Shred the Missoula Skatepark | Mobash Skatepark

The Missoula Skatepark in Montana is called Mobash Skatepark. It is a very large skatepark great for surfing the cement on a longboard – but also great for traditional boards! The Missoula Skatepark has a ton of great features, obstacles and walls. This in combination with the smooth transitions is sure to keep any skateboarder satisfied but still craving more!

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Find out more about the features that make the Missoula Skatepark stand out from other skateparks!

cruising a line at the Missoula Skatepark

First Impressions:
The Missoula Skatepark is very large with some super impressive and fun features. The large bowl has a very unique shape and this skatepark also features a full cradle.

Pros:
Great layout and design, huge bowl with a great roll in approach, good flow around the perimeter of the park with a mellow downhill feel, great ledges and street riding opportunities

Cons:
None! I can’t think of a negative for the Missoula Skatepark.

Know Before You Go:
The Mobash Skatepark is located inside of McCormick Park – which is a large park with baseball diamonds, a jungle gym, as well as a path along the river. There are bathrooms by the parking lot. Bring a helmet!

Directions:
The Mobash Skatepark in Missoula is located inside McCormick Park. The park is located in downtown Missoula at: 15 South Orange St, Missoula MT, 59801

Riders Thoughts: Missoula Skatepark

The Mobash Skatepark in Missoula Montana is a great skatepark for any style of riding. Upon arrival to this skatepark a boarders imagination can take off, seeing lines in any direction. The size of the cradle and the depth of the main bowl immediately excites and prepares a rider for speed. This is the first full cradle that I have ever encountered in a skatepark! So I was excited to give it a try and also to see someone more experienced going upside down.

The large bowl feels kind of like a snake bowl because the banked turns are smooth and all around, allowing a rider to continue a line for long periods of time. But the large bowl differs from a snake bowl because it does not limit your path in a certain direction. The width of the large bowl in the Missoula Skatepark allows a rider to make steep banked turns in a variety of directions. As a result, a rider can make continuous lines in practically any direction!

Because I ride a longboard, being able to roll in to a bowl makes a huge difference in being able to enjoy a skatepark. The large bowl has only one area to roll in, but the engineers behind this park put the roll in spot in a great location! The roll is right next to the cradle, which makes for a narrow approach to a steep roll in so it can be intimidating. At the time we visited the Missoula Skatepark, this was the largest and steepest roll in I had ever attempted.

The extremely smooth transition into the bowl made for a great experience. And the steep drop allowed me to instantly built up enough speed to cruise every banked turn in the entire bowl. Pumping through the transitions and banked turns allows a rider to maintain a high speed throughout the entire bowl. Some of the walls in the bowl extend up past the rim, providing additional height and boxes to the outside of the bowl.

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Along with the main large bowl the Mobash Skatepark also has an additional bean shaped bowl. This is a classic deep pool surrounded with coping on all sides.

The perimeter of the Missoula Skatepark is smooth and flows well in either direction. The skatepark is so large that the the street section seems seperated and below the large bowl.

One side of the skatepark has a cool angled brick wall that gives riders a place on the top of the park to start a downhill line. Close to this brick area there is an obstacle known as a “boob.” We first encountered this type of obstacle in a much smaller skatepark in Hawthorne Nevada. This “boob” obstacle is great because it is a smooth transitioned hill in the ground that really allows a rider to utilize its shape to pump and build up speed in any direction.

cruising over the boob at mobash skatepark in missoula

The street section of the large Mobash Skatepark is engineered very well because it is down hill in both direction. Riders can hit ledges and rails with enough speed coming from either direction. Because the large bowl is so deep, there is a large angled wall running the entire length of the street section.

This wall is great because it connects the top of the large bowl to the street section of the skatepark. It also provides riders with another great downhill in either direction. There are a stairs and ledges coming from the angled wall which give riders an opportunity for a long wall ride over obstacles.

The large size of this park, along with the depth and speed of the banked turns make this skatepark one of my favorites so far! The Missoula Skatepark in Montana has sparked me to think about making a top 10 skatepark article!

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