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Skateparks in Nova Scotia
Where to skate in Nova Scotia?
While Antigonish continues to work on choosing a site for a skatepark, other parts of Nova Scotia are moving ahead by kickflips and ollies. For more info, check out the Nova Scotia Skateparks website (includes a map of N.S. with most of the skateparks marked)
Concrete skateparks in N.S.
Nova Scotia has 11 (soon-to-be 15) concrete skateparks. The newest is in Spryfield.
Amherst (planned), news release, Feb 25, 2010
Annapolis Royal, fundraising underway; design: New Line, Annapolis Youth Park website (has design pics); meanwhile they have an Action Sports Ramp, aka halfpipe right in the centre of town (View photos of halfpipe in Annapolis Royal.)
Bedford, planned
Chester, 2008; design: Spectrum; info/photos
Coxheath, Island Skatepark, built 2006; photos (Spectrum website); Sydney River and Area Skatepark Society website
Cole Harbour, an example of "how not to build a skatepark"; built in 2001; has been described as a waste of $90,000
--"a $90 000 skate park was built 15 minutes outside of Halifax, but no one uses it. It’s got problems & there’s a better spot about 50 feet away." --CBC Street Cents, Sep 2003 item #7
Dartmouth, planned
Fall River, 2008; designed & built by New Line; overview (shows how the skatepark is integrated with Fall River's new community centre) & slide show / construction photos (flikr)
Glace Bay, built 2008; design; photos (Spectrum website)
Halifax, Commons skatepark, built 2006; photos (Spectrum website), Halifax Skatepark Coalition website; More info on HRM skateparks
New Minas, built 2005 & expansion planned; photos (Spectrum website); Village of New Minas; Rotary Centennial Skatepark website
Shearwater (DND military base), 2007; photos (New Line website); (Youtube: # 1 & #2)
Spryfield, completed December 2009; Photos; More photos: New Line website; Video. Directions: From Armdale Rotary, follow Herring Cove Road, turn right onto Sussex, then left onto Kidston
More info: Young skaters flock to Spryfield skateboard park (Halifax News Net, May 13, 2009)
Sydney, Andrew MacKinnon Memorial Skatepark, built 2005; photos-1; photos-2; more photos (Spectrum website)
Truro, built 2008; photos and video (New Line website), more photos
In addition to the concrete skateparks listed above, Nova Scotia has more than 25 modular skateparks E.g. Arichat (photos).
For a list of more skateparks in Nova Scotia, visit the Nova Scotia Skateparks website (includes a map of N.S. with skateparks marked)
updated June 10, 2010
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Request for space for halfpipe turned down, June 21
A safe, fun summer, Chronicle Herald, July 19
A new skate park for sick old tricks -Globe and Mail
The Chronicles of Zander, June 12; Trailer & poster
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Dedication unrewarded, Letter to the editor of The Casket, Apr 14, 2010
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Bridgewater sets aside land for skateboard park, Bridgewater Bulletin, Oct 20,09
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2009 HG parade photos
1st Annual Arichat Skateboarding Competition - photos
New sk8parks 2008/10
Spryfield
Bridgewater (planned)
Chester
Saint John
Truro
Glace Bay
Fall River / slide show
Amherst (planned)
AnnapolisRoyal (planned)
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