Hi Leon, nice meeting you that day. I agree with pretty much everything you said, I'm keen to get back there but after the crowds settle down a bit. I didn't even see that skate repair that day, I agree that there should be more around.
No way! I can't believe you used to live over here, and so close to me lol This current park would look like a masterpiece then compared to what you would have seen 😂
Park looks super fun!!! And the skateboard repair station with tools, I have never seen that anywhere here in the USA and I've been skating for 26 yrs, SO SICK!
That park is Gorgeous! Man I live in California, so we have great parks everywhere, but their so crowded they aren’t much fun I hope yours aren’t as crowded as ours
I Skated the “old” Ramps decades back when the Ramp on the right had a massive Vert section above the transition that was taken down. It was huge. The Vert doubled the size of the Ramp. Not many of us back then could Skate it. It was bad news for those not up to it! I came from a background Skating big Ramps at home, the old Pymble Pool, etc back in the ‘70’s & ‘80’s. So a big Vert Ramp was easy. I wasn’t surprised when the Vert was taken down. Good to see a new Park there! Cheers!
Awesome review as always, love the new park, super playful and fun! Can't wait to see the creative and interesting skate footage that will come out of it.
Thanks so much man, glad you enjoyed it! Same dude! It's so unique and I'm sure people are going to figure out exactly how to skate everything and get some gnarly tricks 🙌🏼
@@dadboard yeah I feel that. The parks down here are fun. I just wished they had better obstacles to skate. All the parks in LA are just little Street league plazas. But hey could be worse
3:47 I went to check out Bailey Reserve Skatepark in Melbourne yesterday and saw one these for the first time too. Was confused at first but then I saw the little tools. Very smart idea!
Wow, I used to skate here 20 years when it was a just a bank and two crappy quarter pipes (the "big" one and "small" one). Amazing to see what they've done with it.
Yeah dude, this place has come very far from those 2 metal quarters back in the day lol I guess there is just more money and more demand in skateboarding these days 🤷🏽♂️
@@LeonPaxton Albury has a decent one that was upgraded some time ago, decent sized halfpipes and a nice big lengthy bowl which is undercover and lights for night time
I skated the original metal quarter pipes back in ‘87! They were the only ramps I knew of, except for the ultra kinked donut bowl in Allawah. We travelled half way across Sydney to skate them. Either way, I could only kick turn on them 😂 Will have to try out the much improved park shown here.
You talking about Kempt field donut bowl? I made my first awkward attempts at skating there as a kid before they filled it in, used to have a bunch of sketchy bmxers there back then
wow! what a blast from the past, I used to skate there in the 80s .I recall a good Chinese restaurant nearby & getting a big feed of fried rice to keep us going all day. the skatepark looks amazing now. I am in QLD now, we have heaps of great skateparks. great to see the improvements of skateparks in general now.
Damn that sounds like a good day! Yeah this park has definitely come a long way from the OG ramps that used to be there lol Queensland parks look sick, especially Pizzey!
The board repair thing is really cool, hope they get introduced at more parks around the country. They would have to get monitored to some capacity though, god knows if people would try vandalise or steal the tools eventually. I'd hope people would have respect for new features but can never be too confident, if they haven't been a thing before there is a good reason for it.
It's actually so sick, I don't know how no one has thought of that before! That's true actually, hopefully people don't mess with it and ruin it for everyone 🙄
This looks like great park! I build parks in Canada for Transition Construction and Radius Contracting. The design looks awesome and the concrete finish looks really good! The reason the concrete is so polished is for speed and so the speed lasts. I know it is slippery at first but if you make it less polished it will be too rough and slow in a couple years.
Coming from a south American country these parks look too damn slick, feel like I would be slippin' around crazy! Wouldn't dare skate there with hard wheels! Cheers mate!
