Tisdale Kinettes ask for community input for skate park

The Tisdale Kinettes are asking for the community's input for the design of the new skate park.

At a community engagement meeting held Jan. 30, the Kinettes and the skate park designers, the Canadian Ramp Company, showed off some possible designs and asked for feedback.

"We want to create something that's going to hit everybody," said Graham Cooke, a skate park specialist with the company.

There were also questionnaires being distributed at the meeting. The Kinettes are planning to send some to the high school and are asking community members to fill them out. A copy of the questionnaire can be found below and answers can be sent to the Kinettes here. The plan is for the Canadian Ramp Company to look at the results in two to three weeks.

Cooke said he's impressed with how much work the Kinettes have done to prepare for the project.

"I feel the community's ahead of the game. They've done a lot of work when it comes to fundraising," he said. "I see this project as moving forward quickly. I think the heavy lifting's been done, which is extremely important."

Questionnaire

1. What do you normally ride?

• Skateboard
• BMX Bike
• Inline Skates
• Scooter
• Mountain Bike
• Longboard

2. Describe your perfect skate park

• Plaza Only/No Transition
• Bowl/Transition
• Ramp Park
• Street Course
• Even Between All Disciplines

3. Do you travel to any other parks? What did you like there? Are there any other skate spots that you enjoy?

4. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest, rate how important it is to have the following aspects in your park. Add other elements you'd like to see.

• Quarter Pipes (a curve that's the shape of a quarter of a pipe)
• Banks (wedge ramps that vary in angle that are used for traversing obstacles)
• Benches (a sitting area that can also be used as an obstacle)
• Bowl/Transition (a completely enclosed area of quarter pipes that curve in corners)
• Bumps
• Flat ground areas
• Gaps
• Jump Box (an elevated surface connected to the ground with a quarter pipe or a ramp)
• Ledges (a raised flat surface that users can grind around the edge)
• Manual Pads (an elevated pad)
• Mini-Ramps
• Pyramid (a ramp made of four bank put into a square pyramid shape)
• Rail Variety (rails came in all different shapes, sizes and angles)
• Spine (two quarter pipes placed back to back)
• Stairs
• Other

5. What are the top three obstacles your perfect skate park would include?

6. Be honest: what's your skill level?

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

7. What's your age?

8. Email address?

9. How many days a week would you get out and ride the skate park in your town?

• One Day a Week
• Two Days a Week
• Three Days a Week
• Four Days a Week
• Five Days a Week
• Six Days a Week
• Every Day

10. What else should we do for the park? Feel free to draw unique features or anything else that you'd like to have in the park.

11. Where do you live?

Please send your answers to the Kinettes here.