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Westside Community Skatepark opens July 8th

After nearly 4 months of construction, the Westside Community Skatepark will officially open to the public on July 8th.

A special grand opening event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. After a brief ribbon cutting ceremony, skaters can cut loose on the new 12,600 square foot facility. There will be free raffles and a best trick contest.

The Sugar Skateboarding Team is also expected to attend and test ride our new spot.

El Paso's second custom concrete skatepark will feature a 6 foot bowl that hips into an "A-framed" 8.5 foot clamshell deep end with Federal Stone pool coping.

The street course includes two stair sets (5 stair & 3 stair), a step up gap, ledges, nipple bump, quarter pipe and a long China bank.

Originally, the Westside Community skatepark was bid as a flat concrete slab to include modular ramps. But kudos to the former interim Parks Director Barry Russell for having the vision to go in a better direction (with a nudge from EPSA, of course!)

The original skatepark budget was about $200,000 (and shrinking!) But both the design concept and budget morphed considerably along the way with a final tab of about $457k.

Check out PHOTO STORY of Design/Construction

Seth Johnson of Ideal Skateparks designed the skatepark's footprint (pro-bono), EPSA suggested refinements and Mijares-Mora Architects (Steve Dominguez and Rob Parker) made the blue prints.

Thanks to general contractor CSA and Breaking Ground Skateparks (from Rhode Island) for all the hard work building this skatepark on some rather rocky, challenging terrain - the kids are gonna love it!

Who Are We?

We are a group of serious skateboarders who are dedicated to the development and stewardship of safe, freely accessible public skateparks in the El Paso, Texas area. We welcome all collaborations from skateboarders and look forward to establishing partnerships throughout the city, county and state.