Do you ever get the urge to do something a little out of the ordinary? Extreme, even? Well, then you’ll most certainly want to buckle up and keep reading! Today’s escapade takes us to an adventure park in Louisville that’s, well, extreme in every way. We’re headed to David Armstrong Extreme Park, the most epic skate park in Kentucky… and the country.

In Louisville’s edgy Butchertown neighborhood, there is a place of extreme possibility and potential.

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We’re talking about Louisville Extreme Park, one of the nation’s best skate parks, with a resume of next-level features, including a 24 foot full-pipe!

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The park, a project of the Louisville Metro Parks and Recreation, was completed in 2002. Its name is a tribute to former Major Dave Armstrong.

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The park offers a great balance of street-style, transition-style and vert, and is a place that welcomes everyone to come and show their skills… or just watch from the sidelines!

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The Dave Armstrong Extreme Park includes 40,000 square feet of outdoor concrete skating surface and a wooden vert ramp, and park amenities such as restrooms. It’s open 24 hours a day, and you’ll find it at 531 Franklin St. Louisville, KYm, 40202.

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So whether you like to grab big air (or whatever the kids call it these days) or simply enjoy watching amazing feats involving a crazy level of human skill and bravery, this extreme park in Louisville is worth checking out!

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And who knows? You might even be inspired to try something new and adventurous yourself!

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Have you been to the David Armstrong Extreme Park before? It’s obviously one of the more adventurous of the Louisville Metro Parks, but we think it’s a really unique spot that makes our city even cooler!

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Looking for more epic and extreme fun in the Bluegrass? How about a day at the world’s only aerial ropes course that’s fully underground?

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Address: Dave Armstrong Extreme Park, 531 Franklin St, Louisville, KY 40202, USA