Uptown Whittier Skate Park — Attraction in Whittier

This is a well constructed skate park for the size space available. The transitions are even and the concrete is smooth. Most of the walls are 3 feet or less and without coping. There are a few street features (gateway rail, flat-down rail and 7 stair with a rail on one side and a flat-down box on the other) spread around the edges that have space for roll in, roll out tricks. The main feature is a mid-bowl. It's a 5 foot deep capsule with a foot higher extension on one end and a unique waterfall role-in flanked by foot high escalators on the other (see .gif of rock to fakie). The bowl has metal coping that's set at a medium height, not to prominent but you know it's there. Skaters of every skill level can enjoy this park but it's best for upper intermediate riders. Be careful of the "Helicopter Pods", seeds from a nearby tree that look like leafs but have a seed big enough stop you cold. There are many stories here of injuries...

there are fun little and I mean little obstacles here, but the layout is just so weird. There’s no run out from any of the obstacles you come off of one thing in your directly hitting something else. It’s very strange. Also there’s always tweakers everywhere. First time I was there, they were all camped out in the bowl and a bunch of them got arrested. There’s always shady...

I was Very excited about a skatepark being built in Whittier in middle school. Now, honestly, I forgot that it was even there until I saw this review...thingy. I would be pretty honest in saying that the skatepark is not bad at all. But it is...