In Mid-January I set sail to join my belgian friend Kjell van Hansewyck of MakeLifeSkateLife.org for their latest project in Vientiane, capital of Laos, where we were about to build the nation’s first public concrete skatepark
Happy Weekend in the skatepark of North Germany’s Glücksburg because even sad stories need to be told.
Arne Fiehl vom BOARDSTEIN – Corona Schleswig-Holstein 2020 VIDEO Interview with Arne Fiehl by Jonathan … Keep reading
We built a 650 square meter park in 18 days, and even though it was completely d.i.y., so to say, and took place in one of the poorest countries of the world, we manged to finish with a high quality product even three days before the official opening. Wo/manpower is all you need to make things happen…
It’s been pretty much exactly a year when I talked on this channel about professional … Keep reading
Starting to write this article, I wondered about the term ‘professional d.i.y.’ which has been quietly existing for a while now. I mean, since the serious skatepark building business nowadays seems to be in the hand of skateboarders pretty much isn’t every project kind of professional d.i.y.? Well, we as skateboarders do it ourselves (just like the whole industry used to be), if we get paid for it or not, it’s bloody d.i.y., isn’t it!? We take matters into our own hands, this is something we should be really, really proud of and continue to do so.
It’s about time, we let you know about a very interesting project we did late … Keep reading
Hamburg has always been an epicentre of the german skate scene, but as far as concrete skateparks go we’ve been like 20 years behind the rest of the world for ages. But those days are long gone now and during the last year alone we’ve had some kind of concrete explosion with six decent new parks having been built mostly courtesy of Minus-Ramps
since the big wooden spine miniramp had to be torn down due to constant wear and tear over the years, the park definitely needed a lift up. So Michael was once more able to convince conservative politicians to spend money, this time on a concrete bowl and he raised some more dough from sponsors out of the skate scene as well to fill the last financial void …
