Together with the Indian skate collective HolyStoked, we built India’s first publicly accessible skate park in 2013. In the middle of Bangalore, a place has been created where children can play and do sports together regardless of class or gender - something that did not yet exist in India. Together with the association “Make Life Skate Life” and financial support from Levi’s, we brought almost 40 volunteers to India, including world-renowned pro skaters, to build the first Holy Stoked Park. This park was the foundation for an entire movement in India. Over the past five years, the Holy Stoked team has professionalized skatepark construction and has now built 15 skate parks across India, helping to make skateboarding accessible to thousands of Indian youth.

This has created a scene that is attracting attention not only at a national level but also at an international level. The skate park in Bangalore is, by the way, probably one of the best and most beautiful skate parks we have ever built. Unfortunately, it has since been demolished, but this makes it all the more an example of how moments can become monuments that are not only manifested in concrete.