These are the pillars of Janwaar Castle, the biggest skatepark you've never heard of. In the small village of Janwaar, India, skateboarding is more than a skateboard, it is a vehicle for social change, gender equality and education.
In early 2014, Ulrike Reinhard, as a private initiative, led an international campaign mixing skateboarding and art. She asked artists from all over the world to turn their decks into an art board. The drawn boards were auctioned off via skate-aid, a well-known German skateboarding NGO, to raise funds to purchase complete skateboards and redistribute them to children in rural India.
For them, it was the first time they had seen this object, but Ulrike was convinced that these skateboards would give them the confidence they lacked and allow them to acquire new skills (especially social skills) through the discovery of this sport.
The Rural Changemakers is an award-winning rural development project. It uses skateboarding as a trigger for radical change. In less than five years, the skatepark has brought about tangible change in Janwaar, Madhaya Pradesh, a remote village with a population of 1,200. It follows an innovative and rather unusual approach compared to traditional development aid: it is an approach that does not predefine any kind of programme and outcome, but rather develops the programme with the villagers.
Inspired by the work of Skateistan, Ulrike Reinhard took a slightly different approach and designed the village of Janwaar as a sandbox, with the skatepark as the central element, in order to create a massive and positive change around the village.
Children are at the centre of all our activities and we try to empower them to take control of their future. The change we are seeing has proven the concept right. Meanwhile, the idea has inspired many people and we have replicated the model in three other villages in India.
This board is made of 7 plys Canadian Hard Rock Maple, which is the best wood species for technical skateboards. The wood of this board is FSC certified (from sustainably managed forests)
Our maple boards are cold pressed, one by one. This means that each mould contains only one board per pressing pass. This allows us to guarantee an optimal pressure distribution and that each board of the same model has exactly the same shape, the same concave. An advantage for those who want to ski the same shape every time.
We use a high-performance water-based glue that is much less polluting than epoxy resins.
Developed by our team of passionate skateboarders, the DK120 RURAL CHANGEMAKERS board celebrates the work of the Indian NGO Rural Changemakers.
the collaboration with the NGO began in 2016 with the organisation of the first skateboarding contest in their village. We provided complete skateboards and protections for the children of the village.
Today, we are proud to support The Rural Changemakers by launching 2 collaborative board models.
Available in 2 sizes (8" and 8"25) on the decathlon website, these two boards have been created in collaboration with photographer Matjaž Tančič to showcase the local actors, on their usual terrain.
Most of the profits from this board are donated to Rural Changemakers to support their social development, education and gender equality actions.
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