Grindline Skateparks is an American company that designs and builds skateboard parks.
It has designed and built over 400
skateparks
A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, scootering, wheelchairs, and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, stairsets, qua ...
worldwide,
including the largest skatepark in America, Spring Park Texas.
History
Mark Hubbard was working as a pool-building contractor. He helped with the construction of the
Burnside Skatepark
The Burnside Skatepark is a DIY concrete skatepark located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Burnside was the first DIY skatepark project. It is located under the east end of the Burnside Bridge. The project was started without permission from ...
in Portland. Living in Seattle, he started to turn his friends' pools into half-pipes, and eventually created Grindline Skateparks
with cofounder Dave Palmer.
Grindline Skateparks was incorporated in 2002 by Mark Hubbard,
who managed the company until his death on 8 June 2018.
In August 2014, Grindline Skateparks inaugurated the Spring Skatepark in
Greenspoint
Greater Greenspoint, also referred to as the North Houston District, is a business district and a suburban neighborhood in northern Harris County, Texas, United States, located mostly within the city limits of Houston. Centered around the juncti ...
, Texas, one of the world's largest skateparks.
In 2018, Grindline completely remodeled the Humboldt Avenue Skatepark in
Chico. Tony Hawk shared his plan to copy the new Chico bowl at the Wilmington Skatepark he is developing.
Description
Grindline Skateparks is specialized in building free-form shaped deep pools. Its creation process includes co-designing the skate parks with the local skaters.
The company is based in Seattle.
The company has 32 employees (2018).
Skateparks built
References
External links
Official website
2002 establishments in the United States
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