House Of Vans London – a 3000sqm combined skatepark, gallery, cinema, bar and concert venue spread across five tunnels beneath Waterloo Station.
As well as promoting the Vans shoes and clothing brand (like its predecessor, House of Vans Brooklyn) the venue is affiliated with local charities and will offer free art studio and gallery space to local creatives.
Danish architects Gilfberg+Lykke’s concept art and location shots of ‘skatecity’ – a 4500 sq metre facility currently under construction in Haderslev, Denmark. At the heart of the skatepark, which features all manner of rideable terrain from verts and half pipes to platforms, rails and open space, is streetdome – an igloo-like structure with more bowls, a basketball court and audience seating.
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At the Knox Skate Park in Melbourne, Australia, 19 year-old Mitch Baldry skips, tips, backflips and tailwhips his way toward early onset arthritis with no little style and panache.
Video by Infinity List.
