Paved Wave - Easley SC

 
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Paved Wave - Easley SC

General Information

Skatepark Name
Paved Wave Easley
BMX
  • no
Opening Date
July 01, 1977
Open / Closed
  • Closed
Free or Pay
pay
Inside or Outside
outside
Are Pads Required?
yes
Riding Surface?
concrete
Is there a pro shop on site?
yes

Construction Info

Designer
Jimmy Davis and Bill Dobinski (D&D Skateboard Inc.)
Builder
Tommy Brooks

Location

Address
6907, Calhoun Memorial Highway, Avondale Heights, Easley, Pickens County, South Carolina, 29640, United States
Postal Code
29640
Latitude
34.82
Longitude
-82.59
Directions
Remains are located behind Dollar Tree

Contacts

Managment
  • Private

Built by a politician in his move toward becoming a congressman

Palmetto Skateboard Parks was a partnership between South Carolina State Representative Tom Marchant and builder Tommy Brooks— Marchant had heard skateparks were a booming business opportunity, and he also saw it as an unconventional political appeal to the youth.

When the park originally opened, it was under the name "Palmetto Skateboard Park", after the company that built it, but within the first couple of months, switched to “Paved Wave.” 

Palmetto had planned two other parks after Easley — one in Clemson, and one in Greenville — but this was the only one to be completed.  The location for the Clemson park was established, and permits were granted, but the park was never constructed.  Little is known of the Greenville plan. 

Design-wise, the park was a single large bowl with a transverse mogul field, most closely resembling the Myrtle Beach park also designed by D&D Skateboard Inc.  The entire park including buildings reportedly cost $125,000.

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