@@LeonPaxton I guess the courts do look pretty nice hey I think there’s a Sydney tax going on tho hahah Seems like everything in Sydney is just ridiculously priced 🥴
That park is so SO SICKKK!!! (both of them). And I believe more parks should be that unique & chill style anyway. Its more realistic in a "street" sense - which would translate better for kids when they leave the park and hit the streets. And overall better for beginners in general. Always wish I could build a park here in my hometown in honor of my bestfriend who died when we were in high school - not just for in his memory, but for the youth too (cause their aint really shit too skate here and only parks are hours drive away). Anywayyy if I ever can make that possible - would love to get this same company to build it or at least copy the plans of one already built such as the one in this vid. THAT WOULD BE ST8 AMAZINGGG!!! That is all. my random long rant. CHEERS & JAH BLESSINGS TO THE YT CONTENT CREATOR or anyone that reads this. lol
They are so sick man, so damn fun too! Exactly man, people can't expect every skatepark to have the same copy/ paste format as the last park lol Damn dude, would the council listen if you got a petition going to make that possible? Thanks so much dude 🙏🏼
It didn't feel too slippery at all but I was riding 97a wheels each time I skated here so I wouldn't actually know how slippery it actually is since i had softer wheels 🤔
@@LeonPaxton I have a question have you seen the movie the the boys in the trees that was filmed out there. ? Well there was a cement graffiti skatepark in the movie and I wanted to know where it was.
My comment probably not relevant to skate parks 🛹 but I’ve always thought surfing and skateboarding as being similar art forms , and am looking forward to Sydney’s first wave park
The obstacles are sick, and if you can skate between 9am and 3pm on a weekday you might have a prayer. Otherwise the design of a zig-zag line directly overlaid on converging straight lines is absolute madness. Last time I went, it might have taken the daycare title off Syd park.
@@LeonPaxton Plus Syd lights till 9 (vs 7pm). I'm hoping councils start building skateparks deeper into their reserves (like far side of the basketball courts) to avoid noise complaints and keep the lights on.
That's true! Yeah man something like that has to be considered. Especially in summer when you can't skate until the sun goes down because it's too hot but then the lights were already off at 7pm 🙄
C'mon now Leon. That's called a 'mini ramp' not a half pipe. A half pipe is essentially half a pipe (or vert ramp), which came from the early days of skating in storm water drains. Gotta keep you young bucks in line with the correct lingo 😉 Thanks for the vid 🤜🤛
Unique is a very specific word, from the Latin, literally meaning 'one only'. It needs no modification and attempts to do so are grammatically incorrect.
Low key dislike this park. The flow is so jank and lines constantly cross with others. Plus no regular flatbar or pad, all this slanted stuff , so its terrible for people trying to learn tricks.
Ngl if I could, I would steal this park for my self and then gate keep it away from anyone I didn’t like but mostly just keep it for myself self. But yeah we could never have this in the U.S.
As a returning skater I am kind of peeved that they are polishing the concrete. they have made skateparks more dangerous. If you need polished concrete to do your tricks than you havn't actually learnt them, they are too slippery and takes away the gratification of pulling of a trick while making it way more dangerous. Kind of peeved cause now i have to buy new wheels again to get a softer wheel which will screw me on the street
Yeah man brand new skatepark are so damn slippery but that original coat usually wears down after a couple weeks and it feels good 👌🏼 And I think they also do that so the ground holds it's quality long term 🤔
Oh dude, I was so shocked to hear the lights turn off at 7pm! That actually makes no sense, especially in summer when the sun doesn’t set until 8:30pm or later 🙄
@@LeonPaxton gotta hit up.grc council and let them know thats ridiculous , have messaged them they have replied and said we have taken note , so lets get everyone to hit up grc council , local members etc
Mate thanks for doing these vids cause you're my number 1 source for finding out about all these mad parks that get randomly built/remodelled by the syd councils or govt.. Cheers! 🛹🍻
4 million!?! Your city got grifted. We have parks three times that size with multiple bowls and flow sections for less than a million. Wtf. That bowl is what we call a baby bowl.
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What do you guys think of the unique design of this park?
Hi Leon, nice meeting you that day. I agree with pretty much everything you said, I'm keen to get back there but after the crowds settle down a bit. I didn't even see that skate repair that day, I agree that there should be more around.
It looks sick
You to man! Thanks for showing some love 🙏🏼
Yeah once school goes back in February I think that park will be all ours! @@mattdestroyer77
So sick! @@akiko3688
Needta cross th channel
I used to live up the street in mortdale and skated around that park before. Crazy to see what it is now!
