A park for the pros brings skateboarding to the kids
in Malmo, Sweden

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This is Off The Wall
IN 2016 VANS helped build THIS SKATEPARK FOR THE VANS PARK SERIES
The Kroksbäck Skatepark was originally built in Malmö Sweden for the Vans Park Series World Cham­pionship final in 2016. Once the event was over the skatepark was left behind for the city to enjoy and what has developed since is more than we expected. In particular, a group of local kids have picked up skateboarding for the first time and have made the Kroksbäck skatepark their second home. The park has provided them with a safe haven to escape some of the harder facts on the ground in the area and a place to discover the self-expression and community inherent in skateboarding.
“The fun thing about going to the skatepark is to be with friends and skate, and do new tricks and these things.”
- Asharaf
“Since I started skating I’ve met a lot of new friends. To me, skateboarding is all about community.”
- Hannah
“It’s [been] really cool to see someone that young with that spark about skateboarding. I can see myself having exactly that feeling when I was younger.”
- Karl Berglind
“Skateboarding is a battle against yourself, so you’re constantly, you know, frustrated or stoked.”
- Tony Trujillo
“It’s [been] really cool to see someone that young with that spark about skateboarding, and, yeah, I can see myself having exactly that feeling when I was younger, so.”
- Karl Berglind
“Skateboarding means freedom to me. Whatever's bothering me, whatever I have going on in my mind, as soon as I pick up my skateboarding and just start rolling, everything's behind me. It's kind of therapeutic for me as well, you know?”
- Chris Pfanner
“The Kroksbäck park is basically like an extreme, big park. But there’s a lot of really small kids that will just start by dropping in from the big stuff and progress so fast. That’s crazy.”
- Oliver, Skate Coach
“Skateboarding brings them together, so everyone has in common, and then they just embrace each other's differences because they've got this foundation.”
- Daniel, Skate Coach
“SKATEBOARDING BRINGS THEM TOGETHER, SO EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING IN COMMON.”
- Daniel
“WHEN YOU’RE 10, 11 YEARS OLD, YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT’S AHEAD OF YOU. TRUE SKATEBOARDING—YOU PICK UP A SKATEBOARD AND IT’S JUST FUN.”
- Chris Pfanner

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