Before designing the Milwaukee-area’s first modern skate plaza, our work for the City of West Allis involved a thorough site selection process where we analyzed locations throughout the community – examining accessibility, environmental impact and design canvas. When Radtke Park was selected, we pursued a green approach by working around trees and contouring the skateable terrain to the site’s natural … FULL POST
Our latest Los Angeles skatepark build, in the Watts neighborhood, is charging ahead as the construction crew wraps up concrete work this week. The 6,000 square foot skatepark is a collaboration with EPT Design and the Trust for Public Land and is expected to wrap construction in the coming weeks. The skatepark is just one component of a larger revitalization … FULL POST
Spohn Ranch’s latest Kentucky design/build project is a wrap at Chautauqua Park in Owensboro. The City and the skateboarding community celebrated with a grand opening celebration in late June. The park is now open for shredding! Images captured with the Phantom 2 from DJI, the leading drone/camera system on the market!
The face lift at Peak Park Skatepark in Buena Park, California is a wrap! The City selected Spohn Ranch as the only skatepark designer and builder with the tools and ingenuity to modernize their 10-year old facility. We replaced the deteriorating wood ramps with new concrete terrain seamlessly integrated into the existing slab. Since construction wrapped, skateboarders and BMX bike riders from throughout Orange … FULL POST
With a Memorial Day targeted grand opening, the crew is blazing through the skatepark build at Planz Park in Bakersfield, California. The earthwork is now substantially complete – with the cut & fill balanced, elevations shaped and the bowl excavated. After framing and rebar, our ACI-certified shotcrete nozzleman Mark Bradford placed concrete in the bowl and led the crew in … FULL POST
The final concrete pours in Bend, Oregon are going down this week as the Spohn Ranch crew races against mother nature and the cold temps that are creeping in. The crew is also hard at work installing locally-salvaged boulders that will give skaters a unique riding experience as they transition between concrete and natural stone.
We recently collaborated with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to transform a flat strip of asphalt at the Martinez Playground in Brooklyn into a neighborhood skate spot. Making the most of a limited budget, a once under-utilized space is now home to a number of sculptural skate elements and has become a thriving destination for New … FULL POST
As 2011 winds to a close, we wanted to share a few of our favorite municipal projects from the past year. While the special event work we do is insanely fun, there is literally no better feeling than watching a community and a brotherhood form around a permanent structure that you created. Many of our projects that came to fruition … FULL POST
