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Carson Elliott Skatepark

5/13/2022

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Area: Bowmanville (2440 Highway 2, Bowmanville, ON)

Parking: large parking lot at the Garnet B. Rickard Rec Complex

Installed: 

Rides Allowed: skateboards (nothing stating no roller blades or bikes though)

Main Park Features:
  • long ledge
  • quarter pipe
  • mini bowl
  • pyramid
  • multiple rails
  • stairs
  • bank
  • half pipe
  • bigger bowl

Facilities/Other:
  • see Garnet B. Rickard Rec Complex Park post

Surrounding Park Area: Two large lit softball diamonds, small playground with no swings between them

Shade: no shade directly over the skatepark,  shade in the surrounding trees


Summary: A great community skatepark with different sightlines that allow different groups to be in different spaces at the same time. Enough different elements for most, and things for beginners to use too.
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Diana Princess of Wales Skatepark

9/2/2014

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Area: Pickering Central

Installed: 2007

Rides Allowed: BMX, bikes, skateboards and rollerbladers 

Main Park Features:
  • half pipe
  • mini-bowl
  • street course
  • pyramid
  • half wall
  • rails and short stairs

Facilities/Other:
  • see Diana Princess of Wales park
  • basketball court
  • street hockey court
  • soccer fields
  • beach volleyball courts

Shade: none on the skatepark, but some provided in the surrounding trees

Surrounding Area: a nice path through the park and plenty of trees in the surrounding field (great for tag, hide and seek, or a scavenger hunt)

Summary: This is the only skatepark in Pickering, but it is a very good one. It is also one of the few sanctioned graffiti friendly zones in Durham Region, which makes it very fun to photograph :) It's right next to the Diana Princess of Wales tot playground and corresponding soccer fields so gives the older kids something to do when the family heads to this park.  The bonus is that it is lit at night and open until 10:30pm!  Helmets, knee pads and elbow pads are recommended.  This is an unsupervised skatepark.
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McKinney Skatepark

8/10/2014

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Area: Whitby North

Installed: 2007 

Rides Allowed: BMX, bikes, skateboards and rollerbladers 

Main Park Features:
  • slap-up bowl half pipe
  • euro gap
  • square back wall
  • big long ledges
  • retro ravine paving
  • Sinclair ledge
  • twin peaks
  • 9 stair rail

Facilities/Other:
  • washrooms (inside the McKinney Centre)
  • see McKinney Park post
  • Splash Pad

Shade: none

Surrounding Area: adjacent to the McKinney Centre where you will also find the McKinney Park playground and Splash Pad

Summary: A great fuller sized skatepark for beginners or smaller kids with a lot of different features to ride.  Park rules note no smoking or glass in the area.  Helmets, knee pads and elbow pads are recommended.  This is an unsupervised skatepark.
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