I don’t really remember exactly when I contacted Benjamin Beofsich about the “Wiener Melange” skateboard DVD which he had put together earlier this year but he wrote straight back and offered to send me a copy on DVD.

The DVD arrived a week later and how it sometimes just happens, it got lost on my desk. So several weeks later I finally got around to popping the DVD into the player, grabbed myself a drink and sat down to see what this Austrian video had to offer. BANG! 30 something minztes late I was pretty stoked about what I had just witnessed. I was pretty much surprised with the quite good editing and a bunch of skaters who are not all over any magazines who can lay down some mad lines on that board with four wheels and two big pieces of metal holding it all together.

The 34 minute video gives us a good insight into the skateboarding taking place in Austria with appearances made by Benjamin Zibuschka, Christian Stahl, Daniel Spiegel, Florian Erkinger, Philipp Schuster, Sebastian Binder and Thomas Steinwender. Check out the bonus part with Daniel Spiegel right here and stay tuned as in the next weeks to come a new part will be going online for everybody.

» Get in contact with Benjamin about the Wiener Melange – looks like more will be coming in the future!

Austrian skate pro / filmer / photographer Philipp Schuster is featured in this HD video with him skating his home town of Vienna, Austria – these days his hair is bit shorter but that doesn’t have anything to do with his skating right? Johannes “Johnny” Meyer is the man behind the lense for this video entitled Episode II.

» Philipp Schuster’s website

More skate tours for everybody wanting to hook up with a bunch of other skaters this weekend. – the Volcom Wild In The Parks European tour is heading towards the following parks:

29/08/2009 WITP CZECH REPUBLIC , Prague, Mystic Skatepark
29/08/2009 WITP AUSTRIA, Vienna
30/08/2009 WITP BELGIUM, Wevelgem, Zumiez skatepark
30/08/2009 WITP SWITZERLAND, Montreux, Empire skate building

If you are close to any of this skateparks, be sure you dont miss out on free food, free drinks and tons of give aways! AND..the chance to qualify to the European WITP Championships in Malmoe!

Rag shop Vienna 17/8 @5pm
Titus Berlin 19/8@5pm
SkidRow Berlin 20/8 3pm
Mantis Hamburg 21/8 @ 5pm
Titus Oberhausen 22/8 @ 3pm

Just when I thought the number of mails coming in dealing with new contests was slowing down, that’s of course when it’s going to really start up again. The C1RCA Team Battle will be taking place on July 18th, 2009 at the Cradle Skatepark in Brixlegg, Austria and the guys from Last Try Magazine are presenting this street and bowl contest. There will also be a best trick contest on the brand new rainbow rail over the water gap. 3000 Euros in cash are waiting for the best teams and the best tricks on the rail. Now that sounds like some good solid fun to watch or get involved with. So put together a team of three skaters and get ready for the this contest at the great Cradle park!

- Visit the Cradle Skatepark website

This news is pretty much too late for anybody actually wanting to participate but I thought I should let you kmnow about it anyway. Today, May 1st, 2009 the Goodlands concrete skatepark in Vienna, Austria is hosting a contest with a lot of skate gear and some Euros up for grabs. Under 14 and over 14 groups are attling it out. Just hope their weather is as good as it is here in Hamburg! The park itself is really nice. Good smooth and fast concrete transitions and a nice deep vertical pool as well!

Red Bull organized the possibility to get some skaters to ride down a ski jump in Austria this past summer. Check out how Jürgen Horrvarth, Stefan Atzl, Roman Astleiner, Roman Hackl and Gregor Schlierenzauer test the jump alongside real ski jumpers. Are they all getting ready for a European Mega Jump invasion??? We’ll see…

- Red Bull Skateboarding website

More DIY contests and events coming our way, this time from the Muckefuck Skateboard guys out of Austria. Last year they put together the first “Built to Skate” event in which spots are chosen and new concrete elements are created to make the spots even more interesting to skate.