Wow, you used to live in Aus? Cool
No way! I can't believe you used to live over here, and so close to me lol
This current park would look like a masterpiece then compared to what you would have seen 😂
I want to come back and visit seems like so many parks have popped up since I left in 2015 @@LeonPaxton
Yeah dude, it has changed so much since 2015 that's for sure!
If you do end up coming back for a trip, hit me up and we will meet up for a skate 🤝🏽
Park looks super fun!!! And the skateboard repair station with tools, I have never seen that anywhere here in the USA and I've been skating for 26 yrs, SO SICK!
That park is Gorgeous! Man I live in California, so we have great parks everywhere, but their so crowded they aren’t much fun I hope yours aren’t as crowded as ours
Yeah dude, he park is amazing and having the repair station is so handy too!
It really is! Nah our parks get super crowded over here too man 😅 @@kevinrice7291
Haven’t been to many parks huh? That’s fairly common.
I've been to so many different skateparks in my time and this is the only one with a repair rack lol
I Skated the “old” Ramps decades back when the Ramp on the right had a massive Vert section above the transition that was taken down. It was huge. The Vert doubled the size of the Ramp. Not many of us back then could Skate it. It was bad news for those not up to it! I came from a background Skating big Ramps at home, the old Pymble Pool, etc back in the ‘70’s & ‘80’s. So a big Vert Ramp was easy. I wasn’t surprised when the Vert was taken down. Good to see a new Park there! Cheers!
Damn that actually sounds so dangerous! It must be crazy to see how much skateboarding has progressed as well!
Awesome review as always, love the new park, super playful and fun! Can't wait to see the creative and interesting skate footage that will come out of it.
Thanks so much man, glad you enjoyed it!
Same dude! It's so unique and I'm sure people are going to figure out exactly how to skate everything and get some gnarly tricks 🙌🏼
I wish LA had parks like this . Damn . Park looks so fun.
I wish Sacramento had parks like LA
Actually looks like the most fun park ever
@@dadboard yeah I feel that. The parks down here are fun. I just wished they had better obstacles to skate. All the parks in LA are just little Street league plazas. But hey could be worse
Maybe we are too spoilt over here 😂
You have so many more quality parks in America what are you talking about?
3:47 I went to check out Bailey Reserve Skatepark in Melbourne yesterday and saw one these for the first time too. Was confused at first but then I saw the little tools. Very smart idea!
yeah dude, it's actually so damn handy!
Wow, I used to skate here 20 years when it was a just a bank and two crappy quarter pipes (the "big" one and "small" one). Amazing to see what they've done with it.
Yeah dude, this place has come very far from those 2 metal quarters back in the day lol
I guess there is just more money and more demand in skateboarding these days 🤷🏽♂️
Wow, what did they do with the 4 million left over from construction?
Lol standard Australia right there
A lot of it must have went into the basketball court 🤔
It seems they have only beautiful skateparks in Sydney 🤩 You killing it like always 💪 That front boardslide was sick 6:00 🔥
Yeah dude, we are actually getting so lucky and spoilt over here, it's crazy!
Thanks man, that was actually so awkward to do lol
@@LeonPaxton Albury has a decent one that was upgraded some time ago, decent sized halfpipes and a nice big lengthy bowl which is undercover and lights for night time
Dude that park is actually amazing!
I skated the original metal quarter pipes back in ‘87! They were the only ramps I knew of, except for the ultra kinked donut bowl in Allawah. We travelled half way across Sydney to skate them. Either way, I could only kick turn on them 😂 Will have to try out the much improved park shown here.
You talking about Kempt field donut bowl? I made my first awkward attempts at skating there as a kid before they filled it in, used to have a bunch of sketchy bmxers there back then
Damn dude, isn't it crazy to see how far skateboarding has come!
wow! what a blast from the past, I used to skate there in the 80s .I recall a good Chinese restaurant nearby & getting a big feed of fried rice to keep us going all day.
the skatepark looks amazing now. I am in QLD now, we have heaps of great skateparks. great to see the improvements of skateparks in general now.
Damn that sounds like a good day! Yeah this park has definitely come a long way from the OG ramps that used to be there lol
Queensland parks look sick, especially Pizzey!
