Des Moines' Lauridsen Skatepark is nearly finished. Here's what it means to the local skate scene. Shelby Fleig Des Moines Register 0:00 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — People from all over the country are still raving about the nation's biggest skatepark one year after it opened. The Des Moines' Lauridsen Skatepark celebrated its one-year ...

With the opening of the nation’s largest outdoor skate park in Des Moines, Iowa, skateboarding is having a true growth moment in the Midwest. Lauridsen Skatepark has injected a fresh dose of ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Mountain Dew Accelerate 360's Adventure Sports Network officially announced the annual summer Dew Tour skateboard competition is coming to Des Moines' new skatepark. The event ...

Since the largest skatepark in the US, Lauridsen Skatepark, opened in Des Moines, Iowa, its skateboarding scene has grown. Here's why the people & community, like Subsect, are significant.

Discussed for more than 30 years and planned for over a decade, Lauridsen Skate Park finally has an opening date in downtown Des Moines. May 22 is when then 88,000-square-foot, $6.1 million ...

Updated: 7:22 AM CDT Sep 1, 2020 Editorial Standards ⓘ ... DES MOINES, Iowa — Talk about a WOW factor. Crews installed a new sculpture at the Lauridsen Skatepark in Des Moines Monday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - As a kid skating the streets of Des Moines’ south side, Kevin Jones never imagined there would one day be an Olympics-ready skatepark in the heart of his city.

Backers of a skateboard park under construction in downtown Des Moines say they have reached their $6.3 million funding goal. The Lauridsen Skatepark will be the nation's largest when it's ...

A Des Moines businessman has donated $1 million to an effort to build a large skatepark in Iowa’s capital city. At a news conference this morning, Nix Lauridsen said he was frustrated to see the ...

Backers of a skateboard park under construction in downtown Des Moines say they have reached their $6.3 million funding goal. will be the nation's largest when it's completed in Spring 2020. The ...

Des Moines, Iowa, is quickly becoming the epicenter of Midwest skateboarding. The new Lauridsen Skatepark, the largest skatepark in the United States, hosted this summer’s Dew Tour ahead of the ...