Westside Park Skate Spot is Escondido's newest place to skate, a free 7,000-square-foot concrete spot tucked into Westside Park just west of downtown. The layout mixes street and flow-style terrain, with a mini bowl, transitional hips, ledges, rails, curb features, and a 3-stair stage, giving skaters plenty of ways to link lines together whether they're learning the basics or working on something technical.

The spot was designed by New Line Skateparks, the same team behind Escondido's Washington Park Skate Spot, and built by GeoCon Skateparks, the Ramona crew known for Poods Skatepark in Encinitas. Local skaters helped shape the design, and the city built it to bring back skating space after the Escondido Sports Center Skatepark at Kit Carson Park closed for good.

If you're skating around North County San Diego, it's worth a stop.