Revamp for popular skate park

Council is breathing new life into Tewantin’s Parkyn Court skate park.

Revamp work is due to wrap up within a couple of weeks. It includes new concrete hip bank sections, five-metre wide taco ramp, freeform fun box and new concrete stairs.

Noosa Council Project Officer Dallas Bickley said the skate park was incredibly popular but had recently started showing its age.

“It is due for a facelift and Council has been working with Trinity Skateparks to deliver a revamp which will include a range of enhancements,” he said.

“We appreciate local skaters’ patience while the work is carried out.”

The concrete skate area will be increased in size to create a continual skating flow and provide better access, with a new galvanised steel hand rail to complete the upgrade.

The majority of the structure and ramps will remain.

Kodan Lynam of Trinity Skateparks, himself a sponsored skater, said the Tewantin skate park had been a childhood training ground for several professional skaters.

“It’s well-known among local skaters. I personally have great memories of that skate park from Christmases spent on the Noosa River in a houseboat,” he said.

10 December 2014