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Commonwealth Skateboarding is a gritty 4,500 square foot indoor concrete skatepark hand-built in 2011 by Jennifer Sherowski, Lance Normine and Evergreen Skateparks in an old stone-cutting warehouse just off of Hawthorne Boulevard, in the heart of Southeast Portland.

In 2013, inspired by a desire to open up a sneaker-centric skate shop in Portland, footwear designer Matt Collins and some friends had the opportunity to acquire Commonwealth. Despite a shoestring budget, we’ve remodeled the storefront and gallery space into a full-service retail skate & sneaker shop — and thanks to the generosity of our patrons and community, we’ve been able to keep making improvements to our facility and add new gear every day.

Commonwealth is a labor of love that is maintained and supported by the skaters and locals who call it home.