Skateboarders Check Out Abandoned Waterpark
Woodmore, Maryland — A bucket list item for avid skateboarders is ripping through an abandoned water park. The wavy waterslide features let skateboarders find a familiar rhythm, like at a skatepark.
In a video by Adventure Bound, he and his friends ventured into Six Flags America. This wasn’t their first rodeo at the abandoned amusement/waterpark, since they’d trespassed there before. This time around, they brought their skateboards to shred the now-dry slides of the Hurricane Harbor water park. Unsurprisingly, security caught them. All things considered, security was chill about it and just asked them to leave rather than trying to arrest them.
Obviously, we don’t advise breaking into private property, but it’s admittedly cool to see someone having fun in an area likely to be demolished.
About Six Flags America
The property originally started as a wildlife preserve. From 1974 to 1976, it operated as The Wildlife Preserve, a drive-through animal attraction. This didn’t pan out, and it was sold and reopened as Wild World. The drive-through animal exhibit remained, but the park gradually added more amusement park attractions over time. Eventually, they got rid of the animal exhibits.
Premier Parks bought it in 1992, and then bought Six Flags in 1996. In the 1990s, it was known as Wild World, then as Adventure World, and then as Six Flags America. The 1990s and early 2000s saw the park’s biggest investments, including multiple roller coasters.
While the 21st century brought some big improvements early on, the park didn’t get much love from Six Flags later in its life. It developed a reputation among locals and roller coaster enthusiasts as a poorly run amusement/water park. Despite that, the park still had fans because of its convenient location in the DMV and its solid coaster lineup.
When Six Flags and Cedar Fair merged in 2024, it brought together a lot of assets and debt. In order to create liquidity, the company decided to shut down Six Flags America. Its closing day was November 2, 2025, while the waterpark closed in September. Most rides remain on site, as only a small portion has been moved to other parks in the chain.
Earlier this year, a private equity firm linked to Kevin Durant purchased the over-500-acre property. Six Flags used only a small portion of the land, so a lot could be built here. It’s unclear what the plans are for the property’s future.
Image/Video Credits: Adventure Bound, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
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