Spartanburg Skatepark - Spartanburg, SC

A cousin to Flow Motion skatepark in Richmond

Spartanburg Skatepark was opened in the spring of 1978,  containing a freestyle area, snake run with halfpipe section and a bowl, as well as a non-coping vert pool.  The park's owners were brothers Rubie and Joe Yonce.

"My roommate at (University of) South Carolina opened a skateboarding park in Richmond VA a few years ago and my brother and I just followed suit in Spartanburg," Joe said.

The park was open until 1979, but the concept for the site evolved away from skateboarding.  An 18-hole miniature golf course was opened alongside the park, and then batting cages were added in 1980.

By 1981 the site was fully converted into a batting cage park (listed as "formerly" the skatepark) with 18 hole mini-golf being the secondary feature.   The skatepark was no longer in operation despite remaining intact and unburied on the site.

The property still had the closed-down park until the mid 1980's.  In 1982, a barbecue restaurant called Hickory Hut (Later "Smokey Joe's") became the primary attraction for the site, and its peak of popularity came in 1992 when president George HW Bush dined there.

Sources:

Smith, Eileen. (July 28, 1978). "Skateboarding: It's back and gaining ground again." Spartanburg Herald.

Mooty, Melinda. (Oct 19, 1992). "Bush Visiting Spartanburg Tuesday." The State