Grab your skateboard, and head to NE 82nd & NE Siskiyou at 3 pm:

Portland Parks & Recreation cuts the ribbon on the newest addition to Portland’s skatepark network. Sited in Glenhaven Park, across from Madison High School, the new skatepark is designed by Dreamland Skateparks and features both street and tranny areas.

Join Portland Parks & Recreation, Commissioner Dan Saltzman, neighbors and skaters for a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the opening of this highly-anticipated skatepark.

Adjacent to Madison High School, Glenhaven Skatepark is the first of 19 new skateparks to be developed by Portland Parks & Recreation (Pier Park’s skatepark underwent a complete renovation in 2006). The park is 11,000 square feet, and features a 5,500 square foot street course and 5,500 square feet of “tranny” (transition) area. The tranny area includes a 9-foot deep “peanut bowl” with a 4-foot deep shallow end with stairs and a separate rectangular bowl. The street area includes hubba ledges; stamped brick bank; banks, ledges and manual pads; handrails; stairs; two pyramid hips; a quarter pipe; and two “dude chutes.”

(Photo of the “Peanut Bowl,” courtesy Portland Parks & Recreation)