Del Mar Skate Ranch

32°58′35″N 117°15′10″W

Del Mar Skate Ranch
LocationSan Diego, California  USA
Typeconcrete skatepark
Construction
OpenedAugust 1978
DemolishedJuly 1987
ArchitectTom Inouye, Chris Strople, and Curtis Hesselgrave
Project managerChip Morton ("Park Manager")
Website
http://www.delmarskateranch.com/

The Del Mar Skate Ranch, also known as the DMSR, was an American skatepark in Del Mar, California, which opened August 1978 and was demolished July 1987.[1][2][3][4][5]

History

DMSR was designed by IPS (Inouye’s Pool Service) staffers Tom Inouye, Chris Strople and Curtis Hesselgrave; however, the actual construction of the skatepark was farmed out to the lowest bidding contractor.[6]

The park was built in 1978 and was the gathering point for many influential skaters. Del Mar featured a handful of different obstacles including the "Keyhole pool" where many tricks were done for the first time.[7]

Del Mar Skate Ranch was skated by many skateboarding innovators including Tony Hawk, Steve Steadham, Tod Swank, Dave Swift, Neil Blender, Christian Hosoi, Bill Danforth, Mike Mcgill, Lester Kasai Rodney Mullen, Danny Way, and many others.[6]

The park was demolished in 1987 because the landowner sold a nearby part of the area for a hotel. The owner of this new hotel did not consider it desirable to have a skateboard park in the vicinity.[7]

References
  1. "Grant Brittain's Del Mar Skate Ranch". X Games. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. "Scouts to Save Skateboard Park : Merger May Get Defunct Del Mar Facility Rolling Again". Los Angeles Times. 1985-10-27. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  3. "At 21, Top S.D. Skateboarder Is Sport's Old Man". Los Angeles Times. 1985-04-25. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  4. "Fearless Fliers of Fallbrook : The crowd-pleasing, dare-devil 'skate gods' soar through the air with practiced ease". Los Angeles Times. 1990-01-19. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  5. Dougherty, Conor; Kang, Inyoung (2018-04-13). "California Today: A Photographer Tracks the Rise of Skateboarding". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. "History « Del Mar Skate Ranch". www.delmarskateranch.com. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  7. "Del Mar Skateboard Ranch". Transworld SKATEboarding. 2003-03-04. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
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