David Martinez has been skating since he was 13 years old.

“Skating is a gift, just like everything else we receive,” he says.

Martinez skates everyday, for him it isn’t just a sport.

He says skateboarding has definitely kept him from going down the wrong path.

“The thing that is super cool about it, is it brought me to God,” he says.

Martinez is a part of a ministry of skateboarders called Calling All Skaters.

“I try and worship God with this skateboard, instead of worshipping the skateboard,” he says.

He spends a lot of time at the Santa Clarita skate park, skating of course, but also encouraging his fellow skaters.

Martinez thinks skate parks are an important part of bringing a community together.

"Sometimes when you don’t have a skate park, kids are like, 'Well, where do I go you know?' And then they end up getting into other stuff.”

Which is why there are more skate parks being built in the area. One in Quartz Hill and in Castaic.

Trevor Zemp is a regional recreation director for Los Angeles parks and recreation and says the community has been asking for a skate park for a long time.

“I know the community is anxious to get in here and skate but we really want to make sure that grass settles, that everything is taken care of, all of the pieces are taken care of before we allow the community to use it,” says Zemp.

The $1.3M project was paid for with funds from the county budget and is set to open February 27.

For Martinez, the more skate parks the better for the community.

"It’s so cool to just come in here and not even know these people, but you’re both in the skate park doing the exact same thing, so you already have a connection.”