Public Skate Park

Someone playing on the fun box A nice picture - taken from http://www.davistour.com

Web Page

http://cityofdavis.org/pgs/facility/skatepark.cfm

The public skate park was constructed in 1993. It used to have a locked gate around it to keep kids from skating when it was "closed" (they previously had some civil servant supervising the place) but kids continuously broke through the fence to skate at night. Now they just leave it open all the time; at night the lights are on a timer that may be reset with a buzzer that goes off a few minutes before the lights. Good place to go if you're in the mood for ditching classes at Davis Senior High School. Not that I would know...

Someone came by recently and painted checkers all around the bottom of the lip surfaces on the entire park. Looks pretty neat - I'd like to see some graffiti art too but no way Davis City is going to allow that. Watch out for debris at the park after it rains or if it's windy, or really pretty much all the time. The city can be flaky about blowing the sticks and plant debris off. To be safe, if you think it might be dirty, a towel and a shovel go a long way and help rack up karma points. Helmets are not usually needed, even if a cop comes by (usually to ask you questions about some high school skater that did something) but on days where it's a public festival in the park the DPD hands out $80 helmet violation citations like they're going out of style. P.S. - Watch out for bikers, they can take over the park if you're not looking.

When the park was first opened (or, at least as early as 1994) there was an open art policy in the park. As long as you didn't spraypaint anything offensive you could do what you wanted (this didn't last long, however). It was a lot of fun to skate the park when you had a sea of colors. - ScottBiggart

Coolest thing ever though is when It rains really really hard for a few days, and then, after it stops, sometimes the drains clog, and the whole thing is flooded.. fun to try and bike in.. Oh wow.. after i wrote that, i realized how dumb it sounds, oh well, its davis, and theres not much to do..

crater box and rail culvert pool and damaged admin shack

Also see Parks for info on other local parks

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2008-03-22 14:28:08   Stupid fun box, I broke a permanent tooth in half when I was young going down it backwards on some rollerblades —StevenDaubert

2008-03-27 16:36:19   This place is horrible. Please Davis, build a new park. —GabeDavis