





Skaters Macba Barcelona
"The architects who designed the city, it is almost as if they built it for skateboarding,"
"You see existing benches everywhere and if you go somewhere outside the city, you will find existing quarter pipes. You would almost think; how has this not been made for skateboarding?"
Granite tiles, the long narrow wall, the smooth steps and the square in front of the MACBA museum in Barcelona all constitute a skateboarder's heaven. From every corner of the world, skateboarders gather here in the summer to skate. In the beginning, the museum wasn’t happy about this. But an adaptation of the square created an unintentional ‘improvement’ that would attract even more skaters.
At most, for 2 minutes, they would serve as a model. Most of the time sweaty and still full of their actions. They’d rather not stand still for much longer. On to the next lap!
De granieten tegels, de lange smalle muur, de gladde trappen en het plein voor het museum MACBA in Barcelona vormen samen een Walhalla voor skateboarders. Van over de hele wereld komt de skate scene hier ’s zomers samen om te skaten. In het begin was het museum er helemaal niet blij mee. Maar aanpassing van het plein werd een onbedoelde ‘verbetering’ die nóg meer skaters aan zou trekken.
Hooguit 2 minuten stonden ze model. Vaak bezweet en nog vol van hun laatste actie. Langer wilden ze liever niet stilstaan. Op naar de volgende ronde!