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Design and Visualization
Concept design and visual development for skateparks, plazas, and public space. Clear drawings, strong renders, and practical thinking before projects get harder to change.
Open the design pageTri-Cities, British Columbia
Skater-owned and operated
Skate-informed public space.
OLOVA is the work of Vaughan Smith-Neville: a skater, builder, and designer using skateboarding as a way to read how people move through places. The work spans skatepark concepts, community projects, and selective products that fit the same point of view.
What OLOVA does
Design first, with products kept selective.
Skatepark concepts, community work, and selected products kept under the same point of view.
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Community
Local project work tied to youth space, skate advocacy, and efforts worth backing in the Tri-Cities.
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Products
Selective product handled directly from BC. Right now that means the remaining Canadian SPINE stock.
See productsSelected work
Projects shaped through design, visualization, and practical support.
Skatepark concepts, collaborative proposals, and built community space in British Columbia and abroad.
Approved conceptFunding stage
Zilla Skatepark, Zambia
Locally led public skatepark planning.
Concept development, visualization, and proposal support for a locally led public skatepark planned for Lusaka.
View Zilla Skatepark
BuiltCommunity project
Belong Centre
Indoor youth and skate space in Port Moody.
A real indoor youth and skate space supported through layout, visualization, ramp work, and practical building help.
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Collaborative conceptProposal support
Knucklehds Skatepark, Botswana
Skate terrain shaped as public space.
A locally led skatepark concept connecting skate terrain, gathering space, landscape, and cultural references.
View Knucklehds SkateparkRooted locally
The local footing is part of the point.
Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam shape the work, the relationships, and the projects OLOVA wants to help move forward.
Belong CentreCommunity
Local project support
Belong is part of a wider Tri-Cities push for indoor space, youth access, and stronger local skate infrastructure.
Design rangePublic-space thinking
Range without the noise
The design work shows range across civic concepts, landscape thinking, and skate-focused environments without pretending to be something bigger than it is.
Start with the right conversation.
Product question, design inquiry, or community conversation, keep it direct and move the right work forward.