City 01 Skate Days, 2019. Muchamiel Skatepark. Muchamiel. Alicante. Spain. Stick out your tongue, skate

Skateboarding, as commonly practiced and conceived, appears to defy «rule governance» of sport and is perceived as a subculture lifestyle involved in symbolic and embodied performances to subvert mainstream rules and norms.

Skateboarders identify skateboard tricks as a form of free expression, a temporary escape or sense of empowerment through movement. In sum, the thought and practice and conception of skateboarding, as both publicly conceived and self-conceived, are antithetical to «rule governed competitions» required of sport.

Quote. Brian Glenney & Steve Mull. «Skateboarding and the ecology of urban space», 2018

City 00Skate days (CSKD) is a project of great scope on the world of skateboarding, raised from a vision that tries to go beyond its sporting side. I focus attention on aspects that reflect a subcultural model, very diverse moments and contexts, attitudes and signs that tell us about that experience: fashion, graffiti, gestures, local environments, lifestyles, group interaction, youth and contemporary identities. But it also opens up to other perspectives: the visibility and roles of women in the world of skateboarding, the relationship between skate and social integration based on community actions, the practice of skate in developing countries, the reinterpretation of urban culture from the expressiveness of very different local identities.

City 00Skate days (CSKD) es un proyecto fotográfico sobre el mundo del skate, planteado desde una visión que intenta ir más allá de su vertiente deportiva. Centro la atención en aspectos que reflejan un modelo subcultural, momentos y contextos muy diversos, actitudes y signos que nos hablan de esa vivencia: moda, graffiti, gestos, entornos locales, estilos de vida, interacción grupal, identidades juveniles. Pero también se abre a otras perspectivas: la visibilidad y roles de la mujer en el mundo del skate, la relación entre el skate y la integración social a partir de acciones comunitarias, la práctica del skate en países en vías de desarrollo, la reinterpretación de la cultura urbana desde la expresividad de muy diversas identidades locales.