Skatepark

This is more of a city-​built skate «spot» than skate «park.»
If you have young kids who want to try skating or BMX, or live 3 blocks away and have the itch yourself, this place may be worth tinkering around on. Otherwise, treat it like a local spot, not a regional draw. It’s very small and has limited, fairly undersized obstacles for beginners and intermediates. The street section has a few basic rail/​bank/​low ledge/​manual pad options. It’s a linear setup with two parallel lanes that feed into a 4 foot steel-​coping quarter to turn around on. The bowl is small, shallow and awkward when it comes to finding lines. The pool coping throughout sticks out a lot, even by old-​school pool carver standards. Being in Fairfax county, I shudder to think what this tiny spot cost to build… I’m guessing $ 150K or more. Anywhere else in the country it would go for $ 50K or less.