Wald 2021 Summer Tour
Summer 2021, with the spectre of lockdowns, border tests and other problems of modern times.
Bollerdamm – bridge over troubled quarters
Rollerdamm DIY in Vienna didn’t waste much time asking for permission when they started turning a shitty, junked up ditch, well hidden underneath a freeway bridge, into a one of a kind little skate refuge.
Famechon DIY – South Australia
I was first introduced to Confusion mag by a red bearded vagabond skate diy lord who slung me a mag after I’d shown an interest in his latest concrete job.
Team Trouble 2021 – Laax, Switzerland
Team Trouble is a skateboarding event with a different flavor. Instead of skaters competing one by one, they battle in teams and show crazy team combos.
Pumf Plaza DIY – Ramsbottom, England
When Covid kicked in and we got furloughed and told to stay indoors, we were straight down the building. It was hidden away, no one could bother us and the weather was red hot.
Come Baby Come (30 hour Luxembourg tour)
Together with Hudda & Danny, two of the Drechslerbrothers from the infamous HZW crew, straight outta Saarland/southwest Germany, i was on a 30 hour tour through Luxemburg in late August.
NEW SKATE BOWL IN EAST AFRICA – KINTINTALE, UGANDA
We need to go way back before 2005 when Jackson Mubiru most possibly spotted the first skateboarder in Uganda.
Nic Rivera’s birthday bash at the Nude Bowl
Turning 33 can be both a major accomplishment and a terrifying reality check for a lot of pool skaters
The Chamrousse DIY project (video)
This summer, an army of skate masons from all over Europe gathered in Chamrousse in the French Alps to voluntarily complete the third phase of construction of its DIY skatepark
Burnside – Halloween 2021
In celebration of 31 years of Burnside Skatepark’s existence! Possessed to build!
Hanover DIY – Germany
This year we discovered a tight and steep ditch close to the swimming spot. Some friends and bmx riders already cleaned a little part of the ditch and filled some cracks, but it was still barely possible to ride with a board…