Design
Spohn Ranch has always been at the forefront of skatepark design. We first set the standard as the designers of the X-Games vert ramps and street courses. Over the years, as we’ve provided competition courses for the best skateboarders in the world, we’ve incorporated their feedback into each new version of our skatepark equipment.
Now, we’re focusing on creating truly innovative street plazas and skateparks. While other designers focus too heavily on transition features like deep bowls and full-pipes, we’ve shifted our focus toward serving the modern street skater. Street skating has become the dominant form of skateboarding for today’s youth, with about 80% considering themselves primarily street skaters. These street skaters are not satisfied with traditional ramp parks made up of quarter-pipes and other non-street obstacles. They want stairs, rails, benches and other real street elements. They also want real street textures like granite and brick.
Aaron Spohn has traveled the world, visiting and photographing over 2,500 skateparks and skatespots. He incorporates these unique elements into his street plaza designs, creating instant classics like the LA Skate Plaza’s Bent Penny. Each of our engineers and designers participates in one or more of the sports we serve. They understand skating techniques and the physics involved. This knowledge is the source of our constantly evolving line of superior products—from the faithful reproduction of traditional obstacles to the creation of unique new forms of skating terrain.
We engineer our products to the highest standards, using precise fit and finish to maximize performance and durability. The expert design and quality of our products minimizes the risk of injury and creates a safer skating environment.
This expertise permits us to create ideal course geometry based on obstacle selection and user demographics. It’s easy to say layout is important, but it takes a depth of experience like ours to have mastered the complexities and subtleties of park configuration.