Alliance Skatepark at Grand Prairie — Attraction in Grand Prairie

Came down for the weekend and the start of spring break. I have 2 boys 11&14. Both scooter riders. Very excited for the foam pit and big ramps. We spent half day Saturday and all day Sunday at park. Mix of scooter riders skateboarders and box riders at the park. As a parent I am glad they have a helmet rule for all riders posted all ove the park. My oldest wants to ride without a helmet and took his off several times only for me to remind him of the rules and safety. He made a very interesting observation that many riders were not wearing helmets and nothing was said. As his parent I have to remind him I’m not theirs. But it certainly makes it hard to argue when we see other kids not following the rules. Well finally towards the end of the day my son gets reprimanded by one of the employees to put his helmet on its the rules or he will be asked to leave. I was fine with that but I made the comment that they do a poor job of enforcing the rule. Clearly the employee was aggravated that I questioned their lack of consistency. This is what made the issue enough of a red flag for me to come here and write a review. The employee told me that skaters aren’t required because they have their hands free and can stop a fall. Well that’s absolute BS and further more there is nothing anywhere posted that skaters are exempt. Pretty weak argument and not only that creates unnnessary confusion for all riders st the park. I would say that for the majority of the day there were just as many scooter riders as skaters. Maybe more. And I saw far more skaters crashing than scoot kids. Anyway the signage needs to be changed throughout the park. On another note with the sport of scootering getting more popular and lots of younger kids riding. Maybe sell some parts? Nothing but skater stuff in the pro shop. Just a suggestion from a parent willing to spend money...

I let my son go to the lock-in held at Alliance the other night, and I am appalled at how inappropriately it was run. I stayed in the parking lot for a bit talking to a girlfriend of mine after I dropped my son off, and before I left, I went into the park to use the restroom. When I got out of my car, I could hear vulgar, extremely loud, rap music playing over the speakers throughout the park. There were children everywhere, and the music was very inappropriate to be playing while they were there. I went inside the shop to see if I could find someone that worked there to talk to about changing it, but it was very busy, so I asked a young man in the shop who was in charge, and he pointed to a skinny little guy that was behind the counter cussing and carrying on with a group of boys. As soon as I tried to go speak with him, he went into the back of the shop. I asked the young man I had asked earlier if there was anyone else working, and he pointed me towards a gentleman out in the park whose name was Coit I believe. I spoke with him and asked him if they could change the music, and he told me that he worked there but wasn't actually on the clock, he was just there skating, but he would do his best to get his manager to change it and that he had already been trying to get it changed. He was very understanding and nice about it. His manager, who I'm guessing was the skinny guy with little man syndrome that was goofing off inside the shop, seems like he shouldn't be the one in charge. Who in their right mind plays vulgar, nasty, rap music super loud where a bunch of children are? Besides that, my son had a lot of fun. It's a good skatepark, something just needs to be done about the skinny douchebag...

I visited the Alliance Skatepark for the first time a few nights ago for a skateboarding lesson. I went to the pro shop and talked to the guys working inside, and they could not have been more welcoming. There was no judgement from them towards me, the old guy, who wants to skate. Quite to the contrary, they were ecouraging and welcoming to me. I took my lesson from Allen, who was great at explainng things to me. He was encouraging and offered immediate feedback and instruction. I came in with a list of about 5-6 things I wanted to work on, but we spent a lot of time working on ollies, dropping in and riding roll to fakie in the bowl. Allen was an awesome instructor and was encouraging and offered feedback immediately. His positive teaching approach left me wanting to come back for another lesson. I will work on the skills he taught me and go back for more instruction. Great skate park and better people...