Archive for April, 2008
Quiksilver Wolpertinger Skate Tour through Germany
7 days, 7 stops, 12 skaters - sounds like some fun.
Interview with Gerd Rieger from Bailgun.com
I met up with Gerd Rieger sometime back in the early 90’s during a skate trip to Marseille and if I remember correctly it was during the first years of the Marseille park so it was probably around 1992/93. He had been around in the skateboard scene in Europe for quite some time and [...]
German COS Cup 2008 dates
Germany will also be getting its fair share of skateboard events this year with the Club of Skaters Cup 2008 announcement of an array of contests. Vert comes a bit short in my view but at least it’s still in there. Here’s the entire list:
Pro/Am Street
May 23 - 25: Two Halls, One Contest: Osnabrück, Alex [...]
War of the Thistles 2008 contest videos now online!
Thats right, those of us not lucky enough to be able to be a part of the action last weekend in both Aberdeen and Dumberton get to catch up with the video footagefeaturing some of the UKs best bowl skating, period.
Here’s the footage from the first day at Transition Extreme, Aberdeen. Featuring Div Adam, [...]
Three online skateboard magazines I like to read
Online magazines didn’t just start popping up yesterday, they’ve been around for a while now. The entire Internet platform has made it a lot easier though for those willing to invest a large amount of their free time into putting together information, interviews, pictures, media - I could go on for a while but you [...]
Landscape Skateboards with new site and decks
Landscape Skateboards found the time to update their website with the latest news about what they have been up to and a new look as well. I grabbed the newest boards off the site for you to have a look at. Fos let us know that the info (at the time of writing this) about [...]
Who is your favorite skateboard photographer?
I’m really happy that I got around to starting the Skateboard Photography area (yeah, I’ll stop saying it sometime soon probably…) as it really has opened a new channel of information coming from people capturing special moments of skateboarding in a picture. What I would like to know from all of you is who in [...]
Shoe product news from Vans and Puma - April 18th
Vans has been putting out those Sk8-Hi shoes with tributes to bands such as Iron Maiden or Motorhead and now one of the biggest bands of all time will be gettign a shoe dedicated to them as well - KISS. The side of the shoe featrues the portrait of guitarist, Ace Frehley, and the typical [...]
Zoo York roaches marketing campaign videos
I just stumbled across these marketing videos from Zoo York and it does attract my attention. Good filming, nice idea and simply delivered messages. I’ll leave the talking and let you do the watching, enjoy the videos. SUpposedly you can watch an uncut version on the site so if you have to time to sign [...]
The Ramp Movie - the Oberpfaffelbachen parody
This is a definite must-see short film directed by Jeff Schultz and produced by Bite the Bullet productions. The basic story behind the movie is a small town in the Bavarian part of Germany which has built an insanely large ramp which should be used to launch a BMW from Germany all the way to [...]


