The Park

Green Lake’s Duck Island Illegal Skate Park

July 20, 2017 2:01pm

Photo via King 5

By now you have probably heard that Green Lake’s Duck Island has an illegal skate park. And if not, here’s the CliffsNotes version: a group of individuals built a skate “bowl” in secret as part of the Nike’s SB Project 58. The Nike endorsed site has since been taken down, but according to The Seattle Times, the project “encouraged skateboard shops to either extend an existing skatepark or build their own and upload the video so fans could vote on winners.” The video showed the group mixing concrete on the island to make the “bowl” of the skate structure.

Needless to say the city and Seattle Parks Department are not happy. The island was designated as a nature reserve in the mid 1950s and humans are not allowed to step foot on the island.

We’ve reached out to the Parks Department to find out more about what kind of damage the structure caused and what their next steps are for restoring the island. When we get a response we will update this post.

According to an article in this morning’s Seattle Times, disassembling the structure could involve a floating dock.

While many have expressed interest in seeing the skate structure, the Seattle Police are getting involved and humans are still warned to stay off the island.

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