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| Park: | Vans - The Block |
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| City: | Orange |
| County: | Orange | State: | CA |
| Location: | The Block of Orange |
| Address: | 20 City Blvd West |
| Has Lights: | Yes | Ownership: | Private |
| Designer: | Vans | Year Opened: | 1999 |
| Gated: | Yes | Staffed: | Yes |
| Terrain: | Tranny, Street, Has Vert, Vert Ramp, MIni Ramp, Pool | Surface: | Wood and Concrete |
| Inside/Outside: | Inside |  |  |
| Park Size: | 30,000+ Sq Ft | Visited? | Yes |
| Review: | The Block of Orange, or to those of us who grew up in the area, the old City Shopping Center, hosts a rock steady skate park. As a bonus, top professional and amateur skateboarders who live locally and skateboarders from all around the world tend to session this skatepark. This being the case, when you session this skatepark you will most likely get to witness some great skateboarding and have a chance to meet some of your hero’s.
The skatepark for the most part has a good vibe and has a solid mix of both street, transition, and vertical skateboarding. Highlights of the park include a remake of the Upland Pipeline Skate Park Combi-Bowl, an X-Games style vert ramp, a 2’ mini –ramp, a 5’ to 6’ mini-ramp with deathbox, a large tranny/street style skate plaza, a mini tranny/street style plaza, and an outdoor old school type skate area with large cement banks and a pyramid. The main complaint regarding this skate park is that the combi-bowl and ramps are often slippery. If you find this while you are there, then get the kids on skate patrol to mop up the terrain. Almost every time I am at this park I see the paramedics hauling someone off and I would almost guarantee that 50% of the injuries are due to the slippery skate surface!
Also, there have been rumors that the outdoor concrete area could be replaced with some new terrain. We will just have to wait and see.
Bottom Line – World class skate park which offers versatile skate terrain that challenges the best in the world and also helps to advance beginners and intermediate skateboarders to the next level – good times to be had – check it out for yourself - MH -
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| Links: | Official Site
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| Tele: | 714-769-3800 |
| Directions: | From the 55 and 22 interchange
22 West
Exit City Drive (Go North)
Skatepark is on the left hand side in the Block Shopping Center.
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