Urban Skate Project: Building the Burbank Shark Fin
The Shark Fin By Fred Keeler At first glance, the Shark Fin left one with … Keep reading
The Shark Fin By Fred Keeler At first glance, the Shark Fin left one with … Keep reading
A stupidly named 3 day tradeshow for skater owned brands, independent distributors, retailers and press.
On Saturday June 11th, the second edition of Rule Fest in the d.i.y. of Mondaka, in Mondariz (Spain).
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.
In late summer we started a very special project in the basement of our store in Cologne. We had that space of approximately 60 square meters and thought of building a little bowl area down there. We had small experience from our DIY projects in Berlin, Münster and Wuppertal. But this project was special.
Robin Bolian and Samuel Partaix’s part from “Into The Van”
Juan, Jamie and me were skating this DIY under a bridge in Martigny, Vallis Switzerland. Some local skaters showed us the spot and Jamie tore it a new asshole…”