Why Chunks of LOVE Park are Being Shipped to Sweden | Malmö is preserving the skate history Philly won’t
Malmö, Sweden continues their ascent act the most skateboard friendly city in the universe by shipping half-a-million pounds of prime LOVE Park granite over the pond to create something special for its skateboarders. Thanks to the cities official “skateboarding coordinator,” Gustav Eden the scene is about to get even stronger and further shows how America has total disregard for their rich skateboard history.
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Apparently, Sweden knows a good thing when it sees it – even if Philly destroys that thing, which, in this case, is LOVE Park (as skateboarders know it).
The park, which is now closed for renovations, was one of most revered skateboarding spots in the world (despite the fact that it was illegal to skate there). And if Philly won’t preserve its history, Malmö, Sweden, will: the city will put to use a half a million pounds of granite from LOVE Park.
According to CBS3, Malmö’s official “skateboarding coordinator,” Gustav Eden, requested the granite for an upcoming project that is expected to “rock the skateboarding world,” though the plan itself hasn’t yet been disclosed. Eden’s known for transforming Malmö into a skateboarding mecca (complete with a skateboarding high school). Most recently, he helped the city host the Vans Park Series (which is pretty much the world championship of bowl skating).
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