History of Xpark 2002-2023. From the swamp to the largest active park in Europe. Zozulya Yuriy.
How did "X-park" appear 20 years ago?! Most of citizens don’t remember, but we have Google Maps from 2001 that remember everything. Of course, nowadays, the desire to seize "X-park" is constantly appearing among authorities and raiders in power. There is already a developed infrastructure for active leisure businesses for citizens here. But let’s remember how it all started back in 2003 when it was just a swamp. Although, everything actually began even earlier, in 2000. During breaks from kitesurfing training, we started wakeboarding in Kyiv and began searching for a place to create a wake park. We studied foreign experience in wake parks and involved German consultants to choose the best water body in Kyiv for a wake park. To our surprise, after analyzing the water from almost 60 water places in Kyiv, the experts identified only two places with the cleanest water, one of which was the backwaters of the Desenka River. At that time, it was part of "Friendship