⊲ 88,000 SQUARE FEET OF SKATEABLE TERRAIN, MAKING IT THE LARGEST OPEN PARK IN THE NATION! ⊲ OLYMPIC RATED PARK AND STREET COURSES! ⊲ CAPACITY TO HOST BOTH DEMONSTRATIONS AND COMPETITIONS. ⊲ OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL SKILL AND ABILITY LEVELS FROM BEGINNERS TO PROFESSIONALS. Lauridsen Skatepark is located in the heart of downtown Des Moines on five acres at the northern edge of the Principal Riverwalk and just east of Wells Fargo Arena and Iowa Events Center. Designed by renowned skateboarders Lance Mountain and Colby Carter of California Skateparks, Lauridsen Skatepark is an attractive extension of the city’s beautiful Principal Riverwalk. Des Moines is poised to host major events at the skatepark beginning in spring 2021. With experience hosting national events such as the US Youth Regional and National Soccer Championships, NCAA Men’s Basketball and Wrestling, AAU Junior Olympics, USA Track and Field Championships, and the LPGA Solheim Cup, Des Moines can ensure your event is a success. Your participants and guests will experience a world-class event in a safe, affordable, and accessible destination. Downtown Des Moines is emerging, progressive, and probably not at all what you think. It’s a culture without the cost. Art without the attitude. Walkable without the worry. The Skatepark is in great proximity to Des Moines’ restaurant scene, attractions and hotel rooms. There are more than 2,800 hotel rooms downtown and 13,000+ rooms citywide. Downtown hotels are walkable from the Skatepark and include all the major brands, service levels and budgets. Event parking options surround the Skatepark, and range from street parking to large parking lots. The DSM airport is just a quick 10-minute Uber away. Visitors will be steps away from many downtown attractions such as The Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines Botanical Garden, Iowa State Capitol, and Pappajohn Sculpture Park. Des Moines is home to an incredible food and drink scene with multiple James Beard- nominated chefs and noteworthy cocktail bars and nightlife. Downtown will surprise and delight at every turn - and with every bite! Polk County Conservation, manager of the Lauridsen Skatepark, along with Catch Des Moines (the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau), Skate DSM (local non-profit), and Subsect (local skateboard shop) are excited to partner with you to host an event in our great city. CONTACT: Laura Jass Event Experience Sports Coordinator [email protected] | (319) 795-3225 dsmskatepark.com catchdesmoines.com PARK COURSE FLOW BOWL The Lauridsen Park course design is consistent with professional-level The Flow Bowl is a junior-sized Park Course designed to promote skill park course venues, such as those on the Vans Park Series world tour, progression for beginning and intermediate transition skaters while and is capable of hosting amateur through world-class professional events. allowing for advanced skater use for more technical transition skating. Terrain Details: Depth range 5-10 feet, hips, extensions, escalators, The Flow Bowl facilitates recreational skating and event training and can layback walls, gaps, rails, transfers, elevation changes, pipe coping, host amateur, local, and regional events. pool coping, and pool tile. Terrain Details: Depth range 4-7 feet, hips, extensions, escalators, Spine, pump-bump, layback walls, transfers, elevation changes, pipe coping, pool coping, and pool tile. STREET COURSE The Lauridsen Street Course Design is consistent with professional-level Street Course venues, such as those on the Street League world tour, and is capable of hosting amateur through world-class professional events. Terrain Details: 10 Ledges types including straight, out, banked, hubba, and down ledges; 11 rail types including, flat, down, out, round and WOW SKATE ART FEATURE square; four different stair sets, and an array of banks, gaps, hips, and The WOW skateable art feature is transfer lines. located within the southern portion of the Promenade and is constructed of SKATE PROMENADE ¾-in thick steel plate that is 84-feet long, 4-feet wide, and 12-feet tall. At nearly a quarter-mile in length, the Skate Promenade is a one-of-a- Each letter of the word allows for kind skate park element and is one of the most iconic features of the various skateboarding opportunities Lauridsen Skatepark. Utilizing the previously existing Riverfront Road’s that can occur independently or footprint, the Skate Promenade is a 38-foot wide concrete promenade in conjunction with skateboarding populated with street skating features and open space. elements along the Promenade. Terrain Details: Cantilevered quarter pipes, mini-ramp, beginner street section, curbs, banks, hipped-banks, flat-rails, bump-to-bump, A-frame rail, ledge-gap, mailbox-curb, out-ledges, out-rail, banked ledges, manual-pad, pump-bumps. ADDITIONAL NOTEWORTHY PARK FEATURES Lauridsen Skatepark also includes competition level 16-Stair and Four-Flat-Four-Stair, a Snake Run, and dozens of hips, banks, and AMOEBA POOL ledges located around the perimeter of the park. The culmination of all the good things that pool skating offers in a safe and legal public park. Terrain Details: 5’-10” shallow end, 8’-6” deep end, pool coping, pool tile. dsmskatepark.com catchdesmoines.com.