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Huntington Beach California
Skateboarding and Parks
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Skateboarding in Huntington
Beach is a time-honored sport
drawing the world's top skaters,
many who live in Surf City
California.
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Some of the world's top skateboarders live in Huntington Beach
and most have visited at least once. Surf City residents Lauren
Perkins, Gailea Momolu, Chet Thomas, Tosh Townend and Aaron
Snyder all ranked in the World Cup Skateboarding recently. Surf
City California is where the top skate competitions are held
each year and they draw an incredible audience, especially when
tied to US Open of Surfing.
The skateboard industry is huge with clothing and shoe lines,
boards and accessories, parks, television coverage and even
games of sponsored names such as Tony Hawk. In Huntington Beach,
kids ride skateboards to school and to the beach to go surfing.
You can get around a lot faster on a board in Huntington than
you can walking.
There are three free public skate parks in Huntington Beach. The
best, most popular park for tourists in Huntington Beach is
Huntington Beach Skate Park in front of Huntington Beach High
School. Skate boarding is one of Huntington Beach's favorites
sports activities. There are even wave boards, large carved
skateboards designed to provide a similar ride to surfing.
Annual events and competitions that include skateboarding in
Surf City California are US Open of Surfing and Beach Games,
usually held the last week in July, Core Tour in September, and
Van's Triple Crown of Skate held usually in September.
You'll find Huntington Beach Skate Park near the sign for Sheue
Athletic Field. To get there from the pier, you need to go
approximately two miles (or less) down Main Street. After
passing the intersection of 17th Street, you are nearly there.
It will be on the left side of Main Street before you reach the
Yorktown stop light. (See map)
Skate parks are open daily from 7 AM to 10 PM, no lighting. On
Golden West Street near Warner Ave., Murdy Park Skate center has
concrete undersized banks, ledges, and a little room to push.
Free to public, rules and regulations posted at facilities. Murdy
Park is located at 7000 Norma Drive, (714) 960-8895. Office
hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Checkout hours:
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9:20 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. The center offers a group picnic shelter,
children’s play equipment, lighted tennis courts, lighted
softball diamonds, lighted basketball courts, volleyball,
horseshoes and barbecues. The center contains four meeting
rooms, kitchen, lounge and game room. Pool, ping-pong and table
games are available during specified hours.
On the other side of the Garden Grove Freeway at The Block in
Orange, Van's Skate is the largest skate park in the world,
featuring an 80-foot vert ramp and extensive indoor street
course.
Van's Skate Park Sessions run all day with 2-hour sessions. The
skate park requires all skaters to wear protective gear- knee
pads, elbow pads, and a helmet. All skaters must sign a release
form prior to skating in the park. Anyone under 18 must have a
parent or legal guardian present to sign the release form. If a
parent or guardian is unable to be present, the form must be
notarized.
Vans Skate Park locations:
One City Blvd. West, Orange, CA (714) 769-3800
4758 East Mills Circle, Ontario, CA (909) 476-5914
In Irvine: Gravity Games Skate Park at Palace Park, 3405
Michelson, Dr. , Irvine, CA Fee: Yes
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