Get stoked! The Strawberry Hill Skatepark plan is here.
The 16,660-sf. facility at Strawberry Hill Park will feature an expansive, open “street skating” area with ramps, stairs, rails and many other elements typical of an urban skating environment. An undulating “pump track” wraps around the skating plaza, allowing a long, continuous ride through momentum-building curves and bowls.
The park is designed for skaters of all skill levels, and will welcome not just skateboarders but roller and inline skaters and scooters as well.
The skatepark design is by Grindline Skateparks of Seattle, in consultation with a multi-age advisory group of Bainbridge Island skaters. Grindline has designed some 300 skateparks worldwide.
The skatepark will adjoin the 20-year-old Rotary Skate Bowl, renowned as one of the region’s oldest and best skate bowls for “transition” style skating.
The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation will lead project fundraising, with the campaign expected to begin in April 2023.
“Bainbridge Island has generations of skateboarders, from those who brought us the first half-pipes in the 1970s to the kids who skate in parking lots and plazas today,” said Mary Meier, Parks & Trails Foundation executive director. “The Strawberry Hill Skatepark will vault skating into the future here, build on the great success of the Rotary Skate Bowl, and serve so many styles of skaters with a really exciting and imaginative space.”
Submit project comments to Douglas Slingerland at Bainbridge Metro Parks, douglas@biparks.org.
Strawberry Hill Skatepark design & video
Skatepark campaign logo by Gary Bedell, Creative Director & Skatepark Campaign
PROJECT PARTNERS
Grindine Concrete Skatepark Design & Construction
