The World’s First Ever Adaptive Skatepark For the Blind

Originally posted on TransWorld SKATEboarding
By Blair Alley | Last updated Jun 6, 2025 11:12 AM ET

Anthony S. Ferraro, a blind athlete and content creator, gives us the tour of this first-of-its-kind, very unique skatepark: Built by the blind, for the blind. Anthony, and designer Dan Mancina who you ought to be very familiar with, break down all the features that make this park user-friendly to the blind and visually impaired:

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"The world’s first ever adaptive skatepark “The Ranch” built for the blind by the blind aka @danthemancina — a vision coming to reality. A dream coming to fruition. It’s really amazing to be surrounded by someone like Dan who not only dreams up a project but puts blood, sweat, tears and cash money into it to make it a reality. Whatever it takes. Never give up. Literally standing in this park makes you feel all that. A place where a blind skateboarder and roll around in confidence. But also a place great for other skaters. Maybe this could be the future for all skateparks?"

We reported on this park, in its building phase, last month ICYMI.

Similar big skatepark news earlier this year, the Watts skatepark in Los Angeles was the first "all access" skatepark. Read all about in this story we posted in February:

And as stated earlier, you ought to know about Dan Mancina's incredible story. If not, start here:

This article first appeared on TransWorld Skateboarding and was syndicated with permission.

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