With the success of recent Kern County projects, including DiGiorgio Park in Arvin and Planz Park in southern Bakersfield, Spohn Ranch has developed a strong reputation among Bakersfield-area skateboarders. So when word got around that Spohn Ranch was designing and building a new skatepark in northern Bakersfield, anticipation quickly started growing.
Unexpected red tape at the State level put the project on pause for nearly two years, resulting in a near-daily barrage of social media inquiries from Bakersfield skateboarders. As of April, we’re happy to finally respond to those inquiries with good news and let everyone know that the North Beardsley Skatepark in Oildale is officially under construction.
Funded and managed by North of the River Recreation and Park District, the skatepark will occupy the site of a former swimming pool and is expected to be complete in late summer of 2018.
To learn more about the skatepark design, click here
Kelly Malobovich, ACI-certified shotcrete nozzleman and Spohn Ranch crew member since 2001, is leading skatepark construction with the passion, precision and organization our clients have come to expect. Spohn Ranch’s scope includes demolition, earthwork, drainage, concrete, shotcrete and steel fabrication.
Watch a 6 hour time-lapse of the bowl’s shallow end being poured.
Check out this link for future North Beardsley Skatepark updates and visit our social media for the day-to-day play-by-play:
