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Oregon's South Coast is your destination. Check out these wonderful Bay Area activities.

101 Explore Port Orford's history Explore Port Orford's history

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102 Hike Humbug Hike Humbug

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100 Check out the local skate parks

Skaters need not leave their boards at home.

The South Coast is home to several highly rated skateboard parks.

At Florence, there's 12,000 square feet of fun, at the corner of 18th and Oak streets.
In Reedsport, the Funnel Tunnel is the main attraction at the 11,000-square-foot facility. Airspeed Skateparks designed and built the park in four months in 2003. It's located at Lions Park, across U.S. Highway 101 from several small stores and a 7-Eleven.
At Coos Bay, there's a small skating area in Mingus Park near the ballfield. It's hardly a challenge, but a local group has formed and is fundraising to build a 30,000-square-foot-plus facility.

Myrtle Point is home to one of the South Coast's prime skateboarding venues ” as well as its leading skateboard competition.

Opened in 2001, the skating facility at Lehnherr Park, located at the intersection of Spruce and Second streets, features both a facility for beginning and intermediate skateboarders and inline skaters as well as its showcase, a 10,000-square-foot concrete bowl.

Port Orford and Brookings also have skateboard parks to challenge even the best œsk8ers."
Port Orford's park, located at 13th and Arizona streets in Buffington Park, has some skateboarders believing it's the best thing since the wheel.

There is one word skateboarders and designers use when describing it ” modern. It's designed to embrace the sport and provide a challenge, and it does. High speeds and a special 13-foot-tall cradle allow skaters to go past vertical ” get upside-down in a hurry. The rules? Full padding is required at all times. And sorry, no bikes.

Brookings' skate park, at Bud Cross Park at the north end of the city on Third and Hasset streets, was built in 2001. The 8,000 square-foot Dreamland Skateparks facility is open from sunrise to sunset, and helmets are a must. According to one Web site, it has a œgiant, tasty donut" and a œwild design."
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