Author: Kyle Railey

The new Artist Walk Riverside Skate Park is the latest addition to Jacksonville’s skating community. Located under the Fuller Warren Bridge, the park opened to the public in early August and has since drawn skaters from all over Jacksonville, including Arlington, Fernandina Beach, and Orange Park. The park’s centrality has allowed the skating community to grow and bring in new or old skaters back to their passion. 

The skate park’s unique location and design have attracted local skaters, believing the skate park is full of jumps, ramps, and ledges that can capture a skater’s creativity.

“The amount of creativity you can have. They put ledges and stuff you can grind on all over the sides from the ramps. You can do anything you want here, just like it just matters what your mind can do and you want to do,” local skater Taj said when asked about the park’s design and creativity. 

Jacksonville is not new to the skating community as it has multiple parks, including the South Beach Skate Park, Orange Park Skateboard Park, and the Kona Skate Park. Kona in particular has played an important role in Jacksonville’s skating community with its historic “Vert Ramp,” which many legendary skaters, like Tony Hawk, used during its peak. These developments have allowed Jacksonville to create and cultivate a flourishing skating community that sees continued support from both locals and the government through the development of the new Artist Walk Skate Park.