A SINGLE PREPARATION SITE for skateboarding: CAPBRETON
Skateboarding is part of Capbreton’s DNA. In response to local enthusiasm, the acrobatics and urban sports centre is developing the existing skatepark. The park is part of the Capbreton Games Preparation Centre and is used for international competitions and training for elite skateboarders.
Local athletes Madeleine Larcheron and Vincent Milou have made it their favourite playground. In their role as pioneers, they were among the first to represent France at the 2020 Olympics when skateboarding made its debut. The 2 disciplines of park and street will also be featured at the 2024 Games. Let’s get ready for the Games!
ACCOMODATION
DEDICATED INSTALLATIONS
The skatepark for street and park is classified according to the criteria of the French Roller & Skateboard Federation at the technical level of park B. It has both outdoor and indoor sections with 1650m2 of street (with 500m² indoors) + 550m2 of bowl (with 400m² indoors). Total area: 2200m² Floodlit bowl and street corridor sections (total floodlit area of 900m2).
1650m² street section
- Manual pad: 3
- Curb: 6 with different shapes and heights
- Flat ledge: 3
- Hubba ledge: 2
Bank: 7 - Stair section: 5
- Angled ledge: 3
- Flat rail: 2
- Stairs handrail: 1
- Bank handrail: 1
- Launchers sized for jumps (straight ramp, curved ramp): 5
- Different elements to transfer from one module to another (steps, funbox, pyramid, hip, spine) : 10 Gap
550 m²: terrain & bowl
- 1 indoor bowl of 400m² + 1 outdoor bowl of 150m²
- Classical bowl: 1
- Curved bowl: 1
- Shallow (1.8m) to deep (2.4m) end section: 2
- Spine section at least 6m wide: 1
- Teardrop volcano: 2
- Different radius curves: 5
- Waterfall with equal length and height: 2
- Pool coping (specify pool coping length) 2
- Hips: 4
- Straight coping section: indoor bowl dimensions including 4 different coping heights: 170cm + 200cm + 210cm + 220cm…
- The outdoor bowl covers 150m² with 2 heights: 140cm and 200cm with the same radius (2m). The top section has coping.
OTHER FACILITIES
- The circus hall adapted to all disciplines offered by the Galaprini circus school (acrobatics, trapeze, rope dance, juggling, etc.)
- a multi-purpose sports hall, a Basque pelota side wall, a dojo for indoor physical preparation and stretching/relaxation sessions
- pelota front walls (open area) to practise other sports
- athletics facilities (3 throwing areas including 2 cages for hammer and discus throwing, 2 jumping areas for long jump and high jump, a 400-metre grass running track, a 110-metre tartan track with bend)
- a 400-metre grass running track
- artificial turf pitches
- a weight training room
- The European Sports Rehabilitation Centre for sports injury treatments, weight training, recovery
- Several debriefing rooms
