Love park - Malmö version

[Willie]

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That's cool and all, but I can't help but think this would be way cooler if it was still in Philly as a new DIY or skate park or some new plaza instead of going overseas. Keep it local for the locals. Cool for Sweden tho.

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Sounds like you’re really struggling here.
Philly didn’t want to did they otherwise they would of been able to, which is why this happened instead.

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It’s just a bummer that the only way to skate the Love Park granite is to go to Sweden or become friends with Kalis and skate his indoor plaza, both of which aren’t an option for me. It’d be cool to keep some of it in Philly is all I’m saying. I get that there isn’t the political will power to use it so it’s going to more forward thinking countries. And that’s kind of a shame is all.

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Not true. Paines Park and Front Street Park have Love Park granite. Front Street has one of the fountain ledges.

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FUCK paines park ong

Drove by Paines this afternoon in perfect weather. It was empty.

[Harrison's Fjord]

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crazy how the skate world went from skating old DCs in homage to late nineties and early 00s skating, to fully designing a mini Love Park replica with love park granite… in Sweden lol

“the late 90s is my personality”

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The nostalgia is real. I don‘t mind it, but I‘d love to also see some futurism!

Do you consider LOVE Malmö a street spot or a skate park? Does it matter?

Maybe doesn't matter, but I do think it's an interesting question. If Love park in Philly was a street spot (and it was) and you 'move' a street spot to another location, it presumably remains a street spot, even if it's moved with the intent to skate. Of course, Love wasn't exactly moved, but dismantled, with some of its parts being moved, then reconstructed. But, I don't see how that would matter. I expect people will be fine putting it in street parts.
There's some talk of making the area not open for skating for some hours, to help integrate it with the surroundings. So, unlike skate parks it's not exclusively for skateboarding. (Will people go there to have lunch? not sure.) Still, it's obviously much easier to skate than Love was (no security, for one), but the fact that a spot isn't a bust doesn't make it a non-street spot.

[Groondor the Orc]

If it's not in the streets, it's not street.

[mrosk8]

was there this days, they did an amazing job, something unreal
also Malmo is full of spots, consider it like the new skate mecca with Cph

[Atiba Applebum]

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So sick, Copenhagen open will be fun this year with this a short train ride away

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No copenhagen open this year.. 

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So that Vienna Gnarthon is kinda the replacement?

Vienna Gnarthon sounds like a Roald Dahl character

[Weededed]

[HyenaChaser]

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crazy how the skate world went from skating old DCs in homage to late nineties and early 00s skating, to fully designing a mini Love Park replica with love park granite… in Sweden lol

“the late 90s is my personality”

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The nostalgia is real. I don‘t mind it, but I‘d love to also see some futurism!

Do you consider LOVE Malmö a street spot or a skate park? Does it matter?

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Maybe doesn't matter, but I do think it's an interesting question. If Love park in Philly was a street spot (and it was) and you 'move' a street spot to another location, it presumably remains a street spot, even if it's moved with the intent to skate. Of course, Love wasn't exactly moved, but dismantled, with some of its parts being moved, then reconstructed. But, I don't see how that would matter. I expect people will be fine putting it in street parts.
There's some talk of making the area not open for skating for some hours, to help integrate it with the surroundings. So, unlike skate parks it's not exclusively for skateboarding. (Will people go there to have lunch? not sure.) Still, it's obviously much easier to skate than Love was (no security, for one), but the fact that a spot isn't a bust doesn't make it a non-street spot.

The Ship of Theseus

[Miserable Old Sack of Shit]

If they don't dump a couple gallons of bum piss in the corners and let it bake in the hot sun, it'll never be legit.

[mrosk8]

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So sick, Copenhagen open will be fun this year with this a short train ride away

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No copenhagen open this year.. 

CPH open will move to Athen this year begin of October, i think they start doing it each year in a different city

[Harrison's Fjord]

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crazy how the skate world went from skating old DCs in homage to late nineties and early 00s skating, to fully designing a mini Love Park replica with love park granite… in Sweden lol

“the late 90s is my personality”

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The nostalgia is real. I don‘t mind it, but I‘d love to also see some futurism!

Do you consider LOVE Malmö a street spot or a skate park? Does it matter?

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Maybe doesn't matter, but I do think it's an interesting question. If Love park in Philly was a street spot (and it was) and you 'move' a street spot to another location, it presumably remains a street spot, even if it's moved with the intent to skate. Of course, Love wasn't exactly moved, but dismantled, with some of its parts being moved, then reconstructed. But, I don't see how that would matter. I expect people will be fine putting it in street parts.
There's some talk of making the area not open for skating for some hours, to help integrate it with the surroundings. So, unlike skate parks it's not exclusively for skateboarding. (Will people go there to have lunch? not sure.) Still, it's obviously much easier to skate than Love was (no security, for one), but the fact that a spot isn't a bust doesn't make it a non-street spot.

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The Ship of Theseus

Sort of, but not really. That would be, if all the parts of LOVE were replaced, would it still the same LOVE?

The Malmo thing is mainly about whether the intent behind rebuilding a street spot affects its being a street spot.

