Arvada Skatepark Near Denver, CO - The Lost Longboarder

The Arvada Skatepark is an amazing skatepark located in the city of Arvada near Denver, Colorado. This skatepark is built and designed by Team Pain Skatepark and it is huge! The Arvada Skatepark is the third largest skatepark in the country encompassing an incredible 40,000+ square feet. And the size and variety of obstacles are straight from a skaters dream. Read on to learn more about the multi level snake run, bowls and diversity of vert and street obstacles!

diversity of street and vert obstacles at arvada skatepark

First Impression of the Arvada Skatepark

This skatepark is huge! And there are so many different features of every size and shape here.

Pros:
Everything about the Arvada Skatepark is a plus – the amount of space, diversity of features and of course the snake run!

Cons:
It can get crowded. The amount of traffic and the abilities of other athletes may be intimidating to new riders.

Directions:
Click here to get directions to the Arvada Skatepark.

Know Before You Go:
Arvada Skatepark is open from sunrise – 10pm. There are lights for night riding but they do shut off at 10pm. BMX is allowed but no metal pegs. Bathrooms are available.

entrance to the arvada skatepark with lights and a roof for shade

Riders Thoughts:

The Arvada Skatepark is an amazing skatepark because it provides an exceptional skating environment for riders of any skill level and any riding style. When you get to the skatepark you’ll find the rule signs and a welcoming area with a roof for shade and some benches. Upon walking into the skatepark riders will find a huge skatepark with obstacles in every direction. There is an excellent combination of vert and street style features all throughout the skatepark.

large open street style plaza with various obstacles throughout

The large, open street section is hard to miss with an amazing diversity of obstacles. And you’ll find banked turns and vert walls all over and there’s even a bridge built into the layout. There is so much vert that you can’t even see yet! Needless to say, the Arvada Skatepark is great for longboarding in a skatepark.

wall ride on a longboard at the arvada skatepark

The open layout of the Arvada Skatepark street section is great. All of the open space gives riders a chance to cruise around and explore the skatepark. The smooth transitions down the ramps and around the banked turns are a lot of fun when riding a longboard in the street section. There are many different sizes and shapes of boxes, rails, ramps, and a number of unique obstacles located all around the park. There are also a number of stair sets, and a variety of riding
surfaces around the Arvada skatepark.

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This skatepark offers a lot of great obstacles for street riders, but offers just as much opportunity for vert riders as well. Riders will find a number of stand alone bowls around the park. One of these bowls is a large square bowl about 6 feet deep with rounded banked turns and a strategically placed rounded hump in the middle of it. This hump is a great feature because it really allows riders to build and maintain speed throughout their entire run in the bowl. This bowl has a variety of wall heights and is fully lined in coping.

large square shaped bowl with a hump feature in the middle at the arvada skatepark

My favorite part of the Arvada Skatepark is the large scale snake run and the vert section in the back of the park. This section is great for longboarding in a skatepark because of the huge vert walls and smooth transitions in every direction. Here, riders can easily build up a lot of speed and get high on the tall vert walls. Riders can easily maintain a high speed while pumping through a variety of banked turns.

multi level snake run with varying wall heights

The wall and the bridge at the Arvada Skatepark separates the street and vert sections of the park. The two areas are connected through a tunnel under the bridge. Atop the bridge serves as a starting point for many riders into the vert section. This is where riders can often find a line of people waiting their turn to drop into the snake bowl. This area is also where you’ll find BMX bikes going fast and jumping high into the air.

smooth rounded bridge feature at the arvada skatepark

More About the Layout

The smooth transitions into large snake bowl area are great for longboarding in a skatepark because there are so many of them in a variety of sizes. These are great for starting small and slowly building the confidence and skills it takes to roll into the steep and tall sections.

longboarding the steep and high vert at arvada skatepark

There are a few other stand alone bowls at the Arvada Skatepark. One of them is a large bean shaped bowl fully lined in coping. The other large bowl has a pretty unique square and oval shape. This large bowl has both metal and cement style coping and one side of the bowl is deeper than the other.

stand alone bowl lined in coping at arvada skatepark

Advanced riders will love everything about the Arvada Skatepark. Street riders have more obstacles than they can count! Vert riders have plenty of bowls, tall walls and banked turns. And longboarders have plenty of room to cruise between the smooth transitions in every direction.

The Arvada Skatepark is a great and well known skatepark in the Denver area therefore it is often very busy. When we visited there were a ton of people everywhere – skateboards, scooters, and BMX bikes. During busy times, the amount of athletes and traffic can be intimidating to new or unconfident riders. If it is not crowded then this is a great skatepark for athletes of any age and any skill level because there is such a variety of obstacles.

street obstacles including ramps, rails, stairs and ledges

In addition to the many large features, there are also plenty of small to medium sized obstacles and ramps all over the park. And the range of obstacle sizes is great for riders to learn on and slowly build and improve their skills.

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