Matix Grey Daze in Deutschland recap

A lot of good skaters have been on tour through Germany lately including the Matix team during the Grey Daze tour from Frankfurt to Berlin. Here’s the official news release plus some pics… Jesus Fernandez, JB Gillet, Mikemo Capaldi, Torey Pudwill, Danny Brady, Marty Murawski, Mike Anderson, Lem Villemin and Vivien Feil experienced the “Grey Daze” [...]

BRIGHT Summer 2008 Tradeshow in Frankfurt

A lot has changed in the skateboard tradeshow scene around the world in the past couple of years and it hasn’t stopped in Europe either. The main tradeshow that all of the brands and people that want to get some recognition - either commercially, through skaters, the media or just personally - have to attend [...]

Take a peek at ÜBER Skateboards and Rockers Hardware

Last week I hooked up with some of my mates over at the Hamburger headquarters of ÜBER Skateboards and Rockers Hardware for a look around their place of business and to dig my prying eyes deeper into what is going on with this fast growing company. Basically the roots of these companies come from Manuel Weschenbach [...]

German és Game of Skate finals this weekend

Sure took me long enough to get anything about the és Game of Skate in Germany in here but sometimes you save the best for last. The last qualification run will be taking place this Saturday June 14th in Stuttgart with the finals also in Stuttgart on Sunday June 15th. Here are some pictures of [...]

Adidas Skateboard Clash IV live webcast May 31st

Straight out of Berlin, Germany the Adidas Skateboard Clash IV will be taking place this coming weekend (May 31st - June 1st) with a bunch of top skaters, check out the list at the bottom of this post. Street Qualification Sa 10:00 Uhr: (Alle aus DE) Konrad Waldmann, Philip Ueberfuhr, Farid Ulrich, Max Ritter, Hannes Schütte, schubi, [...]

Flensburg - Germany concrete park opening pics

Yeah yeah, I’ve heard it already a thousand times from the skaters here in Hamburg. “Hey man, where were you last weekend? The Flensburg park opening session was going off and it WASN’T raining!” Well, it sure was in Hamburg and that’s only 1.5 hours away from Flensburg in an area when it rains, then [...]

Flensburg, Germany concrete bowl opening May 17th

This is just the news I like to hear. Another good looking concrete bowl park is being finished up as you are reading this and this coming Saturday, May 17th 2008, the inauguration of the park is taking place. The new bowl park was developed by the now well known Swiss company bowl.ch and cost [...]