Welcome to: Benny's Brisbane Skateboard Directory The site for skaters in Brisbane, Australia Compiled by Mark Brimson     Elanora Skate Bowl   Gold Coast, 1.5 hrs south of Brisbane   Built: 1980's   Address: K.P. McGrath Dr (access also via highway underpass)   Just in from the beach a few blocks is Elanora, and off K.P. McGrath Drive is a concrete constuction that is not for the faint hearted. It is beside the state school in the park area between houses and the freeway. You can also access it via the highway underpass, but I have not been there in many years so I don't know if there is a road that leads right up to the ramp the way it used to.   There is no other way to describe the Elanora half pipe/bowl than BIG AND BURLY! It is at least 8 ft high with a small vert top to the transitions, a slightly rounded lip where it has been through years of grinding and sliding, and some bumps and lumps but nothing to really worry about. This is not a ramp to just have a lazy day at, because you will easily end up at the bottom missing skin, like I did. Although I like ramps more than street, this was one ramp that made me want to go and cruise around the school next door rather than be brutalised by its curves. My brother on the other hand had a much better big ramp and air ability, so it was good to watch him do his stuff before he quit skating...   Paul Brimson lein to tail, 1988.   (more pics coming soon)     email me at:   mbrimson@yahoo.com ***** (click here to send me mail) *****   Click the "BACK" button to return to the previous menu.