L ausanne, 12 t h July 202 1
Dear Mi ni ster ,
I n m y c apac i ty as P r esi dent of Wor l d Skate - the I OC-r ec og niz ed I nter nati onal Feder ati on
enc om passi ng al l r ol l er spor ts - I wi sh to tak e thi s oppor tuni ty to shar e wi th you a new
devel opm ent that c an be of gr eat i nter est to your c i ty.
As you know, skateboar di ng has been i nc l uded i n the offi ci al pr og r am of the upc omi ng
T okyo2020 O l ym pi c G am es, and the popul ari ty of thi s spor t am ong women and men i s r api dl y
and shar pl y spr eadi ng all over the wor l d. Skateboar der s ar e par t of a g l obal c omm uni ty, and
they l i ke to m eet at skati ng faci l i ti es ar ound the wor l d not onl y for spor ts but al so for c ul tur al
pur poses. Consequentl y, skatepar ks wi th a good i nter nati onal r eputati on i nc r ease c i ty tour i sm .
We wi tnessed how - despi te the best i ntenti ons - sever al skate f ac i li ti es i n the past wer e bui l t
wi thout pr oper knowl edg e or g ui danc e. T he l ac k of exper ti se r esul ts i n essenti al tec hni c al
shor tc om i ng s, whose c onsequenc e i s the i m possi bi l i ty to use them at best, and thi s entail s
di sappoi ntm ent am ong both c i ti es and skater s. Our r esponsi bi l i ty as an i nter nati onal spor ts
Feder ati on wi th 135 nati onal m em ber feder ations i s to m ake a c hange and ensur e that the
“ next-g ener ati on skatepar ks” ar e desi g ned and bui l t to the hig hest standar ds, f or the benef i t
of Ci ti es, skater s and the spor t i tsel f.
P l ease al l ow m e to i ntr oduc e our new Wor l d Skate Fac i l i ties Depar tm ent, whose m ai n task i s
to pr ovi de the c i ti es al l over the worl d wi th a 360° suppor t i n the devel opm ent of skate
fac i l i ti es, i ncl udi ng the i ssuanc e of a Wor l d Skate Cer ti fic ati on ensur i ng the top quali ty of the
fac i l i ti es and al l owi ng c i ti es to or g ani z e nati onal and i nter nati onal offic i al events and
c om peti ti ons. T he O l ym pi c skatepar k f or T okyo 2020 O l ym pi c G am es, f or exam pl e, was
c onstr uc ted under the super vi si on of and the appr oval by Wor l d Skate.
I f your c i ty has any pl ans entai l i ng the c onstr uc ti on of skatepar ks f or c om peti ti on or l ei sur e
pur poses ( or both) , Wor l d Skate i s at your di sposal to pr ovi de pr ofessi onal suppor t to your
am bi ti ons.
Do not hesi tate to c ontac t us f or any f ur ther i nfor m ati on or detai l .
Y our s si nc er el y
Sabati no Ar ac u
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