In order to ensure proper skate area planning and conception, it is necessary to understand exactly what kind of sports skating, BMX and inline are. Skating emerged at the end of the 1960s in California, and was joined by BMX at the beginning of the 70s and inline skating during the mid 80s. The first official skate park (made of concrete) was opened in 1976 in Florida, though a considerably more famous example is Carlsbad Park in Carlsbad, California, which was