Archive for July, 2009:
Mega Ramp Finals video from the Xgames
July 31st, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Big, bigger, ridiculously huge – that’s what I always think when I watch the Mega Ramp contests. The next Xgames contest just took place and the usual suspects did the insane jumps again – Jake Brown finally got his Gold medal, Bob Burnquist took second and Rob Lorifice took third.
And while you are here, check out The New York Times article about Danny Way, Mega Ramps and his new vision for an even bigger ramp on Hawaii – here’s the link.
Thursday Video Footage Update
July 30th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
It has been a few days again and I was/am planning for the videos to be updated daily – just need to get into the routine, it’s not like it’s hard work to watch them!
Getting it started is seven minutes of fast cuts in the video of the Coastal Carnage contest that just went down this past weekend. Nice looking wooden bowl construction and these skaters ripped it apart, watch it right here.
Adio gets a mention in here today with their latest commercial/video ad – good looking filming, some nice tricks especially the kickflip downhill bomb was pretty mad, watch it right here.
And to round off my top three picks of the day is the quick-cut-like-lightning Tightbooth Production going by the name of “Lenz”: Japanese skaters giving their best and doing well yet another cool looking video, watch it right here.
DEW Tour Boston Vert Highlights video
July 30th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Being the vert fan that I am, I don’t bother with the sponsoring names connected to the contests or who’s in the skateboard business for whatever reasons – as long as the skating is good, that’s fine with me. The DEW Tour 2009 went through Boston, another massive vert ramp and the usual group of top pro skaters going really big, this is one good video to start the day off.
King of S.K.A.T.E Round 11
July 30th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
This time Björn Berchtenbreiter from Germany shows you how a Switch BS Double Heelflip can look like. So get out there, find a piece of flat ground, do your Switch BS Double Heelflip with as much style as possible, film it and upload it at www.king-of-skate.com. The most stylish copied Switch BS Double Heelflip will win a iDeck.de package including three customized skatedecks which you can design on your own – total value about 240,- EUR! Here’s the video:
Europeskate Pic Of The Day July 28th 2009
July 28th, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
It’s been a while again but I’m back at choosing some of the best photographs that either I can find or are sent in directly to Europeskate which eventually become the Pic Of The Day.
Today, July 28th 2009, a certain Clément Le Gall’s photography attracted my attention and I was not disappointed with the gallery of shots he put on Flickr for all to see. The shot I chose shows Hugo Maillard in the middle of a backside flip over a load of debris. No extra information about the set up of the shot was available. For more pictures from Clément Le Gall, check out his Flickr gallery here…
Skateboard weekend contests updates in words
July 27th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
…because I really haven’t found any video evidence online for these contests just yet so here’s the quick round-up for you.
At the Ultra Bowl 2009 contest in Malmö, Sweden Benji Galloway walked away with the win and the German contingent got some up there in the top 8 as well. Word up to Gerd from Bailgun.com making 7th place in the Masters division. What’s up with Wolfgangsta?? Hope he wasn’t partying like last year again, puking between trees and stories like that *haha*
Pros
1. Benji Galloway (US)
2. Steven Reeves (US)
3. Stu Graham (GB)
4. Johnny Turgesen (US)
5. Kevin Wenske (DE)
6. Tim Johnson (US)
Masters
1. Txus Dominguez (BAQ)
2. Nicky Guererro (DK)
3. Anders Tellen (DE)
4. Mattias Svenson (SE)
5. Jan Loften (SE)
6. Mark Munson (UK)
7. Gerd Rieger (DE)
8. Will Taylor (US)
Crossing over the Atlantic again we make a stop at the Zoo York sponsored AM Getting Paid 2009 in Montreal, Canada where Magnus Hanson grabbed first place followed up by Manny Santiago and Mickey Papa. Get all of the updates over on the Zoo York AM Getting Paid blog
And finishing this blog post off with the invite only Coastal Carnage bowl event sponsored by Converse with a 50,000 US dollar prize purse which did not get any mentionable media coverage in this day and age -weird but that’s the way it is. The amateurs stole the cake away from the pros at this contest with Raven Tershay taking first and 10,000 bucks followed up by Curren Caples and Kevin Kowalski (I though for some reason that he was in Malmö – obviously not informed correctly!). Best trick went to another favorite amateur skater of mine Aaron Jaws Hamoki with a Blunt kickflip to fakie on top of the taco – maybe we’ll get some video footage to back all of this up really soon!
Saffron Walden park footage with Ben Raemers
July 27th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Saffron Walden – some sort of recipe? No guys (and sorry to any UK riders/skaters for this ridicoulous intro…), it is actually the name of a town in Great Britain just north of London, to be more exact just drive towards Cambridge and follow the bottom map directions to get there. Here’s some action from July 2009 featuring Andy Howe, Dave Davies and the always great Ben Raemers. Oh yeah, I am abusing the Mpora.com mentioning today more than usual as you can win one of 4 MacBook Pros this week by tweeting #MPORA. So have some fun at that as well and maybe you’ll be lucky…here’s the video and a map if you want to make it there!
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John Lupfer snags the Mag Minute
July 27th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Always worth a mention is the weekly Mag Minute presenting a selected skater by The Skateboard Mag. This week John Lupfer out of sunny San Diego, California (sponsored by Stereo, Ezekiel, Pig Wheels, Utility Board Shop) focuses all of his talent into under two minutes of video – sure works for me. Solid footwork and skating – watch it!
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