The new Windale Skatepark in Lake Macquarie, NSW, is something. The concrete park features smooth concrete, a selection of transitions and street features with an open-flow design.
There is an open bowl with hips, humps, curves and the familiar steel coping that we love to skate. There is also a reasonably sized street section with a selection of intermediate-sized obstacles.
Although Windale Skatepark is one of the most recent skate facilities to be constructed in Lake Macquarie, it is deteriorating quicker than most due to the lack of respect from the locals. The park gets a lot of riffraff, as displayed in the pics, with motorbike tyre marks over the entire park and a fire pit in the middle of the bowl. It is a shame to see such a beautiful concrete masterpiece being disrespected. Most skaters would love to call this skatepark their local, and we suspect it’s not the skaters, scooter rollers or BMX riders that disrespect the facility but a minority of youths.
Kingscliff Skatepark
Blink, and you will miss it. The not-so-famous Kingscliff Skatepark can be found in the Northern Rivers on Faulks Park Kingscliff. The small street-orientated skatepark features a single flat rail and another isolated ledge. The concrete surface is rough, and the...
Cardiff Skate Park
Located in Wilkinson Park is the ageing pre-fab skate facility that we refer to as Cardiff Skate Park. The skate park is showing its age with rough cracking concrete and the standard pre-fab features you would expect from a two-star skate park. The small park has...
Holmesville Skatepark
Holmesville Skatepark was constructed in the early 2000s and was ahead of its time by way of modern design when it was originally opened to the public to skate. Holmesville Skatepark is a half an hour's drive directly inland from Newcastle in NSW. The skatepark is...
