Parkgate Skate Park
Located behind Parkgate Community Centre
3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver
Directions: If you are coming from Vancouver take the Second Narrows Bridge to North Vancouver, stay in the far right hand lane and take the Deep Cove exit, follow the directional signs to Mount Seymour Parkway, and look for the Parkgate Mall on the left hand side. Turn left off of Mount Seymour Boulevard and onto Seymour Road, watch for the community centre sign on the left hand side. The Skate Park is situated between Safeway and the Community Centre (behind the centre). View Map
Hours of Operation
- Sunday - Thursdays: 9am - 10pm
- Friday and Saturday: 9am - 11pm
Park Rules
The Park is an unsupervised self-regulating park, but participants are reminded that helmets and safety gear is mandatory at all times.
- No loud music and no glass allowed around the facility.
- No food or refreshment concession stands (Bean Around the World Cafe and Safeway are next door).
- Roller blades and bikes are permitted in the bowl, but participants must adhere to the rules and skate park etiquette.
- Renting the skateboard park is not an option.
Skateboard lessons are available during the summer months (weather permitting) for more information see the North Vancouver Recreation Commission for registration.
If you need more information or you would like to get involved, contact our Supervisor of Youth Services at 604-983-6379.
Park Description
The Parkgate Skate Park is a unique skate park, which has a combination of bowl and street elements. Officially opened in the fall of 2000 the skate park attracts hundreds of youth year round! Participants need to provide their own skateboard, helmet, knee and elbow pads. It is highly recommended that skaters wear safety equipment.
Features
- Approximately 5500 square feet
- Concrete finish
- Coping, street style elements around the parameter
- Lighting and benches
- Adjacent to outdoor sports court and indoor youth centre
- Freestyle area with mini 1/4
- Big 45 degree wedge bank
- Pyramid with flat bar
- Seven foot deep keyhole joined at one side with a spines to four and a half mini half with capsule end
- Joined on one side with hip to six foot mini half with capsule end
- Continuous metal coping throughout
Background Information
The Parkgate Skate Park was a result of a youth driven initiative that began in 1994 and gained momentum during the summer of 1998. The Skate Park is one of the first hybrid bowl and street-style parks in North America. Community members of all ages contributed their design ideas for the skate park and received invaluable assistance during this process. Many of the community's skaters helped fund raise for the skate park construction. Funding for the project came from the British Columbia 2000 Community Spirit Grant, the Vancouver Foundation, through private donations, the District of North Vancouver and the North Vancouver Recreation Commission.
The skate park was the first project to receive a 'community public art grant' through the District of North Vancouver. The goal of the community public art program is to create art work that is accessible to the public, not simply by virtue of its placement in a public space, or because of its content, but through the engagement of community members in defining and shaping their environment. Through this grant, granite and concrete benches were designed to incorporate art and functionality.
