Oak Cliff Dallas Skatepark Design Session: "Skate-ocracy" in Action with New Line Skateparks
The invitation flyer
The most common request to Skateparks for Dallas since our founding in 2017 was for a skatepark to be built in Oak Cliff, so we were very excited to be approached by District 1 City Council Member Chad West and appointed Park Board Representative JR Huerta regarding a prospective skatepark in his district.
That hope took a first important step to reality when Park Board Member JR Huerta invited the community to Martin Weiss Recreation Center on November 29, 2022 to give design input to a skatepark in the district. To assist the process was Kanten Russell and Ryan Crane from New Line Skateparks visited to facilitate the session. This session was similar in scope to the Garland session that ultimately lead to the Rick Oden Skatepark that opened in October 2022.
And just like the Garland session the Dallas action sports community overflowed the recreation center with enthusiasm!
Great turnout filling the recreation center for a new skatepark
Kanten Russell from New Line Skateparks introducing the process
New Line Skateparks and SPA Skateparks have partnered to build many of the DFW Metroplex’s skateparks. Skatepark Builders in DFW Read our “Beyond Concrete” series to learn what goes into a great skatepark design
Community members giving input to skatepark feature and design ideas. New Line calls this “Skate-ocracy”
“Skate-ocracy” in action
Everyone loves a skatepark
Community members presenting their skatepark ideas
In depth discussion with Kanten Russell from New Line
Looking at examples of skatepark features to gain inspiration, an important part of “Skate-ocracy”
Great turn out and excitement