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SKATEBIRD COST PROFESSIONAL

"You don't have to be a professional skater to enjoy this place." We have a step-up, crazy corners, ledges, stairs, rails, and a humongous pump track," he says.

Photo by Jesse Fraga Watson notes that the park caters to all skill levels - a feature many parks overlook. So if it starts raining if it's nighttime, you can skate here because there's lights and coverings." "When it's raining, the only other place you can go is maybe Lot 11, but there's holes everywhere in the roof. "I'm a skater of 20 years, and there's nothing like it," Watson says. He said the park's unique features surpass even Miami's first and largest public skatepark, Lot 11. Strauss also founded Skateboard Supercross (SBSX), a skatepark design and education company assisting with over 5,000 parks worldwide.ĭonny Watson, SkateBird's creative director, drove out from skate capital Los Angeles when he heard about Strauss' newest addition. This isn't his first trek around the skate scene. "We're going to have curated artists that will utilize some of the pods as their galleries, some of the most influenced art from the skateboard world," Strauss adds. "We call it a laid-back lager, to go with all of the action sports where you want to work hard, play hard, then party and relax," Strauss says.Īdditionally, the two-story mezzanine - built of recycled materials from Port Miami - features several event spaces to spotlight visual artists, musicians, and clothing designers. Photo by Jesse Fraga The park's creative team developed a Miami Vice-themed facility to hone a full-service kitchen and bar, featuring a specialty craft beer, SkateBird Brew. "We're giving the answer as to what is lacking in public skateparks, which is there's never amenities for families to take advantage of, like shade structures, water fountains, or bathrooms." "Skateboarding has always been a key influencer in almost every fashion and lifestyle movement in Miami," he says. Strauss notes that the space is less than 30 minutes away from South Florida's largest skate communities: Miami Beach, downtown Miami, and Aventura. "It's going to be a nice, clean, sleek skatepark with plenty of amenities to enjoy, shop around, check out the latest and greatest of the industries." "We want to provide that great fashion lifestyle event space, but with skateboarding as its epicenter," Strauss says. The space also tempts nonskaters with frequent retail pop-ups, fashion shows, concerts, and art exhibitions.įounder and CEO Jonathan "Joner" Strauss considers Skatebird to be "the newest concept in sports and entertainment." The pump track holds a 15,000-square-foot continuous loop of deep banks and turns, which pumps the rider's momentum up and down the circuit. The new, 32,000-square-foot skatepark, located on the Upper Eastside a few blocks north of the 79th Street Causeway and just west of Biscayne Boulevard, features an outdoor street-style plaza for traditional tricks and a covered pump track made to withstand Florida's unpredictable rainfall. SkateBird Miami is a one-stop hub for streetwear enthusiasts, foodies, bar hoppers, and all-wheel sports - the first of its kind in Florida.