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SKATEPARK [1 record]

Record 1 2008-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
CONT

A skatepark is a purpose-built recreational environment for skateboarders, BMXers, and inline skaters to ride and develop their sport and art. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, quarter pipes, handrails, trick boxes, vert ramps, pyramids, banked ramps, full pipes, stairs, and any number of other trick-oriented objects.

CONT

Skateparks are relatively safe recreational facilities that are a healthy asset to the communities that build them.

Key term(s)
  • skate-park
  • skate park

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
DEF

Terrain aménagé pour la pratique de la planche à roulettes, [de patin à roues alignées ou du BMX] et comportant des pistes et structures spéciales à surface lisse (tubes, bols, piscines, etc.)

CONT

[Le] «planchodrome» [qui va être aménagé à la Villette, à Paris] [...] couvrira 6,500 mètres carrés et comportera quatre pistes: une piste pour débutants [...]; une piste de slalom [...]; deux pistes pour plancheurs confirmés [...]

OBS

Skatepark et skate-park sont des anglicismes au Canada.

Spanish

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