ERINDALE ACT

Just a reminder that this is on this Saturday!!!

Full write up and results are here: http://canberraskateboarding.org/?p=2487

Erindale Brick Banks (Erindale Skatepark) is set to be demolished in the near future. This skate spot is unique, inconic and has a deep history in Australian Skateboarding. It's probably a good time to restart discussions around the proposed relocation of the skatepark and if it's worth fighting to keep the iconic banks where they are.

The ACT budget was handed down recently and in a media release it was stated "The suburb (Wanniassa) is set for a new supermarket with 7600 square metres of commercial land to be released at Erindale Shopping Centre."

This is in line with the Erindale Master Plan document released in 2012. http://www.planning.act.gov.au/tools_resources/legislation_plans_registers/plans/master_plans/tuggeranong_and_erindale_centres_master_plans

The plan states "It is expected within 5-15 years of master plan endorsement that
Section 295 (the Government owned car park to the south of the
existing shopping centre) will have been released and developed as an extension to the shopping centre..."

With regards to the skatepark the plan says "...For the creation of
New Wynne Street, the skate park will need to be relocated to
the sports precinct to the west of Erindale..."

faaaark such an iconic spot!
Does it still see heavy sessions regularly??

Whenever I'm in town I stop by but is there enough local presence to try and justify keeping it?
I know Vaga and others in CBR are a very motivated bunch so maybe they can have their say before it's too late

Hey Fetus. Vaga's taking a step back from this kind of stuff to focus on his family but there's still a group of us doing what we can to stay on top of it and keep Canberra Skateboarding Association going. As far as heavy sessions go I try to round up a big session at Erindale once a year there (see clip) but besides that it doesn't get much love. That being said it's still the first spot any touring pro's skate if they come through Canberra and it's easily had more coverage over the years than any other spot here.

I'm looking into trying to nominate the Erindale Brick Banks to be on the ACT Hertiage Register before any applications for developing on the land go through. If anyone could send me any old links/scans/photos/articles that could be used to support it having historical and cultural significance it would be super helpful.

An ACT Heritage Register nomination has been submitted for Erindale Brick Banks and we are awaiting the outcome. Some of the nomination content is up on our website if you're interested. http://www.canberraskateboarding.org/WP/historic-skateparks/

Great works and a good read guys, hope it goes well.

There will be a story on Nine News Canberra tonight with some shredding by Ethan Copeland. Keep an eye out.

*tomorrow night