This year 4 spots will be selected from the received suggestions and 30 bags of concrete will be used at each location to create something new. All you have to do is make sure your spot isn’t in the middle of a quite neighbourhood, take a picture of the spot and send it in. This looks like an Austria only contest but if new spots are made, why not? Sure is a good idea and it may get us all thinking to start more of these events everywhere!

All suggestions must be sent in by August 31th, 2008 to “info AT muckefuckskateboards DOT com”

The event is being sponsored by Red Bull Austria and Quiksilver

Have a look at what took place last year in this video:

- SlamTrick 2008 in Marina di Ravenna – ITALY at the Oasi Skatepark

I actually haven’t even written anything about the contest, silly me. The contest starts up at 3 in the afternoon at the Oasi Skatepark and already at 5 the party action gets started with the Freak Out Beach Party going all night long. Sunday the action gets started at the great time of 4 in the afternoon.

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- SlamTrick 2008 website

- Copenhagen PRO with $70,000 dollar prize purse

Copenhagen is already filling up with skaters as this pro skater only contest with the largest prize purse this year in Europe is already underway starting today. A live webcast will be up on Tackyworld.com, Saturday June 28th from 18:30 till 22:00 and on Sunday June 29th from 14:00 to 19:00. Make sure you don’t miss it!

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- DVS Copenhagen PRO website
- Copenhagen PRO MySpace website

- Carhartt King Of Wood 2008 in Rouen, France

Head on over to Rouen, France for the annual King Of Wood 2008 contest with € 15,000 in prize money waiting for the best street skater and bowl rider. Find out more right here.

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- Rumble In The Park in Gmunden, Austria

If you are in football fever and you want to skate then head on over to Gmunden, Austria and try to win € 1500 Euros in the street and mini ramp contest.

- Europeskate ‘Rumble In The Park 2008′ report
- Rumble In The Park 2008 website

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- Cracow Bowl Challenge in Poland

A good looking wooden pool indoors and $2000 up for grabs? Get over to the nice city of Cracow this weekend and put your plank of wood to the test against the local skaters.

- Europeskate Cracow Bolw Challenge report

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And last but not least in this weekend full of skateboarding…

- Skatexpression 2008 in Bilbao, Spain

The action takes place Saturday, June 28th and here’s a post I did about the contest also with a map.

Enjoy the weekend!!

European Skateboarders are battling for 1.500 Euros price money and the title King of the Park 2008 on the skate park Gmunden. The newly equipped park, including an 8 meter wide spine-miniramp and a street course with a three sided pyramide plus rail, was one of the first in Austria and offers a perfect location for our event.

Rumble in the Park 2008: Skateboard Contest Gmunden / After Contest Party

Main event: June / 28 / 2008
2 categories:
Miniramp / Street

European Skateboarders are battling for 1.500 Euros price money and the Title King of the Park 2008 on the Skate park Gmunden. The new equipped park, including an 8 meter wide spineminiramp and a street course with a three sided Pyramid plus rail, was one of the first in Austria and offers a perfect location for our event.

more INFOS: http://www.5boro.at/rumble2007/
video from 2007: http://public.gerof.at/rumbleinthepark2007.mov

Timetable:

09.00 Open Practice
ca. 12.00 Start Rumble in the Park – Contest

Qualification – Miniramp / Street (Amateur / Pro)
2 Runs 90 seconds

ca. 15:00 BMX Freestyle-Show
ca. 16:00 Final (top 10, jam session) till ca. 19.00
ca. 20.00 Pricegiving
ca. 22.00 After Contest Party (location to be announced)

Aftercontestparty:

ca. 22.00
Location to be announced
With DJ Line-up/ to be announced
And Specials (free stuff giveaway,…)

Supporting program :

Live Djs
Specials: Chill out Area, BMX Show
Fingerboard park open for everybody
Award ceremony and Pricegiving

Here’s where ‘Gmunden’ is for you geography buffs out there:

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- Rumble In The Park 2008 website