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In order to celebrate their collaboration with Kodak, Girl Skateboards have released a 10 minute video documenting their recent trip to London. The project, filmed and edited by John Marello, sees the Girl skateboard team journey far from their base in California in order to skate the Selfridges Bowl – the UK’s only permanent indoor wooden skate bowl.

Talent featured in the video includes Simon Bannerot, Neils Bennet, Sean Malto, Rick McCrank and Tyler Pacheo.

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EFFEKT have transformed an abandoned windmill factory into skatepark and youth centre 

Located in the Danish city of Viborg, the 3,170-square-metre building offers a wide variety of facilities for self-organised sports, as well as social spaces for local youth. These include a huge skating bowl, basketball courts, maker workshops and DJ facilities.

The former prefabricated concrete and corrugated steel windmill factory occupies a 2,000-square-metre site.

The outside of the building is newly wrapped in a translucent polycarbonate skin, intended to make it appear light and welcoming, and also differentiate it from its industrial neighbours. In addition, this skin will serve as a giant canvas for local artists to display and project their art.

Before the renovation, the building resembled a mass-produced warehouseor factory typical of the late 1960s and 70s.

These types of abandoned industrial buildings, made from prefabricated concrete panels and corrugated steel, are often perceived as having little value. But EFFEKT hopes this project shows how these structures can be reused and reprogrammed in a qualitative way and for a limited budget.

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IKEA has developed its first skateboard and is releasing it as part of their SoCal-inspired ‘Spanst’ collection.

The skateboard, priced at $90 (£65), is part of a larger collection which includes items of furniture and clothing.

The inspiration behind this collection was the street culture of Southern California.

To honour this inspiration IKEA collaborated with fashion designer Chris Stamp and product designer Maja Ganszyniec.