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Final Design Revealed for City of La Quinta’s X Park

When it opens in 2020, La Quinta’s X Park will arguably become the best municipal skatepark in the State of California. The 40,000 square foot facility will occupy the currently undeveloped corner of Dune Palms Road and Westward Ho Drive and welcome all wheels, including skateboards, bikes, scooters, skates and wheelchairs. After building the City a small skatepark at Fritz … FULL POST »

Final Design Revealed for Tustin Skatepark

The Tustin Skatepark is long overdue, but with Spohn Ranch’s skatepark design/build expertise shaping the process, the 12,000 square foot space will be worth the wait. The skatepark is a first for the City of Tustin, but not Spohn Ranch’s first project in Orange County, California. After hosting a public design workshop that provided key insights from the skateboard community, … FULL POST »

Spohn Ranch Gears Up to Build Grinnell Skatepark

After several years of grass roots fundraising, the Grinnell, Iowa Skatepark is officially scheduled to begin construction. Located in Bailey Park, just east of Des Moines, Grinnell’s new concrete skatepark will replace a modest collection of wood ramps built by local riders as a temporary skatepark solution. When the time came to move past a temporary set-up and hire a … FULL POST »

Ivins, Utah Skatepark Rolling With Design Workshop

Ivins City, Utah and Spohn Ranch have officially teamed up to build a concrete skatepark at Unity Park. Spohn Ranch was selected for the project in early 2019 via a nationwide search for skatepark designers and builders – likely due in part to our history of successful skatepark design/build projects across Utah. The project kicked-off with a community design workshop … FULL POST »

East Anaheim’s Logan Wells Memorial Skatepark Opens

On Saturday February 23rd, Spohn Ranch joined the Logan Wells Memorial Foundation, the City of Anaheim and several hundred of Logan’s family, friends and supporters to officially cut the ribbon on the Logan Wells Memorial Skatepark.  Despite unprecedented levels of rain throughout January-February, our veteran team of skatepark builders stayed on track with the aggressive construction schedule and finished just … FULL POST »

New Goleta Skatepark Set To Open March 30th

The highly anticipated Goleta Skatepark will officially open on Saturday, March 30th. The 5,000 square foot concrete skatepark was designed by Spohn Ranch in conjunction with input from local skateboarders – collected via a series of design workshops. The Goleta Skatepark is just one of several amenities at a 4-acre park in Goleta’s historic Old Town, officially named the Jonny … FULL POST »

Spohn Ranch & Anaheim Honor Life of Logan Wells

Every skatepark we build is special, but some projects mean just a little bit more. The Logan Wells Memorial Skatepark in Anaheim, California is one of those projects. After beloved Orange County skateboarder, Logan Wells’ life was tragically cut short in 2014 due to an automobile accident, his family created the Logan Wells Memorial Foundation and set the goal of … FULL POST »

PAGE, ARIZONA ADDS SKATEPARK TO ICONIC LANDSCAPE

The City of Page, Arizona’s 3 million annual visitors can soon add state-of-the-art concrete skatepark to their vacation itineraries. After being selected via a nationwide search for skatepark design/build firms, then executing a comprehensive design process, Spohn Ranch has officially begun construction on the Page Skatepark. Located in the northwest corner of John C. Page Memorial Park, the skatepark design … FULL POST »

Spohn Ranch Breaks Ground On New Castaic Skatepark

After several months of permitting and paperwork with the County of Los Angeles, Spohn Ranch’s design/build project at the Castaic Sports Complex is off to the races, with a target completion of December. The Castaic Skatepark will occupy a horseshoe pit area just north of the Sports Complex, right off Interstate 5 and about 10 miles north of Santa Clarita. … FULL POST »

Believe The Hype – Goleta Skatepark Coming to Life

Construction of Goleta, California’s first public skatepark is officially underway. Spohn Ranch was commissioned as skatepark designer by the City of Goleta in 2013, but after a successful design process, the larger park project was put on hold due to a property ownership issue. Thankfully the issue was eventually resolved and the project resumed in early 2018. The 4,500 square … FULL POST »