Spots around and between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay

[manysnakes]

I’m going to be in Santa Cruz for a few days, then camping around Half Moon Bay in February. I’m old and busted so I’m looking for recommendations for good curb spots or transition to skate. Maybe some knee high ledges

Also open to other recommendations for things to do in and around Santa Cruz. I’ll definitely stop at the NHS Museum, but I’m open to anything

[Nosferatu]

Derby you dummy

[pdknox]

When are you going to be there?

[manysnakes]

Derby you dummy

I guess I should have made clear that I am looking for places that wouldn’t come up when you google “Santa Cruz skateparks”, but Derby has been atop my lost since I was 10 and saw my first Thrasher!

I appreciate the recommendation, though. Very excited to fly out at some point and bust my ass.

[manysnakes]

When are you going to be there?

February 8-11

[pdknox]

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When are you going to be there?

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February 8-11

sorry dont have any spots but im going to be up there a week later and would have  been down to skate

[themanwhomakes]

I’m actually going to derby for the first time tomorrow. I’ll catch some air for you guys

[tkp]

Santa Cruz
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There's are some fun parking garages downtown.

The parking lot near the Depot Park BMX has some good red curbs, or it did 3 years ago.

Frederick Street park is a neat little skate spot that has fun bumps to blast off of and is fun to just pump around.

The downhill ledge at Laurel and California is legit.

Santa Cruz to Half Moon Bay
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There used to be an incredible DIY just south of Scott Creek, but it got filled in. Someone might have dug something up by now to skate. Feel free to check it out and report back: https://goo.gl/maps/j3QowRA9grfCRmRJ6

Pigeon Point road has some dirt banks that were fun to slide on, might be a bit soft this time of year:
https://swarmlife.net/photos/image/yKF9

Sketchy flat bar at Bean Hollow state beach:
https://swarmlife.net/photos/image/mvZg

Half Moon Bay has the cement park which is fun. The mini ramp at Surfer's Beach just got rebuilt.

[patrick c.]

Its been a minute but my favorite curb/non-ollie spots in that area are:
1)  Capitola DMV(long skinny manual pad with curbs on both sides)
2)  sometimes there’s a parking block at the Frederick Street Park that you can post up against the bank and kinda skate as a transition
3)  Scotts Valley Skatepark has a bank-to-curb that's fun to skate(that place gets really crowded though)
4)  Ben Lomond Park has some mellowish transition and that area is kinda cool in an 80s horror movie type of way.  Not typically as crowded either.

Some spots I don’t feel comfortable blowing out on here but if you push around the area by the pier/boardwalk you’ll find some gems(by gems I mean stuff you can skate without ollieing. If we’re being honest here I don’t think any of us have much interest in ledges these days).

[Fred Gerwer Frank Gall]

Hopefully the Buena Vista pool is still a go?

[manysnakes]

Thanks so much. This is top-shelf reporting. Really appreciated

[manysnakes]

These sound great, definitely interested in the park.

How hard do these places enforce pad rules? There's a 0.00% chance I am packing that shit

[manysnakes]

Hopefully the Buena Vista pool is still a go?

A quick Googling suggests it has been filled in

[Fred Gerwer Frank Gall]

That sucks. I found there, Derby and the DIY Ditch spot north of SC (gone)....

[chipped tail]

Hit Buena Vista pool. it just got new pool coping. also i think there is a brand new dreamland park in Aptos opening on Feb 8th.

https://allevents.in/events/seacliff-skate-park-grand-opening/200019005599616

[Fred Gerwer Frank Gall]

Sick. Thanks for the update.

[Made In China]

I live by downtown Santa Cruz and I'm actually sitting in a coffee shop in the area right now. Spots are pretty spread out around here, but there's some gems. Santa Cruz High has some chunky ledges, a long manny pad, and some other fun little things. Depot Park is a crazy prefab BMX park, but there's some slappy curbs and little banks that I skate all the time. Down the street from that and closer to the Boardwalk there's some other fun low key spots. I also just went to Felt Street Park for the first time and it's a tiny skate park that's super fun if it's not crowded.

[Mesteezo]

Can anybody PM me the location of Buena pool?? I know what general area it’s in but I’m not sure of the exact location...