Tips for urban tricksters..

Skate/BMX/Inline

There are some great parks on the Island for skating. We've listed the main parks to help you take a step in the right direction. To find other free-skating areas, just ask around when you arrive and the locals will be only too pleased to help out.

Newport Seaclose Park
Freestyle-designed plywood street course.
4/6ft quarter pipes, fun box, drive way & grind rail
Flood-lit until 9pm, free admission

East Cowes
Street course & mini ramp in aluminium.
4/3ft quarter pipe, plus 6ft mini ramp, fun box, grind rail & curved double rail Floodlit till 9pm, free admission

West Cowes
GBH-designed steel street course & 5ft mini ramp.
4ft/6ft quarter pipes, flat banks, fun box, driveway, spine.
Free admission

Ventnor
4ft-spined mini ramp in skatelite.
Ramp incorporates spine/volcano tombstone, roll in & elevator.
Free admission.

Ryde
Built by Rampchild from marine ply, it has 4/5 foot quarter pipes, 4ft volcano, flatbank to sub box, driveways with grind boxes, transition driveway with grind rail and a 5ft mini ramp.
Free admission.

Ryde Simion Street Bowl
Less of a bowl, more a tarmaced dip in the ground, very 70s.
Free admission.

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Adding Colour To Your Short Break on the Isle of Wight

For an island just 23 miles wide and 13 miles deep, the Isle of Wight packs in a surprising variety of attractions. Best known for sandy beaches and a dramatic coastline, it is also famous as the Garden Island, where rare plants, vineyards and natural produce flourish because of the mild climate and remarkably diverse rural landscape. The IOW also boasts a rich cultural heritage stretching from Roman times up to the present day and the annual Isle of Wight Festival and Bestival.

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