Potrero del Sol Skatepark Open for Business

It’s rumored that five people sustained broken bones on opening day. Be advised, the park’s terrain is definitely burl, so bring your kahoonas. The street course alone can be straight up deadly if there are too many people skating at once. Good thing the park is located within stumbling distance from S.F. General.

Mission Skateboards is also located a couple of blocks away from the park at 24th and York streets. The shop will definitely come in handy if you bust a board, bearing or kingpin mid-session and aren’t quite ready to call it a day.

Potrero del Sol/La Raza Skatepark is located at 25th and Utah streets, SF. Open daily. Hours unknown. (Being as the park is lit at night, some say it remains open until 10:00p.m., but this info has yet to be confirmed.) Park is accessible by No. 33 Muni route (get off on 25th Street). By car, take either Potrero Avenue or Ceaser Chavez Street westbound Highway 101 exits.

Here’s a nickel’s worth of free advice: Plan to arrive early because the park tends to get crowded quickly. Don’t say you weren’t warned.

(Author’s note: The park was far too crowded to skate on opening day, so we came back the following morning at 7:15 a.m. for a skate instead. The park was still closed, so we hopped the fence to get in. We were the first ones on the scene. Two cops showed up a few minutes later. We thought they were going to issue us trespassing tickets and/or rag on us for not wearing pads, but surprisingly they just watched us skate for a few then left. We skated for a solid two-and-a-half hours before the park got too crowded. I’m not sure if helmet/pads are required, but it might not be a bad idea to bring them along just in case.)

Happy shredding, folks!

Photos by Travis Jensen and Hidehiko Fujiwara. For more photos, check HERE and HERE.