KHVT is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the construction of free public skateboard parks in the St. Louis, Mo. area, and to promoting skateboarding as a fun, healthy activity for both youths and adults.

KHVT was founded in support of the Kinghighway D.I.Y. skatespot, built between 2009 and 2015 by local skateboarders under the South Kinghshighway viaduct. When "the bridge" was demolished in July 2015, St. Louis was left with no free public skateparks. Since then, KHVT has built one new park, the Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden, and is working to create even more. Donations of time, labor, materials and money are welcome!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Look Familiar?

This Quarter pipe built by Team Pain in Colorado is on it's backside by no accident.
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Monday, October 24, 2011

KH you tubage...

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If we had a dime....


for all the footy out there we would build more.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

More Kings Highway footy....

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Red Bull goes to Kings Highway....

The skaters of ST. Louis Bought the Pros of Red Bull a skate park under Kings Highway...  And provided lights for them all night....

Big thanks to Red Bull!!
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Pour something out for our homie...

Portrait of Bob by Peat Wollaeger

Bob Cassilly, The local visionary behind the St. Louis City Museum passed away yesterday. Bob was a TRUE DIY hero! He did his own thing always and made St. Louis a more beautiful and creative place. On top of his wonderful sculptures that are known internationally he also has helped the Kingshighway Skatepark by donating materials. His tenacity and vision of a more beautiful city was an inspiration to KHVT. You will be missed Bob. RIP
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

*** KHVT Grove Fest 2011 STL Sk8 Unity Demo/BBQ 10/1/11

KHVT is having a demo at the Grove Fest this year and we have invited all the local shops, crews and thrashers in general to participate!!! Come out for the concerts, food, art and stop by and check out some shredding also!!!
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Monday, September 19, 2011

*** Calling all OLD Men!!! Hermann's Hole Old Man Sk8 camp Party!!!***

Go to Hermann's Hole web site for more info.
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MARSHALL MASSACRE OCT. 8th!!!!!

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Red Bull Pros Night Session this Thursday 9/15/11!!!

The Red Bull Mississippi Grind Contest/Demo is this weekend so the Red Bull pros and Bros from Min. are already in town and would like to sample the local STOKE!!! They have asked us to have a Night Lite session with then at the Bridge tomorrow night after there demo at No Coast Skateboards!! We will be turning on the lights between 730-8p so come out to shred with the pros or just hang out! Its sure to be good times!
For more info on the events this weekend check out there site,
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Wrex and Toast Skateboards are down!!!

Wrex and Toast Skateboards are down with KHVT!!! Check out Wrex Cooks recent Blog post for proof!!!
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

***Toast Skateboards Demo this FRIDAY Sept. 9th and Night Session!!!***



Toast Skateboards along with our Trife Street bro's from Memphis will be in town Friday September 9th throwin down with an in store Demo at No Coast Skateboards Mini Ramp around 6pm then there taking the party to the Bridge for whats sure to be an EPIC night session under the lights!!! Come out and see what these rippers got! Session at bridge will go till the gas money runs out on the genny's....
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Monday, September 5, 2011

Rad One?

I figured since almost every pic in this online zine is of the KH Bridge... It should be posted here on the "K.H.V.T" web site.http://issuu.com/AndrewWissman/docs/radonezineissue4/1
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

*** Please Help our DIY Brothers in Oakland! ***



Cal Trans, the equivalent of MoDot in Cali, has already destroyed The Spot and Bordertown is slated next...

There is something you can do! Sign this petition by clicking here
Stopping this will set a standard for all other DIY projects in the country, including our own park. KHVT has been hard at work on getting some new spots together for the skaters of the City and are on the verge breaking ground, Legally!!! Stay tuned on more info and sneak peaks at the proposed spots!!!
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

1 good bridge troll...

Drew has been helping at the bridge since the 1st barrier we moved and poured in 2009, he has mixed crete on boiling hot days, shoveled on big concrete pours, given ideas, and materials..

Thanks to you Mr. Etzkorn for being a good friend of KHVT, and always bringing a shred on the bridge.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

***Toast Skateboards and Trife Street Night session on Sept. 9th!!!***

Toast Skateboards along with our DIY brothers from Memphis, Trife Street, will be doing an in store autograph session and Mini Ramp Demo at St. Louis newest Skateshop, No Coast Skateboards on the evening of September 9th followed by an Epic night lite session at our Bridge!!!
Check these links for more info...
No Coast Skateboards
Toast Skateboards
Trife Street Blog
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

KHVT in Popular Mechanics!!

​OK, so they didn't find a cure for cancer or resolve the ongoing crisis in Libya. But the founders of the Kingshighway Skatepark still get a shot-out in the August issue of Popular Mechanics -- they're one of ten sets of Hometown Heroes honored for showing the rest of us "Ten Ways to Change the World (Starting in Your Own Backyard)."

The DIY skatepark -- winner of the RFT's 2010 "Best Place to Skate" award and written up in this blog post -- is honored for the way it turned "derelict land" into something positive for the community.

Founders Zac DelCortivo and Kyle Crandall earn special praise.
As Popular Mechanics explains,

The space beneath a city bridge can be a dumping ground and a magnet for crime and sketchy characters. The area under the Kingshighway Bridge in St. Louis was like that. But skateboarders Zac DelCortivo and Kyle Crandall saw opportunity there. They held fundraisers -- a concert, an art show and more -- to pay for materials...and started building a monster DIY skate park.
The story, sadly, isn't online -- but you can find the magazine on newsstands now. Other Hometown Heroes showing us slackers ways to change the world are Seattleites who opened a tool library, a Wisconsin dude who repairs old bikes and donates them to the needy and Jordan Grant of Columbia, Missouri, a National Guard member who served in Iraq and now builds computers and gives them away to people too poor to afford one.

And what have you done to change the world lately???


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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Help our DIY brothers @ Marginal Way!!!

 It only takes a minute to help another great DIY park get money!!! If we were in there shoes they would do the same for us!!!
Marginal Way is eligible to receive a $25,000 grant from the pepsi refresh everything program, but they need our help.... simply visit www.refresheverything.com/​marginalwayskatepark and vote for them. you can also vote via text message by texting 107335 to Pepsi (73774) to vote from your mobile.....

you can vote daily, once every day from now until July 31st, and if you drink Pepsi products, you can cast "power votes" using a code found on Pepsi products 
The $25,000 will be used to complete the park !

For more info check out Marginal Way Skatepark's site
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Pub Sk8 pics...

  

First annual KHVT Birthday Pub Sk8 was a great success!! Everyone had a great time! Here are a few cell pics... Stay tuned for the video footage!!!

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

New Pour, 7/7/11

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