East Van's China Creek is known as one of Canada's oldest skatepark. It features a round coping-less bowl called the Tea-Cup, a smooth old-school bowl called the Bath Tub and a few rails.

The layout consists of two old-school bowls, without coping, surrounded by a patch of pavement. There's also a couple of rails and sometimes other wooden toys are brought in by the locals.

China Creek was built in 1979, it was the first skatepark in Vancouver and amongst the first few in Canada. It was nearly demolished in 2006 as part of a park beautification project. Thanks to the unrelenting perseverance of the skateboard community, including the dedicated efforts of the Vancouver Skateboard Coalition, the parks board eventually decided to keep the China Creek skatepark and beautify the park around it. Thank you to everyone who rallied together and showed your support at the numerous parks meetings and other events!

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size images.