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Park: Palm Springs
County: Riverside
Tranny Rating: 4
Street Rating: 3
Pricing: Pay Park
Has Lights: Yes
Synopsis: Killer Left-Hand Kidney, Huge Combi-Bowl/Snake Run, Great Flow Section and Street/Reservoir Section. Definitely worth the road trip. During the summer the temp in Palm Springs is in the 100s so skate early or later in the evening to avoid the heat.
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Park: Encinitas
County: San Diego
Tranny Rating: 4.0
Street Rating: 3.0
Pricing: Pay Park
Has Lights: Friday Nights
Synopsis: The Encinitas Skatepark features the 2003 X-Games Vert Ramp, an 11' left hand kidney pool, a combination bowl with tile and coping, and a huge street style wood skatepark. Road trip worthy for sure! A must skate if you want to skate the premiere vert skatepark in SoCal. |
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Park: Glendale Skatepark
County: Los Angeles
Tranny Rating: 4.0
Street Rating: 2.0
Pricing: Free
Has Lights: Yes
Synopsis: The Glendale Verdugo Skatepark is relatively small at 15,000 sq ft but packs a mean punch. The skatepark features a right-hand kidney pool, a combination bowl, and a killer snake run with an oververt clamshell. To date the Glendale Skatepark is the best skatepark in LA County. Go Get Some!
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Park: Memorial Skatepark
County: San Diego
Tranny Rating: 3.5
Street Rating: 3.0
Pricing: Pay Park
Has Lights: No
Synopsis: The Memorial Skatepark in San Diego features a killer 10' keyhole pool, a huge snakerun, beginner run, and a huge street/flow area. A great all around skatepark and one to add to your list of must session skateparks. |
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Park: Lake Forest
County: Orange
Tranny Rating: 3.5
Street Rating: 4
Pricing: Free
Has Lights: No
Synopsis: The Etnies Skatepark in Lake Forest has it all. The skatepark features a skate plaza, street section, flow area, combination bowl, and a skatepark pool with tile and coping. Weekend sessions are usually heavy while weekday sessions while school is out are usually quite mellow.
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Park: Laguna Niguel
County: Orange
Tranny Rating: 3.5
Street Rating: 3.5
Pricing: Pay Park
Has Lights: Yes
Synopsis: Great overall skatepark that features hybrid street mellow tranny sections with good flow, a mini snake run, and a clover style combination bowl. The staff is cool and the overall vibe at the skatepark is great.
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Park: Chino
County: Riverside
Tranny Rating: 4
Street Rating: 3
Pricing: Free
Has Lights: Yes
Synopsis: Features of the skatepark include a 3 leaf clover bowl with tile and pool coping, a 9' square bowl, a huge endless flow section with banks and bowls ranging from 4' to 7', and a decent banked street section. This is one of those skateparks you will want to skate again and again. The skatepark is layed out well and the lines are endless.
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Park: Clairemont
County: San Diego
Tranny Rating: 4
Street Rating: 3
Pricing: Pay Park
Has Lights: No
Synopsis: The Clairemont skatepark features a pool that to many is the best skatepark pool built in SoCal since the many great pools that were available to skate in the late 70's and early 80's. The skatepark also has 40,000 sq feet of ramps and an X-Games style vert ramp.
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Park: Fontana
County: San Bernadino
Tranny Rating: 4
Street Rating: 4
Pricing: Free
Has Lights: Yes
Synopsis: This is a truly great skatepark. Not much to complain about on this one except the location. It's not too far from Upland though, so you can hit both pretty easily. This is a must hit for any California skater. It has lots of street action, intermediate bowls/banks, and a 3-bowl clover with a 8-9 foot round vert bowl.
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Park: Simi Valley Skatelab
County: Ventura
Tranny Rating: 4
Street Rating: 3
Pricing: Pay Park
Has Lights: Yes - Indoors
Synopsis: Todd Huber over at Skatelab has put together a great wooden indoor skatepark. The skatepark features a great bowl, lots of tranny sections, and some really cool street terrain. The skatepark also features one of the most comprehensive skateboard museums on the planet. Go check it out.
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Park: Orange Vans
County: Orange
Tranny Rating: 4
Street Rating: 4
Pricing: Pay Park
Has Lights: Yes - Indoors
Synopsis: This Skatepark has a solid mix of both street, and transition terrain. Highlights 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, and a mini tranny/street style plaza.
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Park: Upland
County: San Bernadino
Tranny Rating: 4
Street Rating: 2
Pricing: Free
Has Lights: Yes
Synopsis: Modeled after the Upland skatepark of the 1970's, the fullpipe run starts in a mini-ramp style take-off point, drops you into a large half-pipe with metal coping, into a 20 foot fullpipe and dumps you into a large vert bowl. There is a lot of speed here. This run is not for beginners. There is a street area also with some nice mellow banks.
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Park: Poway
County: San Diego
Tranny Rating: 4
Street Rating: 2
Pricing: Free
Has Lights: Yes
Synopsis: The Poway Skatepark offers some great flow and transition skateboarding. Features of the park include a really fun reservoir section and a snake run leading into a 6' square bowl with a 6' wide 3' extension. For those who hit the hips, the snake run will offer you a great time and it even has a channel to blast over.
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