The Mike Fann Community Skatepark is the perfect place to test your skateboarding and biking skills. This park was made possible through a major fundraising project and boasts a rad kidney bowl, along with a range of street and tranny obstacles. This park has everything you need, including hubbas, handrails, stairs, and flat bars. Very similar to skateparks in Arizona such as Snedigar Skate Park, this park has a lot of grinding ledges and rail ledges, or ledges that act as rails. All of the space is utilized really well and there’s something here for everyone.

The 10,000 square foot skate park located at the Surprise Farms Community in Surprise, Arizona is the perfect place to practice your skills. Featuring a mini ramp with and extension to create different levels of transition, and a 3 flat 2 stair set with skate rail and kinked ledge, this park has something for everyone. Also, make sure to check out the complex bank section, pole jam, flat bars, two – 3 stair sets with hubba ledge sections, a radial ledge, two – 5 stair sets with hubba ledges and skate rail sections, a split level A-frame with double skate rails, and a 2 stair set with a kinked ledge.

This skatepark is very “street plaza” in nature, with quite a few obstacles designed and executed to perfection. There is also a short “snake run” that propels skaters out of the obstacle area and back onto the takeoff platform. The Copper Sky Skate Plaza is a concrete skate plaza that will have you skating all day. There are plenty of skate parks in Arizona that offer very similar street plaza style skating, with Snedigar Skate Park, Freestone Skate Park and Cesar Chavez Park being three examples not featured in the article.

Desert West Skate Park is located inside of Desert Park West in Phoenix, Arizona. The park has received a refresh that included adding a bowl and a larger funbox in the center of the park. The improved funbox has multiple stair sets, steel ledges, angled walls and a Jersey barrier. The park is phoenix’s original skate plaza, contains usual street features with an urban landscape. The park also hosts an annual PHX skateboard contest for the skaters in the amateur to pro skill levels and features graffiti murals on a majority of the features in the park. This large street side-style skate plaza is large and spacious with plenty of room to practice your tricks. There is a shade structure to provide some relief from the sun. Park has lights for skating from sunset to past 10pm.

Superstition Shadows Park is a $1,400,000 outdoor concrete skatepark facility that opened its doors to the public on March 1, 2002. This skatepark is one of eight major capital facilities projects completed as part of the Capital Facilities Plan of Apache Junction and is one of many free skateparks in the Phoenix Metro area. Other skateparks in the area such as Freestone Skate Park offer a more vert and deep bowl experience, but Superstition Shadows Skatepark is just as enjoyable and provides locals with hours of free skateboard fun. The large street course on half of the skatepark is awesome! There are all sorts of banks and ledges and rails to try out your tricks. One of the longer rails drops down into the street area from the deck, so be sure to check it out. There’s also a big hip with a curved rail on top, and a ledge section with tiered ledges and a big ledge at the top. Get creative and have some fun! If you’re looking for a fun and challenging skatepark with plenty of transitions, Superstition Shadows Skatepark is the place for you.

Although the snakeruns aren’t as big as those at Gilbert, Chandler or Paradise Valley, they’re still a blast to skate and make up for it with good lines and smooth concrete. This is an excellent park for kids to learn on – admission is free, no pads are required and it’s unsupervised. If you’re looking to skate transition, the Superstition Shadows Skatepark has your fix. The bowled snake runs are filled with smooth concrete and topped with metal coping, making them great for learning new tricks. On the other side of the park is where you’ll find the street section. The street section is comprised of multiple sizes of ledges, rails, and hips, ranging from beginner to advanced. Some of these features offered at the park are very unique to other skate parks, in general, as you’ll see in multiple features such as the step-up on the manual pad with a ledge. Superstition Shadows Skatepark is home to some of the most grindable edges in the area. The metal coping and angle iron are perfect for keeping your grinds looking clean and chunky-free. Plus, the onsite restrooms and fully lit environment make it the perfect place to spend an evening skating.

The Chandler Skatepark has been a popular destination for skateboarders and in-line skaters since it opened to the public on March 24, 2000. This spacious, 35,000-square-foot facility is located at Snedigar Sportsplex and is designed for all skaters, no matter how skilled. SITE Design Group has created one of the best concrete skateparks in the country! This skatepark is a free and unsupervised facility for use by skateboarders and inline skaters. Amenities include concrete bowls, decks, blocks, and metal rails, as well as a ramada and playground adjacent to the skatepark. The facility is a skate at your own risk skatepark and is open to the public daily from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Lights are provided for night-time skate sessions.

Sedona Skatepark is one of the most popular spots for skateboarders in the city. It offers a variety of challenging obstacles for experienced riders, as well as a beginner-friendly zone for those just starting out. The park’s landscape that is also popular with BMX riders and rollerbladers while designed with skateboarders in mind, with plenty of rails, ledges, and quarter pipes. Sedona Skatepark is well-maintained with incredible views, ensuring that it is always in great condition for skating, located close to the city center and with plenty of other amenities nearby. SITE Design Group, Inc. was hired to work with the City of Sedona to help evaluate the feasibility of retrofitting their existing skate park to accommodate BMX bike use. It was concluded that since they had an existing skate park, it would be more cost effective to retrofit BMX protection throughout the entire skate park, which in turn saved the city money from designing and building a brand new BMX park. Now skateboards, rollerblades, scooters, and BMX bikes can all enjoy this facility together. The skatepark offers a variety of bowls ranging from the beginner bowl to the kidney bowl in the corner of the park. Sedona skatepark is one of the most popular spots for skateboarders in the city. It offers a variety of challenging obstacles for experienced riders, as well as a beginner-friendly zone for those just starting out. The park is also popular with BMX riders and rollerbladers.