Skateboarding
In the skateboarding culture, D.I.Y Skateparks often refers to parks or skate spots made by the skaters themselves. That involves woodworking, concrete work and a vast variety of craftsmanship to build the most original and creative spaces to skate.
The first world widely well known and probably the first D.I.Y Skate park ever build is Burnside Skatepark, located in Portland, OR. The Park appears in the movie Free Willy in 1993 and years after that, in 1999, the park is part of Tony Hawk's Tony Hawk (series) game. In 2001, it becomes the epicenter for Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park (film).
After that the culture spread over and other parks started to appear. Philadelphia's FDR Skatepark, San Diego's Washington Street, San Pedro's Channel Street, Seattle's Marginal Way and most recently Portland's Brooklyn Street Skate Spot.
The D.I.Y. skateboarding culture made its way to Europe, Brazil's Praça Duó and other pars of the world, being the main style and theme for Pontus Alv's unique approach to skateboarding film making in Strongest of the Strange and .
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