Thomas J. Slocum Memorial Skatepark — Attraction in Thornton

Just leaving this review to let people know that this park is currently just a dirt pile, I skated there yesterday and the whole thing is gone/under construction. But it does look like they are hopefully just building a better one! This is my usual spot because it’s so close to me. The actual park wasn’t super great just based on flow; the skate setup was a little weird. BUT, there is a really nice outdoor ice skating rink right next to it that’s nice to roller skate in if you are looking for smooth concrete to...

The skatepark has relatively smooth concrete. The ramps are all faced into the center direction of the park, making collisions very practical if there are children running in random direction, and other's having a session. There are stairs and hand rails to skate, but they're poorly placed and face into each other so there's nowhere to roll away (except into the opposing stair case). I wouldn't recommend coming to this park to anyone who lives more than 20...

Skatepark is meh. Transition is slightly too steep for the height, snakerun mini ramp is too tight, pool is a waste of space, but there are a few nice rails although most of them are too advanced for most skaters. Lots of small things that make it overall annoying to skate. Supposedly team Payne knows what they are doing and a lot of money was put into this park. Slightly missed...