Archive for August, 2007:

Are we there yet? Vans UK Skate Tour DVD preview video

August 31st, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Thanks to our friends over at Mpora.com we have a little preview promo of the Vans UK Skate Tour DVD coming out this fall. So sit back, take it in and be ready for the video later this year.

C.O.S skateboard contest in Weil am Rhein, Germany starts today

August 31st, 2007 / 2 Comments » / by Jonathan Young

COS Weil am Rhein contest

The Playstation Club of Skaters Cup moves on to the next venue which begins today, August 31st, in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The street competition will see skaters battle it out for 1,750 Euros in prize money and the chance to collect important points for the overall rating in the series. Read more…

Metropolitan Skateboards hit the streets with new products!

August 30th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Metroploitan Skateboards

The relatively new company Metropolitan Skateboards located in Rouen, France has been working hard the last two years on their line-up of products and developing a skateboard company with credit. The newest skateboard decks and t-shirts will be put out on the market at the beginning of October 2007. Read more…

Concrete Or Die contest September 15th at the Kortrijk bowl

August 30th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Concrete Or Die contest 1

Skateboarding in Belgium keeps popping up in the news lately and the next goodie is coming our way the middle of September, to be exact on Saturday the 15th, in the form of a bowl contest at the Kortrijk bowl. Read more…

DC shoes video – European collective in Dubai

August 29th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Just before I jump out of here to get in a night session in the local pool and halfpipe, I’ve come across this video from the european skateboard collective for the DC shoes team. They were out in Dubai some this summer (I’m guessing here yet again, talk about quality reporting!) and this is just a part of the video off YouTube. If somebody knows where to find a better quality version, just let me know – one that can be integrated here. Otherwise just jump over to the Puzzle Video website for a nicer video experience!

[youtube width="425" height="335"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLk_wqdn7l8[/youtube]

New skate bowl construction in Bourgoin Jallieu, France / Session September 30th!

August 29th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Bowl construction layout

Will these great news flashes ever stop coming in here? I sort of doubt it and that is the type of news we want to hear. We have been following the construction of this bowl close to the city of Lyon in the south-east of France. Read more…

Construction of new concrete skatepark in Antwerpen, Belgium underway

August 29th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Team Pain at it again

Concrete bowl landscapes are popping up like Gremlins after a thunderstorm all over Europe. Team Pain has already built two parks in Belgium and are currently working on a new 2500m² skatepark in Antwerpen. And this one sounds just as nice as the one in Kortrijk. Read more…

Rhein Main Jam in September 15th in Frankfurt, Germany

August 29th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Rhein-Main-Jam 2007

For all of your street skaters hanging out in Germany around September 15th you can head on over towards Frankfurt to participate in the so-called 1. German REAL STREET skateboard contest which will be held only at street spots and not in any parks…back to the roots, very good idea! Read more…