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This is an 11,000 square-foot “obstacle street and bowl” skate park. Skate park features include:

• Bowl: An intermediate/professional bowl with all rounded walls, two hips and two general depths. The shallow end is 6 feet deep and just under-vert, and the deep end is more than 9 feet deep with 1 and a half feet of vert. The entire bowl has pool coping and tile.

• The Obstacle Street Section: The Obstacle Street Section has two main levels that split the park in two sections. The lower section has a few street plaza elements including a granite bench set at an angle, curved ledges, a cone pole jam, a manual pad, a small but long set of 4 stairs, a brick-stamped bank with a flat bar on top, as well as a handrail and flat rail. This area also has a very wide quarter pipe with steel coping, including a 12 foot pool coping extension, a smaller pyramid with a bull-nose granite flat rail, and a steep bank and hip. The lower section is connected to the upper section with a series of banks, including a step up that connects to an escalating-transition hip.

• Transition Elements: The Brandon Skate Park also features a series of transition elements: a 6 foot corner quarter pipe leads to a long and low A-shaped quarter pipe, and ends at a series of moguls that are located throughout. A third level takes skaters to the bowl, and this area is also connected with quarter pipes and more moguls that range in heights from 2 and a half feet to 5 feet.

Providence East Skatepark is located in Brandon Florida, and was built in 2012. While the skatepark has a modest street course, the transition at Providence Skatepark really shines. With some of its pools built resembling the DogTown era, the vert pools are some of the best in the state.

The park is free and open 7 days a week but is also staffed with responsible skaters who’ve become friends with our GOSKATE instructors of the years.

This skatepark is a great place to host a skate lesson or take a beginner. Just follow the advice from our article and hit the skatepark on the early side for smaller and beginner friendly crowds.