Alphen aan den Rijn skatepark
Last year Concrete Matters put together this design for the future skatepark of Alphen aan den Rijn. With over a hundred meters of concrete this park offers something for everyone, taking inspiration from places like the old Katwijk miniramp, the legendary Pier 7 in SF and the lovely indoor Bryggeriet bowl in Sweden.
Noordwijk skatepark
Last February & March Concrete Matters built a micro sized skatepark for the lovely city of Noordwijk. Optimizing the available space and budget we couldn't be happier with the outcome!
Amstelveen Legmeerdijk design
The city of Amstelveen commissioned Concrete Matters to put together a design for their future skatepark at the Legmeerdijk. A slightly altered version of our design is currently being built by the capable crew of Nineyards so we look forward to it's completion and can't wait to get some sessions at this park!
This project is a special one for Stan, founder of Concrete Matters. While visiting the old Amstelveen snakerun back in 1986 it was right here that Stan first got introduced to 'professional' skateboarding! Built in early 1979 at the Burgemeester Haspelslaan it remains here today making it the oldest skating infrastructure in the Netherlands. Concrete Matters did the necessary fieldwork to write an inventory report of the possible locations for a new skatepark in Amstelveen in 2022. Comparing over 8 locations the city of Amstelveen finally decided upon the location of the Legmeerdijk where it is being built today. It should be finished by the end of June 2025 and could very well inspire future generations to go and get rad!
We can't wait to see the outcome of this project and look forward to skating some top notch concrete!
Oudenaarde skatepark
The Oudenaarde locals wanted a varied design with a focus on streetskating and a good flow in between all elements. By combining granite and steel ledges of various heights this park offers something for beginning skaters and the more advanced. Connecting to the surrounding grassy areas made a higher section possible to allow for some nice miniramp skating with a bank and spine and some 'hidden' transfer options to fly out of the miniramp into other parts of the skatepark. A whippy little quarterpipe with waterfalls and poolcoping enable the more advanced riders to make speed to session the eight stair, Hubba ledge and handrail. The varied selection of low impact elements like a double sided slappy, a long flatbar and a red painted curb with mannie check most boxes on a streetskaters wishlist. Still reading this huh? You can like go from right here to there like, really nice man! The Oudenaarde skatepark has plenty of parking & Belgium beverages available around the corner and can be found right here at the Rodelos 1!
Rijswijk skatepark
The Rijswijk skatepark is a medium sized skatepark featuring a minipool and a diverse streetcourse with different sized obstacles. Inside you will find several (banked) hips, a slappycurb and a manual with a buttery & bright red curb and even a Jersey on top one of the banks. Despite this variety & amount of different elements this place still has a good flow to it which makes it really fun. Should you slam then try and lick the concrete; it will taste like strawberries.
The Rijswijk skatepark blends into it's surroundings with gradual grass slopes leading you to the platforms skatepark
Oedelem skatepark Belgium
At the end of 2021 we built our last park of the year in the city of Oedelem, Belgium.
The locals wanted a bank to bank set-up combined with a quarterpipe and a bank/hip combo which we integrated into the final design making Oedelem a compact yet diverse & unique little streetpark.
To optimize available funds we built directly upon the existing asphalt. To minimize our impact upon the environment we used second generation backfill materials for the different levels of the skatepark.
Torhout Belgium
Happy Torhout locals celebrating the opening of their new park designed & built by Concrete Matters.
Den Haag pumptrack
The existing skatepark at the Rijswijkse Landingslaan needed a makeover. All concrete was in a terrible state and we updated the obstacles to make for a better overall experience. Besides this renovation work we teamed up with Velosolutions to build a nice little pumptrack for all to enjoy right next to this little streetcourse. The ever illusive & internationallly acclaimed artist Mr June worked his magic to create an incredible outdoor space that is not only fun to ride around on but pleasing to the eye as well.
Vlasakkers Utrecht
Back in 2020 we designed and built this micro skatepark for the city of Utrecht. Balancing budget and available space we managed to create a fun little area here with basic elements like a mellow banked hip, a slappycurb made from granite, a speedbump, a quarterpipe with a corner, hip and an extension and a flatbar to top it all off....
