Respect the park and your elders!

Keith Meek photo by Scott Foss (Bones Brigade) Skaters are checking the park on a regular basis for non skater out of towners that do illegal acts at the park. Please go on the levee and do it let the kids and parents enjoy the park. It is a skate park.

Helmets guys please

Sorry to read about this skater but Please! wear helmets folks.

Allysha Bergado and Lizzie Armanto skating the park after their Thrasher Magazine shoot in San Francisco

Allysha Bergado


Lizzie Armanto


Allysha Bergado and Lizzie Armanto two of the best vert skateboarders in the world. They are as sweet as they are rippers.


Group shot with my kids and Joe Fong and his son. Joe and I skated back in the 70's together. Oldschool as we call it. We still skate together. I skate Lake Cunningham better than the Santa Cruz park.


I went to the Combi Pool Party to watch these women rip. My little video clip.

Flickr Santa Cruz Slide Show how it was built 2007

Can't believe it has almost been 4 years since the park opened. I'm glad people have been respectful of the wave graphic.



Santa Cruz Skate Park link to flickr slide show

A little sneak peak back at some of the skateboard parks we had to ride back in the day.

Google Maps location on street view

Except for the tree it is a pretty good view.


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Go Skateboarding Day Indy footage Santa Cruz

Go Skateboarding Day June 21 free swag!

Monday all day!



Wear a helmet.

Girl Ripping the park May 8, 2010

Guys when you see a girl ripping. Don't forget to tell her so. Don't wait 20 years and say something cause she probably would of ripped even harder if someone acknowledged that she was ripping at all. Believe me I know.

Photo Shoot at the Santa Cruz Skatepark 1-26

Photo shoot at the Santa Cruz Skate Park by Lucia Griggi. Ben Marcus is working on a skateboard history book and after shooting at NHS with Jason Jessie, Jeff Kendall, Bob Denike, Richard Novak, Doug Haut, Tim Piumarta, and David Freil. The group headed to the skate park for a quick shoot before the sun went down. Zach who's father is named after the park and the park builder was photographed for the book. Zach a big wave rider on stand by for Mavericks.

Santa Cruz Skatepark Saturday Dec. 5 session

My friends son Taj was ripping. These guys were stoked watching. Skateboarding is cool cause it brings all kinds together with one thing in common. The love of skating. They headed out on there longboards and rode away with smiles.

April 16, 2009

Love how the wave turned out and check it out when I can. Need to get a session in soon.

Before it opened tile man Dave

David Gardner has been an active and dedicated skateboarder and surfer, up and down the coast of California, but mostly here in Santa Cruz for nearly 30 years. Dave proposes to stamp concrete textures (in the form of waves and/or faces) around the lip of the two skate bowls. Along with adding dynamic colors and forms to the surface of the park, this proposal also serves functional and aesthetic needs of the skaters, as it provides visual and auditory cues to their movements without compromising the skating texture of the bowls. Feb. 3, 2007 He is seen here making sure the tiles have just the right sound before staining them. One of the best reasons to do a public art project at a skatepark!

Santa Cruz Skatepark the first days

I'm going to try and update this more often and post some shots. If you have any you would like to submit hit me up on flickr
no promises I'll get to all of them but I'd like to keep this more current.
Have fun.

Santa Cruz Sentinel Surf Photo contest

Hey it's a permanent wave as I see it. A little shout to Jimbo Phillips and Dave of Diamond D Concrete and crew. Many countless hours of work. More a love of the project then for the money.

Vote if you want.
Voting ends October 24, 2008

October 1 Final Wave more contrast

Santa Cruz Skatepark more contrast to the wave project.

Wave up date white wash

Friday morning a little more white wash added.



Thursday morning a little sampling of the update. Thanks for Jimbo, Dave from Diamond D Concrete and crew. Crystal from Parks and Recreation art council and others. It will look great when finished and really stand out. Who knew that the concrete was darker underneath the first layer of sand blast. Great excuse to go skate and work again. Sorry I'm not able to help out like I'd like Dave. It looks great.

Santa Cruz Skatepark Wave June 2008

A bit of wear and tear but holding strong.

Sky at the Santa Cruz Skatepark Today 4_6

Northwest skaters come down for a session today. Dan Hughes and Sky Siljeg skate the pool and take turns taking some pict's before heading to that park that isn't opened yet. So they say to skate with Sabla, Cab and a few others. Skate mom Beth from Arkansas was sessioning as well. I took some pics. I skated yesterday doing the cone thing and had my kids with me. They wanted to go golf and hit some balls.

Beginning Skateboard Class Santa Cruz Park

Class today at the park was a blast. This photo is priceless. Gary Holl, Erik Takaoka, Patty and myself taught a at the park. Here is Gary and his students looking on as he shows a kick turn.

Skateboard Class at the park Nov. 3

Yesterday's class was amazing! It was the first beginning skateboard class Gary and I had done for Santa Cruz Parks and Rec. We had 11 kids ages 5-9 signed up with an adult female. I found out on Friday that I had 9 more on a waiting list. Father of child number 10 called me directly at work (small town). We had a good early start at 9:00 am the weather was perfect and the local skaters were respectful and patient with us taking over sections of the park. It was great to see the kids learn to fakie in the little pool. Learning the feeling of going back and forth and teaching them balance and how by bending the knees and straightening up they could get some momentum. We even got the kids in the full pipe and big pool. They were in awe of the size and the echo inside. The smiles say it all.
I want to Thanks Drew for driving all the way to SC even though he had a birthday for his niece to attend. Also Mike for helping all the other parents that gave a hand. We learned that we need more skate teachers and a bit shorter class session. We enjoyed teaching the class and will do it again!

(Skaters not to worry it will be like once every six months.)