The Burnside Skatepark is located in Portland, Oregon, and started in 1990 as an ... As the skating community gained the respect of locals, the park was eventually accepted by the city.

More than 30 years ago, a group of Portlanders created their own skatepark without any permission under the Burnside Bridge. The Burnside Skatepark is credited as the first do-it-yourself, or DIY ...

Underneath Portland, Oregon's Burnside Bridge is one of the ... we had to have a conversation about scaling the skate park back, and then, what happens when the building goes up and how do we ...

That’s the legacy of the Burnside Skatepark, one of the most iconic DIY skateparks in the world, built under the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon ... corner of the park, the skaters who ...

Jose Marcelino “Marcel” Castillo-Pacheco was known for getting around Portland on his skateboard ... Park. From April to July, public safety authorities have reported at least 13 drownings in ...

Three years ago, an odd structure sprouted alongside the Springwater Corridor bike trail in deep Southeast Portland ... The park under the Burnside Bridge arguably inaugurated a DIY skate culture ...

In 1990, construction on a DIY skatepark in Portland ... to ride the park experienced hostility from the local skateboard community, the group persevered and continued to visit Burnside, riding ...

Home to the nationally-acclaimed Burnside ... as a future skatepark location in Portland’s 2008 Skatepark Masterplan. Despite approval from City Council at the time, the park never moved past ...

OMSI hosted the Burnside Bridge team responsible for redesigning the 98-year-old bridge. The purpose of the redesign is to ...