Posts Tagged ‘vert’
Vert Skateboarding Flashback – Houston 1991
December 23rd, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
This one is for all of you vert skaters out there – looking back in the past is always a fun thing to do, especially with skateboading as it has changed, been redefined and has attracted new skaters to ride the ever growing vert ramps besides the old school skaters. Here’s a bunch of videos from back in 1991 at the SUAS in Houston, Texas with Lance Mountain, Mike Frazier, Bod Boyle, Darren Menditto, Omar Hassan, Dave Le Roux, Remy Stratton, Tony Hawk, Bod Boyle, Darren Menditto, Omar Hassan, Remy Stratton, Buster Halterman, Chris Gentry, Eric Nash, Chris Miller and many others ripping it back when some of you guys out there didn’t even know how to spell skateboard 
I just love watching these runs which aren’t packed with flip tricks and 540s (nothing against those tricks, but I just like a good mix!). There are three more videos after the jump, don’t miss them!
Win 2 Tickets For The T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds in Berlin, Germany
December 1st, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
You want to be there? Win 2 tickets for all of the action? Nothing easier than that: simply send a mail with your complete name and complete address with the subject “I want tickets” to the following email address by December 3rd, 2009 – 12 o’clock noon GMT: freestuff@europeskate.com
Rounding the year 2009 up is one of the biggest events in Germany taking place in Berlin, Germany on December 6th at the Berliner Velodrom – the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds. It is the final of the 2009 World Cup Of Skateboarding World Tour in both street and vert competitions and the list of top skaters from around the world is more than mad (Axel Cruysberghs, Rodolfo Ramos, Alex Mizurov, Adam Dyet, Chris Haslam, Bastien Salabanzi, Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Sam Beckett, Jürgen Horrwarth, Alex Perelson, Danny Mayer and loads more!)
On top of the skating there’s the BMX street and vert competitions which are more than fun to watch and the bands which will get the crowd dancing for sure this year (German killer band Deichkind, Blumentopf from Munich and the Puppetmastaz).
And if you don’t win you can get tickets at all German ticket agencies and on www.t-mobile-playgrounds.de
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Spins A 540 McTwist
November 23rd, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins is the first female in the history of skateboarding to land a 540 McTwist! It happened this past weekend at the Quiksilver Tony Hawk show in Paris, France which featured top skaters ripping the vert ramp. Tony threw in a beautiful 900er as well, but I have to day I am damn impressed with Lyn-Z McTwist make – looking really good. Congrats! Check out the video to see it happen.
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 Session at the Stockholm Skatepark
November 11th, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
The guys over on vert.nu are always busy getting the visual proof of what they’ve been up to online nice and fast. Last night after my vert fun I popped on over to their website and flipped through a bunch of nice pics documenting a good looking vert session this past Monday, November 09th, at the Stockholm Skatepark. For all of the pictures from *drumroll* I don’t know – who took these pics guys? Well, just click on the picture below for the entire gallery!
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!
Juergen Horrwarths Change Of Guard 2009
October 20th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Juergen Horrwarth is currently THE vert representation for Germany in the world of high flying skateboarders. Recently he set up the Change Of Guard 2009 event which goal was to get a group of vert skaters from around Germany together in the Berlin skatepark with one of Germany’s largest vert ramps for a weekend of exchanging trick ideas, learning new tricks and basically having a blast (pardon the pun!).
A great idea to support vert riders which allowed these skaters to be in the same session with guys like Jürgen himself, Renton Miller, Sandro Dias, Sam Bosworth and Sam Beckett.
Rumble in Ramona 2 vert video madness
October 20th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Put together a good looking ramp, a bunch of core vert skaters, live music, dancing women, booze and what do you get? A damn fun weekend or just Rumble in Ramona 2 which shows that skateboarding does still have roots and you don’t need a big stadium to show it. This is my idea of a good session and the lucky skaters still have great weather!
Lincoln Ueda was announced the winner and with those airs, it’s no wonder…
March 7, 2010: austin hughes
March 7, 2010: TNT Skateboarding
March 6, 2010: alex
March 2, 2010: adrianne conner
