Legendary skateboarding team called Country Boys (from Hauho, Finland) and German’s leading Adult Sex toy retail company Dildoking decided to join their forces and start a kick-ass collaboration.
This is the first time when porn/adult toy shop and skateboarding team are doing “something” together. It’s rare and it’s beautiful!
Looking around FDR and seeing nothing but queens — and I mean only Queens — fired up, ripping in every direction, nearly running into each other, stoking each other up, and just straight going for it, reassures the female presence at DIYs (especially FDR) is well worth paying attention to. The energy is there. It’s authentic. It’s intense.
Jacques Séguéla, a french politician once said “If at 50 years old you don’t own a Rolex, it means you messed up something in your life”. Yeah right… Enzo is quite far to be 50 yet (he’s actually only 19) and on the watch he doesn’t own, it’s only writing “NOW” anyway. Whatever, since over a year, this kid and his crew were digging, by hand, a fucking huge hole which is now probably one the best backyard pool in France ! And yep, those guys shot in one go ! God damn legends.
We couldn’t see any of the DIY from where we were, so I started venturing into the no-man’s land they created. As I got closer I climbed to the top of an unnatural hill, and from there I could see the top of the vert wall still standing.
Having the opportunity to skate the water park was like no other and I knew I couldn’t pass it up. The loop is a lot bigger and scarier in person but damn it was fucking sick! Good friends, good vibes and big water slides.
Canarias Tenerife has some new concrete.
Another example of what a rad construction can develope from some love to skateboarding, concrete, creativity and beeers…
Interviews with Elijah Akerley and Greg Harbour. DIY Spots in Cambodia, Germany, England and features on Brute House Pool in New Jersey, Hippie Pool in California, Grimace’s Pool in Australia and Dirtbag Crew.
The city moves at a snail’s pace. If you can get your new build in quick enough, they might just think they’ve already destroyed it