Urban sports is an umbrella term for sports and physical activities where you showcase your skills in the built environment. The main ambassadors are skateboarding, parkour, basketball, BMX, and 3x3 basketball. However, inline skating, scootering, calisthenics, bootcamp, pump tracks, and street football can also be included in this category. Urban sports are booming and have surpassed the stage of being just a hype.

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But urban sports are more than just sports. Urban also encompasses the subcultural movements within music, dance, and art developed in cities. Urban culture is the collective term for various unique, musical, visual, physical, and creative expressions of (young) people who live and dwell in urban or urban-like environments. Therefore, the function of urban sports places is more than just a sports facility.

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Outdated
An important challenge for municipalities is the outdated urban sports facilities within the municipality. Skate parks have been built in the Netherlands since the early 1980s, but of course, much has changed since then. Firstly, the economic lifespan of these objects has long passed, and they often are on the verge of collapse. Additionally, they are mostly catalog objects, often made with unpleasant materials and no longer meet the requirements in terms of dimensions and style. Contemporary urban sports are the domain of custom-made solutions.

During our research, we collaborate with experts to examine existing situations and provide well-founded advice.