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Lewiston, ID: Interview with Dan Prasil
Sometimes it takes years to get a good skatepark built in your town, and skaters are usually the ones leading...
Replacing Modular Parks with Concrete
In the early 2000′s, when the public skatepark boom started to hit the country many cities went with the option...
Concrete Skateparks in the Holy Land
In the last four years, four concrete skateparks have been built in Israel. That, in itself, is huge for our...
Drop-In to Skateboarding Class-Wenatchee, WA
Ben Wixon, SPS Board Member, Co-Developer of Drop In to Skateboarding (accredited skateboard instruction program) and Author of the book- Skateboarding: Instruction,...
Texas Skatepark Index
We are proud to introduce the first of our State Skatepark Indexes. The information that follows is the result of...
30 Reasons
There are lots of great reasons for building your next skatepark. Here are just 30 of them.
Public Meeting FAQ
The first few public meetings for new advocates are often frightening. One expects that the audience will be filled with...
Freedom of Space
“You—skateboarders—are the leading edge of a revolution of the human being’s relation to his or her environment.” —Edmund Bacon
Sample Request for Donation Letter
A request for donation asks for donations. The donation desired might be cash, product, services, or volunteer hours, or something...
Skateboarding Casualties (2006)
Editor’s Note: Although this report is nearing five years old it continues to be a relevant to today’s skatepark advocate....