Sixteen Skateparks in One Day

Last Saturday was February 16th. What’s so special about February 16th, you ask? Well, it’s the day two skate crews, one in the Southwest and the other in the Northwest, attempted to skate 16 parks in a single day. Get the scoop on the Southwest crew’s adventures over at Old Man Army; it was their big idea.

The Northwest crew focused their efforts on skateparks in and around Portland, OR. It was an exhausting adventure for sure and the concept proved to be more romantic than the actual implementation. Come along on the sixteen park tour after the turn….

The tour consisted of five parks in Washington and eleven in Oregon for a total of 16 skateparks. We compressed the days activities into an eight page photo gallery for your viewing pleasure. Here’s the 12-minute tour of our 12-hour adventure; see if you can view them all in one setting.

• Sixteen on the Sixteenth Northwest Park Adventure

The list of parks from start to finish:

1. Burnside – Portland, OR (Start 7:15 am)
2. Swift – Vancouver, WA
3. Rolling Freedom – Woodland, WA
4. Battle Ground – Battle Ground, WA
5. Pacific Community Park– Vancouver, WA
6. Gretchen Fraiser Neighborhood Park – Vancouver, WA
7. Pier Park – St. Johns, OR
8. Glenhaven – Portland, OR
9. West Linn – West Linn, OR
10. Holly Farm – Portland, OR
11. Jim Griffith Memorial Skatepark – Tigard, OR
12. Donald – Donald, OR
13. Newberg – Newberg, OR
14. Drew Gary Ottley Memorial Skatpark – McMinnville, OR
15. Marion Square Park – Salem, OR
16. Brian Haney Memorial Skatepark – Aumsville, OR (finish 7:15 pm)

Check out more coverage of the days events over at SnA and Antigravity Press.

Update: Great comprehensive post of the days activities over at Antigravity Press with some video by BK.