Against all the odds, Suvilahti DIY keeps on evolving and delivering. Even though the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland did not give in to the skaters’ complaints and held its decision to demolish the biggest DIY of the Nordics, the community finished yet another massive transition and is carousing the annual Södervik Mästare championships once again this July.
I choose photos of a style burned into my soul from admiring skaters like Hosoi and Cab. I started this love for skating in the mid 80s. It was all about judo airs, tweaked methods and the way crossbones look.
Jojo is one of those riders who was born with far more creativity than others. Mix that with an unparalleled ability to take risks, and you get a unique skate style that only Jojo’s mind can create.
What’s is Spazz Skate co.? A visual representation of bumming you out! It’s just a group of dudes that just want to skateboard and do whatever the hell they want!
Is Skateboarding a Sport? “Nah, this shit is a violent ballet. It’s dangerous art.”
Interview with Space Bat Killer featured in Confusion issue 25
skateboarding is my second form of art as well! its a hobby, but the feeling i get from skateboarding is that equal love
DIY spots check-outs at Honeoye Falls DIY (New York), Pumpa DIY (Slovenia), P-Side DIY (California), Zrza’s Pool (Czech Republic), + Capuchin’s DIY (Breast, France)
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Few people are “Classic” at the ripe age of 20. A “Classic” person is someone like Paul Newman in “Cool Hand Luke”, Clint Eastwood in “The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”, or a skateboarder like Alan Petersen or John Cardiel. A “Classic” skateboarder will roll up to a spot, pensively smoke a cigarette in the shadow, sip on a beer, and then quietly annihilate every obstacle in his path. John ‘Dana’ Allison is one of those people.
…When my knee blew up I would pray to die in my sleep every night for two years. The thought of not being able to push myself in skating was too much for me to handle at the time, I run on passion, when I have non left I feel like I’m already dead. ..
