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Ferdzraiser: Skateboard artist Ferdz Valencia needs your help!

Ferdz Valencia, skateboard graphic artist and father of two, had a massive stroke on December 9th, 2016 and is just waking up from it now, but can’t move or talk yet and needs another surgery but the hospital has suspended the surgery because of unsettled medical bills.

Backside nosegrind at Colchester DIY. Photo: Jerome Loughran

Mark Munson interview (as seen in Confusion magazine – issue 12)

“I’ve never written an intro before, always thought it would be impossible and to write one for mark is one of the hardest things as he’s not the sort of guy who likes compliments or stuff like that, he lives more on the ‘get the job done and get out of there’ side of things. To cut a long story short I was about 12 or 13 when we first met, he came to my hometown of Walton on the Naze to the little skatepark we had in the town where no one came, we started chatting and before I knew it he was throwing a sea of abuse at me getting me to try stuff I had never even thought about trying before, this technique of making people try stuff that was completely fucking terrifying actually worked!!! He calls you a useless cunt until you have no choice but to commit to whatever you are trying!!! We then spent the next ten years hanging out and skating pretty much everyday!! There is too much I could write so I’m going to keep it short, but I basically owe my life to this guy and that is not a lie! Much love.” – Ben Raemers

Jaime Mateu in Brazil

Jaime Mateu from Mallorca going loco at the Hi Adventure bowl in Florianópolis, Brazil. Filmed all in one evening.

Muckefuck Skateboards & Urethane team edit

50 guys packed into a 5 minute clip. The Muckefuck team riders hitting up every kind of skateable terrain imaginable. No triple angle slow mo footage, no drone footage, only the fastest, purest and rawest skateboarding – turn up the volume and wake up!

Revolution Mother

Switchblades and Urethane music festival – Long Beach, California

Skaters are just naturally creative. Every time we step on a board we are creating something by pushing and doing a trick. We see the world differently than the rest of the world. We see objects in the street and think, “damn, I need to skate that”! So it’s just makes sense that many skaters have picked up an instrument and formed bands. We need to express our artistic and creative nature through these avenues. “Switch Blades and Urethane” fest is just an extension of that unison between skaters and music.

Michi Nadler. Blunt to fakie.

Rumble in the Pool – 2015 – Gmunden, Austria

We arrived at the skatepark at the Sportplatz just in time for the last beer before the bar closed… fiuuu… and we helped a bit to set up the last big gazebo, the one that saved us the next day when it started to rain. I knew that it was gonna stop, but… you know… Austria… fresh big blond beers…

Wörgl DIY – Wörgl, Austria

Without any experience how to work with concrete we started building the first section of the park seven years ago. Since this time we somehow got addicted and whenever we have a bit of money collected we come back to the construction site to build another part! Wörgl Skatepark became one of the best skate spots in Austria and after all there is no end in sight! There’s plenty of ground left to be covered with concrete in the next years! Many thanks go to all the guys that invested months of hard work & the Pilotto Skate Shop for supporting this project since day one!