Sk8

I'm not at all up to date on what the skateboarding scene is all about these days. I know the Jackass guys skate. Big fan. And any jargon I have picked up in my years mostly came from playing Skate or Die. I really haven't seen that many kids on skateboards in Stockholm. There is a small skatepark on Södermalm that I have walked by a few times and seen some kids but nothing really that stood out. So as far as a Swedish skateboarding scene is considered I am really not seeing any. There's gotta be people doing it. Where are they?

Well, I guess this will all change. In 2010 Europe's biggest skatepark will be in my backyard. Literally in my little section of Stockholm called Högdalen. Here's an artist's rendering of what's to come...


Today's paper boasted the following features:
+ 5 pools (4 big and 1 small)
+ Ramps for downhill racing, freestyle, street and slalom.
+ A long ditch (inspired by Los Angeles' drainage ditches)
+ Street plaza: a street/park environment with rails, plateaus and stairs.
+ Moguls (?) This one may have gotten lost in the translation (Puckelpistaktiga flowytor)

Anyways, I'm buying a skateboard.

Stockhom City's article (in Swedish)