Get stoked! The Strawberry Hill Skatepark plan is here.  

The new skatepark design will be presented to the public at the Nov. 17 board meeting of the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at Bainbridge Island Recreation Center. 

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.

Cost estimates are being finalized and will be presented at the meeting.  

The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation will lead project fundraising, with the campaign expected to begin in January.

“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.”  

See project designs and a fly-around video at www.biparksfoundation.org/skatepark.  

Submit project comments to Douglas Slingerland at Bainbridge Metro Parks, douglas@biparks.org.