Bowness Skatepark — Attraction in Calgary

Overall not a bad skatepark. It is small. Has a good mellow street section, with solid obstacles. However if there is more then 5 people skating that section. It can feel cramped at times because of how small and skinny it is. As for the bowl section i find it does have a bit of an awkward layout and flow, but if your an intermediate skater you can make it work. If your in the area or close by, It's not a bad park to visit. But if you want a quiet sesh at the park. I recommend going in the morning or try plan out a good time to show up. Because after school hours can get busy! Also I find the park can sometimes turn into one of those spots where groups of kids, teenagers, sometimes even vagrants, will just go there to smoke cigarettes, drink etc, and not even bring a skate or use the park for it's intended purpose. Not often but does happen! So just pick your times wisely on when to go if you don't wanna deal with that...

Mediocre park. A few smaller street obstacles good for upper beginner to intermediate. Not too bad cement. Weird flow to the ramp section. Lots of black clad high schoolers hanging out all day as the high school is right there. It's a hangout place. Worth a roll, but not much more. Would be ok if this was...

My 6 year old scooters and skates here. We've been many times and the pre-teens/teenagers have been very respectful. The adults are another story. My son says that they are"sorta mean". There is also a playground here for when they get tired of...