Callum Renshaw has been skateboarding for 10 years but hadn't checked out the still new Mumbles Skatepark before this week. And the 22 year-old was pretty impressed. "There's stuff I have not seen before in other skateparks, and there's a variety of obstacles," he said.
"The only thing I've found is that it is a bit 'slippery'. Other than that it's a great park, although I can't say what it's like at peak time. The guys who built it, Mavericks (Maverick Skateparks), I've been to a few of theirs and they're good."
Callum lives in Treboeth, around six miles away, and said he used to skate the previous mini half-pipe which pre-dated the larger polished concrete facility. The new one cost just over £460,000, including planning and legal fees, and opened in rather low-key fashion in February after five years of planning, delays and construction. It has been funded by Mumbles Community Council - with £271,000 of National Lottery support - and an official opening takes place on Saturday, June 10. You can get more Swansea news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