[parasocial skater]

If they don't dump a couple gallons of bum piss in the corners and let it bake in the hot sun, it'll never be legit.

Also need a bum or a rando sitting on atleast one of the ledges

[Rick Trapasso]

Technically a skatepark, but I would be more ok with filming here than most other parks.

European skate architecture is really top notch imo.

They way they work it into multi use areas to blend things together really helps tune down some of the inherent kookiness of skateparks.

[lucid beauty]

paines sucks shit to fuck but its lit up all night so you can skate at 3am which i liked

[Tear Up a Trick]

NYTimes article about this

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/magazine/skateboarding-philadelphia-love-park-malmo-sweden.html

[arthrighteous]

Here is an unpaywalled version of the NYTimes article for anyone without a subscription

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/magazine/skateboarding-philadelphia-love-park-malmo-sweden.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk8.Mp__.admbmrOXywH6&smid=url-share

[djtraceman610]

Here is an unpaywalled version of the NYTimes article for anyone without a subscription

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/magazine/skateboarding-philadelphia-love-park-malmo-sweden.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk8.Mp__.admbmrOXywH6&smid=url-share

Cool article. We was really in Sweden tho...

[Texas_Tone]

You know the only I got from this whole ordeal, is FUCK the people that run Philadelphia, they should have left love alone and made it into a plaza, why we exporting the only thing that makes us special?? I also think it’s lame they Cherry picked stuff from love so a bunch of white kids from Sweden can cosplay like they are urban skaters, we get enough of that from suciu, laboratory grown ledge skaters are wack and they should be ashamed of themselves, also if im recreating love, I’m rebuilding the levels, call yourselves fans and you didn’t even recreate the correct section, fucking lame as shit

[Lou Strux]

You know the only I got from this whole ordeal, is FUCK the people that run Philadelphia, they should have left love alone and made it into a plaza, why we exporting the only thing that makes us special?? I also think it’s lame they Cherry picked stuff from love so a bunch of white kids from Sweden can cosplay like they are urban skaters, we get enough of that from suciu, laboratory grown ledge skaters are wack and they should be ashamed of themselves, also if im recreating love, I’m rebuilding the levels, call yourselves fans and you didn’t even recreate the correct section, fucking lame as shit

I mean… they didn’t have do ANY of it, but they did; we really wanna kick they dicks in for building a nice plaza in tribute to LOVE?

The real story (for me, anyways) in all this was that, after going through such effort to preserve & transport ACTUAL marble blocks from LOVE Plaza, they wound up losing them & resorted to researching which rock quarry the marble was mined from & purchasing identical slabs from the same section of the quarry where the original LOVE blocks were cut. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[HyperBeam]

i'd be content to never have to hear about this story ever again.

[benboardbreaker]

You know the only I got from this whole ordeal, is FUCK the people that run Philadelphia, they should have left love alone and made it into a plaza, why we exporting the only thing that makes us special?? I also think it’s lame they Cherry picked stuff from love so a bunch of white kids from Sweden can cosplay like they are urban skaters, we get enough of that from suciu, laboratory grown ledge skaters are wack and they should be ashamed of themselves, also if im recreating love, I’m rebuilding the levels, call yourselves fans and you didn’t even recreate the correct section, fucking lame as shit

Is this written as some weird joke?

[A Not At All Naughty Chemist]

Great read, better than i expected it to be.

Read this in the comments, is this forreal? I can't be right?

Crazy to think Ricky Oyola is such a curmudgen that he flew to Sweden and tried to sabotage the LOVE project by depleting the supply of authentic LOVE granite.

[the canadian suit]

Great read, better than i expected it to be.

Read this in the comments, is this forreal? I can't be right?

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Crazy to think Ricky Oyola is such a curmudgen that he flew to Sweden and tried to sabotage the LOVE project by depleting the supply of authentic LOVE granite.

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Not real, he actually tried to have them install a fuckin street sweeper permanently outside

[Painted Baby]

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You know the only I got from this whole ordeal, is FUCK the people that run Philadelphia, they should have left love alone and made it into a plaza, why we exporting the only thing that makes us special?? I also think it’s lame they Cherry picked stuff from love so a bunch of white kids from Sweden can cosplay like they are urban skaters, we get enough of that from suciu, laboratory grown ledge skaters are wack and they should be ashamed of themselves, also if im recreating love, I’m rebuilding the levels, call yourselves fans and you didn’t even recreate the correct section, fucking lame as shit

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I mean… they didn’t have do ANY of it, but they did; we really wanna kick they dicks in for building a nice plaza in tribute to LOVE?

The real story (for me, anyways) in all this was that, after going through such effort to preserve & transport ACTUAL marble blocks from LOVE Plaza, they wound up losing them & resorted to researching which rock quarry the marble was mined from & purchasing identical slabs from the same section of the quarry where the original LOVE blocks were cut. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Damn I was really invested in those slabs well being too. From the DC ad showing them stacked up to Kalis' park to this park in Sweden. The diaspora of Philly marble. I'm a little bit crushed.