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You want to find the 10 best street spot in La Défense in Paris (France). Explore this article and discover the best spots to practice your skateboard, roller-blade, scooter, and BMX skills.
La Défense is a privileged place for street skating. Benches, steps, stairs, handrails, ledges and other elements making up the business district are very popular with actions sports enthusiasts. Many riders come to practice at La Défense, a real open-air playground. Just in case, if you don’t know all elements you can find here our glossary.
Unfortunately, riding in the business district is becoming more and more complicated according to the riders. As soon as they start skating near a tower, the security guards come out to make them leave. They barely have time to do a trick. Other areas of the district are impassable because of the residents.
Despite all of this, the Defense district remains a mythical place where big competitions took place such as IMYTA. With over 1000 people in attendance on april 13, 2003, the second ever Paris IMYTA was the biggest street contest in the history of rollerblading. Crews from all over the world represented their deep love for blading. Coming from as far as Poland, Russia,Holland, Finland, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, England,Germany, Portugal, USA, the Czech Republic, and of course, France. You can see the IMYTA video here.
The last event I saw there was the SHRED DA GROUND 4 on June 4 2007. Here is the official video of the contest, filmed and mounted by Mr. Cavin Le Macon. It was crazy !
“The Defense district is a mythical place. It is a mecca for riders.”
If you want to see all located spots in La Défense you can click here and skatepark in Paris here. This article will focus on the 10 best street spots below. PLEASE NOTE that GPS location is more precise when you click on the link of each spot in this article.
Combination of handrails and a nice green curb. It’s located close to restaurants and shops at the “des Corolles” square. So, you have to find the perfect moment to do your tricks.
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Hard covered kink rail which is pretty high. Next to this spot, you can see a nice metal sculpture you can slide too (spot here)
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Very long curb. You can see some tricks on this spot (number 2) in the SHRED DA GROUND 4 video below. Click here to see the spot
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Nice spots with handrails, a wall and a manual pad just in front of the rail. There are also other rails close to this spot. You can find them easily. Enjoy.
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Great spots with rails and also a big curb below the bridge. It’s also possible to gap the stairs (it’s pretty hight). You can see some tricks on this spot (number 1) in the SHRED DA GROUND 4 video below
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Different types of rails and different heights as you can see on the pictures below. Sorry, it was not a sunny day as often in Paris. It’s not always the case come on ! I come from the south of France, so anyway it’s a but true :). Indeed, it’s 2709 hours of sunshine per year in Montpellier vs. 1814 in Paris (2021 – forecast 2022).
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Great rail starting from the ground that’s why It looks like a pole jam rail but bigger. Not easy to find but you can have a lot of fun on it with few people around (for the moment).
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Long metal curb with a lot possibilities. It starts pretty low so it can great for most part of riders with a jump at the end. Just on the left you can also find a high long concrete curb for bladers (spot here).
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A very famous street spot with a lot of rails but it’s often crowded. So, you have to be quick. Indeed, it’s just outside the metro. I saw a lot of great tricks there. You can see some of them in the SHRED DA GROUND 4 video below (spot 3). There are a lot of falls too. Ouch.
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Great metal structure with a rather original “V” shape. It is possible to grind on it or even to jump! Just next to it you can see a huge handrail that will please the loaders! Be careful, the fall can be very painful.
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