Vans Skatepark

Located at The Outlets at Orange, Vans offers unique courses at this large indoor park where you can also do some shopping inside their retail space.

This wooden skate park offers skaters a smoother, quieter ride as opposed to the more common concrete skate parks. The park is sectioned off into a pee-wee area for beginners and a main street course for more advanced skaters.

As a bonus, top professional and amateur skateboarders who live locally and skateboarders from all around the world tend to session this skatepark.

▸ Free Admission
▸ Helmets/Pads Enforced
▸ Lessons Offered:  YES^﹡
▸ Skate Park Lights:  YES

﹡Offers private instruction for skateboarders ages 6–16

Anaheim West Skatepark

Located on the right-hand side in Brookhurst Community Park, Anaheim West Skatepark is a popular spot for skateboarders, bike riders, and scooter riders.

This park was re-created as a tribute to the old Sadlands park with similar craters and ramps that were in the park and skated heavily many years ago.

It also has a nice shallow kidney pool with coping and tiles, as well as a full street course. There are lots of ledges rails and banks crammed into this park.

▸ Free Admission
▸ Helmets/Pads Enforced
▸ Lessons Offered:  NO
▸ Skate Park Lights:  NO

Harvard Skate Park

This 10,000 square-foot concrete skateboard park with bowl, rails, fun box, and street obstacles combines a positive environment with a high-quality facility.

It's operated by experienced and customer service-driven staff that truly care about everyone who visits the park and where respect and responsibility are a basic expectation of skaters, staff, and spectators.

Harvard Skate Park can be reserved for private party uses only on Weekdays from 8 AM to 2 PM, Saturdays from 8 AM to 10 AM, and Sundays from 8 AM to 12 PM.

▸ Free Admission
▸ Helmets/Pads Enforced
▸ Lessons Offered:  NO
▸ Skate Park Lights:  YES

Etnies Skatepark

Etnies Skatepark is a one-of-a-kind skate park with over 62,000 square feet of skating space. It's a skateboarder’s dream, with countless fixtures, ramps, and obstacles to keep their wheels turning for hours.

Etnies Skatepark is known as the largest free skate park in America, with free admission and plenty of areas for spectators to take in the exciting moves of the skateboarders.

In addition to the usual skate park features, there is a section designed to emulate the street-skating experience with ledges, rails, benches, banks, quarter pipes, and stair obstacles.

▸ ID Cards Required for Admission^﹡
▸ Helmets/Pads Enforced
▸ Lessons Offered:  NO
▸ Skate Park Lights:  YES

﹡Free for Lake Forest residents; $5 fee for non-residents

Costa Mesa Skatepark

Also known as Volcom Skatepark, it's a popular spot for the more serious skaters ― although the layout here allows all skater types/styles to skate together. Very clean, well-maintained, and strategically placed across from Tewinkle Park.

It's safe to say there's a little bit of everything here: A little street section, vert, tranny, and a mini kidney-shaped bowl with an old-school-style pool. The street section is smooth, fast, and easy to navigate. Plenty of space where moms and dads can hang out, watch their kids, and where the locals are fun and supportive towards the newbies.

Bleachers, drinking fountains, and grassy, shaded areas make this one of the best skate parks in California. City police do frequent this park often, handing out tickets to anyone not wearing a helmet. No bikes or scooters allowed.

▸ Free Admission
▸ Helmets/Pads Enforced
▸ Lessons Offered:  YES^﹡
▸ Skate Park Lights:  YES

﹡Visit basicsofskateboarding.com for more information