Da Hoof. It’s official name - Vanderhoof Skatepark.

2005 is Vanderhoof’s second summer, and this is the absolute best transition found anywhere in Ontario. This bowl is, well, perfect. The City of Toronto assembled a skatepark building dream team to build this bowl. Who can you call to build a perfect skatepark?
Eric Munier - undisputed master of concrete.
Jim Barnum - design god.
These two are the best of the best, Toronto wanted one thing from these guys – simple – a “world class” skatepark. A park that would stand out on the world stage, that would be the envy of skaters everywhere else. SkatersINC. wouldn’t say this lightly, but they did exactly that, some serious moves have already gone down here, I do mean Serious! This bowl is pushing everyone’s limits. From T.N.T. to me, everybody does something they didn’t know they could do here because the design is groundbreaking and the construction is flawless. It is pretty much all transition at the hoof, there is a small street setup - ledge, hubba, gap, funboxy thingy….. nothing crazy, more like a good practice area for those working up to the bowl, or an area for the tech dogs to do their thing. For most, it’s all about the bowl.
One of the most inspiring things about this place is the community that has come together around it. There are four distinct generations that rip this park to shreds, and it’s crazy, we’re all buds now, all from different schools of skating. There are not many things better than hanging out at the hoof on a summer day.

If you don’t know where the hoof is, just go to Eglington East and smell the air for gnar. Or check the message board. Enjoy this video that should have you shoveling snow out of the bowl early every spring for years to come. I wrote this in March, and my palms are sweating in anticipation just thinking about skating it again, so I have to stop now.
Hugh Newman