Gibraltar Skatepark
Skateboarding. A niche sport that’s taking the world by storm. Its origins date back to the early 1920’s when children modified their 4 wheeled scooters by removing the handlebars completely. It was popularised in the 1960’s and 1970’s by surfers who got bored when the sea was flat. In the 1980’s the sport exploded thanks to the likes of Rodney Mullen and Tony Hawk. Since then, its popularity has steadily increased and is an internationally recognised sport, it’s even in the Olympics! In the current day, Skateboarding is more popular than American Football in some Californian schools, they are even tearing up basketball courts and play areas to build Skateparks.
Our mission here in Gibraltar is to promote Skateboarding and liase with the Goverment of Gibraltar to facilitate the construction of a professional Skatepark. We wish to enable the local community to learn and practice a new sport in a safe and frienldy enviroment.
Our plan is to gain the support of the local community by hosting events, promoting Skateboarding on social media and to gain Goverment recognition. We would then liase with Skatepark designers and the local community to mutually agree on our ideal park. We are dedicated to promoting sources of funds for the consrtuction via sponsers and crowd funding. Finally, we wish to open a professional skatepark here in Gibraltar to provide the community for generations to come.