The ‘France’ Category:
Aaron Homoki 360s The Gap At Marseille
July 24th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Aaron Homoki made a stop with the Birdhouse team in Marseille, France a few days ago and – of course – made sure to hit the legendary concrete skatepark right next to the Mediterranean Sea which has attracted just about every top pro skater around. Following the steps of skaters no less than Omar Hassan and John Cardiel, Aaron flew over the main gap between the front flow area of the park into the second largest bowl with a huge 360 air!
If you’ve ever been there, you know how mad that is! Check out the Omar Hassan and John Cardiel videos as well to see how you can easily eat concrete trying this stunt…mad!
Full Length Nozbone Skateshop Rendez-Vous Video
December 17th, 2009 / 2 Comments » / by Jonathan Young
France has got a bunch of talented skaters, many from whom you and I have probably heard almost nothing or very little of. So it’s all good that one of France’s best known skateshops, Nozbone out of Paris, has put their 44 minutes of skateboard madness all on the web for us to enjoy. So take some of that free holiday time and check out the skating by Martin Keller, JJ Rousseau, Sam Partaix, Akim Chérif, Jon Monié, Lisa Jacob, Mathieu Lebail, Kevin Rodrigues, Lionel Dominoni, Bloby’s and friends.
» visit the Nozbone website right here
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Spins A 540 McTwist
November 23rd, 2009 / 3 Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins is the first female in the history of skateboarding to land a 540 McTwist! It happened this past weekend at the Quiksilver Tony Hawk show in Paris, France which featured top skaters ripping the vert ramp. Tony threw in a beautiful 900er as well, but I have to day I am damn impressed with Lyn-Z McTwist make – looking really good. Congrats! Check out the video to see it happen.
Leo Valls Goes Pro For Metropolitan Skateboards
November 12th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Metropolitan Skateboards out of France make a noise, a big noise as they announce that French ripper Leo Valls has now been pushed up to pro status on their team. Their entire site looks also like it’s getting a relaunch, hopefully sooner than later! Check out Leo in the welcome video…
» Jump to the Metropolitan Skateboards website
Check Out Adrien Coillard and Doble Skateboards
October 30th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Never heard of Adrien Coillard before and Doble Skateboards just came up sometime on my skateboard related radar but after watching this video I had to look them both up.
Adrien Coillard is a 15 year old ripper out of Lyon France and when you watch the video you’ll see that if he sticks to skating, he’s got a bright future waiting for him in the skateboard circus. Doble Skateboards – well I knew I had seen the name somewhere before. The Globe Shoes team stopped by their new indoor mini-ramp recently while traveling through France and took it apart. They are located in Saint-Hostien, France and according to their website they’ve been around since 2003. I’m contacting them for more info – enjoy the video in the meantime.
» check out the Doble Skateboards website!
New footage from the Prado park in Marseille
October 14th, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
During the 90’s (yeah back in the good old days kids *hehe*) I travelled down to the Prado skatepark in Marseille, France at least once every year and usually with a bunch of concrete-hungry skaters going mad for a few days in the south of France, tearing up hotel rooms, skating all day and partying all night.
Here’s a video from this October featuring some unknown and some very well-known local skaters : Medi SALAH, Vincent GUISBER, Christophe GUIDONI, P’tit Vincent, Axel VOIRET, Julien BENOLIEL, Cholé BERNARD, and Guillaume MOCQUIN. Enjoy and make sure you stop by this park some time in your life!
Globe 2009 EUNITED Tour coming to an end
October 9th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Chris Haslam, Rodney Mullen, Ryan DeCenzo, Eero Anttila and Philipp Schuster have been ripping through 4 European countries in the last couple of weeks, putting on demos and visiting various skate spots as they enjoy some European culture at the same time. Since yesterday they have been in Berlin, Germany with a demo taking place this evening in the Skatehalle skatepark. Watch a few videos of the action right here…
éS Game Of Skate European Finals 2009 in Paris
September 7th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
This past weekend the éS Game Of Skate European Finals 2009 in Paris took place with a visit from several top pros who were on the éS The Great Escape tour including Rodrigo TX, Javier Sarmiento, Mike Anderson, Justin Eldridge, Bobby Worrest, Rick McCrank and Danny Garcia. After a long day Sewa Kroetkov from Holland took away first place with Francesco Marconato in second and Jakub Sindelar taking third place. Check out the final video below and for a very extensive report with tons of photos head on over to the French website “Le Site du Skateboard”.
French Skateboard Championships in Annecy – August 29th/30th 2009
August 2nd, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
The French Skateboard Championships 2009 will be taking place in Annecy, France on August 29th and 30th. 2500 Euros are in the prize purse plus a bunch of skateboard products as the best bowl and street skaters battle it out – just not sure if this is going to be held at two different spots as it seems they have a brand new park as well – infos welcome, just comment right here!
Vans Skate Europe video series – France
May 19th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
The next series in the Vans Skate Europe videos is the 5 part dive into France, the lives and experiences of the skaters living there. Quite a cool recap of the scene and if you haven’t been to France then you’ll get to see some really cool spots as well. So sit back and enjoy all five episodes right here.
August 27, 2010: Ricardo Batista
August 22, 2010: Jonas Wedelstädt
August 21, 2010: bill Danforth
