DIY Award Winners
Thank you to everyone who applied for our DIY award. We received an incredible 98 applications from 38 countries. The DIY spirit is worldwide!
When reviewing the applications, we quickly realized that because there are so many rad DIY projects out there that deserve support, one award of $1500 wouldn’t be enough.
So we decided to increase our support and add a $500 bonus award. So now, there will be one winner who gets $1500 and a second winner who gets $500.
The 2020, $1500 DIY award goes to...
© Alex Gutierrez
La Femina, a female build collective from Bogotá, Colombia
The La Femina build crew started just recently and already built a spine and speed bump under a bridge, which was very well received by the local authorities. The collective is now ready to add more ramps such as hubbas, rails and transitions, and turn the entire space under the bridge into a safe and neighborhood friendly skate plaza.
The $500 bonus goes to…
© Nadine Ijewere
The skaters in Accra, Ghana
With no skatepark in Ghana, the locals decided to get permission from the city to start to build their own skatepark and were recently granted access to a spot under a bridge. Using their own money, the skaters started by building a ledge - which was their first time working with concrete. They want to continue building and hope that the spot will help increase the level of skateboarding in their country and that one day they will be able to turn the spot into a full-blown skatepark.
© Samantha Robison
It was incredibly difficult to pick a winner and we would have liked to support more projects. If you would like to get feedback on your application, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
Thanks to Goodpush and SkateDIY for helping us with the selection and being part of our unofficial and infamous DIY award jury. We want this DIY award to grow and to become an annual occurrence so keep up the DIY spirit and keep supporting us.
Congratulations to La Femina and the skaters in Ghana and thanks again to all applicants. We look forward to the 2021 edition of the DIY awards.
