Spot of the Week: Vista Ridge Amphitheatere

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This week, we travel to the Lewisville Amphitheatre to skate one of the city’s most diverse spots. The Amphitheatre is tucked between two office parks and is rarely used. This means you can skate almost anytime, with little chance of a confrontation. This is a good spot for beginners up to advanced level skaters.

At the entrance, you’ll find a pair of knee-high ledges with discolored from years of waxing and grinding. Be careful to pop off before landing on the curb and flower bed at the ledges end.

Inside the grounds lies a circular manual pad with three perfect ride-up/landing ways. A clear path from the pad to the entrance ledges makes for an unobstructed run. 

Further inside, the Amphitheatre stage provides a smooth surface for a game of skate.

The stage's first big step has a great waxed ledge with a challenging kink.

The rear of the stage has a pair of five-stairs. When I visited, a trash can was set up at the foot of the stairs, a relic of a previous session.

Just down the road from the Amphitheatre is the Vista Ridge Athletic Complex. This area is used for soccer and baseball, so is usually empty during weekdays. However, it not secluded like the Amphitheatre and has signs warning against skateboarding.

When you enter, you’ll find a white tubular rail. The rail has no kinks or skate stoppers, but a park sign makes for a difficult rail slide.

The center of the complex holds the “big four.” This steps of this four-stair are two-three times larger than average. You have plenty of room for riding up, but you should be wary of a rocky and rough landing.