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Benny's
Brisbane Skateboard Directory
The site
for skaters in Brisbane, Australia
Compiled
by Mark Brimson
Redland
Shire
Skate
Parks
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Capalaba *
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Cleveland *
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Victoria Point *
Built:
1998?
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News Update: Nov 1999 *****
There
was a recent demo/bbq day at the
Cleveland Skate Park (see details here)
and I had a chance to talk to the local council man. News from that area
is good, but the time frame is a little long - they are doing the best
they can with all the funding they can aquire. With the existing parks,
lights are being used for night skates, Capalaba
til 11pm, Cleveland
til 8-9pm (local residents consideration) and idiots smashed the Victoria
Point lights so no one can do anything there
at night now. Cleveland
was also looked at for an extension, but funding is not currently available.
The
Stradbroke Island skate park situation is
getting better, with the Amity skate park
going well, (I have not seen it, but others
say it is good!) and at least one more planned for the island, at
Point Lookout somewhere.
Dunwich still has an old
bowl, but that is just being left to sit and be forgotten. Mt
Cotton is getting a new park soon too, but
that is all I know.
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End of News Update *****
Existing
Skate Park Address List
Capalaba
Old Cleveland
Rd (op. Raymond St in John Fredrick Park)
Cleveland
Wellington
St (cnr Russell St beside council pool)
Victoria
Point
Colburn
Av (beside playing fields or some parkland)
Then:
(1998) Since skateboarding has taken off again,
the bayside area has been without any new skate facilities until now. It
was agreed by the council there to put in three small parks instead of
a single big one, making it hard for the builders to come up with anything
substantial. From what little funds they were given for the three individual
parks, I believe they have done quite a reasonable job. Each has different
obstacles to skate on, giving them an individual feel but, being within
10 kms of each other, they are good for a "three skates in one day" if
you are in that area.
Now:
(Oct 1999) Capalaba is the main one that I
see in my travels these days, and it is still fun for a little skate. There
are lights on there at night sometimes (up to the council whether they
are on or not I have been told) There is now a big block on top of the
bank fun box in the middle, which can be a challenge or a disaster for
some. It is quite tall, and worth a look at if you have not been there
for a while. Old features: bowl quarter at each end, hip bank, double block.
(see pics) Beware of the annoying bmx kids though.
Capalaba
front to back
Capalaba
reverse view
Cleveland
has had a spine like pyramid put in beside
the roll over, giving the park a little more than before. Old features:
main easy hip bank, steep bowl quarter in one corner, normal bank other
corner, big long block with lower block in a rough half diamond shape cut
off by big block. (see pics) It is still a place for a good session (the
best of the three in my mind and many of the locals) and quite often there
is a home made rail or jump ramp there to skate on as well. Thanks to all
who make life good for others!
Check out this skateboard fountain at the park!
Cleveland
big view
Looking
from the other way
Victoria
Point is a little further off the beaten track
but fun all the same. There is a steepish bank, a banked box in the middle
with two blocks running down one side, two very nice quarters and a rounded
bumpish thing that kids just roll over and bmx do their little jumps over.
The grind block has been extended on the left (backing on to the dirt)
side of the fun box in the middle so grinds are a lot better on that now.
One
side of Victoria Point
email
me at:
mbrimson@yahoo.com
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