Thanks to Andy over at Sole Technology Germany for this great tip: today etnies is giving you the unique opportunity to come to Basel with a friend and celebrate the 10th edition of the etnies European Skateboard Championships!

DON’T MISS OUT: All winners will be chosen on Thursday July 29th 2010!

The prize package includes:
- travel to Basel, Switzerland for two persons
- 3 nights in a hotel for two persons
- spending the Saturday and Sunday at the event
- 2 tickets to the official after party with DJ Shadow
- 2 pairs of etnies shoes, 2 etnies tees and 2 etnies hoodies
- 2 Skull Candy headphones

All you have to do is the following:

We have set up an album with quotes on what you want to do at etnies ESC. Tag yourself to the quote you like best and suggest etnies Europe to at least 10 of your friends! It’s that easy so go for it!

» Click here for the contest page : http://tiny.cc/etniesESCcontest

» And click here for direct access to the album : http://tiny.cc/ESCalbum

All winners will be chosen on Thursday July 29th 2010…good luck everybody!

This skateboard contest wasn’t on our list here but with UK teams from over twenty stores signing up to take part in this year’s Vans Shop Riot contest, some mad action was going to have to come together.

And that did happen, the level of skating is yet again mind-boggling! Check out some of the action with riders from Lost Art, Switch, Note, Subvert, Division 24, Endemic, Prime, Exist, Freestyle, Route One, Fifty-Fifty and more!

It is one of those mornings when I’m sitting in front of my laptop sipping my coffee while getting the latest skateboarding news together for the day and I have to come up with a title for the post – as you can see it wasn’t my best day with this title as it turned out a bit large

Whatever, the news is the important bit and the German Club Of Skaters skateboard championship series continues tomorrow, July 23rd until the 25th 2010 at the splash! festival in Gräfenhainichen, Germany. Man, what a name for a town and I have been living in Germany for a long time so I am used to the names but Gräfenhainichen is really one of the best to date *hehe*.

Back to business though: during this well known hip-hop festival (Wu-Tang Clan is in there as well!) the top street skaters from around Germany will be battling it out for points for the German championship series on the course being built specially for the contest by Andreas “Schützi” Schützenberger von IOU Ramps.

» COS German Skateboard Championships website
» splash! festival website in English

Message for all: This giveaway contest finished July 21st, 2010 – NO MORE ENTRIES PLEASE.

And the winners are: Rachel Crisman from Mississippi, USA / Peter Robertson from Sweden and Artur Kantorczyk from Poland – CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Thanks to Vans for hooking us up at Europeskate with three pairs of Vans shoes (1x Rowley Style 99’s (Size 40.5 -> 8 color: Navy), 1x DD Spawn (Size 42 -> 9 color: Purple/White), 1x Era Pro (Size 42 -> 9 color: Black/Blue) to give away to YOU as we continue the run-up to the next European Vans Downtown Showdown 2010 which is taking place in Hamburg, Germany this August 14th, 2010 right in the middle of the world-famous Reeperbahn – this is going to be one mad contest!

So you want to win one of the three pairs of Vans shoes (check out the pictures of the shoes at the end of the article!)???

Then answer the following question: Where did the first European Vans Downtown Showdown take place? HINT: look through this ENTIRE article, you may just find the answer!

Send a mail to contest@europeskate.com with your name, email address and of course the correct answer!

That’s all you have to do.This giveaway contest ends July 21st, 2010 at midnight everywhere so get your answer to us as soon as possible and you could be the lucky winner of one of the three pairs of Vans shoes!

Continuing on with the upcoming contest, the amount of top names in European skateboarding on the roster to skate the Vans Downtown Showdown 2010 in Hamburg has already put a fat grin on my face: here are the participating skateboard companies and their team members:

» Antiz: Hugo Liard, Sam Partaix, Samu Karvonen, Aaron Sweeney
» Blind Europe: Chris Oliver, Sewa, Philipp Schuster, Dany Hamard, Javier Paredes, Andi Welther
» Cliché: Charles Collet, Lucas Puig, Flo Mirtain, John Tanner
» Death: Dan Cates, Scott “Horsey” Walker,Adam Moss, Paul Hopkins
» Element Europe: Guillaume Mocquin, Phil Zwijsen, Madars Apse, Ross McGouran
» Jart Skateboards: Ivan Rivado, Mark Fröhlich, Youness Amrani, Christian Cortizo
» Titus: Jeremy Reinhardt, Vladik Scholtz, Yannick Schall, Denny Pham
» Trap: Jürgen Horrwarth, Richie Löffler, Kilian Heuberger, Sabrina Göggel
» Zero Europe: Peter Molec, Fabian Verhaege, Rob Maatman

Check out some of the action from the first European Vans Downtown Showdown event which took place last year (2009) in Turin, Italy!

And these are the shoe styles you can win!

Just over one month until the next big skateboarding event hits Hamburg, Germany and this is one I’m really looking forward to – the Vans Downtown Showdown 2010 in Europe will be taking place at the world-famous Reeperbahn August 14th. And the best thing about it is: I can actually get there! Hope you can make it as well to enjoy the skating and the partying afterwards – yeah, I like to party!

Here’s the official statement from VANS about the Vans Downtown Showdown 2010 in Hamburg:

This year’s hosting city of the legendary Downtown Showdown has been confirmed as everyone’s favourite northern German City. That’s right folks, on Saturday the 14th of August 2010 the famous harbour city Hamburg will host the international skateboarding extravaganza, right in the heart of the famous red-light district at the Spielbudenplatz / Kiez.