The board repair thing is really cool, hope they get introduced at more parks around the country. They would have to get monitored to some capacity though, god knows if people would try vandalise or steal the tools eventually. I'd hope people would have respect for new features but can never be too confident, if they haven't been a thing before there is a good reason for it.
It's actually so sick, I don't know how no one has thought of that before!
That's true actually, hopefully people don't mess with it and ruin it for everyone 🙄
The quarter-rail-quarter looks like such a blast!
Oh man, it’s actually so fun! Definitely my favourite obstacle in the park 😍
This looks like great park! I build parks in Canada for Transition Construction and Radius Contracting. The design looks awesome and the concrete finish looks really good! The reason the concrete is so polished is for speed and so the speed lasts. I know it is slippery at first but if you make it less polished it will be too rough and slow in a couple years.
Oh dude, that’s sick!
Yeah dude, it’s definitely slick but skateparks usually come good after a few years 👌🏽
Scooters are taking it over in a few weeks.
Coming from a south American country these parks look too damn slick, feel like I would be slippin' around crazy!
Wouldn't dare skate there with hard wheels! Cheers mate!
Yeah dude, they are usually pretty slippery at first! Softer wheels definitely help lol
Had to rewind that backside lipslide. Props.
Thanks dude, I've been loving that trick lately!
Great video Leon!
Thanks so much man 🙏🏼
Back in the day, the ramp on the right way bigger, and the smaller ramp had a rubber surface. Used to love this spot in the 80s
It probably would have been fun at the time, especially with the euro gaps on the sides!
sounds like money went missing, the skatepark is sick, but 4mil.... we have a park up here 3 times this size for 2mil
The massive basketball courts are added into that price too so I don’t know exactly how much the courts and skatepark cost separately 🤔
@@LeonPaxton I guess the courts do look pretty nice hey
I think there’s a Sydney tax going on tho hahah
Seems like everything in Sydney is just ridiculously priced 🥴
Yeah dude, Sydney builders tax would be insane at the moment, just like the inflation of everything else lol
so sick! i would be more than happy if my neighborhood had like 1/4 of what that park has. hahah
Yeah dude, we are so lucky out here lol
Awesome Video mate. Keep it up.
Thanks dude, appreciate you 🙏🏼
What happened to the old graffiti cement one with the awning.
unreal. low key the dopest feature is the board tool stand
That board repair rack definitely surprised me when I found it lol
Man you should come back and see the skateboard dragon statue! (You will understand when you see it lol) def worth another video
I seen it the other week actually, it's so sick!
Looks like a decent skate park bro it’s hard to tell the actual size of it on RUclips but is it big or small?
It’s pretty sick man!
Yeah it is big but it runs in one long lane rather than being wide if that makes sense
you guys have some pretty creative low impact looking parks.
Yeah dude, we are so lucky to have such a massive variety of parks instead of them all just looking the same!
That park is so SO SICKKK!!! (both of them). And I believe more parks should be that unique & chill style anyway. Its more realistic in a "street" sense - which would translate better for kids when they leave the park and hit the streets. And overall better for beginners in general. Always wish I could build a park here in my hometown in honor of my bestfriend who died when we were in high school - not just for in his memory, but for the youth too (cause their aint really shit too skate here and only parks are hours drive away). Anywayyy if I ever can make that possible - would love to get this same company to build it or at least copy the plans of one already built such as the one in this vid. THAT WOULD BE ST8 AMAZINGGG!!! That is all. my random long rant. CHEERS & JAH BLESSINGS TO THE YT CONTENT CREATOR or anyone that reads this. lol
They are so sick man, so damn fun too! Exactly man, people can't expect every skatepark to have the same copy/ paste format as the last park lol
Damn dude, would the council listen if you got a petition going to make that possible?
Thanks so much dude 🙏🏼
I struggle with the street section at this park, but it’s not the park’s fault I suck 😂
The half pipe is super mellow, and the bowl is fun
Haha yeah, it’s definitely very rail heavy, I’m sure that’s why I like it so much though lol
Looks amazing!
It’s so sick!
Damn the repair rack is a sick concept, Im willing to bet someone has already ripped off the tools by now though
Yeah dude, I'm wondering how long it's actually going to last there lol
NGL this looks sick AF
It’s so sick actually!
