The ‘Germany’ Category:
Interview With Max Prause
March 2nd, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Jonathan Young
My current home city Hamburg, Germany has more than it’s share of great skate spots, skate companies which are growing strong and supporting the scene and some very talented skaters. I caught up with Max Prause the other day while he was pushing his day job at Harbour Distribution – knowing how good he skates I asked him if he was up for an interview with Europeskate et voila: here’s a bit of Max Prause’s life for you! Read more…
T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds 2009 – Berlin Final Results
December 7th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
The crowd in Berlin at the Velodrom seemed to be asleep during the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds street contest but that didn’t bother the skaters. I still have to get used to the head-to-head contest runs but after all the skating the Europeans took the first three spots with 15-year old Axel Cruysberghs continuing his winning streak and taking home the win.
36 year-old Danny Mayer (yeah man, old men vert skaters!!!) kicked some ass, threw in a mad kickflip McTwist and was able to beat the strong competition for the win. Renton Millar who has some of the best backside ollies and the highest madonnas I have ever seen won the entire World Cup Skateboarding Tour 2009! Videos coming soon…
Final Vert Results:
1. Danny Mayer
2. Adam Taylor
3. Pierre-Luc Gagnon
4. Renton Millar
Final Street Results:
1. Axel Cruysberghs
2. Alex Mizurov
3. Louis Taubert
4. Chris Haslam
T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds Contest Live Webcast Right Here!
December 6th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
That’s right – even if you are half way around the world or you just are a lazy bastard or you didn’t want to spend the dough to watch some seriously good skating live in person, then just sit back and relax: the good guys from Freecaster.tv are bringing all of the action from the final T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds 2009 event out of Berlin, Germany live through their high quality webcasts right here!
No better way to spend a Sunday – especially being sick still with this damn flu which is not going away. But that’s my problem – enjoy the show, can’t wait for the vert contest!
Win 2 Tickets For The T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds in Berlin, Germany
December 1st, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
You want to be there? Win 2 tickets for all of the action? Nothing easier than that: simply send a mail with your complete name and complete address with the subject “I want tickets” to the following email address by December 3rd, 2009 – 12 o’clock noon GMT: freestuff@europeskate.com
Rounding the year 2009 up is one of the biggest events in Germany taking place in Berlin, Germany on December 6th at the Berliner Velodrom – the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds. It is the final of the 2009 World Cup Of Skateboarding World Tour in both street and vert competitions and the list of top skaters from around the world is more than mad (Axel Cruysberghs, Rodolfo Ramos, Alex Mizurov, Adam Dyet, Chris Haslam, Bastien Salabanzi, Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Sam Beckett, Jürgen Horrwarth, Alex Perelson, Danny Mayer and loads more!)
On top of the skating there’s the BMX street and vert competitions which are more than fun to watch and the bands which will get the crowd dancing for sure this year (German killer band Deichkind, Blumentopf from Munich and the Puppetmastaz).
And if you don’t win you can get tickets at all German ticket agencies and on www.t-mobile-playgrounds.de
German COS Street Cup Finals 2009 On Video
November 11th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
The German COS Street Cup Finals for 2009 took place a couple of weeks ago at the Skaters Palace in Münster, Germany and for the third time in a row Yannick Schall took home the win and was crowned German Champion 2009. Louis Taubert took second and Christian Krause out of Münster took third place.
To see what the German skaters can really do, sit back and watch the video – we could of course discuss the music but I have better things to do!
Lem Villemin ripping on Thunder Trucks
October 22nd, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
German smooth operator Lem Villemin shows us around his local spots in this video clip from Thunder Trucks, featured in the final part of the latest online dlx catalog!
Juergen Horrwarths Change Of Guard 2009
October 20th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Juergen Horrwarth is currently THE vert representation for Germany in the world of high flying skateboarders. Recently he set up the Change Of Guard 2009 event which goal was to get a group of vert skaters from around Germany together in the Berlin skatepark with one of Germany’s largest vert ramps for a weekend of exchanging trick ideas, learning new tricks and basically having a blast (pardon the pun!).
A great idea to support vert riders which allowed these skaters to be in the same session with guys like Jürgen himself, Renton Miller, Sandro Dias, Sam Bosworth and Sam Beckett.
Michi von Fintel on Rockers Hardware
October 19th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Yeah, the city of Hamburg, Germany does have quite a few very talented skaters and a number of skateboard / hardware companies as well which always makes it fun for me to give them a push on the site with Hamburg being my current hometown of 9 years running.
You never heard of Michi von Fintel? Well now you have and he’s definitely a skater to watch. I’ve seen him grow up very fast in the past few years, gaining amazing skills and even more style on his board. And now Rockers Hardware have brought him aboard their team, word up – check out their brand new website as well!
- check out these sequences from the Hamburg indoor park, done in a 40 minute session!
- Michi von Fintel short interview on the Rockers Hardware site, love the pic of him jamming on the guitar with Ray Barbee!
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