Skate
Bowls
From swimming pool to bowl
In the 1970s, surfers discovered empty swimming pools as places to skate. The curved transitions, the flat and the coping tube along the top edge still define every skate bowl today.
With our modular skate elements made of reinforced concrete, we build bowls and pools in many sizes and shapes, closed and sunk into the ground or open on the surface. A bowl consists of a level floor (the flat) surrounded by curved walls (the transitions). The coping tube sits along the top edge, where the transition meets the platform. We supply bowls in depths of 98 and 150 cm.
The first bowl built with our modular skate elements went up on Gran Canaria in 2002. Our skate elements are in use from sea level to over 1,000 m above sea level, from Norway to the Canary Islands and from England to Turkey.
Closed or open
Closed · in the ground
The classic bowl is closed all round and sunk into the ground; riders drop in from the upper platform. The elements are placed on separate foundations and concreted in. This joins the park permanently to the ground.
At least one drain is mandatory in the flat. For safety we recommend a second. Sizes and shapes are freely selectable, for example kidney-shaped pools, cloverleaf bowls or combi pools with several depths.
- ▸ Depths 98 and 150 cm
- ▸ One drain is mandatory, two are recommended
- ▸ Cast in on a separate foundation
- ▸ Continuous galvanised coping tube
Open · above ground
The open bowl is open on at least one side, so riders roll straight onto the flat. It can be skated like a bowl and like a street element at the same time. You can pump, grind and roll back into the flat.
Above-ground bowls are placed directly on the existing riding surface. Stainless steel transition plates smooth the step from the ground to the element. No excavation or foundation is needed. The surface only needs a slight fall.
- ▸ Directly on an existing surface or asphalt
- ▸ From 1.00 m high with a platform (deck) and fall protection
- ▸ No foundation or excavation
- ▸ Can be moved, extended and dismantled
Precast instead of in-situ concrete
Precast units are easier to inspect than in-situ concrete: wall thickness, reinforcement and joints are made in the factory under constant conditions. Construction is faster, hardly depends on the weather and is usually cheaper.
Good preliminary planning is essential, though. Please contact us before you start planning.
Design & Advice
Every bowl park is an individual design task. We guide you from the first sketch through 3D visualisation to turnkey installation.
See the planning process arrow_forwardTechnical data
- Bowl depths
- 98 / 150 cm
- Types of construction
- Closed · Open
- Material
- Reinforced concrete C35/45
- Coping tube
- Galvanised · continuous
- Drain
- min. 1 (mandatory)
- Transition (open bowl)
- Transition plate
- Fall protection
- from 1.00 m high
- Free forms
- possible with modules
- Weather
- Frost-proof · UV-resistant
- Relocatable
- Yes (open bowl)
- Installation
- By A+ Urban Design
Product catalogue
Product catalogue
All technical data, dimensions and certificates for this product.
One click opens your email app with a prepared enquiry. We send the catalogue to you personally.
