History Main / SkateHeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth

* The Vans Skate Park and Wasteland levels in ''American Wasteland'' (the latter of which is by no means a real park).

* "The Ministry" buildings in ''VideoGame/ShaunWhiteSkateboarding''.

* In ''VideoGame/ShaunWhiteSkateboarding'' you have to escape from 'the Ministry' at one point. This involves grinding over a massive construction rail then switching to another one (conveniently just as the first one is about to end) by jumping over to it when you're 15 stories high.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': In a non-video-game example, back when writers remembered that Tim Drake was a skateboarder he would treat Gotham as his personal skatepark and even kept boards specifically for use while in costume. He never skated off a skyscraper, but drainage pipes and other more street level concrete and brick things were fair game.

-->--'''Disembodied Voice''', ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater2'', at the beginning of the Skate Heaven level

* Hawaii in ''Tony Hawk's Underground'' demonstrates something similar to this effect with its use of HulaAndLuaus, even though Hawaii is a U.S. state and not a sovereign country.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': In a non-Video Game example back when writers remembered that Tim Drake was a skateboarder he would treat Gotham as his personal skatepark and even kept boards specifically for use while in costume. He never skated off a skyscraper, but drainage pipes and other more street level concrete and brick things were fair game.

* There's a car factory in Aggressive Inline.

* Aggressive Inline has a museum, including a dinosaur exhibit where you can grind a T-rex skeleton.

* ''Aggressive Inline'' had a level set in an amusement park.

* ''Aggressive Inline'' had a level set in an amusement park.

TheThemeParkVersion of a foreign country (whether or not the city is explicitly identified, it ''will'' be used as a catchall stand-in for the entire country), which trots out every national stereotype you can imagine and then some.
* Kyoto in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3''. Bonus stereotype points for the giant Godzilla footprint. Canada, as well; It's mostly a frozen-over no-man's-land with a skate park in one corner.

* ''VideoGame/ShaunWhiteSkateboarding'' has you unlock "Shaun White Island" (do you think Shaun White likes people to know who Shaun White is?) which is just off the coast of the city where the game is set and is filled with "Shaun White Challenges".

* Hawaii in ''Tony Hawk's Underground'' demonstrates something similar to this effect with its use of HulaAndLuaus.

A suburban area full of houses and gardens. Expect at least one to contain a conveniently empty or drainable swimming pool that's just perfect for a half pipe.

Unlike surfboarding, where you need perfect weather and a seaside to make the most of, other extreme sports such as [=BMXing=] and skateboarding can be done anywhere. The world is your sandbox, and you're free to do what you like where you like.

Well, in theory, anyway. {{Real life}} is a bit different. Some places just don't have ideal terrain to ride over; others are restricted, and you'll get thrown out or arrested almost immediately if you so much as try. Even if you did try it, some places are so dangerous that one wipe-out is all that separates you from a messy end.

* The PSOne version of ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4'' had a level where you where shrunk down to ride around on someone's kitchen top.
* ''VideoGame/ShaunWhiteSkateboarding'' has you unlock "Shaun White Island" (do you think Shaun White likes people to know who Shaun White is?) which is just off the coast of the city where the game is set and is filled with "Shaun White Challenges".
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* ''Pro Evolution Skateboarding'' has quite a few of these, including The Big Shell from ''MetalGearSolid2''.
** ''Evolution Skateboarding'' had a level inside [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Dracula's castle]], complete with Dracula boss fight if you're playing as Simon Bel... err, Vampire Killer.

* New Jersey in ''[[TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk's Underground]]'' fits this trope perfectly. There's a pool, but already empty and apparently constructed for the purpose of skating, as well as plenty of houses to clamber up onto the rooftops.
* ''Project 8'' has a level called Suburbs which did indeed have a drainable pool, as did Suburbia in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3'', though that was also part construction site. Oh, and it had a haunted house as well.
* The Neighborhood in ''[[BackyardSports Backyard Skateboarding]]''.

* There was a school in the very first ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'', which was recreated for ''Underground 2''.
* School II in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2'', which was remade for the first ''Underground'' and ''Pro Skater HD''.

* A college level (the first in the game) in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4''.

* Minneapolis and San Francisco in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1''.
* New York and Philadelphia in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2''.
* Los Angeles in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3''.
* San Francisco (again) and London in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4''.
* Manhattan, Hawaii, and Vancouver in ''Tony Hawk's Underground''. Indeed, a huge gap off a skyscraper in Hawaii becomes the focal point of the game's story.
* New Orleans in ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2'', at least until the zombies appear. Though you may cut through the rooftops so they won't bother you anyway.

* London and Chicago in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4''.

* The Boardwalk in ''Backyard Skateboarding''.

* The Marseille skate park in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2''.
* Kona in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4'' is a real-life park, made of concrete.

* ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3'' gave us both the Foundry, which was full of manufacturing equipment, and the Airport, which... wasn't.

* The train station section of New Jersey in ''Tony Hawk's Underground'', though in this case you neutralize the one guy on security duty immediately.

* Las Vegas from ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix'' on the PSP.

* Virtually every level in ''JetSetRadio''.

* ''ShaunWhiteSkateboarding'' has you unlock "Shaun White Island" (do you think Shaun White likes people to know who Shaun White is?) which is just off the coast of the city where the game is set and is filled with "Shaun White Challenges".

* "The Ministry" buildings in ''ShaunWhiteSkateboarding''.

* The entirety of San Vanelona in ''{{Skate}}'' and ''Skate 2'', as well as a good chunk of Port Carverton in ''Skate 3''.

* In ''ShaunWhiteSkateboarding'' you have to escape from 'the Ministry' at one point. This involves grinding over a massive construction rail then switching to another one (conveniently just as the first one is about to end) by jumping over to it when you're 15 stories high.
* The third game in the {{Skate}} series has most of the Industrial areas of Port Carverton, which range from a quarry with massive stone half-pipes and ramps to a docking bay with half-pipes fashioned out of old ship hulls.