Archive for September, 2007:

Simparch bowl exhibition in the Coach Shed, Liverpool

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

Simparch

This one buds to all those who know that a bowl can look and feel like a piece of art, combining flowing curves with the linear (or sometime not so linear) flow contained in the form of a skater. Simparch is a collaborative design and build team which includes Steve Badgett and Matthew Lynch and they are bringing a somewhat different exhibition to Liverpool from October 19th 2007 – April 20th 2008. Read more…

Music Tip: Revolution Mother starring Mike Vallely

September 27th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Revolution Mother

“If you’re always up and you’re always willing to go out there to make things happen, you’re glory bound,” says Revolution Mother vocalist and pro skater Mike Vallely. “It’s a general statement about the life that I’ve lived and that I’ve chosen for myself. And it’s very direct about where we are with the band.” Read more…

5.1 Fahrvergnuegen video premiere tomorrow in Hamburg

September 27th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

5.1 Fahrvergnuegen premiere

This weekend a lot is happening up in the northern German city of Hamburg. The finals of the German Skateboard Championships in street skating take place Staurday and Sunday in the I-Punkt Skateland park and tomorrow evening the premiere of 5.1’s “Fahrvergnügen” skate video is taking place and this is video not to be missed. Read more…

Alex Mizurov video check-out

September 27th, 2007 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young

So I woke up really early this morning like every day during the week to get some work done before I bring my son to school. Here’s a link for you to listen to Alex Mizurov talking about what he does the best – skateboard. The only problem some of you might have is that, well, it’s all in German! But he does skate as well so take a look by clicking the picture….

Alex Mizurov interview

Check Out: Sigurd Tvete – Tacky Editor-in-Chief

September 25th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Check Out: Sigurd Tvente

After getting Europeskate started up over a year and a half ago I needed to look around for information channels already available to get the skateboarding news together. Tackyworld and it’s network of sub-sites around Europe represent and report on skateboarding (and snowboarding) extensively and help support the scene. Luckily I was able to hook up with Sigurd Tvete, Tacky’s Editor-in-Chief, and find out more about what Tacky does. Read more…

Burton-On-Trent and Bay Sixty6 Jam footage

September 25th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Video footage

I always like to be able to follow up on what has happened at the contests we have announced on this site and luckily enough there are a lot of people out there armed with video cameras and more to get us their impressions – this time some more videos for ya… Read more…

Freestyle.CH vert contest results

September 24th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

Freestyle.CH

A fantastic weekend went down in the picturesque city of Zurich, Switzerland with loads of action in several different extreme sports including BMX, motocross, snowboarding and of course skateboarding. Here’s a rundown of who was there and the results. Read more…

B.O.T Jam Packed skate session September 23rd

September 20th, 2007 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young

B.O.T Jam

Another weekend with many contests/sessions and here is the next one straight out of Burton on Trent in England. The skate session gets started around midday at the the new skatepark. Read more…