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Confusion is an underground skateboarding magazine with a primary interest in DIY skate spots and skater built concrete parks in local scenes all over the world. The magazine also covers sub-genres of these underground scenes with a partial focus on somewhat undiscovered music, art and hardcore surfing.

Can we please fuck off

Many moons ago, in a land not so far away, 10 skaters from across europe joined forces to reach a common goal: complete annihilation of England….

They failed, having to flee home after barely surviving the South.

Colorado Chili Cookoff

Every year the Denver danglers host their annual chili cookoff, a backyard skateboard jam with the best chili competition.

Resurrected: The 8th Annual Less Than Local Halloween Jam

By day, it lives as a pit stop for those seeking employment and headrest central. A rainy-day safe haven. And by night it’s a nocturnal hideaway the destitute grip as a concrete congregation section. The Home Depot DIY in Los Angeles has been embraced by many, but there’s one group who calls this glass shard setting home once a year in the wee hours, Less Than Local.

THE TOURNAMENT 2025

Last October 11th, the Tournament took place, organized by Cruzade skateboards and the guys from Ramputene DIY, the venue where it was held. For those of you who know the Tournament, it’s not easy to explain… Pure skating, a lot of hype, tricks and more tricks, laughter and more laughter… The Tournament is held to raise money to buy cement for the DIY shop itself, and above all, to get together and have a great skating session….

SAVE DIY – Vol. 1

This documentary series is a timely response dedicated to grassroots activism and policy discourse.

A Glimpse Into Thomas Campbell’s World and the Making of YI-WO

YI-WO is a prayer, a habitual ritualistic gaze into the depths of the vast unknowable. YI-WO is a celebration of very purposely selected forms of the connective water sliding pursuits. It’s a poem, a place to be or not to be untangled. A space for your time, to possibly honor the practice, this existence and the paths potential dimensional expansive qualities.

Wildbowl – End of Season Jam – Italy – 2025

The annual Wildbowl party went down as the official end-of-summer jam, and it was straight-up atomic… skaters showed up not only from all over Italy but also from across Europe.

Trukentroef 2025 – Ramses Bowl – Vorselaar, Belgium

In the pouring rain, we set up the tents and prayed that the weather gods would still be kind to us that day… fortunately, our prayers were heard, and the sun broke through around noon.

Locle Ness Monster DIY skatepark – Switzerland

We first approached the city council with a skate-urbanism approach – we asked for permission to improve a spot we had been riding since the late 1980s: a schoolyard with a nice sidewalk with a perfectly flat surface and behind the school, a thirty-meter-long covered passageway with a concrete floor. This is where we requested permission to build a skatepark.

Gottenheimer DIY – southern Germany – opening session

The goal was to organize something simple and within our means. So we planned a day full of skating at the spot, stuff for tricks, a flea market, tattoos, drinks, and food — as the foundation for a get-together to celebrate this silly little culture of ours.