Santa Clara Skatepark

Not the best park. Rules are way too strict. I get that you’re trying to protect kids, but let adults skate how they want.
As far as the park goes… It’s really not that well designed at all. Things are either too easy or too hard. Not very great flow at all either.
I wish whoever designed the Fair Oaks park would have designed this one.
Only reason I’m leaving 4 stars is because growing up I went here and it helped me fuel my passion for a great sport; skateboarding. On the other hand I’m confident I would’ve progressed more if I would’ve went to fair oaks instead.
Try both and you will see the difference. One has great flow, great variety in levels of difficulty. The design just makes sense in fair oaks. Santa Clara Skatepark seems like an amateur designed it.

This is a really good skate park that appeals to different levels of skaters. It is a clean, well-​supervised park with a variety of areas to skate. Understandably, some skaters are stifled by the park policies (waivers, which only need to be signed once because they are kept on file; and helmet/​pads requirement). Fortunately, there are other area skate parks (Sunnyvale, Rengstorff, etc.) available. FYI, Lake Cunnigham skate park also requires signed waivers and helmet/​pads.

Good skatepark for people who don’t have a problem wearing pads since there mandatory. Kept really clean too.

This is a great park for kids and adults getting into skating. The helmet and pads situation is not an issue for me, however those who cannot afford pads will need to use the pads which the park provides for you. If you don’t believe in helmets, there are plenty of other skateparks that don’t require you to use them.
The park is free for use if you are under 18 with a Y.A.C card or you are a resident of Santa Clara. Guests of residents are allowed to skate with the submission of a release form that is available inside the park.
While the majority of teenagers will be taller than most obstacles, there is a lot of variation in the size of spines, transitions, and banks, which makes perfecting basic tricks and maneuvers across the park a very smooth process. There is still a large pool and half pipe with vert extensions for more advanced skaters, as well as tiny to mid size stair sets and rails.
The park is always very clean, and the drinking fountain is ice cold. It is also equipped with shaded bleachers for parents to read and let their kids loose to have fun and exercise.

The skate park layout looks sick but my friends and I weren’t able to skate it. I found this skatepark on Google map but I didn’t know that pads and helmets were mandatory. The park requires to sign lame waivers, and enforce wearing stupid helmets and pads. The park provide dirty and unclean pads which a lot of people wore and sweat in them. No thanks, that’s nasty. I understand the city don’t want to be liable for people injuries but the park policy is wack.
This skatepark was mostly for little kids that have their parents/​guardians watching over them. This was basically a Chuck-​E-​Cheese skatepark «Where a kid can be a kid!», that’s so lame. This park discourage majority of skaters who don’t believe in wearing helmets. I’m a grown ass man so I skate at my own risk.
We ended up leaving this whack ass skatepark, and drove to Milpitas to meet other group of skater friends. We skated a real street spot in some warehouse parking lot (manual pad, ledges, and loading dock). We drank beers and smoke weed too at the spot without being kick out from the police or private security.

Not a skateboarder myself but my son seems to enjoy it. I love that center provides elbow and knee pads. The hours are a bit limited but this is a safe place for kids to skate and skateboard.