SkateparkNews

Get warmed up for Dew Tour on the “gnarl wall” Baltimore Sun By Brooks Welsh Looking for a place to get amped for Dew Tour? Check out Ocean Bowl Skate Park, the oldest municipal skate park in the county. First opened in 1976 as a result of a city wide ban of skateboarding, Ocean Bowl has been a staple of the city since its opening. With a small bowl, back…

Delmarva Daily Times Later this month, Lower Shore residents and visitors will have an opportunity to watch some of the country’s top skateboarders compete in Ocean City while the Dew Tour is in town. Skateboarding, once an activity seen as a nuisance, has matured since the 1970s and is now a legitimate sport and recreational activity. It should be pointed out that in the late 1970s, Salisbury had a…

Organizers of a planned community center and skateboard park in Crofton are pressing ahead with fundraising after receiving preliminary approval from the Anne Arundel County Council, which includes submitting detailed construction and operating plans and raising $2.5 million in each of the next three years to build the project. The County Council approved the plan, which was forged between County Executive John R. Leopold and the Crofton Regional Community Center,…