4/5/08 - Dunlap Skatepark Grand Opening
Click here for installation & grand opening photos of Washington Township, PA's new SpohnCrete skate plaza.
The Skate Plaza
While many skatepark builders are racing to build bigger bowls and crazier full-pipes, only Spohn Ranch is actually listening to skaters and giving them the street features they want. By collaborating with local skaters to build the park they want (instead of a bowl park that would serve less than 10% of skaters), Spohn Ranch has built a skatepark that will be used for years to come.
An innovative skate plaza with real granite ledges & brick-textured barcelona that provide the real street features today's skaters crave.
Built with the SpohnCrete pre-cast concrete system, this park was installed in Pennsylvania during the winter. The installation was quick and the grand opening was an enormous success.
The central plaza features an extra-long fun box with manual pad, gap, rail & euro-gap. The park also features rails, stairs, quarter-pipes & ledges. The granite-topped hubba ledges are a favorite of local skaters, replicating the real street elements they crave.
Dunlap Skatepark is a modern, plaza-style park that few designers are embracing, but that kids are demanding. Spohn Ranch has always placed skaters first, from our early days building courses for the X-Games, through the almost 450 skateparks we've built since 1993.
The design is a superb blend of transition and street features that will accomodate beginner skatepark riders while still challenging expert skaters.
As with all Spohn Ranch designs, the park offers a rider many "lines" to skate, each with an assortment of obstacles and trick opportunities. Veteran riders can build up speed on the top plaza, slide down the granite-topped hubba ledge, then ollie over the fun-box's manual pad gap.
Without SpohnCrete's unique ability to act as a retaining wall, much of the skatepark's budget would have been lost to site work and engineering fees.
Part of a major capital project, the skatepark will help the park serve the community's youth population.
Photos of Completed Spohn Ranch Skateparks
Over 450 skateparks built! Click here to see photo galleries of Spohn Ranch parks.
The Local Skatepark
Across the country, skateboarders use Spohn Ranch skateparks every day for exercise, personal development and community building.
We're proud of these skateparks and even prouder of the way they've held up over the years. By using the highest quality materials & construction techniques, Spohn Ranch has brough real-world architectural excellence to the DIY world of skatepark construction.
Too often, skateparks are seen as just another public works project. But while a city may have a dozen tennis courts and baseball fields, it will typically have only one skatepark. Skateboarders quickly see a quality skatepark as "their place", and will treat the facility with respect. If, however, the skatepark is sub-standard or not maintained properly, skaters may display their frustration in the form of vandalism and graffiti.
By partnering with Spohn Ranch to create a successful skatepark, a community gets more than just an action sports facility. The skatepark will be a positive space for years, where youth who may be alienated from traditional team sports will find physical fitness opportunities.
Skateparks also provide a safe place for at-risk youth during the gateway hours of 3 PM - 6 PM.