Ari. Front smith at Lent Park.

Mit Ari auf Safari

End of July, a period of the year when people hit the road for sunny beaches or discovering foreign countries. It’s also the moment when you realize that your own city has suddenly become all quiet. No hordes of scooter kids at your local skatepark who come all at once after school, and less traffic in town. Actually, if you think about it, this period of the year seems to be the best moment to stay north, with comparatively less posers at your local skatepark…

Vans Park Series – Malmö, Sweden

Vans Pro Skate Series. World Championship. Malmö, Sweden. August 20, 2016. The Confusion photo report.
Photography by Nicola Debernardi and Eddie Think.

Zut skateparks in France to finish this big bowl. Alex waiting for his helmet and knee pads to go for it!

Mimizan skatepark – France

Zutskatepark in Mimizan, France. This bowl is big! We can’t understand why skaters in France and Spain in the beginning don’t want big trannies. Skateboarding Is everything… Big trannies, pools , halfpipes, flow parks , skate plazas, street areas. Imagine a street area with really little planters and hubbas. That’s stupid. No limits… Kids are the future and they don’t need limits. They need more and more…. zutskateparks wants to make skateboarding bigger, that’s all…

Professional D.I.Y. in Glücksburg, north Germany

Starting to write this article, I wondered about the term ‘professional d.i.y.’ which has been quietly existing for a while now. I mean, since the serious skatepark building business nowadays seems to be in the hand of skateboarders pretty much isn’t every project kind of professional d.i.y.? Well, we as skateboarders do it ourselves (just like the whole industry used to be), if we get paid for it or not, it’s bloody d.i.y., isn’t it!? We take matters into our own hands, this is something we should be really, really proud of and continue to do so.