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One day I came to my Dad and said that
there's no indoors and it would be good if he make something.
Absolutely..
I said it just by the way.
I would not even think that he will take it and do it
like it would be nothing.
Even strange how such dream comes true so easily.
The Hook
It's been a while I had these thoughts
that it would be cool.
Of course it influenced my son who skates himself.
Also I got a lot of information how youth is going here in Vilnius.
There are no places for skating, and at that time city policy began
to prohibit skating in such a places like Cathedral square, municipality square..
..representative places, there's whole list.
Few times I picked up my son from police station myself
2 times I got administrative penalty for it,
not fine, just warning.
Simply, it's clear that this problem is not being solved by the city absolutely
whilst private initiative as far as I have seen
how much time it's going on, how everybody talks on forum about construction of skatepark, it's more fantasies.
It's not a commercial project which will pay off
and here absolutely other possibilities are needed.
And that's all, I always liked this idea,
what son is doing and me.. my train had already passed in such a things.
Maybe you'll learn yet? Maybe I will.
Of course everything moves step by step, because there is a lot of work, a lot of renovation
but we will start from skatepark itself and later go around
we will try to create other spaces
or just bring them to life,
where could be going some artist shows
and concerts or movie theatre..
We want to do here things connected to street culture.
If it is skatepark, let's say, a part of street culture, then to attract and other cultures.
Actually, this skatepark is just awesome, because now it will change whole situation in Lithuania.
Before everybody was in doubt to skate or not, because you cannot do this fully
and now we will be able to skate whole year everyday.
First indoor and such a size and scale, I think foreigners will also come and show a demo.
Finally conclusion was reached to start search for premises for indoor skatepark
and it's located in a good place, you can reach it with public transport from all the Vilnius districts
and also a car parking here is no problem.
Finally those who skates bmx or rollerblades in a city would take 10 min to get here themselves.
It must be place there everybody could gather together during winter
or even during summertime
to skate to film to spend good time
to have fun at night and drink some beer at last.
there's need for such a place and it will be and I think it will have a huge success soon.
"It was a cold winter"
"Water got frozen into ice"
"Earth got dressed white snow dress"
"Rime decorated the trees"
It will be the first time when european level indoor will be build.
(C) Vertimas: Saulius Vaskevicius.