House Skatepark-Austin





Street Course

This week on the tour I will be visiting Texas' second newest skatepark, House Park. House skatepark is located about thirty-five minutes from Northeast Metropolitan skatepark, and is worthy of a skate session if you are ever in the Austin area. It was designed by Canadian designer New Line Skateparks, and built by Prism Development and California Skateparks. The thirty-thousand square foot skatepark was voter approved and cost a mere 1.7 million dollars (1).


Handrails

Features

• Street course
• Mini-ramp
• Bowl



Half-Pipe

• Pro shop

Front of Spine-Bowl

Hours

5am-10pm

Park Description

Back of Spine-Bowl

House skatepark has a street course that flows better than most public skateparks, with two pyramid ledges pointing in each direction, some lengthy granite ledges, and plenty of transition it is a hard to not have fun skate House. It was surprising to see a regular mini-ramp at the skatepark, most public skateparks only have bowl ramps. House Park succeeds when it comes to creating a skateable bowl. The transition height, which ranges from six-to-ten feet, makes the ramp extremely skater friendly. If you happen to BMX, House is one of the few skateparks that allows bike use.

Rules

• The use of pads is suggested
• No graffiti or tagging



Ledges

• Use of alcohol or tobacco is prohibited

Additional Features

• Pro Shop
• Skate-able art
• Spectator area

Location

W. 15th St. and Lamar Blvd. Austin, TX

Art-Ramp

 

1. Leblanc, Pam. (2011, June 15) Austin's opens new 30,000--square-foot skatepark opens today. Statesman. Retrieved from http://www.statesman.com/news/local/austins-new-30-000-square-
foot-skate-park-1542495.html