CONFUSION IN BERLIN – Shitfootmongoland x Betonhausen

Confusion headed up to Berlin for the Shitfootmongoland independent, skater-owned tradeshow and ended up hanging with the Warriors and the Jean Jaques possee from Belgium at the Betonhausen DIY outdoor concrete bowl…

Professional D.I.Y. in Hamburg, Germany

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

Pablo Ribera. Frontside crail.

Torsoarama – Malas Rampas – Basque Country

Torsoarama, DIY miniramp session at Malas rampas, is the session you cannot miss. It’s not a contest, it’s basically a perfect skating day. This year, we had it all: good weather, good food and good skaters!

Backside wallride. Photo: Loïc Benoit

Down by the River: DIY in Southern France with Bastien Marlin

I’ve never been satisfied to just skate the surrounding spots in my area. I’m always looking for new places and when I can’t find something I’d like to skate, I build a new spot or change one that needs fixing to make it skateable.

Confusion Magazine – issue #9 – free online

Featuring interviews with Jake Snelling (England), Tony Farmer (USA), Bjørn Lillesøe (Denmark), Chris Cope (USA), Jacob Ovgren (Sweden). Skate features include Cruise & Booze (Netherlands), Vert Attack 8 (Sweden) Hot Shit: Chris Gregson and Daan Van Der Linden DIY Skate spot check outs DIY Woods (USA), Billy’s Bowl (Belgium), Australia DIY spots, Darwin DIY (France).

Wavegarden – Northern Bavaria, Germany

Located in Northern Bavaria; Selb skatepark is one of the smoothest and most flowing next level parks designed by Martin Ehrenberger. For Blackriver building parks is an art form, not a business venture; non-profit building at it’s finest!

Carlos Neira. Wallride.

The Cananal Sessions – Southern Spain

With no judges, sponsors and no rules… just punk, thrash & skateboarding, “The Canal Session“. This was just about skateboarding in one of the most important DIY spots of the skateboarding scene in Spain. The rough ground and the dusty walls of this mythical ditch made the most perfect session in the land of the sun, Toledo.