Pool Boys shred fest – Antwerp, Belgium

“It was the second time these kids organized this event and it was already twice as big as last year. A really nice Sunday afternoon with loads of good vibes! A contest in the small pool and “backyard” with a hilarious race through the whole park. Everything was organized by themselves, with their moms taking an eye on the drinks, cookies and self-made shirts and caps.

These highly motivated, pool shredding brats are already doing more for skateboarding than some guys I know that are twice as old!

This is the new generation, the future and they really care about the past! As Mike (Brusk) told me recently seeing these kids being sucked out of the system, that’s what we do it for!!” Ratman

Photos by: Adrian Ponce

Pool boys. The future of concrete bowl riding.

Pool boys. The future of concrete bowl riding.

Grom crail slide in the little bowl.

Grom crail slide in the little bowl.

Tweeked flyout.

Tweeked flyout.

Jeff Gommers. Backside invert in the small bowl.

Old school Jeff. Backside invert in the small bowl.

Mute bonless in the small bowl.

Mute boneless over the mini hip in the small bowl.

Kwentin. Fingerflip to tail in the small bowl.

Kwentin. Fingerflip to tail in the small bowl.

Ratman. Roll out, Roll in manual in the little bowl.

Ratman. Roll out, Roll in manual in the little bowl.

Madonna.

Madonna.

Backside air to tail.

Bodyjar in the backyard bowl.

Kwentin. 50-50 in the backyard bowl.

Kwentin. 50-50 around the pool coping.

Stand up 5-0 in the "backyard" bowl.

Stand up 5-0 in the backyard bowl.

Jeff Gommers. 5-0 grab 'n' grind. "Backyard" bowl.

Jeff Gommers. 5-0 grab ‘n’ grind.

Jeff Gommers. 1st place.

Jeff Gommers. 1st place.