Skatepark - Sulaymaniyah (Iraq)

The construction process of building Iraq's first skate park in Sulaymaniyah (Suli)

Day one... - Early days on Iraq's first skate park. Stripping the grass to reveal a blank canvas. Working with the natural topography to shape the park.
Day one...
Early days on Iraq's first skate park. Stripping the grass to reveal a blank canvas. Working with the natural topography to shape the park.
Set out - Set out and the start of formwork in Suli Skate Park
Set out
Set out and the start of formwork in Suli Skate Park
Formwork - Initial forms of the banked walls for the Suli Skate Park
Formwork
Initial forms of the banked walls for the Suli Skate Park
Ready to pour - End bank and hip is ready to pour for Suli Skate Park
Ready to pour
End bank and hip is ready to pour for Suli Skate Park
Take offs - Precise takes off for concrete pours for Suli Skate Park
Take offs
Precise takes off for concrete pours for Suli Skate Park
Multiple pours... - All hands on deck for the first big pour at Suli Skate Park
Multiple pours...
All hands on deck for the first big pour at Suli Skate Park
Rain, hail or shine... - Doing our best to keep us and the concrete dry at Suli Skate Park
Rain, hail or shine...
Doing our best to keep us and the concrete dry at Suli Skate Park
Progress - Starting to take shape (resemble a skate park)
Progress
Starting to take shape (resemble a skate park)
Calm before the storm - First pour in the bowl, 7 hours later and all done at Suli Skate Park
Calm before the storm
First pour in the bowl, 7 hours later and all done at Suli Skate Park
Done... - The finished Suli Skate Park before the locals wake
Done...
The finished Suli Skate Park before the locals wake
Their park - The Suli Skate Park is open to the locals with new donated boards
Their park
The Suli Skate Park is open to the locals with new donated boards
Simple fun - The locals showing us how its done at Suli Skate Park
Simple fun
The locals showing us how its done at Suli Skate Park
Overcoming fears - Fearless young local at her Skate Park in Suli, Iraq
Overcoming fears
Fearless young local at her Skate Park in Suli, Iraq
Opening night - Opening night and the girls are already dominating in their skate park
Opening night
Opening night and the girls are already dominating in their skate park
Opening night - Locals and internationals celebrating the new park
Opening night
Locals and internationals celebrating the new park
Jerry over the hip - Some last minute quality checks with Jerry at Suli Skate Park
Jerry over the hip
Some last minute quality checks with Jerry at Suli Skate Park
Pivot to fakie - Pivot to fakie on the tip of the love heart at Suli Skate Park
Pivot to fakie
Pivot to fakie on the tip of the love heart at Suli Skate Park
Clearing the hip - Junior doing his best to show of Suli Skate Park
Clearing the hip
Junior doing his best to show of Suli Skate Park