COAST’S BEST SKATE PARKS
Student reporter Matthew Higgins gives us the insider’s guide to the best skate parks on the Gold Coast Year 6 St Francis Xavier
1 MIAMI Pizzey Park is unique because of its two world-famous bowls, the Peanut Bowl and the Death Dome. It also has one of the biggest and steepest skate bowls in Australia. 2 ORMEAU
Ormeau Skate Park has a BMX track next to it. This skate park has a pump track and a lot of grinding rails and ledges. It also has a mini quarter pipe for all ages and experience levels. 3 VARSITY LAKES This skate park has areas that suit beginners. It also has a unique loop feature in the bowl. 4 NERANG
This is a mixture of a street plaza and a proper skate park. It has a downhill skating area and a door built into the bowl which you can ride and jump over. 5 TUGUN
One of the Coast’s biggest skate parks, which means lots of people can ride there at the same time. 7 HELENSVALE This skate park has a pyramid with a rail on the side and a little quarter pipe that you can jump out of and land in a bank. It makes for a great fly out. 6 PACIFIC PINES This skate park has a big stair set, a banked box hip and a big bank rock gap. It also has regular skate park features including ledges, a half-pipe and some quarter pipes. 8 RUNAWAY BAY This has a roller, a mini box, grinding rail which leads to two down rails, a quarter pipe, roll in and grinding rail. 9 ARUNDEL This mini ramp is a little red half pipe with a step up and a bank quarter pipe. It is a very cool park for skating and scootering. 10 COOMERA Viney Skate Park has a funbox with flat bar and down rail. There’s a half pipe and a step-up you can use as a fly out or a box and a big pump bowl.