Skatepark Info

Saturday, 24 March 2007

You have come to the right place with your skatepark questions.You will find SPS content grouped into a logical, chronological order. If you're just getting started with your skatepark, you'll find advocacy information near the top of this list. If you are wondering how to better utilize an existing skatepark, you'll find management and programming information near the bottom. If you have questions that you just can't find an answer to, dozens of experienced skatepark experts visit our forums. You're sure to get some feedback there. You can also email us your question.

Frequently Asked Questions
Question & Answer Forum


Creating A Skatepark Vision (feature article)

Chapter 1: Vision
The Advocate’s Unique Role
What is a Skatepark?
Part 1: The Advocacy Process
Part 2: Skatepark Adoption Model
Part 3: Crafting the Vision
Why Skateparks? (guest editorial)
Why We Wrote the Public Skatepark Development Guide

Social Impacts of Skateparks (guest editorial)
Passion for Skateboarding (guest editorial)
Skateboarders as Criminals (guest editorial)
A Parent's Letter (guest editorial)
The Nederland Story (case study)

An Overview of the Process

Why Skateparks Fail
Skating Free (reprint)

Master Plans
Research Sources
Early Skatepark Advocacy Guides (The Plan)

How Many Skaters Are In Your Town?

Community-wide Skatepark Systems
Skatepark System Planning (case study)

Tips for First-time Advocates
Working With Your Government
What Does "Skatepark Support" Mean?

Types of Skateparks
Cheap, Fast AND Good?

Vision Forum

Skatepark Advocacy (feature article)

Chapter 2: Advocacy
Building A Constituency
Tone and Language
Shaping The Message
The Opposition
Advocate's Wisdom
Advocate's Empathy
Hostile Environments
Liability
Building The Association
Creating Objectives
Starting Today
Police View on Skateparks (guest editorial)
Skateparks Meet a Modern Need (guest editorial)
Skateboarding Safer than Basketball (guest editorial)
Why Our Town Needs a Skatepark (guest editorial)

Skatepark Decreases Youth Crime (reprint)

Figuring Out Your City

10 Advocacy Tips
30 Reasons for Skateparks

1998 Participation Statistics

Speaking "Administration-ese"
Speaking "Skater"
Understanding City Structure

Advocating for DIY

Common Issues and Answers

Oregon University Policy to Skateboarding
Ohio's Limited Liability
Florida's Limited Liability
Indiana's Limited Liability Law
California Helmet Law

Sample Letter to City Hall (template)
Sample Letter to Congress (template)
Great Quotes from the News

Advocacy Forum

Fundraising (feature article)

Chapter 3: Fundraising
Road Well-Traveled
Fundraising Strategy
Non-Profit Or Not
How To Start an NPO
Managing An NPO
Not A Non-Profit...
Picking Pockets
Incentives
Incentives: Signage
Incentives: Premiums
Benefits
Grants
Rockstar Fundraiser

$40 a Square Foot!?

Elements of a Non-Profit Organization

Recruiting Fundraisers
Fundraising Ideas (guest editorial)
What Are Grants (and How Do They Work)?
Tony Hawk Foundation
 
Fundraising Forum

Design & Construction (feature article)

Chapter 4: Design
Siting
Criteria: Access
Criteria: Visibility
Criteria: Comfort
Criteria: Diversity
Site Appraisals
Skatepark Design
Design in Brief
Skater's Needs
Environmental Needs
Construction Needs
Design Influences
Neighborhood Resistance
Local Skaters
Skatepark Experts
The Right Designer
RFQ's
RFP's
Landscape Architects
ACI Specs
ASTM Standards

Top 10 Design Mistakes

Design/Build
Using General Contractors

E&O Insurance

Site Components
Site Assessment
(worksheet)
Skateparks Near Playgrounds (reprint)

What About a Few Ramps?
Proposal for Concrete (guest editorial)
Modular or Concrete? (reprint)
Hidden Costs in Prefab

Why Oregon Skateparks Are So Good (guest editorial)
Hong Kong Street (pictoral)

Skatepark Typology
Community-wide Skatepark Systems (step-by-step)
Neighborhood Street Plaza at $10 a Square Foot

Design Forum


Management (feature article)

Chapter 5: Management
Too Many Skaters
Too Many Visitors
Empty Skatepark
Bad Activity
Poor Behavior
Helmets
BMX
Supervision
Entrance Fees
Fences
Park Closures
Lighting
Restrooms
Noise
Litter
Graffiti
Stewardship
Maintenance: Metal & Prefab 
Maintenance: Concrete
It's a Go!
The Skateboarding Instruction, Programming Book

10 Skatepark Programming Ideas
Stewardship

Management Forum

Doing It Yourself

Advocating for DIY
Doing It Yourself
Ledge Repair (step-by-step)
Beast Ledge (step-by-step)
Backyard Bank-to-Quarter (step-by-step)
Steel Coping Ledge Repair (step-by-step)

DIY Forum
Last Updated ( Friday, 03 July 2009 )