Archive for the ‘Skatespots Sweden’

The Brotherhood Plaza in Stockholm, Sweden

It is great to see how certain governments and the skaters living in these countries can work together to push skateboarding and support it in a good way for everybody involved. The Brotherhood Plaza is the first big skate plaza plaza project in Sweden with more than 20000 square feet of asphalt, grass gaps, bushes, [...]

Stefan Hauser and Placed To Ride Skateparks

Stefan Hauser has Stefan Hauser is one of the main figures in skatepark construction especially since his company Placed To Ride built one of the most original concrete skateparks in Europe (Malmö’s Stapelbäddsparken). Just this year they finished building yet another park in the Swedish town Avesta and all of their great effort has now [...]

Pontus Alvs Steppe Side bowl destroyed for the second time!

Unbelievable but true, the Steppe Side bowl in Malmö, Sweden - a self-made concrete bowl skate thingie - has been destroyed by unknown twats for yet the second time around already. Check out the pictures further in the article. But like someone did mention, maybe it should be made very public through the local media [...]

Vert Attack II contest January 26th 2008 in Malmö

It seems to be the Malmö skatepark day here - no, this is not a giveaway contest but you can win something by going to the Vert Attack II on January 26th, 2008. at the Bryggeriet Skatepark in Malmö, Sweden.

Quiksilver sponsoring Quikbowl contest December 1st in Malmö

Quiksilver just doesn’t seem to get enough of contests and keeps their name in a lot of skaters heads up currently up in some of Europe’s northern countries, this time it is in Malmö, Sweden on December 1st in the Bryggeriet Skatepark where the Quikbowl contest is being held. Find out what is going down…

Bellows Skateboards bringing out first video in November

Bellows Skateboards is premiering with their first video titled “Lurking Class” featuring skaters Love Eneroth, Mika Edin, Johan Florell and Ola Löwbeer. November 16 marks the date of the first show of Lurking Class at the “El Amir” in Stockholm and at 19.00 o’clock at Streetlab skateshop in Malmö. Carry on to see the skaters [...]

History of Swedish skateboarding from 1993 - 2006 on video

Jean-Pascal Strüwers has put together a film in 12 parts called “Tidens Minne” (The Memory of Time) which documents the skateboarding scene in Sweden from 1993 - 2006. Featured skaters include Ali Boulala, Pontus Alv, Mattias Ringstrom, Love Eneroth, Lewis Marnell, Andreas Engelkes and many more. You can download the episodes as free podcasts over [...]

Quiksilver Stockholm halfpipe contest follow-up report

This is why I am running this site. Just by chance I found out a week after the contest that the Quiksilver Stockholm Invitational had taken place on October 20th at the Stockholm skatepark with some of Europe’s finest vert skaters battling it out on the great looking ramp. We were able to turn up [...]