SOCALSKATEPARKS.COM - Who Are We

SoCalSkateParks.com International Headquarters
Mission Viejo, CA

Mike Hirsch: Skateboarder, Webmaster, Photographer, and Content Manager/Developer of SoCalSkateParks.com and SoCalSkateShop.com.

Main Contributing Photographers: George from Bowlrider.com, Evan Hortter, Eddie Hadvina, and NAKA from SK8SESSION.com.

Additional Photo Credits: Joe Runkle, Lester Kasai, Amish Ed, MRZ, Ted Terrebbone, Jim Goodrich, Jon Yunker, John Warren, Electric Bill Hensley, Greg Hall from wheelbyte.com, and many other countless individuals who have submitted photos to help keep the site alive and up to date.

History of SoCalSkateParks.com

SoCalSkateParks.com was conceptualized by Mike Hirsch and Danny Colburn in 2002. The goal of the site is to promote skateboarding, but to specifically concentrate on the Skateparks and Skateboarding in Southern California.

Mike at Big O 1979

Mike at Fontana 2003

Danny and I grew up in Anaheim California and have been friends and skateboarders since around 1973. Our friendship and skateboarding enthusiasm has been closely intertwined over the past 30 years in that we would both fall in and out of friendship and skateboarding at almost the same time.

Danny at Big O 1979

Danny at Upland 2002

Our history together as friends has been quite an adventure and somehow over the past 30 years our paths seem to cross and our friendship seems to evolve. We started out as cross-town skateboard rivals in 1974 by trying to out skate each other before our little league games and over time we evolved as skateboarders and friends.

I am sure that there is at least a handful of you reading this that know who we are but for those we do not know, hopefully we will get to meet you sometime and session with you at one of the parks. You will most likely find us on the transition.

- MH -

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Skateparks are becoming more common as Skateboarding grows as a sport in Southern California. A Skatepark Directory such as SoCal Skateparks can help you to find the best Skateboard Parks in Southern California. We have put this Skatepark Directory together so that skateboarders in Southern California can find skateboard parks easier. Skateparks are important to the foundation of skateboarding. In order for skateparks to remain vibrant in SoCal we have to do our best to make sure that the skateparks that are built here are going to be skateparks that our children will want to skate 20 years from now. We want this to be your first choice skatepark directory and hope that all of the skateparks listed here will help you to find your way.