Conape DIY, Montevideo – Uruguay
The octagon was a fountain with a monument in the middle many years ago. Nobody knows how it ended up being a concrete space.
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Bollerdamm – bridge over troubled quarters
Rollerdamm DIY in Vienna didn’t waste much time asking for permission when they started turning a shitty, junked up ditch, well hidden underneath a freeway bridge, into a one of a kind little skate refuge.
Famechon DIY – South Australia
I was first introduced to Confusion mag by a red bearded vagabond skate diy lord who slung me a mag after I’d shown an interest in his latest concrete job.
Pumf Plaza DIY – Ramsbottom, England
When Covid kicked in and we got furloughed and told to stay indoors, we were straight down the building. It was hidden away, no one could bother us and the weather was red hot.
The Chamrousse DIY project (video)
This summer, an army of skate masons from all over Europe gathered in Chamrousse in the French Alps to voluntarily complete the third phase of construction of its DIY skatepark
Hanover DIY – Germany
This year we discovered a tight and steep ditch close to the swimming spot. Some friends and bmx riders already cleaned a little part of the ditch and filled some cracks, but it was still barely possible to ride with a board…
PNS Bowl – La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
In 2011, when it was obvious that our beloved Bowl de L’ancienne had to be removed, we looked for a new place to move it to. We found a home just beside the indoor skatepark PNS in La Chaux-de-Fonds located in an old slaughterhouse.
DIY Move Plaza, Lindau – Germany
The town we’re talking about is Lindau (Bodensee) at the Lake of Constance. Located in the deepest south of Germany, next to Austria and Switzerland and at the foot of the Alps.
Glass skateboarding – Riga, Latvia
An experienced skateboarder, consciously or unconsciously knows and feels the material, its texture, and density, of his/her choice. Glass is rarely used byskateboarders, and the idea of purposely creating objects of glass for skateboarding is something new for everyone. It’s an adventure, entering the unknown, which is the best part ofboth forms of expression – glass art and skateboarding.