It’s called Montreal Plaza and it’s vastly different from a traditional skate park. Rather than ramps, quarter pipes and rails, it has the feel of a public square with granite ledges, steps and blocks.
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Why You Should Be Excited About The New Montreal Skate Plaza
With a budget of more than 2.7 million dollars, and Charles Deschamps and Dave Boots on the committee, you can be sure that the new Montreal Skate Plaza will be amazing. The plaza is also a great reminder that despite not having decent outdoor skateparks for years, we learned the hard way in the streets on Montreal’s granite ledge spots.
To highlight the street background of Montreal skateboarders, the new Montreal plaza will mostly consist of smooth granite ledges. The major difference being that you will never get kicked out of the plaza for skating its ledges!
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New Skatepark In Drummondville
This traditional skate plaza nestled along the Saint Francois River in Drummondville Quebec, integrates the best of an urban setting while respecting the natural surroundings. Paving stones add to the plaza aesthetic while a balance of transitions, rails, banks and ledges offer anything a rider might be looking for in their local skatepark. High contrast colour and metal work bring the space to life while the thoughtful landscaping and planters match those of the surrounding environment. To view more photos click here.
World’s first multi-story skatepark
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“The facility features a concrete bowl and separate pool, both of which have unique design features. The first floor features a large skatepark with a 700-square-meter area, and on the top floor, is a Flow Floor with a variety of obstacles designed for all climbing disciplines including speed walls and bouldering.” Click here to read the rest of the article. There are multiple multi-story skateparks around the world by the way.
Drummondville Skatepark
There is a new skatepark in Drummondville.
Lac-Mégantic Skatepark
The ASM is proud to have helped Lac-Mégantic move forward after the great tragedy they lived through. ASM designed and Papillon Skateparks built made for a great collaborative skatepark project. If you are not far away, go by the skatepark, have fun, and then spent a little bit of money in Lac-Mégantic to help their economy.
Colorado Skatepark Tour with Annie Guglia
“We joined Annie for a few days to show her running around and shredding some of Colorado’s best skateparks. Between the sessions and hanging with old friends, Annie and Alexis head off the grid to cook, camp, and breathe some of that quality Rocky Mountain fresh air. As we followed her journey and listened to her perspective, we slowly understood that this sixth sense is very much realistic if you remain passionate and inspired.” Click here to read the rest of the article.
Honoré-Mercier Skatepark Project
The Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough has been working since the winter of 2019 to create and skatepark in the Honoré-Mercier park, in collaboration with the Association Skateboard Montréal with a committee of locals skateboarders. To read the city’s write up (only in French) click here.
Multisensory Exerience
General interest announcement:
(closing of the lights and temporary partial closing of the Van Horne skatepark between Wednesday the 25th and Saturday the 28th)
Why?
The Mapp festival is organizing an interactive projection event that will take place at Skatepark on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th.
Three things to know:
1- The public is invited to participate in different ways from 18:30 on 27th and 28th
2- Some of the best skaters in Montreal will be present. It should be a good show!
3- The ASM is enthusiastic about all this but we have absolutely nothing to do with the design of the project. If it’s nice then all the credit goes to the mapp organization and their Moment Factory collaborator.