Text and Main Organisation by Greg
Photos by Jeffrey Ladd
Many thanks again to the clubs, crews, shops, brands and artists who contributed to the successful Köln Kalk Classic on 20 December 2025 at @ahk_halle59! 🙏
The day began with relaxed open sessions and coaching sessions offered by @skatecoach and @wheelart, where participants could prepare for the jams and contests or achieve their first trick successes on the board. 💪
This was followed by club and crew presentations, where @batn, @lohserampe and @san_skate introduced themselves and their initiatives through fun interactive challenges such as SKATE games, speed carving and S-K-A-T-E collecting, as seen in Tony Hawk Pro Skater. 🛹
Meanwhile, DJs @lateteuno, JOCKL and @leon played music and created a great musical vibe! 🎶
In an outstanding team effort, after a last-minute sweat session by @niklas_effertz, the new ledge obstacle was put into position, which had been built by the Kalk youth over the last three weeks in a special project. It was then inaugurated in the Stuff for Tricks Jam, where skaters from the U15, FLINTA, Ü40 and amateur/sponsored groups were able to show off their best moves on the new ledge. 🙌
After the Obstacle Jam Power Hour, the Best Trick Battle Contests continued, where the skaters showed their support for all riders in both the park and bowl areas, cheering each other on and deciding together on their favourite tricks for each contest group. Particularly noteworthy was the consistently friendly and supportive interaction between the skaters — it was clearly not about winning, but about having fun skating together and celebrating each other’s tricks! 🤝
In the end, contest winners were awarded in the U15, FLINTA, Ü40, Amateur and Sponsored, and all contest participants received a T-shirt from the event for their support!
To top it all off, @The_Dantons, @Pretzel_bitez and @gebretter really let loose and rocked the climbing hall next door! 🔥
During the event, many happy participants went home with jam and raffle prizes, which was only possible thanks to the generous support of our sponsors:
@ahk_halle59 @blue_tomato @Concrete_wave @ehrenfeld_apparel @kaami @muddaflip @northbrigade @pivot @trashchic
On behalf of the organizers @milena, @joaco and @greg, we would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the event and wish everyone a great start to the new year 2026! 🫶
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