![]() Built with contemporary and ancient techniques the park is imagined to be a bustling space and a new urban site for the whole of Ghana: inspired globally - created locally. The park has a moldable art space, a community planted green area and a co-working hub. This year’s program is the fourth year Freedom has run the program, which includes free skate events, board giveaways for at-risk youth, women and LGBTQ+ skate meetups, live music performances. The community led design process has informed the programming. As a kid, I’ve always wanted to skate, but my mum didnt like the idea. This means there is nowhere safe for skaters to practice when it is too rainy, cold, or dark to skate outside. ![]() Tracing the roots of skateboarding takes one to the US where extreme sporting activity is often linked with subcultures like punk rock, defiance, and. skateboarding with more than half a million skaters, there are no indoor skate parks in New Jersey. The park is the first of its kind as it bridges the gap in the recreational landscape in Accra, by creating both a space for skateboarders and the community at large. A West African skatepark reflects the importance of galvanizing youth and Virgil’s Abloh’s global impact. Photos from Freedom Skatepark in Accra, Ghana. Limbo Accra’s spatial design team, in collaboration with Surf Ghana and Wonders Around the World, brings forth the visionary design for Freedom Skatepark. Limbo Accra’s core goals of sustainable, redistributive and community-led development are all met with Freedom Skate Park challenging Ghana's urban development sector to embrace new models that create meaningful opportunities for the youth through novel architectural designs. Sustainable, Innovative, Afro-Utopian Visionĭesign studio Limbo Accra is on hand for creative direction as the architectural lead, with a mission to “deliver afro-utopian spatial justice for all,” an urban ecosystem in harmony with its local population. More recently, Sports 4 Development and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana have also confirmed their participation. Through the build of The Freedom Skatepark and via the development of a surf community hub, Vans continues to the support youth culture by enabling creative self-expression through Action Sports, and helping lay the foundations for future generations in Africa. Vans is supporting The Surf Ghana Collective to ensure skateboarding and surfing are as accessible as possible for the local community. We provide the largest selection of skate shoes, decks, clothing. and energetic ranging from climbing, parachute jumping, skate park. Influential figures worldwide such as Vans, Tony’s Chocolonely, AFD played also a huge part as well in supporting the narrative. Skater owned and operated in the heart of Madison, WI since 1998. Brand recall: (having the ability to recover from memory the Freedome brand name. Exactly one year ago, a campaign was launched online and was supported by the revered teams of Daily Paper and Off-White to put a completely different spin on adopting diverse means to introduce the skate culture made in Ghana to the world. No matter if you have been skating for ages or are a beginner, we'll be there for your questions and help you.įreedom Skateshop – from Skateboarders, for Skateboarders, since 2006.With the aid of social media, The Surf Ghana Collective made the most use of their online presence to solicit funds to give life to The Freedom Skatepark. Why not just stop by, sit on the couch, have a chat, meet up for a skate session and watch a skate video? Free Dome is the new skate company from Liverpudlian skateboard legend Geoff Rowley. That's another point in starting Freedom Skateshop in 2006: we wanted to give something back to the skateboarding community. We don't offer running shoes, sandals or winter boots. Same with shoes: all our shoes are made to skate. No matter if it's deck, wheels, trucks, bearings or hardware, if we aren't convinced with its quality we won't put it in the shop. We set the highest standards when it comes to each product and each brand that we are offering. Our goal is to support you in finding your perfect setup, both with our experience and knowledge. This is why we started Freedom Skateshop. The fun and love we feel for it is something we wanna share. We are skateboarders and we live skateboarding.
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