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23000 116 Avenue, Maple Ridge, British Colombia V2X 0T8, Canada
The Thomas Haney Youth Park, located at 23000 116 Avenue in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, is a 20,000-square-foot multi-generational facility that serves as a cornerstone of the community’s recreation corridor. This project was designed and built by New Line Skateparks in 2014, replacing a legacy facility with a modern concrete landscape. Situated directly adjacent to Thomas Haney Secondary School and the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre, the park was designed to be a high-visibility, high-energy space that integrates seamlessly with the surrounding student and civic life.
The design is a sophisticated "mega-plaza" that emphasizes long-distance flow and architectural variety. It features a massive street section that utilizes the site’s natural grade to create multiple tiers of technical obstacles. These include long, granite-capped hubba ledges, diverse stair configurations, flat rails, and unique "slappy" curbs. A standout feature of the park is the large "flow-bowl" section, which offers a variety of depths and hips that allow transition riders to generate the speed needed to blast through the lower plaza. The layout is engineered to handle large numbers of users simultaneously, with wide "runways" and clearly defined lines that prevent collisions.
Constructed with high-strength, smooth-troweled concrete, the facility was built to survive the heavy rainfall and high usage cycles typical of the Lower Mainland. The design incorporates beautiful aesthetic elements, including custom metalwork and integrated "green islands" that soften the concrete landscape and provide natural shade. The park is equipped with professional-grade lighting for evening sessions, which is a major draw for the local community during the winter months when daylight is limited.
Because of its location on the Thomas Haney campus, the park functions as more than just a skatepark; it is a central social hub that features integrated concrete seating for spectators and wide peripheral walkways. The design encourages "all-wheel" use, making it a favorite for skateboarders, BMX riders, and scooter enthusiasts from across the Fraser Valley. Today, the Thomas Haney Youth Park is recognized as one of the most successful and well-utilized facilities in the region, praised for its technical scale and its role in creating a positive, active environment for Maple Ridge youth.
Because this park is ledged between a school, a soccer, baseball and lacrosse field, there is a lot of traffic around schooldays. But around 5pm the kids with scooters and the parents searching for benches will gradually disappear. The park has some really dusty parts and isn't really the cleanest, but is overall fairly skateable. Both sets of stairs have seen little use and are mainly collecting dirt. There's some good flatground and four manual pads that you can get really creative with and the bowl is alright. However, I really don't like how the park is separated into two levels. The flow of skating is broken up and you'll mostly end up doing shorter lines back and forth, since the steep banks make it hardly fun to get to the upper level. The plenty transitions and the flatbar make it kind of worth it though. Overall, it feels good skating there although it could definitely flow better.
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