ROANOKE, Va. – The Wasena Skatepark is not only evolving the skate scene in Roanoke, but it’s also bringing in new people from across Southwest Virginia.
“The broader Southwest Virginia area kind of all comes together,” Alek Patton, who runs the Instagram account roaskate, said. “We even have everybody from Lynchburg, Radford, Bedford, people coming up from Greensboro, even to skate here because of the new park.”
Construction of the new skate park at Wasena Park began back in 2025, and the city made sure to gather the opinions of many people who make up the skating community in Roanoke…