The John Landes Skatepark — Attraction in Oceanside

I live on Annette Street east of John Landes Park since I was 4 1/2. I went too Casita, then Washington Middle School then Vista High for a year then newly opened up Rancho Buena Vista Highschool for 2 years and graduated early. I’ve moved across the country from ocean to ocean. Richmond, Va then Farmerville, LA then Liberal, KS then Tucson, AZ and worked as Executive Assistant to the first Elected female Mayor of Flagstaff, AZ first female Sarah Presler. Then moved back here. Rebuilt this house big time. I still go to JohnLandes Park. The Park, Casita and 7-11 are still here. Used to be forest south of the park and off of Emerald. All houses now and apartments. The old 78 went in front of the Stagecoach off of Vista Avenue. We still go to...

Strictly street here but only 4 obstacles of which are .1 a rectangle manual pad about 10 inches off the ground and About 8' long and 3'wide with coping.

2 a parking block that lays long ways

3 an 8' round rail with a slight slope

A bench style box with coping. Curved on one side and straight on the other. Flat concrete in the middle.

The park is rectangle with all 4 obstacles in the middle side by side from one side to the other all faced long ways. Great for beginners who like street riding that don't want to new at a busy park.

The other bad thing is that there is not sidewalk from parking lot to skatepark so you must walk through grass. Hopefully it's not wet grass when you...

I don't know why this is titled a "skate park". It has an enclosed cement area for skate boarding, but it also has a decent sized playground area and 2 baseball diamonds, as well as tennis courts and a basketball court. There are several picnic tables with charcoal grills, and a large field where they hold soccer games. This could be a very park, but people like to bring their dogs here and they don't pick up after them. There are always piles of feces all over the tennis courts and there are some groups of kids that seriously need some parental discipline! Other than that, its a...