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PREMIERE SKATE PLAZA COMING TO HIGHLAND, INDIANA

The Town of Highland, Indiana, located 45 minutes southeast of Chicago, will soon be home to a state-of-the-art concrete skatepark courtesy of Los Angeles-based skatepark builder Spohn Ranch. Shaped by input from local skateboarders, the skatepark design provides 7,000 square feet of modern concrete terrain including a below-grade mini-ramp, stair sets of varying difficulty level and a variety of grind … FULL POST »

CICERO’S FLOWY SKATEPARK OPENS TO RAVE REVIEWS

As the 10th largest municipality in Illinois, the Town of Cicero was due for a skatepark. More specifically, this Chicago suburb needed a concrete bowl to contrast from the street-focused skateparks in the area. In August, our skilled team of concrete craftsmen completed construction ahead of schedule and within budget. Three bowls ranging from 3’-6’ form the heart of the … FULL POST »

New “Skate Dot” flourishes in La Grange, Illinois

Conventional thinking used to say that skateparks required large rectangular plots of land, with fences and large buffers from other park amenities and activities. Spohn Ranch is proud to take a leading role in changing that way of thinking with innovative skateboarding spaces that are integrated directly into the heart of a park landscape.   When space comes at a … FULL POST »