Ten of the best skateboarding teams from all over Europe have been invited to come together to battle it out against each other – far removed from the usual format of any other skateboarding competition. The event will take place on special customised ramps, which are all designed by the teams themselves. Inspired by all the weird and wonderful things that come to mind when thinking of the cities colourful reputation, you can be sure to see some very special obstacles to be built. Think shipyards, sailors, pirates, dirty bars, hourly motels, ladies of the night, anchor tattoos, salty sea dogs, sea shanty, the Beatles (and staying up all night), stripey tops, parrots, Reeperbahn, Astra Beer… get the idea?

The Vans Downtown Showdown is not just another skateboard competition, but a challenge, where craftsmanship, obstacle ideas and creativity play a decisive role.
It was just last year, that the now legendary US Downtown Showdown skateboarding event came cross the Atlantic to take place in Europe for the first time: On top of the high roof of the historic Lingotto building in Torino (Italy).

We can announce that some of the top board-brands in skateboarding have already confirmed to join in for this year’s event. Antiz being one of them with Pro skaters Hugo Liard, Sam Partaix, Julian Dykmans and Julian Furones up for the challenge. Also agreed to take part and send their talented team to Hamburg is Element Europe. Watch out for Guillaume Mocquin, Phil Zwijsen, Ross McGouran and Madars Apse tearing up the course.

All board companies are invited to create an original and challenging obstacle idea from which the best three will become part of the course and then skated in separate jam sessions. If past designs are anything to go by then there are sure to be some surprises that will keep spectators and riders alike entertained throughout the day. Oh and we almost forgot to mention, the prize purse is filled full to the rim with a total of 50’000 Euro which will be split across the different teams for winning the set challenges.

The Vans Downtown Showdown concept was created for skaters by skaters and has been running in Hollywood’s Paramount Studios, with huge success, for four years. Involving legends such as Jamie Thomas, Alex Olson and Rick McCrank and companies such as Girl, Zero, Toy Machine and Alien Workshop, who each year, create their own Off the Wall ideas to be skated. Be ready to see some European flavour added to this renowned event, leading the way for future skate contests.

Must have been incredibly hot in the skatepark in Amsterdam this weekend during the Volcom Amsterdamn Am 2010 contest and not just because of the mad carnage of tricks being blasted out. After all is said and done, here are the final results with Alec Majurus coming out on top!

Amsterdamn Am 2010 Final Results:

1. Alec Majerus, USA,€5.000,00
2. Louie Lopez, USA, €2.500,00
3. Tiago Lemon, BRA, €1.500,00
4. Tim Zom, NL, €1.250,00
5. John Koetzier, NL, €1.000,00
6. Spencer Lau, USA, €500,00
7. Douwe Macare, NL, €400,00
8. Axel Cruysberghs, BE, €300,00
9. Julien Merour, FRA, €200,00
10. Billy Hoogendijk, NL, €100,00
11. Hermann Stene, NOR, €100,00
12. Woody Hoogendijk, NL, €100,00

Alec Majerus Frontside Hurricane

Louie Lopez, Backside Smith

Tiago Lemos Soares, Nollie Crook

Get in the action with the live webcast straight out of Amsterdam, Holland of The Volcom Amsterdamn Am 2010! The finals are right now!

This upcoming weekend the fifth annual Volcom Stone AmsterDamn Am 2010 amateur street skateboarding competition returns to Amsterdam Skatepark (July 9, 10 and 11). With an overall purse of 15,000 euros, those on site will definitely witness some of the finest amateur skateboarders in the world battle it out and don’t miss the infamous Amsterdamn Am party with Nihilist back from the grave.

So that was the official statement slightly edited by myself – with up to 100 skaters battling it out, the top amateur skaters will be flocking to Amsterdam for a weekend of fun. If you can’t make it like myself (I even have a real excuse this time with my baby just being born…) then head over to the Volcom Europe website for the live webcast starting Saturday and Sunday at 1 pm GMT.

As last year, first and second place win plane tickets to Tampa Am 2011 in Tampa, Florida, USA, and are seeded directly into the semifinals. The top 12 placings will be qualified for Tampa Am 2011. The winner will also win a return plane ticket to Amsterdam Am in 2011.

The Mystic Cup 2010 which took place this past weekend (July 2-4, 2010) in Prague, Czech Republic was yet again able to show the world that top skateboard events are still taking place in Europe which are able to attract big crowds, great skaters and at the same time keep the contest the way it should be – down to earth and packed with fun.

Check out the video action from Saturday and Sunday right here and after you’ve sucked in enough of the madness, check to see who went away with a part of the $30,000 prize purse!

Street – Mens Final Results

1. Maxim Habanec CZE
2. Diego Fiorese BRA
3. Rodil Jr. BRA

Street – Ladies Final Results

1. Lacey Baker USA
2. Leticia Bufoni BRA
3. Evelien Bouilliart BEL

Bowl – Mens Final Results

1. Ivan Rivado SPN
2. Martin Jurášek CZE
3. Guillaume Mocquin FRA

Bowl – Ladies Final Results

1. Leticia Bufoni BRA
2. Renatinha Paschini BRA
3. Lacey Baker USA

Doing bad weather / weekend catch-up on what is happening during the third Battle At The Berrics contest series and there have already been several battles which have taken place. Getting you back in the loop with one of the best games of S.K.A.T.E. which I have ever seen, check out Paul Rodriguez against Sean Malto! More Battle At The Berrics 3 video clips and news coming your way…