OXFORD – Full pipes, half-pipes, bowls, steps and trannies were just a few of the technical terms tossed around Wednesday as a skate park design was considered for Paris.

A handful of local skateboarders and bikers were present at the Skate Park Planning Committee meeting, where designer Wally Hollyday of California Skateparks presented his ideas.

“We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us so we can get (the park) built,” Hollyday told the crowd before showing pictures of parks his company has built around the country.

For Paris, he suggested a park that would cost $177,000. Through the donation of materials, equipment and labor, the committee may be able to build the park for as little as $70,000, he said.

The park, Hollyday said, should be a place for skateboarders and bikers as well as “someplace where parents can hang out and watch what their kids are doing, and a place where your friends who don’t skate can watch what you’re doing.”

His park design contained two bowls and a “street” area with steps, ramps and handrails for skateboarding tricks. The bowls, which Hollyday’s firm would help construct, resembled large in-ground pool basins with steep, rounded sides.

“It’s really important that the park be fun and, just, you know, put a smile on your face,” Hollyday said, explaining his decision to mix different elements into the park design. Some areas would be easy for beginner skaters, but the bowls would help provide challenges for those who are more experienced.

The proposed park, said skateboarder and committee member Bently Hamilton, “is clever for the amount of space we’re looking at.”

The park would cover about 7,600 square feet of the 16,000-square-foot area available in Paris.

“Sweet,” “Awesome,” and “Dude, you see that bowl right there?” were among the comments muttered by the younger skaters and bikers in the room.

Hollyday said he will try next week to send a list of materials, equipment and services that will be needed to complete the park. Committee members intend to canvas the community for help with things like obtaining rebar and cement for the project, and grading the site.

While the committee has to date raised about $94,000 for the project, some of that money is earmarked for future maintenance of the park.

“Do you think we still need to do fund raising?” Bently Hamilton’s mother, Lynda Hamilton, asked.

Yes, committee member John Parsons replied, “and we need to do everything we can to find more in-kind donations of equipment, materials and services.”

The committee will not meet again before having more detailed drawings and estimates from California Skateparks.