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Urban Playgrounds, Athletes Claim Cities Around the World is a book by gestalten about urban sports and athletes around the world
In Urban Playgrounds by gestalten, Athletes Claim Cities Around the World.
Since 2007, Letícia Bufoni has won six X Games gold medals and traveled the world to compete and film, building a reputation for a high-intensity style and fearless approach. Find out more about her in Urban Playgrounds by gestalten.
Discover urban sports in historic Edinburgh and meet Danny MacAskill, who is one of the most famous BMXers in the city and in the UK.
With their Bike Life crew, riders such as Curly and Milez roll to the city’s rhythms. For them, the bike offers a vehicle for self-expression and freedom. Discover more about the New York riding scene in Urban Playgrounds by gestalten.
Urban Playgrounds is a book about athletes in the city by gestalten and Red Bull.
Mudallal is a free runner and was born in Santa Monica after her parents emigrated from Jordan. She wears a hijab and has found an acceptance in Los Angeles that she does not always feel in other cities. Mudallal hopes to become the first hijabi stunt woman to work in Hollywood. In Los Angeles, it feels like everything is possible.
Urban Athletes riding their BMX in Urban Playgrounds a book by gestalten and Red Bull.
Skateboarding is life. Read Urban Playgrounds and meet TJ Rogers to find our about the variety of Skateboarding in Canada. Discover Montreal with Marie Anne Louis-Charles, who created “Girls, Gays, and Theys” skate sessions in Montréal and whose gatherings feature skills practice and art swaps. “I just want everyone to get into skateboarding,” says Louis-Charles. “I want to skate with other girls, and I want to skate with queer people, and I want to be in a space with other people like myself.”
Urban Playgrounds by gestalten and Red Bull features the urban athletes claiming the city for themselves.
With perfect weather, unique outdoor spaces, and a diverse culture, Los Angeles makes everything feel possible. Letícia Bufoni moved to Los Angeles at 14 because she always wanted to skate there. Learn more about her experience in Urban Playgrounds.
A BMX rider in an English city featured in Urban Playgrounds by gestalten.
New York City moves to its own beat. Traffic bustles and flows. Sidewalks teem with people heading to work, school, or play. Above, buildings stack up like peaks in a mountain range, each higher than the next, while roads cut through the deep canyons they create. It’s easy to feel insignificant in a landscape like this, but across the five boroughs, New York’s urban athletes fearlessly make their mark on the city.
Three Canadian skaters featured in Urban Playgrounds by gestalten.
The table of content of Urban Playgrounds, a book about athletes claiming cities around the world.
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Urban Playgrounds

Athletes Claim Cities Around the World

Envision the city as an infinite playground.

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Created in collaboration with Red Bull, Urban Playgrounds explores some of the world’s most thrilling places for urban sports. From Venice, Barcelona and Los Angeles, to Brasilia, Istanbul, Cairo, Lagos, or Jakarta, this book reveals an exhilarating marriage between space and sports.

Born from a need to challenge boundaries, or a desire for self-expression and entertainment, urban sports reimagine the city as a playground. Be it freestyling on a skateboard, riding a BMX, or stretching the human body in parkour, urban athletes demonstrate the possibilities.

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