Denver skatepark is open from 5:00 am until 11:00
pm
daily. It's located at 2205
19th Street, between Platte Street and Little Raven, Denver,
CO.
To get there, once in downtown, take 20th or 15th towards Lo Do, and
turn
on Little Raven. Note, "Lipan Street" no longer exists,
despite
what the maps say.
November 29, 2007 - The CCPS website has a new look.
March 20, 2007 - Grindwell in Castle Rock closed.
August 12, 2006 - The Colorado Coalition for Public Skateparks ("CCPS")
is a Colorado non-profit corporation working to get better and more
skateparks for Colorado skaters. Make a donation, please, via
paypal to donate@coloradoskateparks.org.
August 12, 2006 - You know that iron bridge near the Denver skatepark that goes
over the Platte River? The thing is historic. Apparently
the Nineteenth Street Bridge was originally built in 1888, and is the
oldest surviving wrought iron bridge in Colorado.
March 3, 2006 - The Fallen Warehouse gets busted. -ion has since
put together a comprehensive documentary of this place. I
was fortunate enough to skate (I use that term loosely here) there
twice (12/16/2005 and 1/21/2006).
January 18, 2006 - The Colorado Coalition for Public Skateparks ("CCPS")
has it's own website now. Check it out for the latest in Colorado
public
skateparks.
November 25, 2005 - John
at Fake
Skateboards opened Grindwell indoor skatepark in Castle Rock in
2005. It cosed its doors in March of 2007.
October 21, 2005 - Keith Wilson sent me an old aerial photo of the Concrete
Curl in Aurora.
September 23, 2005 - Since I started this site in 2001, I've resisted
the temptation to post any sort of "links" page. Against my
better judgment, I've now posted a "resources"
page.
September 14, 2005 - Another private indoor
skatepark in the Denver area bites the dust. The ESPN X-Games
Skatepark at the Colorado Mills mall in Lakewood went dark this
week.
September 2, 2005 - Edwards
skatepark had its grand
opening.
The bowl is fun, but the street section was not that great.
July 9, 2005 - Last week I took a road trip, and got to skate
a few
places along the way. Laramie,
Wyoming, was fun. Edora
was overrun with bikes.
I bruised my shins up at the Fossil
Creek skate plaza in Ft. Collins, CO. And I found an empty
modular skatepark in Saratoga,
Wyoming.
June 17, 2005 - Denver is going to put up some modular skate
stuff at
the Johnson Rec. Center near Elyria Park (4809 Race Street).
Thanks,
but modular?
November 20, 2004 - The Trails Recreation Center, with
skatepark, opened
this day in Centennial.
November 6, 2004 - By now you probably have read Westword's
piece on Colorado skatepark construction and design.
October 18, 2003 - Ft. Collins's Fossil
Creek plaza-style skatepark opened.
On August 19, 2003 - The Chocolate team's Hot Chocolate Tour
hit Denver.
Check out the Hot Chocolate video for footy.
July 11, 2003 - The Denver Snake
Run opened with a small dedication
on July 11, 2003. Phase II also includes some new
rails, ledges, and angle
irons on existing edges.
June 22, 2003 - Vans in Westminster is now closed. Along
with
Bladium, this is be the second Denver-area private skatepark to close
in
recent years.
May 8, 2003 - The flat for the Snake
Run was poured.
