How are skateparks made?

Building a skatepark may sound like a simple task when we see that most of them are identical and do not have an extravagant design. But nothing could be further from the truth, the design and construction of a skatepark can take a lot of hard work. If you are interested in knowing how these parks are made of total fun for skate lovers, stay with us.

We will show you in detail what stages a skate park goes through when it is built, from the design process to the construction itself. Let's see how these wonders of sport are made.

Stages for the construction of a skatepark

For the process of building a skatepark we must go from the most elaborate part to then let our imagination run wild and structure the park. First of all we must know well the terrain where we are going to do it and the conditions that it presents. We are going to break down one by one the elements that make up the construction of a skatepark.

terrain analysis

If a terrain has not been chosen specifically for the creation of the skatepark, work must be done based on its conditions. We must know its dimensions well to know more or less how many modules can be included and how to work the land. If it is a large piece of land, we have to let our imagination do the work, but if it is a small space, we must think about it.

The choice of modules and components that make up the track are always a little easier when analyzing the terrain. You can start to spice up your skatepark by adding a bowl to a spot of your choice and start designing from there. If you want, you can consult our birch wood modules, a registered trademark of Osso skate.

Choice of materials

This goes hand in hand with the analysis of the terrain, since it is necessary to analyze where the skatepark will be built to choose the materials. In areas where the winters are quite long, the rains are frequent and the humidity is the protagonist, materials resistant to these conditions should be chosen .

Before buying any module you should consider this, lest your materials be lost due to weather conditions due to a bad analysis. It is also super important and a piece of advice from Andrés Pödenphant is to always create a foundation for our skatepark. In this way you save the skatepark from being mistreated by the conditions of the land or the site where it is built.

The best thing will always be to level the land and make a kind of base that is preferably made of tile. It is one of the best tips for these cases and something that will save a lot of money from losses. You can also consider having a shed or place where you can store the skate park once in between the bad season.

In the materials, birch wood is usually chosen, which is preferred by skatepark builders. If the project is not mobile, concrete will always be the best ally in bad conditions.

Choose the modules for the track

Now comes the part that everyone was waiting for, to start letting out our most imaginative and creative selves. This is where you must choose the modules and the parts that we want to integrate our skatepark. Remember that it is not as simple as choosing a half pipe, a ramp and work done, remember that everything takes design work for it to work properly.

Here we are going to leave you a list with the most common modules for skateparks that exist today.

• Quarter pipe: It is the most basic of all, basically it is a ramp of a lifetime of considerable size.
• Bank: It is a module that allows you to make a small jump, it does not have a curved rise and the sides are flat.
• Flat Rail: It is the metal rail that we all know where you can do jumps or different tricks. It can be placed on the floor or on a slope to make it more complex.
• Fly out: It is similar to what we can see on a bank but it has a slight transition, similar to what a quarter pipe presents. It is small in size and its sides are flat.
• Pyramid: One of the most fun modules that skaters have for their skateparks. It is a ramp with 4 sides and in the part where they all converge it is completely flat. A wide variety of tricks can be done on it and it is a versatile element of every park.
• Mini ramp: It is a “lite” version of a quarter pipe, reducing its size by about 15 cm. Everything else is the same, both the design, transition and the flat part at the top.

Finally, we would have to see how to distribute the modules and that's it, the skatepark would already have the life we want it to have.

Design the skatepark and place the modules

When you already have the decision about the modules that are going to be incorporated into the skate park, you can take a little help. Remember that you are not the only person in the world who has designed a skatepark with certain elements. Many times it is good to guide ourselves from the work that other people have done with similar elements, so we can see what works and what doesn't.

Do not try to distribute everything according to your convenience, everything must be well incorporated to maintain speed, inertia and maneuverability. In addition to that the kinetic force must be conserved to take advantage of the next module and so on.

This work is done from the plans or directly at the time of construction. Seek help and finish giving life to what will be the skatepark with all the elements and materials that were previously discussed.

This would be the complete procedure that a skatepark goes through to be made, yes, using mobile modules like those sold by Osso. If you are interested in one for your project, you can visit our catalogue.