Oak Cliff Is Getting a New Skateboard Park: See the Demo Photos

North Texas has some of the greatest skate spots ever. Just cruise downtown and you'll fine lines for days, (though we're not liable for you getting kicked out). As far as actual concrete-made, designated parks in Dallas, though? There really isn't much. There's the big, painted-by-Drigo 4DWN skatepark on Ferris Street, but you mostly have to travel to Lewisville, Frisco, McKinney, Roanoke, Arlington and other suburbs to get to big parks. Enter Skateparks For Dallas, a nonprofit organization that works with cities, skaters and park services to build public skateparks. On Saturday, April 15, an event at Camp Bishop in Oak Cliff showed attendees the numbers, plans and funds raised already for an amazing skatepark, scheduled for 2024.

As soon as you walked in, you were greeted by the renderings of the park, the goal marker, then an email sign-up list to keep up with funding updates and city meetings where you can voice your opinions and ideas for the park itself. Down the line, you got waivers if you decided to skate the 4-foot mini ramp, and the option to buy a sick shirt in support of the park for $30. There were a few vendors including Guapo Skateshop, Magnolia Skateshop, Bleach Skateware plus vintage skatewear, a DJ dishing out the tunes, and pizza. That's right: skating, pizza and tunes while learning about and helping with the development of the newest skatepark in Oak Cliff. It was a perfect Texas spring day.