San Diego park skaters, rejoice—beginning tomorrow, all the pay-to-play city skateparks in San Diego will be unmonitored, and therefore, free. This all came about, naturally, due to budget cuts. Patty at the San Diego department of Parks and Rec was very helpful in confirming this, because news like this reeks of rumor mill and pipe dream.

Now granted, the vast majority of San Diego skateparks are already free, but there are a few that you might want to check out. They are listed below, with photos courtesy of socalskateparks.com and sandiego.gov.

Two important final facts: The Mission Valley Y.M.C.A. is not a city park, and therefore won’t be free. And all helmet/pad laws are still in effect (but there won’t be any Pad Nannies to enforce? Hmm, interesting…). Happy New Year!

Robb Field

(A.K.A. “OB”)

2525 Bacon Street

(619) 525-8486

Charles L. Lewis III Memorial Skate Park

(I don’t know a nickname, I’ve never been there)

6610 Potomac Street


(619) 527-7665

Bill and Maxine Wilson Skate Park

(A.K.A. “Memorial”)

702 South 30th street

(619) 527-3596

Rancho Penasquitos Skate Park

(A.K.A. “PQ Park”)

10111 Carmel Mountain Road

(858) 525-5337

Tags: awesome, free, skatepark

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