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 [...]

The world famous DIY skatepark Burnside in Portand, Oregon has been around for 18 years now and it is still a park many try to skate when they make it over to the west coast of the States. A very insightful video documenting the skatepark with the originators Kent Dahlgren and Sage Bolyard, local businesswoman [...]

This coming Saturday, June 7th 2008 will see top pro and amateur skaters converging on the Encinitas YMCA skatepark for the “1st Annual Pro-Am Street & Pool Invitational Masters” (hmmm, yeah I know, one shouldn’t be so picky, but how can it be annual yet when it’s in the first year - already booked [...]

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 [...]

2000 Euros in the prize purse here and most likely loads of psycho French skaters ripping the Marseille park to bits. I just love this park, one of the smoothest I’ve ever ridden.

The “Collectif Brusk” is well known in Belgium and around Europe for investing a lot of energy into supporting skateboarding and building skateparks. Brussels received a good looking concrete pool and a skate plaza (which I haven’t skated yet, darn!) and this Saturday, May 10th, a lot of action is taking place right there. Skate [...]