New Wilsonville Skatepark — Attraction in Wilsonville

Here is the issue: Any new skatepark should be an improvement over other skateparks that have been previously built. This is not. The paramedics will be frequenting this place often due the the poor set-up. The obstacle/ bank placements and transitions are ALL WRONG. The cascading street area is a mess in regard to flow and slope. Yet as with many parks in the area somehow the bowl section is almost perfect. The street area is dangerous at best with a few people skating and definitely hazardous if there are more than 10 people skating. The placement of a stair set, ledge, and handrail that spills riders right into the path of a speed line for the pyramid hip is irresponsible and will lead to bad collisions. The obstacles are placed at points of velocity or returns from other features such as the ledge and manual pad combo at the bottom flat area of a large 1/4 pipe. You stand around to skate a ledge and learn you don't use a 5 foot quarter-pipe to set up your ledge/ manual pad tricks. Using the quarter as a just kick turn for the ledge is a waste of space and gets in the way of other skaters coming down the sloped run with no other place to divert their line. A big slant bank or tri-face hip with a large deck on top would have been a better choice. There needs to be a serious retrospect and oversight by qualified skateboarders for the way these parks are being built and then managed to plans during construction. It is likely this is a contract builder and design translation issue but the "pyramid hip" is virtually un-skatable unless you are a very experienced skateboarder. If you were a kid trying to learn on that you are likely to break a bone since the transition is like a launch ramp more than a proper banked hip. I have skated many skateparks in Oregon and California. Why can't Oregon build parks as good as other places? Capitola, CA has a new park that is about the same foot print as this yet in my opinion is a million times better in regard to flow and obstacle choices. It also has much simpler elevations which another issue this park suffers from- you cant really go back up since you are pushing against a sloped grade. This saps your speed returning up to the bowl area and creates a disadvantage if you want skate certain obstacles or are goofy foot...

I don't know what skatepark construction company successfully won the bid for this park but my goodness is it a horrible mess. It's like a terrible Southern California park from the 90's, complete with an insanely steep rail, ledges that are like 3" high yet drop off like 3 feet, and just all sorts of weird stuff like the V-shaped ledge in the back that is quite literally unskateable. As the previous reviewer said, I don't know why Oregon can't build anything like the parks in California or even Washington and BC. Whoever won this bid clearly doesn't skate and this place is just an egregious waste of funds. I'm giving it two stars because there are like, 2 ledges that are kind of fun. I seriously can't fathom how this thing got...

Everything is great about this little park, I would compare it on par to Tualatin on skill level required. Definitely a course for both beginners and advanced riders. It doesn't seem to get that busy most days. I will say on the main vertical ramp they have these metal bars about 12 inches away from the ramp and you could easily get a foot stuck in there and snap you leg, break your back / neck it is REALLY sketch I don't know how they did not think of that when installing those rails. I'll try to take a picture and send it to the park's email and hopefully we can get them removed or filled...