Hey all you skateboarders out there looking to get some information on the skatelife around your community! Check out our comprehensive guide here! We’ll be posting up information from a new region every week so keep checking up here for information about the skateboard world around your area! When we post information about your skate-zone, we want YOU to help us. This week –Kitchener/Waterloo is the third one up! Email us at info@evolveskate.com if you’ve got any information we should add into the directory!
SKATELIFE KITCHENER/WATERLOO
All the information you need regarding the freestyle skateboarding world in the Kitchener/Waterloo region.
Skatepark Directory and Reviews
The Aud – Kitchener Skatepark (Permanent Outdoor)
This skatepark boasts a wide-open space. It has a solid pyramid, however some of the features, like the quarter pipe and flat bars have received some negative online attention.
Hours: 9 am – Dusk
Cost: 0$
Supervised: No
Restrooms: Yes
Padding: Yes
Caters To: All
Features: Bowl, launch ramp, quaterpipe with rail, faltbars, pyramid, concrete pad, double
camel’s hump, ramp with grinding rail, horizontal grinding rail.
Address/Directions: 401 East Avenue
Take the 410
exit onto Highway 8
exit onto Ottawa Street
Left at the lights
Straight to Auditorium
Contact: 519-741-2529
We want to know, is this skatepark indoors or outdoors? Does this skatepark have lights? Do they require helmets? Let us know by emailing us at info@evolveskatecamp.com
Waterloo Park
The Waterloo Park is great for an afternoon skate – but don’t expect to stay past dusk. There is a tree in the middle of the park — because I bet you REALLY wanted to know, its an autumn blaze maple, which is mix of a red and a silver maple.
Hours: Dawn – Dusk
Lights: No
Restrooms: Yes
Concessions: Yes
Parking: Yes – Free in Bauer Lot 70.
Features:
ramps, stairs, vertical elements
Address/Directions:
100 Father David Bauer Dr.
Across from the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex
Accessible via the no.8 bus on Westmount Road, or the no.5 bus on Erb Street
McLennan Park (Permanent)
This Kitchener Skatepark is the newest park in the area.
Surface: Concrete
Supervised: No
Restrooms: Yes
Features: Streetcourse and Concrete Bowl
Address: 901 Ottawa St. South
Doon Skatium (Non-Permanent)
This is a mobile Skatepark in the Kitchener area which travels to different community centres by the week. Available for weekend rentals for community events.
Required Padding: Helmet and Padding Required
ProShop on Site: Loaner Skateboards and Helmets Available
Cost: 0$
Features: 9 ramps (incl. 5 foot quarter pipe, pipe ramp, 3 piece fly over box, two 2ft-kicker ramps, one grind box, 2 grind rails)
Contact: 519-741-2200 x7603
Fischer Park (Permanent/Outdoor)
Fischer Park in Kitchener is home to a new skatepark, its opening in summer of 2015. Get pumped!
Surface: Concrete
Features:
3’6” DROP-IN/TURNAROUND TRANSITION WITH HIP
WEDGE-TO-WEDGE WITH ROOFTOP LEDGE AND RAIL
BUMP TO MANUAL PAD FEATURE
BOWL FEATURE WITH 6 AND 9 FOOT DEPTH
6 STAIR SET WITH HUBBA LEDGE AND HANDRAIL
SLAPPY BANK WITH INSET LEDGE
WEDGE-TO-WEDGE WITH GA
LEDGE MANUAL PAD COMPLEX
ANGLED MANUAL PAD FEATURE
FLATBAR FEATURE WITH FLAT GAP
4’ CANTILEVERED BANK/TURNAROUND FEATURE
More info here: http://www.kitchener.ca/en/livinginkitchener/resources/fischer_park_-_final_concept_model.pdf
Address: Hallman Road and Queens Boulevard
Send us an email at info@evolveskatecamp.com for any updates to this info. We need your pictures too!
Skateboarding Stores and Reviews Kitchener/Waterloo:
Sanction Skate and Snow
This Canadian-Owned Skateboard and Snowboard Shop has three locations: Toronto, Thornhill, and Waterloo. The team is made up of skaters and riders dedicated to offering you the best service and selection possible. Check out their website at www.sanctionsnow.com
Address: 95 King St. South, Waterloo
Contact: 519 886 0711
Axes 33
Located in Cambridge, Ontario, Axes 33 is worth the drive. Check out their Website here http://axess33.ca/
Online Forums:
Where do you all congregate online? We want to know! Help us out and send up an email!
Hidden Skate Spots:
Now this is key! Shoot us an email and fill us in so we can help other skaters of the area practise their skills!
If you have any information regarding the skatelife in the Kitchener/Waterloo Region please
email us at info@evolveskatecamp.com
