Zach Cusano. Andrect Plant. Photo: A. Sergeant

Xmas Skarty at Zach Cusano’s

The skarty was to celebrate the ramp finally being layered in skatelite after only having a plywood layer for the six years since it has been built. Also, I was home for Christmas so we made a holiday party out of it. Rippers from New York, New Jersey, and Pensylvania all came out and destroyed….

Frank Shaw in a brutal backyard pool somewhere in Oregon. Photo: Brady Walsh. As seein in Confusion Magazine issue #8

Frank Shaw’s new video part for HOAX MFG

Frank Shaw, featured in Confusion Magazine issue #8 (as well as shown on the cover of the same issue doing a hurricane grind over the door at San Pedro) has a new video part for HOAX MFG premiering exclusively on Confusion Magazine, right here, right now.

An afternoon at Creekside DIY – Australia

The light was gone, the mozzies were totally taking over and the skaters were no longer in charge! And that’s an afternoon at Creekside. Fun had by all.

El Ser DIY – Los Angeles, California

After the demise of the Bronson Ditch project, Clayton Graul was already on the hunt for a new location. Having participated with USP at Bronson, I was also on the hunt for a new location for them. My hunt didn’t take me deeper into the woods or another ditch off the beaten path. I was led right to my local prefab skatepark.

Jürgen Horrwarth. Nosegrind over the hip into the shallow-end. Photo: Hay

Best of Both – Düsseldorf, Germany – 2013

The Best of Both is a wooden bowl contest that takes place every year for the last four or five years. The first day the skating is in the downstairs Factory Bowl, and the second day upstairs in the OMSA Pool which is a wooden replica of a real backyard pool.

Adam Paris FS grind under Ruari Britee Steer Air to fakie. North Berwick.

#Thursday Club – Edinburgh, Scotland

You take the opportunity to get a skate on whatever the day of the week. But most people have a regular session that they look forward to more than the rest, whether that’s a Monday, Tuesday or whatever. For as long as I can remember that day has been a Thursday. The Thursday night skate is, and has always been the session you want to be a part of…

BOWL OWL CONTEST 2012 – Cologne, Germany

Organized by Wasted Box skateshop and the North Brigade Skatepark, this coming Saturday, September 8th, the second annual C1RCA BOWL OWL CONTEST 2012 takes place in the Owl Bowl at the Northbrigade. Apart from the highly sought-after Owl trophy, skaters can win combined prize money worth 2000 euros as well as CA$H FOR TRICKS!

Ballina Barrier Barge 2

Almost exactly 1 year after the first Ballina Barrier Barge, the Barrier Barge 2 was hastily organized and sponsors were rounded up at the last minute. The idea behind this DIY event is to shred the one obstacle in the Ballina skatepark that resembles a DIY spot, a lone barrier plopped atop a big bank.

The Kevin Wenzke Interview

Kevin Wenzke is one of the best all around transition rippers in Germany. At 22 years old, destroying any new bowl or ramp built on European soil, as well as the older concrete relics from the past, Kevin has a bright future in skateboarding. We were close to interviewing Kevin for issue #3 of Confusion Magazine but he had a bad knee injury which took him out for about eight months last May, so we couldn’t complete the feature. Here we have a short interview with some photos taken right before his injury, and a few older photos and sequences. Be on the look out for a full feature with Kevin in 2012 with all new photos as he completes his recovery and returns to slay the concrete bowls across the lands!