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Colorado Chili Cookoff

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

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….

CINGHIAL D.I.Y. – TURIN, ITALY

Cinghial means boar in Piedmont local dialect and I picked that name because they are the real locals of the woods around the bowl…

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.

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.

Bernside Fest 2025 – Bern, Switzerland

I made it to the Bernside Fest this time. My girlfriend and I came a day early, and had a blast enjoying a full Bern experience all week-end long (merci Mischler). Rosengarten promenade, followed by a cocktail at Bellevue five stars hotel for breakfast.

Getting wet in Garden Eden of Hell – Beast Feast 2025

Haters will say another last Beast Feast has been ruined by rain. We say, no one can handle water as well as us. Bold statement you reckon? Well, you should ask the 12,000 person rave to us. They drowned while we were dancing in the mud to Suicide Catdoors…

Downside DIY – Tottenham, North London

Downside DIY has been going since late 2022, built under a transit bridge in Tottenham, North London. From unused grim to popular skatepot, it has quickly become an integral part of the London Skate scene.

Chamrousse DIY – 10 Year anniversary – French alps

…10 years later, a big part of the European DIY skate scene were there in Chamrousse, to celebrate the spot who shaped an entire generation, and inspired people like me, to build their own DIY. 

South France DIY skate tour 2025

3600 kilometers of asphalt, tent poles working overtime, and a bunch of pools and DIYs punched into the GPS. This time we hit the South of France.