Eugene (Churchill) Skateboarding Park

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Location: Next to Churchill Highschool, Eugene.

STATS
Info current as of: March 2002.
Last visit date: March 2002.
When Opened: Summer of 1999.
Who built: Designed by Eric Dokken (Spelling?). He also assisted the general contractors in the actual construction.
Size: Medium.
Difficulty: Difficult.
Fun: A nice park, but needs to be stretched in size to about double, the park is too compact for how deep it is. Lots of bikes make it difficult to skate.
Helmets: No.
Bikes: Not allowed, signs all over the park, but crowded with bikers all the same.
Supervised: No.
Hours open: 7:30am-dusk.
Lights for night: Not directly.
Covered: No.
Cleanliness: Very clean.
Friendliness: Very friendly the one time we were here.

Questions/Contacts:Eugene Parks and Open Spaces, ph: 541.682.4800
Nearest Skateboard Shop: Lazar's Skateboards, 57 Broadway, Eugene, OR., ph: 541.687.0139, Website: www.lazars.com. (when I lived in Eugene, Lazar's was a "head" shop, he's an interesting and friendly little man, pay him a visit!). Tactics Boardshop, 234 W. 6th Ave., Eugene, OR. 97401, ph: 541.349.0087, Hrs: M-SAT 11am-6:30pm SUN noon-5pm, Website:www.boardtactics.com. Boardsports, 265 E. 13th, Eugene, ph: 541.484.2588, Hrs: 10am-6pm 7 days a week. Zumiez, Valley River Shopping Center, ph: 541.465.9159, Hrs: M-SAT 10am-9pm. Copeland's, Valley River Shopping Center, ph: 541.342.2066, Hrs: M-SAT 10am-9pm.
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Misc: This is a very nice park that was thrown in the clothes dryer and shrunk up too small. Everything is deep so you get a lot of speed but it is way too cramped in size so nowhere to go with that speed. There were as many bikers as skaters, and in the cramped size, this was a problem, a lot of waiting around for a run. Good luck finding a parking place, the obvious parking lot up the hill beside the skatepark has is designated for someone else and you could get towed. There is no place to park on the main road that runs by the park. Maybe park across the street in the shopping center's parking lot, but I'm not sure how they feel about that. There were restrooms but they were locked when we were here. Pay phone across the street at the shopping center.

As of: 5-22-2002