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Julien Benoliel. Backside smith. Photo: Damien Raveau - LeSiteduSkateboard

La Friche DIY Bowl – Marseille, France

Designed by concrete killer Julien Benoliel from Marseille, the bowl is being built for the “Julien Benoliel’s DIY bowl invitational contest” taking place April 26th. If you didn’t hear about it, well, I guess you weren’t invited.

Sergej Vutuc “Coincidence” photo exhibition

Sergej Vutuc is tripping across the USA putting up photo shows and performing with Helmut Vutuc Lampshade. His traveling road show is named COINCIDENCE and the first date is Saturday, April 13th at CHIIPSSssss skate shop in Detroit. He’s been shooting on the streets this last week and on alternate days spending hours in the darkroom huffing fixer until his brain is exposing his photographic visions onto paper. If you are in Detroit tomorrow, or Chicago on April 26th, make sure to check out his show. Otherwise, check back here for more dates and photos from the road…

Neudrossenfeld Skatepark. Overview.

Neudrossenfeld Skatepark – Germany

The chances you have heard about a tiny village one hour north of Nürnberg in the North-Bavarian outback called Neudrossenfeld are virtually zero. Designed by Blackriver Ramps and built last year together with the Yamato crew from Hannover and the legendary Baum, this park is a perfect combination of flow, street, and bowl.

Txaber Gamindez. Backside wallriding off the new transitions made by Getxo Skate Kluba as the mini ramps take shape. Photo: Borja Casas

Getxo Skate Club – Basque Country

“We have a DIY project in Getxo we have been trying to set up with the city for already three years now. The city council finally gave us three hours a week in a community sports center, typical for Basque Country. We are a club – Getxo Skate Kluba. Some people of La Kantera decided to build some wood ramps and we will more ramps. On the outside we have brick transitions to skate. We have a dream – a public Skatepark in Getxo – we are fishing for that!” – Borja Casas

Osthafen Skatepark – Frankfurt, Germany

The Osthafen Skatepark is really big. The shape of the transitions and other concrete obstacles are nearly perfect. The first time you go there you have to try to explore all the possibilities the park has to offer, because there’s so much to handle. The right side of the park is simliar to a street plaza: curbs, rails, banks, hips, gaps and china banks. The obstacles on the street section are really low and not too good to skate.
On the left side you find a bowl land scape. If you spend some time testing the lines with your hands, you’ll find the flow. There is something for everyone. In the back part, there is a bowl with a loveseat and a corner which has pool coping. In the front part there is another bowl with a full pipe with a similar corner, on the opposite side is a big bank. And don’t forget to hit up the volcano, there you can end the day nicely.

Ruke ollieing the hip at a DIY spot that we skated on a road trip up north in Vaasa.

Windmill skate crew – Finland – Ei Sulle video

Windmill is a longtime skate crew from Finland. A crew of skaters most of whom are originally from somewhere in Häme, between Helsinki and Tampere. That means growing up and skating in small cities and countrysides where nothing happens if you don`t do it yourself. No industry, no money, just you and your skateboarding.

General Shermans Radius Floats

Pista de Skate, Ilhabela skatepark – Brazil

I did four days of crete with Flyramp. Super hot and humid down there and the mud went off super fast… We were on this island, so neat! Ilhabela now has a great Pista de Skate! The hip air is Ulysses Pinna, he’s stoked, lives two blocks from the park, brought us sodies and helped clean up and first sesh ripper. BBQs and waterfall picinas… Everyone there was so happy! Theres’ a photo of the crete haulers too. Passion Fruit trowel, aka Maracuja blade. GSRF (General Sherman’s Radius Floats) packing up for the states… Sick harbor and sunrays beamin… Ilhabela 2012.” – Soup