SKATELIFE LONDON
Hey all you skateboarders out there looking to get some information on the skatelife around your community! Check out our comprehensive guide here! We’ll be posting up information from a new region every week so keep checking up here for information about the skateboard world around your area! When we post information about your skate-zone, we want YOU to help us. This week –London, Ontario is the sixth one up! Email us at info@evolveskate.com if you’ve got any information we should add into the directory!
Skatepark Directory and Reviews
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Basil Grover
This park is located on the SouthWest part of town and is catered to beginner and intermediate level riders.
Surface: Concrete
Features: Mini Quarter Pipe, Flat Bar, Satirs, Ledges and wedge bank combos
Address: 555 Wharncliffe Road South. Located on the corner of Whatncliffe and Commisioners.
Check out this website for a great tour of the park: http://chasemarch.com/2013/09/basil-grover-skatepark-london-ontario.html
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Kiwanis Skate Plaza
The Kiwanis Skate Plaza which opened in 2010 covers approximated
1700 square metres and is geared towards beginner and intermediate level skaters. The most unique feature is the collection of lily pad blocks set up in the park.
Inside/Outdoors: Outdoors
Surface: Concrete
Caters to: All
Cost: No
Shop on Site: No
Features: hubba style ledges, banks, pier7 manual pad, lily pads, jersey
barrier, hips curved ledge with extension and gap, pump bump sequence,
transition gap, concave ledge, corner C-ledges, euro gap, transition/mini
ramp feature, coin bank, 2 halfpipe with coping bars
Address: 1475 Brydges Street near the intersection with Graydon Street
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Kiwanis Skate Bowls (Medway)
This more advanced park has a lot to offer. Check out its wide range of
features below.
Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor
Surface: Concrete
Features: wave, pump track, roll in, step up or transfer/sub box,
graduating mullet hip transfer, escalating bowled corner, mullet spine, graduating beginner mullet hip transfer/90 HP/rounded pump hip, 25 degree hip, tight radius 25 defree corner, 2 waterfalls, 45 degree hip, over-vert clamshell, larger deck space, 150 mullet gap hip/straight line 90 mullet hip/rounded pump hip, 56 degree mullet
Address: 1051 Wonderland Road North (Beside the Ray Langdon Memorial Arena and the Medway community Centre)
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Naimi-Almeida
This park, also geared towards beginner – intermediate riders is located at the
South East side of town between Eula White Place and Phair Crescent.
Features: quarter pipe, bank structure, rails, boxes, ledges
Address: 828 Deveron Crescent
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Rivers Edge
This is a neighborhood park friendly for kids and families. It is known for its
smooth skate surface for clean skating.
Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor
Features: quater pipe and platform, banks, hubba ledges, manni pad with square
grind rail, 6ft high ramp
Address: 15 St. Julen Street
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Revert Skatepark (Indoor)
Located inside the Gateway Church, the Revert Skatepark has movable and
customizable features. The skatepark has a fairly good reputation and is a great place to skate, however watch out for the lips on the bottom of the quater pipes because not everyone is a fan of tem. The quarter pipe is pretty short and caters to intermediate and beginner skaters.
Required Padding: Mandatory Helmets
Restrooms: No
Other: Shirts Required, Boom Boxes restricted
Cost: $5 per session / 50$ Membership per year
Shop on Site: Rental Shop
Caters To: All
Website: http://revertskatepark.com/
Hours: see website
Address: 890 Sarnia Road
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SpringBank (Byron)
This skatepark located in Byron is said to have a good quarter pipe, neither too
steep nor too shallow, with a smooth concrete surface. Find a great tour of the park here:
http://chasemarch.com/2012/09/springbank-skatepark-london-ontario.html
Features: 5 stair sets with landing roof, hubba ledges and a round handrail,
wedge to wedge banks with flat and roof top ledge, 2 ½ foot hip, 3 ft cantilevered bank
Andress: 1085 Commisioners Road West (near west parking lot of Spring Bank
Park)
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Stronach
This Skatepark is a great place for beginners, fun and friendly atmosphere.
Features: boxes, bank structure, pocket wall, ledge structure, box/ramp combo
Address: 1221 Sandford Street, near the Rec centre
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Victoria (Ledge Land)
This one is known for its grind boxes for more advanced skaters
Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor
Surface: Concrete
Address: 580 Clarence Street
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West Lions
The halfpipe at this skatepark is well worth checking out — also very well maintained.
Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor
Cost: Free
Hours: 6am- 10 pm
Features: Mini Ramp, Mini Half pipe, two small ledges, pyramid, streetcourse,
cool down splash pad
Address: 20 Granville Street (Beside the Kinsmen Rec Centre)
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White Oaks
Features: Ramps, Banks, 2 Quater Pipes, Pyramids, 6ft landing
Address: 70 Ponderosa Cres.
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Wolseley
This skatepark is one of the largest in the city of London and is geared towards
all levels. It is located just beside the Carling Heights Optimist Community
Centre.
Surface: Concrete
Caters to: All
Features: replica pool,rollers,stairs with rail, step-up hubbas and bump to ledge,
2 flat and 3 double stair set with rails, step-up, hubbas, bump to ledge and up
ledge, floating kicker/step up and down hip,quarter pipe to bank and step up combo,long hubba/bump to ledge combination,bank to floating ledge,30 brick euro hip, bump to ledge, bank to tranny ledge/wallie transfer combination
add: House of Vans indoor Skatepark
Skateboarding Stores in London:
- The Boardshop
https://www.facebook.com/The.Boardshop.London
Address: 410 Wharncliffe Rd S
Contact 673-3810
- Legacy Skateboarding
Don’t be fooled – Legacy has closed down
- London Skateboard Co-Op
This independent Skate shop was Canada’s first co-operative skate shop. The dedicated workers and large variety make this a top shop to check out.
Address: 614 Dundas St.
Contact: 519-518-9995
Website: https://www.facebook.com/LondonSkateboardCoop
Hours: Tuesday – Friday 11 – 7
Saturday 10 – 6
Sunday: 12 – 4
- Immortal Skateboards
Online Forums:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/City-of-London-Skateboarding/54030254302?v=wall
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