21 Jan 2023

Richard Smith: Street Skater to Million Dollar Park Designer

From The Weekend , 9:10 am on 21 January 2023
Masterton Skatepark / Pete Nikolaison

Masterton Skatepark / Pete Nikolaison Photo: PETE NIKOLAISON

Richard Smith turned a passion for skating into a career designing skateparks up and down the country

He visited 58 skateparks across the US, and has built 80 skateparks here in Aotearoa in just under two decades

Richard is here to tell us about the job, how to improve safety and what skateparks mean to communities