Archive for the ‘Skatespots Sweden’

Gothenburg, Sweden and the new Stefan Hauser skate park

Sweden is a country in Europe I can definitely start thinking about moving to in order to live. Especially with the amount of great concrete skate parks that are being built in the past couple of years. The next park which is getting the final touches to it is the Actionpark in Gothenburg, Sweden. And [...]

Malmo’s new concrete - Sibbarp skatepark

I was in Malmö, Sweden just this past summer and before we headed over to the contest one morning, we were directed to the latest in concrete wonders to go on display in Sweden. This time only a few kilometers away from the Stapelbäddsparken skatepark a quite different skate plaza of sorts has been put [...]

Sweden’s Highvalley Skatepark gets 3 million Euros!

This fantastic piece of news landed in my mailbox yesterday from Ants Neo, one of the main figures behind the concept of the Highvalley Skatepark in Stockholm, Sweden - click here to read the Europeskate interview I did with him back in February 2008. For years he has been fighting with many other skaters to [...]

Two more reasons for a skate trip to Sweden!

Halfpipe corner at the Area 51 skatepark in Göteborg I got back just last Sunday from Malmö, Sweden which has the incredible Stapelbäddsparken concrete park and another park which is being built right now which was looking like a whole look of fun. While I was at the contest, I hooked up with Magnus Olsevik, [...]

Quiksilver Bowlriders 2008 finals schedule

Updated June 12th: I corrected the title - I wrote 2006 ibefore, duhhh! Sorry about that. Getting ready for one of the biggest events in Europe this year, here’s the schedule for the Quiksilver Bowlriders 2008 finals which is taking place yet again at the Stapelbäddsparken skatepark in Malmö, Sweden. And don’t worry, if you [...]

Stockholm skateboard contest results from February 9th

Vert skateboarding seems to be still going quite strong in Sweden as skate contests/events are being held at regular intervals at the Stockholm skatepark which has one beauty of a halfpipe and a strong following of vert fanatics, young and “old” alike. A couple of weeks ago another event was held in the ramp called [...]

The Strongest of the Strange video from Pontus Alv

Who says that only the newest skateboard videos can/should show up here…the Strongest of the Strange from Pontus Alv is a mix of filming from 2002 to 2005 stuffed with a great mix of terrains to make sure that this quite long movie doesn’t get boring for us (it’s over an hour long). Good to [...]

Millencolin Open street contest in Örebro, Sweden March 7th and 8th

Our scandinavian friends have been hosting quite a few contests and sessions lately, several contests already taking place in Malmö and one across the border in Copenhagen. Especially a quite a few vert sessions are being put together in Copenhagen lately but coming March 7th and 8th the action moves even further north to the [...]