The ‘Sweden’ Category:
Lakai Getting Nordical 2010 Tour Video
September 1st, 2010 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Lakai Footwear got together some team members (Lucas Puig, Vincent Alvarez, JB Gillet, Jesus Fernandez, Danny Brady, Brian Londono, Sylvain Tognelli and Raven Tershy) and headed over to Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland from July 30th till August 8th. Crowds formed, parks and spots were ripped and Federico Vitetta put this piece of history on film.
The Malmö Ultra Bowl II Pool Results
August 23rd, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Tons of great skaters, a cool pool and a big mix of weatehr which worked out in the end made the Ultra Bowl II contest in Malmö, Sweden yet again a big success. Check out who made what position and we’ll be adding in more videos soon, here’s one from the Master’s Division – Heat 1:
Pro Division:
1. Kevin Kowalski – USA
2. Josh Mattson – USA
3. Benji Galloway – USA
4. Ben Rayborne – USA
5. Cody Lockwood – USA
6. Josh Sandoval – USA
7. Steven Reeves – USA
Masters Division:
1. Jason Parks – USA
2. Nicky Guerrero – USA
3. Lester Kasai – USA
4. Jocke Olsson – SWE
5. Jan Loftén – SWE
6. Anders Tellen – GER
Ladies Division:
1. Annie Guglia – CAN
2. Kristin Ebeling – USA
3. Lois Pendlebury – UK
4. Emma Lindgren – Malmö
5. Renata Ruiz Hermodz – MEX
6. Eloise Thérorêt – CAN
Ultra Bowl II Contest in Malmö August 20-22
August 19th, 2010 / 3 Comments » / by Jonathan Young
The Ultra Bowl II contest in Malmö, Sweden is on this weekend August 20th – 22nd 2010 with a ton of top skaters invading the city for a weekend of skateboarding madness. Getting it started off on Friday at 8 pm the the micro mega ramp contest kicks it all off with 10,000 Swedish Kronen up for grabs and then the rest of the weekend it’s concrete bowl fun for all. Check out some of the action from last year in the video clips below and for all of us – me included – who can’t make it, there’s a webcast (click right here). Yeah, the internet is good for something!
The massive riders list!
Ben Rayborne, USA
Stu Graham, SCO
Mike Vallely, USA
Carl Wilson, UK
Josh Mattson, USA
Kevin Kowalski, USA
Julien Benodiel, FRA
Zarosh Egglestone, USA
Andy Scott, UK
Frank Faria, USA
Joel Webb, AU
Tim Johnson, USA
Lars Monsen, NOR
Benji Galloway, USA
Steven Reeves, USA
Guilliame Guccomile, FRA
Josh Screetch Sandoval, USA
Kevin Wenske, GER
Cody Lockwood, USA
Bjorn Klotz, GER
Enrico Petralia, SWE
Pär Magnusson, SWE
Sean Barclay, USA
Jaime Ruiz, Bilbao
Urtzi Unanue, Leioa
Fernando Bramsmark, SWE
Alex Giraud, FRA
Mattias Nyhlen, SWE
Dennis Degenhardt, GER
Oskar Rozenberg Hallberg, SWE
Rigo, Bilbao
Steven White, NYZ
Eddie Lindqvist, SWE
Rion Linderman, USA
Michi Koop, AUT
Rob Smith, UK
Davis Stenström, SWE
Craig Stewart, SCO
Arina Rahman, MAY
Balder Lehman, DK
Dirk Rasslof, GER
Robin Roos, SWE
Fabian Kutscha, GER
Simon Karlsson, SWE
Masters
Duane Peters, USA
Anders Tellen, GER
Lester Kasai, USA
Txus Dominguez, Bilbao
Nicky Guererro, DK
Jan Loften, SWE
Mark Munson, UK
Zimpa Lindell, SWE
Paul “Dicky” Davis, UK
Johnny Sandberg, SWE
Patrik Evander, SWE
Mattias Svensson, SWE
Peter Dietsches Diepes, GER
Henrik Wadsten, SWE
Chris Lonergan, SCO
Wolfgang Toth, GER
Keith Stephenson, USA
Per Lindberg, SWE
Gerd Riger, GER
Stefan Stare, SWE
Hans Jacobsson, SWE
Jason Parkes, USA
Girls
Anne-Sophie Julien CAN
Annie Guglia CAN
Nicoline Egeberg DK
Emma Lindgren SWE
Julie Lévesque CAN
Lois Pendlebury UK
Lucy Adams UK
Anna Smideman SWE
Susannah Young SWE
Katta Sterner SWE
Frédérique Luyet CAN
Helena Long UK
Danielle Mellor UK
Roux Cenata CAN
Josefin Robarth SWE
Eva Täljemark SWE
Marianne Ahnlund SWE
Katarina Fritsch SWE
Eloise Théoret CAN
Malene Madsen DK
Sophia Lönnberg SWE
Vert Attack IV Contest Finals Videos Turn Up
February 2nd, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
Just what I’ve been waiting for – footage from the Vert Attack IV final runs showing the vert carnage! Read more…
Mika Edin Footage For Bellows Skateboards
December 28th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Either I’ve been out of the info loop or it has been a bit quiet with Bellows Skateboards out of Sweden – whatever it was they are back on my radar with a nice six minute video featuring Mika Edin and filmed by Erik Abrahamsson during the summer months of 2009. And they have a brand new site started up as well, all perfectly understandable for everybody speaking English – well, except for many comments.
