The Syndicate team ventured to Narangba to ride and film a review of the amazing Narangba Skatepark.
First look
Pulling up to Narangba Skatepark we’re greeted by a perfect long ledge, a rather steep curved bank with a steep quarter in the middle of it, a quite tall curved ledge with a tiny curved manny pad, another awkwardly steep quarter, a flat-down ledge, a pole jam, a manny pad to drop, and a steep coffin-style bank ledge.
On the other side of the park there’s a coping-less quarter on the right, a perfect flat-down rail in the middle and another flat-down ledge to the left. Then a bank transitions into a bank-to-parking-block, which transitions again into a bank-to-highway-barrier style wallride quarter — all flowing into a quite tight and compact bowl section.
Overall we’re looking at a pretty street-orientated park with a unique mini bowl section thrown in for good measure.
Feature by feature
The long ledge is perfect length, perfect height and has perfect-size coping — like all the ledges at this park. The quarter behind it is quite steep, just like the bank: definitely not beginner friendly, but good for getting speed. The hip “nipple” is lots of fun and a great alternative for beginners to build speed from.
One quarter is so steep it’ll send your bars into your chest if you’re not careful — the riders in the video make it look easier than it is. The curved ledge is a bit harder to hit due to its height, whereas the manny pad is tiny and can be lots of fun. The flat-down ledge is hittable on both sides — one of the best around for sure.
The low manny pad is super easy to hop onto with a big enough drop to throw tricks out of. The pole jam is a highlight feature — small enough that you can get creative without much fear of getting hurt. And the flat-down rail is as good as it gets: perfect size and length, with the only negative being minimal run-up if you want to come up it.
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The verdict
The bank-to-barrier got shredded and we found it pretty fun, but a normal quarter would have finished off that end of the skatepark much better. There’s a bit too much emphasis on street-style features overall, which impacts the flow and accessibility of the park — that said, we’d happily frequent Narangba just to ride the ledges and rails.
The bowl needed to be twice the size and not so steep — it’s borderline unrideable for how short it is; even on a skateboard it would be harder to ride than a bowl twice as big. Still, the nipple provided a great warm-down, everyone got dizzy, and Woody whipped the whole mini-bowl flat gap to officially end the session. The locals answer to a leader known as Quinn, who was okay with us filming — and before leaving we were treated to a display of one-wheel wizardry that will stay with us for years.
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