Rhodes Park, also known as Rhodes Skatepark, is a
skatepark
A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, Freestyle scootering, scootering, and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, stairw ...
between 15th and 16th Streets under
Interstate 184
Interstate 184 (I-184) is a short auxiliary Interstate Highway in Boise, Idaho, United States. The only auxiliary Interstate in Idaho, it is a spur route of I-84 that connects the freeway to Downtown Boise, terminating at US Highway&n ...
in
Boise, Idaho
Boise ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Idaho, most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Loca ...
, USA. The park is managed by the Boise Parks and Recreation Department and includes skateboarding and
parkour
Parkour () is an athletic Training#Physical training, training discipline or sport in which practitioners (called ''traceurs'') attempt to get from one point to another in the fastest and most efficient way possible, without assisting equipment ...
challenges.
History
The park, which bears Glenn Rhodes' name, was first marketed and constructed, and it debuted in 1995. In 2016 the park reopened after a renovation by
Grindline Skateparks
Grindline Skateparks is an American company that designs and builds skateboard parks. It has designed and built over 400 skateparks worldwide, including the largest skatepark in America, Spring Park Texas.
History
Mark Hubbard was working as ...
.
Rhodes Park has been featured by
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...
as a pre-qualifier venue for
X Games
The X Games are a series of action sports events founded by ESPN Inc. and aired on ESPN networks and ABC. In late 2022, ESPN sold the long-running property to MSP Sports Capital, a private equity firm co-founded by Jahm Najafi and Jeff Mo ...
.
In 2018 a skateboarder died from injuries from a fall at Rhodes Park. The cause of death was
rhabdomyolysis
Rhabdomyolysis (shortened as rhabdo) is a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly. Symptoms may include muscle pains, weakness, vomiting, and confusion. There may be tea-colored urine or an irregular heartbeat. Some o ...
, blood toxins resulting from muscle tissue deterioration after an injury.
See also
*
List of parks in Boise
Over 90 parks and undeveloped sites are managed by the Parks & Recreation Department in Boise, Idaho, Boise, Idaho, including 86 tennis courts, 48 soccer fields, 25 pickleball courts, 22 basketball courts, six bocce courts, three lacrosse fields, ...
References
External links
**
Photographs from Northwestskater
{{Coord, 43, 37, 05, N, 116, 12, 50, W, display=title
Parks in Idaho
Boise, Idaho
Skateparks in the United States