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Skatepark hunting in Spain
Text and photos by Haroun Cherif.
What's next? What should I do now that I've visited almost every skatepark in Portugal? Visit all the skateparks in Spain? What should I do with Trucks and Fins? This dream of mine, to build the world's largest skate map in the world, has cost me a big part of my savings and I still haven't made the time to think about how I can at least reach a break-even and keep this project going.
A lot of questions have been haunting for some time now, so on January 1 2022 I got in my car and started a roadtrip to sort out my head and find the answers. What I didn't realise is that it was going to take me two months on the road to figure things out. More than 8000kms of time to think.
The plan of day 1 was simple. Drive as far as I can, visiting all the skateparks that were still missing photos on Trucks and Fins.
Before crossing the Spanish border I was able to go to 4 skateparks in Portugal before squeezing in a sunset session at the bowl in Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain. By the time I finished my session it was dark so I decided to ride another 94 kms and find a place to sleep in Salamanca. In the end, I ended up sleeping in my car after visiting a Mercadona and fueling up on food and drinks for the night. Have to confess that I didn't sleep all that well, because it was around 5 degrees outside and my car is a car, not a van.
At dusk the next day, after finding myself some coffee and tortilla I was ready for Salamanca. Salamanca is definitely a bucket list city if you like street spots, culture, food and beautiful sceneries. The city is packed with gems to skate along its streets, but skatepark wise you don't have too many options. You have the very basic wooden Elio Antonio de Nebrija skatepark, the concrete street focused Aldehuela skatepark and Plaza Santiago skatepark. If you like transition Salamanca is not the place to be, because the closest bowls are in Ciudad Rodrigo and Valladolid, respectively 94kms and 121 kms away.
Mação skatepark in Portugal
Mação skatepark, in the Santarém district, features a fun bowl. It's located a bit in the middle of nowhere, in a town populated with 7338 people. It's one of those parks that when you arrive think WTF is this doing here?
Castelo Branco skatepark in Portugal
The over 4000 square meters Castelo Branco skatepark was designed and built by Academia dos Patins in 2012 and features a nice variety of wooden obstacles to hit.
Fundão skatepark in Portugal
Fundão skatepark is a basic wooden park built by Academia dos Patins. The park features several ramps on the sides of street obstacles.
Belmonte skatepark in Portugal
Another WTF experience in a town of 6859 inhabitants where the ratio of elderly to young people is close to 3:1 This park is insane. Check out the Mystery of the Belmonte bowl to discover more.
Ciudad Rodrigo skatepark in Spain
Ciudad Rodrigo skatepark is definitely worth a visit if you are looking for an easy bowl to cruise around and have some fun.
Elio Antonio de Nebrija skatepark in Spain
Elio Antonio de Nebrija skatepark is a wooden park with a bank and quarterpipe on the sides of a funbox.
Plaza Santiago skatepark in Spain
Plaza Santiago skatepark is a popular skateboarding site with a variety of benches, rails, ledges and stairs in a park setting in front of a church.
Aldehuela skatepark in Spain
Aldehuela skatepark is a large concrete park packed with street obstacles.
So that was it for day one: 491 kms, 8 parks on the map. Salamanca done. Stay tuned for more.
