Posts Tagged ‘pool’
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
Vans Team Ripping Bucky Laseks Backyard Pool
August 5th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Steve Caballero styling some frontside handplants, Christian Hosoi back with his old flowing style, Jeff Grosso gnarly as usually, Rob Lorifice skating strong, Andrew Langi goes padless as so often in this deep as fuck hole of a pool, Omar Hassan with a 540, and Bucky Lasek blasting every corner of the pool!
Swedens Nacka Bowl Bash Video And Results
June 10th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
This past weekend in Stockholm, Sweden skaters and bowl lovers flocked to the Nacka Bowl Bash which is part of the 2010 Betongcupen skateboard bowl contest series in Sweden. The bowl looks fantastic (Sweden is a gold mine for great concrete spots!) and the skating was furious.
At the end Oski Rozenberg Hallberg from Malmo, Sweden took first place with the well-known Alex Giraud from Marseille, France coming in second and Fernando Bramsmark also from Malmo coming in third! The next stop in the Betongcupen heads towards Falkenberg (Vallarna Skatepark) on June 19th 2010.
Fuel TVs Complete Pro-Tec Pool Party Final Videos
May 24th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
This is what I was searching for so get ready to sit back with something to eat and drink for a while as you are going to get a huge dosis of concrete pool skateboarding from this year’s Pro-Tec Pool Party final jams including the Masters Division, the Pros Division and the Block$ For Buck$ contest! Read more…
Ben Raybourn Taking The San Pedro Pool Apart
April 20th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Ben Raybourn shows us all how to ride smooth as butter in the tight San Pedro pool landscape – which by the way looks like a bunch of fun to ride – wonder how much I would get done in that thing? Watch Ben get to work in this video… Read more…
A Few Words With Pedro Barros
February 26th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Jonathan Young
I feel quite lucky to have been able to hook up with Pedro Barros and his father Andre once again after being able to get an interview with Pedro last year. He’s exactly the type of skater that makes me want to continue skating whatever I encounter – bowls, vert, street, it doesn’t matter. Watching him pull off what he tries with his smooth style in every terrain is just eyecandy and his easy-going attitude with people around him keeps my sympathy for this extraordinary skater at a high. Read more…
More Sick Bucky Lasek Bowl Action
December 3rd, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
If you have been coming back once and a while to the site then you know I love vert and bowls. Bucky Lasek’s backyard pool is just plain sick, the biggest concrete pool I have ever seen and Bucky rips it to bits. Have a look for yourself and you’ll be watching it a few times, believe me!
D*Face And The Ridiculous Backyard Pool Project
November 23rd, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Long story made short: Peter King and Steve ‘Salba’ Alba discovered yet another beautiful pool in the backyard of another vacant property in the States. This one is so perfectly rounded and smooth that it was named the “Ridiculous Pool”. Not wanting it to be destroyed, the property was bought and UK-based artist D*Face stenciled the shit out of the pool…man, it does look just incredibly smooth!
Europeskate Pic Of The Day October 22nd 2009
October 22nd, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
My mate Piper (Pipeshots.com) from Konstanz, Germany is down with skating on all types of terrain and knows how to capture skaters in action on film in a very fine fashion as well.
He was recently traveling around in the Basque region of Spain and he hooked up with Txus (the owner of Zut Skateparks who had just finished his latest pool construction project in Sondika – close to Bilbao. The pool coping had just been set and they got the maiden ride in this clove-shaped pool which has the same form as the renowned Turf pool.
Photo set-up: Nikon fm3a, used the available light, 5,6 aperture and Kodak Ektar 100 film
ULTRA Malmö Bowl contest weekend underway!
July 25th, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
Yeah, what a loser – I’m sitting here in front of my laptop in rainy Hamburg, Germany and around the globe some major contests are kicking off. But not all is lost – the number of tech-oriented skaters and companies are growing and the live streaming possibilities are as well. But to get this weekend started let me show you the way to the ULTRA Malmö Bowl contest first (Malmö, Sweden – July 25th and 26th 2009).
Yes, back to the incredible bowl landscape in Malmö. This year Quiksilver is not the organizer/financing body behind the scenes – it’s been pushed by Bryggeriet, the city of Malmö and some other media partners this time around and the contest is concentrating mainly on the backyard pool which is tight, steep and offers pool specialists everything they need to rip. The list of participants is quite rad as well with Benji Galloway, Bill Danforth, Ben Schroeder, the incredible Kevin Kowalski and seriously many, many more top riders invading the Swedish air and grind space this weekend. 7000 Euros are up for grabs in the bowl and that’s not all. Semester Skateboards presents “Big Charge”, a best trick competition on the 10 stair and handrail spot where you can win some cash out of the 1000 Euros prize purse. And for the women out skating there’s a mini ramp contest with another 1000 Euros and almost unbelievable: a freestyle demo! I’m betting right now with myself that many readers haven’t ever even seen a freestyle skateboarder…am I correct?
The guys from Vert.nu (greetings dudes!) are there of course and they already have a great selection of pictures from Friday’s action online – check out the gallery right here.
And even more fun than the pictures: perfect if you didn’t make it and even better if it’s raining – there’s a live webcast of all of the action today and tomorrow from 12:00 – 19:00 CET, just click right here to watch it all!
So I’ll just head out into the rain to walk my dog and then settle on back in here to watch the riding: I have to admit that I’ll be secretly supporting the German crew that made the trip up there (Wolfgangsta, Anders, Thilo, Kevin and Gerd from Bailgun will be getting those good pics as usual). And definitely Ben Schroeder as well after the laughs we had last year, top guy!
August 27, 2010: Ricardo Batista
August 22, 2010: Jonas Wedelstädt
August 21, 2010: bill Danforth
