Vanderhoof Skatepark

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2023-12-22

The main attraction at Vanderhoof Skatepark is the huge bowl. It's a U-shaped bowl, and there's a big cradle at one end of the U. I had to look up what the cradle is called--I'd never seen one in person before. The bowl is probably a great place to come and make friends with like-minded bowl enthusiasts. Behind the bowl is a neglected street section. There's a 6-stair with a narrow down ledge. One third of the 6-stair has the bottom 4 stairs filled in like a bank. Another third has the bottom 5 stairs filled in. There's not much run-up, so I doubt you could use this like a euro gap. And there's a narrow flat ledge in between these 2 sections; it's about 4 feet off the ground and looks terrifying. There's a long two-level ledge. Opposite this is kind of a fun box with a bank on one side and a 3-stair and down ledge on the other side. And there's a parking block. This is probably a good place to practice flat-ground, because the street section was totally empty even though the bowl was busy when I was there.

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2024-10-15

As far as the bowl area goes, this park is top notch. Has held up surprisingly well considering it’s age. The bowl gets a 4.5 outta 5. You won’t find a cradle like that anywhere else in Ontario. At least not that I know of. Vanderhoof is also the site of an popular annual contest sponsored by Vans called “Hoedown at the Hoof.” The street section is a different story. It’s clear that the bowl is where all the money went into. A 6 stair with awkward hubba, long ledge, and loading dock type ramp/3 stair is all that the Hoof offers in the way of street obstacles. So unless you can tear up a large miniramp or full sized bowl, don’t even bother with this one.

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2020-10-08

Great tucked away sports area with basketball and a great skateboard park and small training area off to the side 4 skateboards and scootering practicing for beginners