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Coping Mechanism – Phil Evans’ documentary about Malmö, skateboarding and concrete

Phil Evans came to Malmö with his super8 camera about seven years ago and he has burned several miles of film on the subject since then. In many of Phil’s movies there has been a connection to Malmö in one way or another so it was inevitable that Phil was going to make a full length movie about the skate scene in Malmö.

YOKOO "Shiki" SHIKI. Niigata. Front rock. Photo: CANBIN

Introduction of Japanese skate scene

These are daily lives and ways of skateboarders in Japan, introduced by a local skateboarder who doesn’t belong to any Japanese distribution or corporation.

Nei Hoirie. Tailblock. Photo: Nirei

PFK Skate Support Center – Japan

The PFK SKATE SUPPORT CENTER is in a town called Itoshima, Fukuoka Kyushu which is on the western island of Japan. The skatepark was built by a group of skateboarders and punks that are friends. We are taking the form of a recycling based non-profit organization. PFK SKATE SUPPORT CENTER keeps an independency that does not belong to any other Japanese scene and which returns profits to skateboarders directly by building a skatepark.

Skate scene report: Galicia, Spain

Skating in Spain. The first places that come to mind are Barcelona, the Basque Country, and Madrid. But we all know that there are lots of other interesting locations on this peninsula. This article is all about the north-westernmost corner, Galicia.