Plaza at the Forks- One of Canada's Largest Skateparks

Another Manitoba attraction built with the help from The James Burns Family Foundation and Centre Venture is the Park Plaza Skate Park. This park is one of the largest skate parks in Canada, possesses 30,000 square feet of foot skate area and 8,500 square foot bowel complex. It cost a whopping 2.5 million dollars to construct a park of this size for skateboarders, roller bladers, and BMXers to have a safe place to try out their skills.
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The Plaza at the Forks
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In 2006, Tony Hawk, the pro skateboarder, briefly visited the Plaza at the Forks to film scenes for his movie Secret Skate Park Tour 3. According to Global News, Tony Hawk dubbed the park "one of the best he has seen." Check out this rest of this article.
I've witnessed a wide variety of ages at this park and always find it nice to see the older skaters helping the younger ones learn new tricks. This park is known to have a happy and safe atmosphere.

"There seems to be a code of graciousness in this park. Everyone seems to take their turn and help each other," said a person passing by who likes to frequent the area. 

"I went to Winnipeg on the Tony Hawk secret skateboard tour...and that park's amazing-probably the best in North America right now."

 -Alex Chapman