Rocker Memorial Skatepark

KIDS DESERVE A PLACE TO GROW

Skateparks build and sustain healthy communities. This park expansion will provide a safe space for beginners to learn, for intermediates to grow their skills, and for experts to showcase their talent. As a gathering place for dedicated, athletic youth, the skatepark provides the forum for visitors young and old, beginning and skilled, to meet and share experiences. For many skateboarding youth, the skatepark becomes a home-away-from-home.

COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS

Along with the expansion of the current skatepark with the addition of 25,000 square feet of new features, Rocker Memorial Skatepark will be protecting the adjacent wetland, improving sidewalks, increasing pedestrian safety, and connecting the park to Truckee's recreational hub at the Regional Park.

SENSE OF BELONGING

More than anyone, young people need to feel like they are recognized and appreciated by their communities. In too many places skateboarders get the wrong message from local authorities who limit or outlaw skateboarding and ignore its inherent benefits. Skateparks are the solution. Every skatepark supports hundreds of kids that might otherwise have nowhere to go.

A first-of-its-kind study of skateboarding culture reveals that skateboarding improves mental health, fosters community, and encourages diversity and resilience.

Skateparks benefit the community as a playground, a gym, a creative laboratory, a community center and much more. 

We believe skatepark users encounter a physical and social environment that improves mental health, fosters community, and encourages diversity and resilience.  

Skatepark users consistently engage in:

• Cooperative athleticism
• Creative self expression
• Diverse community engagement
• Long term habitual exercise habits (without the restrictions of league costs, coaches or practice schedules)
• Perseverance through repetition and self-set goal achievement 
• Emotional regulation
• Inclusion
• Risk analysis