Additional Parking:

Shuttle services provided by the Oline Trolley will be available to take residents from Downtown Ocala including the parking garage to the skate park. Click the links for more information about the Trolley services or track it live.

Vendor applications are closed for this event.

SOLD OUT
Any last-minute seats the evening of, will be available on a first-come-first-served basis
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 Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
 6 – 9 p.m.
 Q&A with Rodney Mullen from 6:30 - 7 p.m.
(Film is rated PG)

 
Film admission is free - concessions will be available.

Tickets available on a first come first serve basis https://www.reillyartscenter.com/

Required Safety Equipment

All bicycle participants under the age of 16 must wear a helmet per State Law 316.2065 (D) F.S. Please ensure that the helmet is properly fitted and fastened securely upon your head by a strap and meets the federal safety standard for bicycle helmets. 

Recommended Safety Equipment 

The City of Ocala strongly urges all skaters, boarders, bikers and other participants to wear the following for their protection and to minimize injury.

•  Protective Helmets 
• Elbow Pads
•  Wrist Pads 
• Knee Pads

 All parents/guardians should require their children to wear protective equipment when using the skatepark. Failure to wear protective equipment can and will expose users to bone fractures, concussion and other serious injuries as a result of falling or collisions with others.

• Know your skill level and ability
• Be patient and wait for your turn on the equipment
• Be courteous to others
• Brush any dirt off bike tires before using shared facilities
• No cursing, yelling, fighting or obnoxious behavior
• Protect the site from vandalism and graffiti
• Put trash in its place
• Help us make this a smoke-free place by refraining from smoking
• Any assemblies, public demonstrations, solicitations, portable amusement devices, amplified sound and commercial operations require approval and permit by the Recreation and Parks Director
• The following activities are NOT permitted: Fireworks or firearms (unless in compliance with F.S. Ch 790), drugs or alcoholic beverages, off-road vehicles, harassing, feeding, taking or releasing animals

HOW TO DETERMINE IF THE SKATEPARK IS OPEN

The skatepark may only be used when ALL of the following conditions are met:

• The gate is open
• It’s daylight (sunrise to sunset)
• The equipment and riding surface is dry

The skatepark should be considered closed if all three of these conditions are not met.

Violation of any of the posted rules or other rules for use of city parks may result in trespass or arrest.

A History of the Skate Park

A level-of-service evaluation, completed in 2014, indicated the City of Ocala needs one to three skate parks (depending on which standards are applied) just to meet city resident needs - not even factoring in non-city residents who will likely use the park.

Skateboarding is the second fastest growing sport, second only to snowboarding. It is more popular (among youth ages six to seventeen) than baseball. It is estimated there are 4,000 skateboarders in the City of Ocala and 22,000 in Marion County; generally 6.8% of the population using national averages. These statistics demonstrate a cultural shift in recreational pursuits.

Finally, after years of discussion, planning and budgeting, the City of Ocala constructed Ocala's first community skate park in Tuscawilla Park. Tuscawilla is ideally situated in downtown Ocala with easy access via automobile, foot, bicycle or public transportation.

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018, a large crowd of elected officials, CEP members, city employees, media, excited skaters and BMX bikers gathered to witness this is a moment they had all been waiting on – for years!

The weather could not have been more perfect for the Ocala Skate Park groundbreaking, where Councilman Matthew Wardell, Mayor Kent Guinn and the CEP’s Director of Business Retention Joe Reichel all took to the podium with enthusiasm and support of the new 10,000-square foot street course.

For over 30 years, Team Pain has been building skate parks all over the world and, in January of 2019, the award-winning company added Ocala, Florida to their list.

The $410,000 street course is just the first phase of the larger plan which includes a snake run, larger bowl, lighting, pavilion and other necessary amenities. Recreation and Parks Director Kathy Crile expects the community will continue their fundraising efforts to make completing all phases possible and timely.

Individual and corporate level donations are critical in continuing these efforts and can be made through Flipcause.