Lloyd Elsmore Skatepark (eastskateclub)

club — Pakuranga Heights · Auckland

About Lloyd Elsmore Skatepark (eastskateclub)

Lloyd Elsmore Skatepark is an outdoor community skatepark at Lloyd Elsmore Park, on Bells Road in Pakuranga Heights, East Auckland. It is run by East Skate Club, a registered charitable trust that also runs SonSk8, an indoor skatepark. The outdoor park is built for skateboarding, BMX, scooters and rollerblading. The club's website says it helped shape the park's redevelopment, which made it a more modern and safer space for riders of different ages and abilities. Recent concrete upgrades have improved the riding surface, and the park suits younger and beginner riders.

The club offers lessons, school visits, free programmes, coaching for disabled and neurodivergent skaters, and birthday parties at its indoor site, where there is also a foam pit, a jump box and a halfpipe. The club says it has delivered more than 2,000 hours of supervised skating and taught more than 1,500 children. It also campaigns for better lighting and long-term investment in public skateparks. The club's own page describes it as a community movement for people of all ages and abilities.