Semester Skateboards ‘Tur i retur’ video

Semester Skateboards out of Sweden has put out a really good video going by the name ‘Tur i retur’ - sorry, no idea what that means - Skate and Annoy say an online translator spat out ‘Luck in return’ for the term…so be it. Sit back and enjoy, Sweden rips!

Win a Kärleksgatan deck from Sweden!

Kärleksgatan is a small skateboard oriented company out of the great city of Malmö, Sweden (yes, I admit it. I am jealous and I want to have a park like they do!) with currently have three different deck designs and a variety of nice t-shirts with a bit more than your usual skate logo/branded thing [...]

Swedish Pirate Cup 2008 starts today

Sweden is really getting a lot of coverage lately and right on time I found out about the annual Pirate Cup which is starting today with it’s first stop way up north in a town called Örnsköldsvik. Just to get your geography knowledge up to notch, have a look where this place is: View Larger Map It’s [...]

Two more reasons for a skate trip to Sweden!

Halfpipe corner at the Area 51 skatepark in Göteborg I got back just last Sunday from Malmö, Sweden which has the incredible Stapelbäddsparken concrete park and another park which is being built right now which was looking like a whole look of fun. While I was at the contest, I hooked up with Magnus Olsevik, [...]

Quiksilver Bowlriders 2008 finals schedule

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 [...]

Nike Blazer launch party in Malmö, Sweden

Nike SB has worked together with Swedish rider Danijel Todorovic to create a new Blazer shoe model with colours like any would always want: blue and yellow. Me, being an American, well, I only and always wear red, white and blue. Yeah, right…. Well, Nike SB is holding a party for it during the Quiksilver Bowlriders [...]

Highvalley Skatepark interview with Ants Neo

After hearing and reading a lot of rumours about yet another large concrete skatepark project which is being planned in Sweden, I got in contact with one of the main figures - Ants Neo - to get some answers from the source. Ants has been involved in skateboarding for quite a long time, over 30 [...]