PA in the heart of Amish country. It's as if no forms were used whatsoever during the pour and everything was eyeballed. One transition might be the mellowest thing ever, the next one has 3 kinks along its radius, the next one is essentially a bank with a kink at the bottom tight enough to jam your nose into. Seber does a kickflip in the fullpipe there in Cash Money Vagrant.


Don't be fooled, this is awful:

[Tear Up a Trick]

how do so many parks get designed by people that dont know anything about skateboarding

I've thought the same thing, yet the best spots in town are designed by people that don't know anything about skateboarding.  I agree with those who said they like bad parks.  It makes them interesting.

[cucktard]

Bad parks are basically natural terrain.

[Mr. Stinky]

Bad parks are basically natural terrain.

Damn, this is actually kind of true.

[Betaphenylethylalamine]

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2nd park i ever skated and thought it was so sick as a toddler. Actually is pretty sick tho just cement ledges and curbs in a tight square but still a unique kind of shitty

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I bring you Luverne, MN.

Any pics of that old park in Duluth MN?

It was downhill one way and had a pyramid that was so short/steep all you could really do was slappy the pyramid lol.

I think they had curved ledges too but I'm not sure? It was comically unskateable.

[baaaaaaguette]

When we eventually colonize the moon and build skateparks there, this type of module might actually be feasible

[Algar]

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2nd park i ever skated and thought it was so sick as a toddler. Actually is pretty sick tho just cement ledges and curbs in a tight square but still a unique kind of shitty

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I bring you Luverne, MN.

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Any pics of that old park in Duluth MN?

It was downhill one way and had a pyramid that was so short/steep all you could really do was slappy the pyramid lol.

I think they had curved ledges too but I'm not sure? It was comically unskateable.

Is that the one by the train depot?  My grandparents lived in Duluth growing up so I used to skate there a bit.  Also some ramps in the spirit mountain parking lot.  I sometimes visit Duluth still to mountain bike and always try to look if that little park is still there off 35 but not sure if it’s gone or if I just can’t see it cause I’m driving, ha!

[Betaphenylethylalamine]

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2nd park i ever skated and thought it was so sick as a toddler. Actually is pretty sick tho just cement ledges and curbs in a tight square but still a unique kind of shitty

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I bring you Luverne, MN.

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Any pics of that old park in Duluth MN?

It was downhill one way and had a pyramid that was so short/steep all you could really do was slappy the pyramid lol.

I think they had curved ledges too but I'm not sure? It was comically unskateable.

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Is that the one by the train depot?  My grandparents lived in Duluth growing up so I used to skate there a bit.  Also some ramps in the spirit mountain parking lot.  I sometimes visit Duluth still to mountain bike and always try to look if that little park is still there off 35 but not sure if it’s gone or if I just can’t see it cause I’m driving, ha!

I honestly dont remember. The thing was unskateble. I remember the local shop at the time making t shirts that mocked the city over how shitty it was.

Especially since Duluth for such a small city, has some amazing skateapots and some gnarly fuckin hills to bomb.

I miss skating there, nobody really bothered you at all, but that was about 20 years ago.

And it was close enough to that bemidji school that had 7000 amazing skate spots there

[LLN]

Not that this is a dick measuring contest or anything but some of these parks look great compared to what was being built in the UK around the THPS boom. I swear if you ventured far enough into any given town you were bound to encounter some metal ramped monstrosity.
This is a short article with some of them but I’ve seen worse in person:
https://sidewalkmag.com/skateboard-news/concrete-dog-eggs-uks-worst-skateparks.html

[mj23]

The Birdbath, as it's called, because it's basically a concrete dish on Flamingo in Las Vegas.  First one built in the city and legendarily awful.

These actually look really fun to me. One is a curb spot and the other is a steep bank/wallride thing with a bar in the middle you can hippie jump or pop over. Just gotta expand your miiiiiiind

[igrindtwinkies]

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2nd park i ever skated and thought it was so sick as a toddler. Actually is pretty sick tho just cement ledges and curbs in a tight square but still a unique kind of shitty

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I bring you Luverne, MN.

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Any pics of that old park in Duluth MN?

It was downhill one way and had a pyramid that was so short/steep all you could really do was slappy the pyramid lol.

I think they had curved ledges too but I'm not sure? It was comically unskateable.

Wrong side of MN for me.  Luverne is on the SW tip of Minnesota.  I live in SE South Dakota.

The park I've skated the most in Minnesota would be Rochester though.  It wasn't the worst thing in the world and I loved it when I was in High School.  My grandma used to live up there and my family spent tons of time at the Mayo Clinic.

[trash]

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The Birdbath, as it's called, because it's basically a concrete dish on Flamingo in Las Vegas.  First one built in the city and legendarily awful.

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These actually look really fun to me. One is a curb spot and the other is a steep bank/wallride thing with a bar in the middle you can hippie jump or pop over. Just gotta expand your miiiiiiind

I don't think you could hippie jump that on a tech deck. Shit is like an inch off the concrete

[Hmmmm Nice Bike]

2nd park i ever skated and thought it was so sick as a toddler. Actually is pretty sick tho just cement ledges and curbs in a tight square but still a unique kind of shitty

I thought I had recognized that park from somewhere lol, way back in the day my friend somehow had a copy of "Shitheads Vol 8." despite it being a Minnesota based skate video and ourselves being from Chicago.