Cardiff, Wales

This is a pretty good park, there’s a lot of great elements to it like – the jersey barrier on the hip, the bank & bench over the gravel gap, a small & tight concrete mini and a beautiful seafront location

However, it’s not without its flaws, such as the use of gravel around the park which is a shockingly bad idea (also seen in Cork St. in Dublin), the lack of flow around the bottom right of the diagram (caused by the strange choice of plot shape), lack of platform on the quarter near the main hip, which both mean it`s difficult to hit the hip coming from screen left. Also, randomly throwing in brickwork or a brick-like texture on transitions and banks doesn’t work and there are a few issues with layout. Still, it’s a decent park.

See http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/skate/spot-check-cardiff-barrage-plaza/ for more info.

Local legend gets busy at the Barrage back in 2010 for DC Shoes

Gravity skateparks – https://www.gravityparks.co.uk/cardiff-skatepark

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BBC news report on the opening