Skateboard Parks in North Carolina

North Carolina is home to dozens of skate parks, so if you are just moving to the state or taking a vacation, don't leave your board at home. Each park has its own rules regarding safety equipment, but most parks require that you wear at least a helmet. If you do not bring your own helmet or pads, many of these parks have loaners or rentals.

  1. Food Lion Skate Park

    • Food Lion has partnered with the city of Asheville to create a skate park of epic proportions: approximately 17,000 square feet. This park has a beginner course, a street course and a large bowl. Beginners have a 4-foot bowl to skate with a series of hips and a 5-foot curb for grinding. The street course is for intermediate skaters and has several 5- to 8-foot quarter pipes, pyramids, launch boxes, ledges and handrails. The park’s bowl has a 10-foot vertical wall. You must wear pads in this park. You can buy individual day passes that cost from $2 to $5. Annual passes are $60.

      Food Lion Skate Park

      115 Haywood Road

      Asheville, NC 28806

      foodlionskatepark.com

    Fusion Skate Park

    • Fusion Skate Park in Greenville is noted for its outdoor concrete ledges and indoor park with variously sized quarter pipes, ledges, pyramids and fun boxes. Skaters under the age of 18 must have a parent sign a waiver before skating. Skaters younger than 16 must wear full pads and a helmet; skaters 16 or older need only a helmet. Day passes to this park range from $8 for members to $12 for nonmembers.

      Fusion Skate Park

      504 W. 10th St.

      Greenville, NC 27858

      fusionsurfskate.com/park

    Grayson's Skate Park

    • Grayson’s Skate Park is Charlotte’s only public skateboard park. The facility is almost 13,000 square feet and has a street course with four large quarter pipes, banks, ledges and transitions. This park also has a bowl that ranges from 5 ½ to 10 ½ feet deep. In order to skate this park, you must sign a liability waiver and wear pads.

      Grayson's Skate Park

      750 Beal St.

      Charlotte, NC 28211

    Outer Banks Family YMCA Skate Park

    • In Nags Head, the Outer Banks Family YMCA Skate Park is open to skateboarders, in-line skaters, BMX bikers and scooter riders. This park covers more than 15,000 square feet and boasts a large cement bowl and a challenging street section. An adult must accompany children under the age of 12, and all skaters under the age of 17 must wear full pads and a helmet. Skaters 18 and older are required to wear only a helmet. A daily pass is $10, a weekly pass is $30.

      Outer Banks Family YMCA Skate Park

      3000 S. Croatan Highway

      Nags Head, NC 27959

    Skate Barn

    • If you're visiting the Wilmington area and love to skate, the 20-minute drive north to the Skate Barn is well worth it. This 6,000-square-foot facility features indoor and outdoor courses and uses skatelite surfacing. Skate Barn has two kidney-shaped bowls, one 3 feet deep and the other 5 feet deep. The inside area has quarter pipes, banks, ramps, hips and a vertical wall. Outside, the street course has a 3- and 4-foot half pipe, manual pad and concrete ledge. All skaters must sign a liability waiver and purchase an annual membership that ranges from $15 to $65. Each skate session costs from $3 to $5.

      The Skate Barn

      155 Pansy Lane

      Hamstead, NC 28443

      theskatebarn.com