Ultrabowl 4. Malmö, Sweden. Concrete skateboard madness. 40+ rippers from around the world. Brad McClain continued his Scandinavian pro contest sweep with the win. Malmö local Fernando Bramsmark took 2nd. And Kevin Kowalski, last years winner took home 3rd place and a broken spare rib.
Brodie Sellars. Transfering the channel. A couple hours before he snapped his leg and had to get a metal plate and pins inserted into his bone. Bummer, Brodie was killing it. Photo: Hay
Nanaqui Costa Beneyto. Feeble tail grab in the deep end corner. Ultrabowl 4 practice session. Photo: Hay
Mark “Red” Scott. Channel transfer hand plant. Photo: Hay
Julien Benoliel. Frontside nosegrinding the extension. Photo: Ramin Golmohammadi
Stu Graham. Front smith. Photo: Hay
Alex Foy. FS 5-0 over the loveseat. Photo: Roadie
Bjørn Lillesø. Boneless. Photo: Hay
Volker Lux. Inverted in the deep end. Photo: Hay
Johnny Sandberg. FS grinding the big bowl in the masters qualifications. Photo: Hay
Greyson Fletcher, Steven Reeves and Frank Faria. Photo: Hay
Brad McClain. Mute tweaker over the hip. Photo: Hay
Balder Lehmann. FS ollie. Photo: Roadie
Balder Lehmann. Powering a frontside grind through the corner of the deep bowl. Photo: Hay
Kevin Kowalski. Judo air over the channel. Photo: Hay
Danny Leon. Stale fish off the bank. Photo: Hay
Julein Benoliel. Backside ollie over the channel. Photo: Roadie
Cody Lockwood. Fingerflip lien over the channel. Photo: Hay
Brad McClain. Alley oop. Photo: Roadie
Steven Reeves. Backside tail over the loveseat. Photo: Hay
Mason Merlino. Backside crail. Photo: Roadie
Screeeeeech. Judo tailblock on the top of the vert bank. Photo: Ramin Golmohammadi
Oski Rozenberg Hallberg aka OSKI. Playing for keeps with the big boys. Backside disaster in the big bowl. Photo: Hay
Rion Linderman. Crail in the deep. Photo: Hay
Kyle Berard. Caballerial disaster revert. Photo: Hay
Nicky Guerrero. Master of the invert. Photo: Roadie
Kevin Kowalski. Fingerflip lien to tail. Photo: Roadie
Fernando Bramsmark. Frontside 5-0 grind. Or, let’s just call it a frontside grind. Fuck the 5-0. Big bowl corner. Photo: Hay
Fernando Bramsmark. Backside stalefish. Photo: Roadie
Colin Adam flew in last minute from Scotland. Hand plant in the big bowl. Photo: Hay
Josh Borden. Backflip 180 attempt. He almost pulled it. But almost doesn’t count. Photo: Roadie
Frank Shaw from the pacific Northwest showing his big bowl concrete skills. Stalefish in the corner. Photo: Hay
Brad McClain. Blasting a boneless in the final seconds of the finals. Photo: Roadie
The sun and amplifiers were blaring all weekend long. Sun stroke, beer stroke, full on skate stoke, lots of british blokes, malmö locs, some tokes, malmö street fest, missed skate video premier where they ran out of beer, hotel breakfast, Sibbarp break back, aussie hooligans, Servant shoes purchase, trains, buses, taxis, walking the streets, lost with Skreech, total confusion, Kalvin tail slide on the bridge, hotel make shift beer fridge, mega mini ramp back flips, contest skate park marriage proposals, crazy concrete hungry Americans lost in Europe, bus loads full of psycho Scots, skater betties, beer tent action, hotel lobby lurking, check out, central station, train to Copenhagen to continue the madness… – Haywire
For more Ultra rad photos from the Ultrabowl 4, check out David Östlund’s Daily Grind!