What’s up Leon I’m from Jersey City NJ and my last names Paxton as well. Are there allot of Paxtons in Australia?
Haha not really man! I don’t really know anyone else with that same last name 🤔
@@LeonPaxton thanks for the reply and keep skating my friend.
Of course man, you too 🤝🏽
Man you are so good! I think that little thing you do out of your boardslides is so cool and unique. Can you explain what you do?
Thanks dude!
I usually try and push my front foot down and forward when I come out of a boardslide so it’s almost like a little nollie pop out
The repair rack is genius
So good, they need them at every park!
How's that board repair rack?!
So handy hey!
It’s so hard to find a skate park with just a normal ledge without any kickers or anything on or around it. 😢
There’s heaps around Sydney man, most skateparks have a staple flat ledge and flat bar 👌🏽
Is the park slippery? looks like its sweating
It didn't feel too slippery at all but I was riding 97a wheels each time I skated here so I wouldn't actually know how slippery it actually is since i had softer wheels 🤔
Is there footage of the old one
There should be some old clips online but it was all knocked down to make space for this new park and the basketball courts down the bottom
@@LeonPaxton I have a question have you seen the movie the the boys in the trees that was filmed out there. ? Well there was a cement graffiti skatepark in the movie and I wanted to know where it was.
I actually haven’t seen that but I want to now!
Everyone used to skate in the old netball cour
@@LeonPaxton dang
Looks like grind heaven 🤙
It really is 😍
When are we going to get a wave park? a much safer and better investment .
When the demand is big enough I guess 🤔
My comment probably not relevant to skate parks 🛹 but I’ve always thought surfing and skateboarding as being similar art forms , and am looking forward to Sydney’s first wave park
It is definitely similar since skateboarding was created and inspired by surfing 👌🏼
Another Convic ice rink?
It wasn’t that slippery at all to me but I was skating 97a wheels each time I went so I obviously had more grip 🤔
Worth every penny.. should be at school 🏫 grounds too .
I actually love it!
Park looks modern and fun but quite a few obstacles like you said the dimensions are off like way off
Yeah dude, super unique!
Its not for everyone but I love it lol
@LeonPaxton just watched that kurnell park video, gives big "if I was rich, this is what I'd build in my backyard" vibes. Very much my style of park
Oh dude, I’d love that as my backyard park 😍
fuckin love this series lad
Thanks dude, thanks for watching!
If I had this skatepark in my backyard I would never again ask for anything I would go to church every Sunday
Oh dude, I would be a happy man as well!
The obstacles are sick, and if you can skate between 9am and 3pm on a weekday you might have a prayer. Otherwise the design of a zig-zag line directly overlaid on converging straight lines is absolute madness. Last time I went, it might have taken the daycare title off Syd park.
So sick! Yeah man that is definitely the downfall of the park. At least Sydney Park is more open and has different sections lol
@@LeonPaxton Plus Syd lights till 9 (vs 7pm). I'm hoping councils start building skateparks deeper into their reserves (like far side of the basketball courts) to avoid noise complaints and keep the lights on.
That's true! Yeah man something like that has to be considered. Especially in summer when you can't skate until the sun goes down because it's too hot but then the lights were already off at 7pm 🙄
Bro this park is fun but holy the one day I came there was so many little kids (im not good enough to do anything cool anways)
Haha yeah man, it’s been pretty wild each time I’ve came here as well!
Lmao surely we get a woronora heights skatepark review one day
I actually only just found out about that skatepark not long ago 😂
2:12 MALL GRAB ALERT!
I didn’t even realise that guy but it looks like he wasn’t happy I was filming in his direction as well 😬
Hahahah
::: Fire Ahhh Park :::
C'mon now Leon. That's called a 'mini ramp' not a half pipe. A half pipe is essentially half a pipe (or vert ramp), which came from the early days of skating in storm water drains. Gotta keep you young bucks in line with the correct lingo 😉 Thanks for the vid 🤜🤛
Hahaha yeah I’m not good at transition skating at all and don’t know the correct terms either
$4.2M doesn't go far. Still, cool park.
