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London’s largest indoor skatepark to be demolished for padel courts

Better Extreme — The Barking skatepark’s fate follows that of similar indoor spaces in recent years, with operators GLL citing falling visitor numbers as the reason behind the decision.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk

On Marrakech’s outskirts, a skatepark reimagines possibility for local youth

Tameslouht — Built on the grounds of the Fiers et Forts orphanage, a new spot is providing space for connection and purpose, while incubating top-class talent. Ellie Howard reports from its banks.

  • Sport
  • Ellie Howard
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Dropping in at Lahore’s first ever public skatepark

Skate Pakistan — Set right in the centre of Pakistan’s capital city, the free-to-use space has started a mini youth revolution in the country. Z. Raza-Sheikh tracks how it came to open its doors.

  • Sport
  • Z. Raza-Sheikh
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The concrete skatepark oasis in the Navajo Nation desert

Diné Skate Garden — Opening in 2023, the Two Grey Hills spot is getting people of all ages on the reservation onto boards. We spoke to those behind the project about its impact, its growing importance as a community gathering space, and their ambitious vision for expansion.

  • Sport
  • Tyrone Bulger
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The Delhi basement forging India’s top skaters

Below deck — In a supermetropolis with little to no infrastructure for skaters, an underground academy is leading the city’s development of elite athletes, as well as providing a space for boarders of any level to try out and train.

  • Sport
  • Paridhi Badgotri
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The Ukrainian skatepark sanctuary on the frontlines of war

Krytka — In Okhtyrka, just 50km from the border with Russia, a crew of young skaters, musicians and friends gutted out an abandoned factory, filling it with ramps and music equipment to create a shelter of community and resilience.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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At Belgium’s Horst, electronic music, skate and community collide

More than a festival — With art exhibitions, youth projects and a brand new skatepark, the Vilvoorde-Brussels weekender is demonstrating how music events can have an impact all year round.

  • Music
  • Isaac Muk

A Finnish skateboarder's snow-covered sanctuary

Winter wonderland — In the frozen heartland of Finland, Jaakko Saavalainen’s do-it-yourself skatepark proves anywhere can become a skate utopia - if you’re willing to put in the work.

  • Skate
  • HUCK HQ

How skateboarding is helping to revitalise a village in rural India

Skating, educating and building community — Author, futurist and community activist Ulrike Reinhard founded Janwaar Castle to reinvigorate a rural village through skateboarding.

  • Skate
  • Alex King

Meet the Brussels skaters overcoming cultural barriers to create their own utopia

Skateboarding and integration — The media has painted Brussels as a city of immigrant ghettos, intolerance and radicalisation. But at Les Ursulines skate park, kids from all backgrounds skate together in peace.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

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