Vert Attack IV in Malmö Sweden – January 30th 2010
November 13th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
As the vert fever continues to rage in my body and mind, great news out of Sweden has been announced: the Vert Attack halfpipe contest series will continue in 2010 with the fourth annual contest being held January 30th at the Bryggeriet Skatepark with 1000 Euros up for grabs – the money is definitely not any reason for being their, I expect to see loads of vert skaters from all over Europe turning up!
Watch the action from last year’s event after the jump below – over 36 minutes of vert skating!
Vert Attack 3 – Fläsk TV Documentary Clip
October 23rd, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
If you haven’t noticed yet, I admit that I tend to try and add in news/videos/whatever about vert and bowl riding a bit more than the usual street clips – just personal preference and it always gets my blood cooking for more when I see where vert skating is headed.
For the past three years, the skateboard city of Malmö in Sweden has rounded up vert skaters from around Europe to let the world see that vert skating is very much alive. Fläsk TV recently put their short documentary of the Vert Attack III from January 2009 online – here it is, making me hungry for more!
BACON team in the Nordpool bowl in Stockholm
August 16th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Back in here with a pretty hectic bowl session video in the Nordpool bowl in Stockholm, Sweden from the end of July 2009. Fun looking bowl…
Avsnitt 76 from Oh SO PRIMITIVE on Vimeo.
Loads of Ultra Bowl 2009 pictures
August 5th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Ahh, this is something I have been waiting for as I – yet again – missed out on the Ultra Bowl 2009 contest in Malmö, Sweden but luckily my friends from the vert.nu website (David Östlund is the man behind the lens) put together two large galleries of photos so head on over to check them out, really nice pics here. The Bacon team and many other top skaters were there mixing it up.
- Ultra Bowl 2009 Photo Gallery One
- Ultra Bowl 2009 Photo Gallery Two
Skateboard weekend contests updates in words
July 27th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
…because I really haven’t found any video evidence online for these contests just yet so here’s the quick round-up for you.
At the Ultra Bowl 2009 contest in Malmö, Sweden Benji Galloway walked away with the win and the German contingent got some up there in the top 8 as well. Word up to Gerd from Bailgun.com making 7th place in the Masters division. What’s up with Wolfgangsta?? Hope he wasn’t partying like last year again, puking between trees and stories like that *haha*
Pros
1. Benji Galloway (US)
2. Steven Reeves (US)
3. Stu Graham (GB)
4. Johnny Turgesen (US)
5. Kevin Wenske (DE)
6. Tim Johnson (US)
Masters
1. Txus Dominguez (BAQ)
2. Nicky Guererro (DK)
3. Anders Tellen (DE)
4. Mattias Svenson (SE)
5. Jan Loften (SE)
6. Mark Munson (UK)
7. Gerd Rieger (DE)
8. Will Taylor (US)
Crossing over the Atlantic again we make a stop at the Zoo York sponsored AM Getting Paid 2009 in Montreal, Canada where Magnus Hanson grabbed first place followed up by Manny Santiago and Mickey Papa. Get all of the updates over on the Zoo York AM Getting Paid blog
And finishing this blog post off with the invite only Coastal Carnage bowl event sponsored by Converse with a 50,000 US dollar prize purse which did not get any mentionable media coverage in this day and age -weird but that’s the way it is. The amateurs stole the cake away from the pros at this contest with Raven Tershay taking first and 10,000 bucks followed up by Curren Caples and Kevin Kowalski (I though for some reason that he was in Malmö – obviously not informed correctly!). Best trick went to another favorite amateur skater of mine Aaron Jaws Hamoki with a Blunt kickflip to fakie on top of the taco – maybe we’ll get some video footage to back all of this up really soon!
August 27, 2010: Ricardo Batista
August 22, 2010: Jonas Wedelstädt
August 21, 2010: bill Danforth
