Leeside Skatepark — Attraction in Vancouver

We heard a lot about this park and how we needed to check it out while we were visiting Vancouver for the summer. The park can be tricky to find if it’s your first time there. The park used to bean old viaduct via a tunnel which they converted in to a skate park in honour of a slain artist/passionate skater. Check this place out if you have the chance just for the artwork. RIP Lee Matasi

In a former transit tunnel under the Cassiar St. Connector at the intersection of East Hastings St and Highway 1 Directions: Go 1 block south from east Hastings on Windermere St. Turn east on E Pender St. Go to the dead end Turn left into the lane behind the Ecomm building. Leeside will be straignt ahead Limited parking in the laneway leading to Leeside On street parking on East Pender. Don’t park in the access to the commercial...

Amazing skate park, especially for bmx and mountain bikes. Im personally not a skater but have tried a guys board at this park and it felt a little bit rough trying tricks because of the ground cracks and little rocks but if you sweep first your golden! 5 stars for being amazing in every way, major celebrities have been here for filming shows (Lucifer on Netflix as an example s2 ep3) and the environment is absolutely amazing, not to mention the amount of different lines you can do on a bmx/mtb. Its a great spot to come in the rain especially for practice in the...

So I’ve been to many other skate parks and this one is decent because almost everything there is just quarter pipes and half pipes which can get boring kinda fast, but they do have a little box jump in the middle of the skate park which is nice to do and really smooth. Sometimes in the future I do come here because when it’s raining or when it’s wet, I come here because the skatepark is located in a tunnel under E Hastings st...