Inflation I guess lol
Unique is a very specific word, from the Latin, literally meaning 'one only'. It needs no modification and attempts to do so are grammatically incorrect.
This is definitely the 'one only' skatepark with this type of design in Sydney lol
Low key dislike this park. The flow is so jank and lines constantly cross with others.
Plus no regular flatbar or pad, all this slanted stuff , so its terrible for people trying to learn tricks.
Yeah dude, it’s definitely not beginner friendly but it’s cool to have a park that’s completely different to any other in Sydney
4.2 million for a handful of banks and rails! 😮 How much of that did the council spend on themselves doing 'consulting' and 'community engagement'?
Yeah they never really disclose where the money goes and how much goes to each part of the project lol
no one skates vert, huh?
Not many vert skaters out here compared to street skaters I guess 🤔
Ngl if I could, I would steal this park for my self and then gate keep it away from anyone I didn’t like but mostly just keep it for myself self. But yeah we could never have this in the U.S.
Haha yeah I feel you. Imagine this in your own backyard 😍
As a returning skater I am kind of peeved that they are polishing the concrete. they have made skateparks more dangerous. If you need polished concrete to do your tricks than you havn't actually learnt them, they are too slippery and takes away the gratification of pulling of a trick while making it way more dangerous. Kind of peeved cause now i have to buy new wheels again to get a softer wheel which will screw me on the street
Yeah man brand new skatepark are so damn slippery but that original coat usually wears down after a couple weeks and it feels good 👌🏼
And I think they also do that so the ground holds it's quality long term 🤔
Skating 33years ago so 1990 was
4.2 M 😂😂🤣🤣🤣. cracked new bowl
No lights , daylight only , needs changing to 10pm lime everywhere else 7pm is stupid
Oh dude, I was so shocked to hear the lights turn off at 7pm! That actually makes no sense, especially in summer when the sun doesn’t set until 8:30pm or later 🙄
@@LeonPaxton gotta hit up.grc council and let them know thats ridiculous , have messaged them they have replied and said we have taken note , so lets get everyone to hit up grc council , local members etc
@@LeonPaxton they dont even turn on hahaha
That's a great idea man, we should try and create some sort of petition to send them!
@@LeonPaxton def its stupid packed with kids in day then they go and its dark
Petition to grc if nothing changes soon
that look slippery as hell
It didn't feel slippery to me but I was riding 97a wheels lol
they really messed this park up haha
Man, I love it lol
They were smoking something heavy when they created this place.
Hahaha maybe but I love it!
They shouldnt allow bikes in skateparks js.
They have to the city pays for the parks.
Bmxs belong there fym
I agree though some are hitting kids and there’s a bunch of older fattys on bikes trying to cause trouble.
True. It’s a skatepark not a bike park 😂
@@marketingmasters3550 yeah when I went there were children with them 3 wheeled scooters and bikes everywhere
Way too narrow and congested! Waste of $ much!
Yeah it doesn’t flow well if it’s busy but once the hype dies down it should be a lot more empty and better to skate 🤞🏽
Looks slippery as hell.
It didn't feel slippery to me but I was riding 97a wheels lol
Thats a weird design park...😢
I think it’s so sick! Most skateparks have a lot of the same o stables so it’s cool to see something completely different 🙌🏻
Coping
4.5million...u got ripped off massive...smallest bowl ever...boring asf park...
who designed this shit? the only good thing is the street gap to the bbal court, you lost me when i saw rails on your deck
Hahaha damn, what’s wrong with deck rails?
@@LeonPaxton no comment….. you do you
seeing the repair rack was wild. idk if that would last in the us. sad :(.
It's so handy but yeah, hopefully people don't mess with it!
Mate thanks for doing these vids cause you're my number 1 source for finding out about all these mad parks that get randomly built/remodelled by the syd councils or govt.. Cheers! 🛹🍻
No problem dude, thanks so much for tuning in 🙏🏽
It looks good but 4.2 milly, seen better designed for 1 milly.
The basketball court was calculated in that price too though
4 million!?! Your city got grifted. We have parks three times that size with multiple bowls and flow sections for less than a million. Wtf. That bowl is what we call a baby bowl.
Damn dude! Where about's are you from?