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Park + Entrance Naming
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$100-250K
Gold Sponsor
Bowls + Street Plaza Signage3 Available
$10-50K
Silver Sponsor
Rails + Stair Set Signage
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For over 13 years, Rocker Memorial Skatepark (RMSP) has worked toward a major expansion of the Truckee Skatepark. We know many of you have supported that vision for a long time — through donations, advocacy, and patience. We want to walk you through a change in direction, why we’re making it, and why we believe it actually gets a better skatepark built in Truckee, sooner.
The short version: we’re no longer pursuing the larger, standalone expansion. Instead, we’re partnering with the Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District (TDRPD) to renovate and improve the existing skatepark at Truckee River Regional Park — and we’re closer to funded and buildable than we’ve ever been.
Sense of Belonging
More than anyone, young people need to feel like they are recognized and appreciated by their communities. A first-of-its-kind study of skateboarding culture reveals that skateboarding improves mental health, fosters community, and encourages diversity and resilience. Skateparks can be seen as a playground, a gym, a creative laboratory, a community center, and much more.
Skatepark users consistently engage in:
- Cooperative athleticism
- Creative self-expression
- Diverse community engagement
- Long-term habitual exercise habits without the restrictions of league costs, coaches, or practice schedules
- Perseverance through repetition and self-set goal achievement
- Emotional regulation
- Inclusion
- Risk analysis
Important Community Goal Posts for RMSP:
- Free: unrestricted public access during park hours.
- Accessible: the park is located at a geographic and walkable recreation center of Truckee with the Legacy Trail, Regional Park and existing paved paths making it easy for people to feel comfortable walking (or riding) to the park.
- Professional: Our community has a high-level of skill and expertise and so the RMSP plans were developed by Zach Wormhoudt, one of the top designers in the industry, to provide a park experience that is challenging and exciting for all.
- Engaged: Local users are currently involved in the advocacy, fundraising, and design stages which fosters community pride and stewardship. The expanded skatepark will be a venue for community jams, programs, and workshops.
- Inclusive: The skatepark is located in the Regional Park where a wide variety of public activities are already occurring adding expanded opportunities to community activities.
- Diverse: The design of the park meets the needs of Truckee’s board community serving a wide range of experience and skill levels.
The momentum and funds we have gained to date are the result of our passionate and generous community. We are grateful for the community support and the desire of so many to lend a hand any way they can. Keep spreading the word, attending events, engaging with us online, and in general, just sharing the stoke!
ONSITE PARK BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES
Commemorate your family, your business, a lost loved one, with a Truckee legacy with a branded park feature.
THANKS TO OUR LEGENDARY SPONSORS
Vans
Oakley
Smith
Coal
Woodward Tahoe
Totally Board
Truckee Boardhouse
Blood Wizard
Devium
Jones Snowboards
Volcom
Stomp Sessions
The Sock Parlour
Low Card Mag
MTN MNY
Thrasher Magazine
TRPUD
Alibi Aleworks
Tahoe Dave’s
Tahoe Longboards
El Toro Bravo
Fresh Air
Brumm Built
Greenbrush Painging
Positive Electric
NHS
Creature
Old Bones Therapy
Dark Horse Coffee
Smokin’ Snowboards
United Shapes
Kind/Mynt
Arcade Belts
Truckee Love
Parttime Skateboards
The Ledge
Spring Break
Heckler
Lakeview Threads
Sierra Precision Painting
Dressed Boutique
805
Jax on the Tracks
Butterbox
Classic Skate Shop
Hangtown Skate Shop
Milo Sport Auburn Skate Shop
Goodtimes Skate Shop
Pastime Club
Moss Snow Stick
Mountain Forge
Auburn Ski Club
Soda Spring General Store
New Moon Natural Foods
Skate MD
Lost
Donner Ski Ranch
THE HISTORY of the TRUCKEE SKATEPARK EXPANSION
In 2010 a group of local skateboarders saw the expansion of the skateboarding in Truckee/Tahoe and the congestion it caused at the small, local skatepark. This initial group had the simple goal of providing lighting for the current park so the park could stay open later. Funds and awareness were raised within the community. When the town declined to add lights, ideas turned to expanding the park.
Steve "Rocker" Anderson.
As a longtime local skater and advocate for improvements at the Truckee Skate Park, Rocker became a catalyst for a larger plan when he passed in Dec 2012. Rocker’s friends banded together formally to build a memorial bowl. In 2013, they approached CharitySmith about a memorial fund and Rocker Memorial Skatepark (RMSP) became official.
The Rocker Memorial Skatepark will be built in honor of a friend of the community, Steve “Rocker” Anderson. Lost in to an inbound avalanche at Donner Ski Ranch in 2012, Rocker was a lifelong skater and doer of rad deeds. During his tour of duty in Kuwait he built a skate ramp for the troops to give them a familiar place to hang out while so far from home.
The grassroots Truckee Skatepark Lighting & Expansion team united with RMSP to discuss the use of the adjacent lot with the park district for a larger, more accommodating skatepark.
In 2015, TDRPD approved our plan and granted use of the land on the corner of Estates Drive and Brockway Road adjacent to the existing skatepark. And in June 2022 all permitting was finalized. Now all we need to do is raise construction funds. If we can reach our goal, we can start building as early as Summer 2024.