Bets Brigade – Hangar Darwin – Bordeaux, France
Words + photos: Fred Ferand When a friend dies, he always leaves a big hole … Keep reading
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Plymouth DIY – England
The spot is called Plymouth DIY. We decided to build something really steep and whippy because every skatepark around here is really small and mellow.
OMSA Tour De France
It all started five years ago when some dude from France posted photos from the Malmö Ultra Bowl contest… One of the photos was also of me and since then I meet Fred every year and he invites me to come to France. As I was only in a few places in France in all the years, the time had come! And I’m still fully stoked – so read on…
Ottone Bowl DIY – Lodi, Italy
Two years ago I started digging a pool in my town Lodi. The city authorized the skate association to do that but after a while I found asbestos in the dirt.. it’s not toxic but really harmful if you inhale it. I don’t know if you have that shit where you live, but it’s pretty big in Italy though. Somebody hid the asbestos back in the day. I quit with that. I wasted six hundred euros…
Sweaty Sausages. Hamburg, Germany – 2014
No amount of anti perspirant could have prepared us for this year’s trip. The sausage gods of Hamburg felt it was fit to slowly roast our pale British skins and make skateboarding extra difficult. Six gents sharing a small room created some very interesting smells and we were drinking more water than von raven this time round…
Ratz Secret DIY spot – Slovakia
The place is located in Senica in western Slovakia. The situation with skateboarding in Senica is completely fucked up and skateboarding there is only a fucking business.
DIY in Flémalle – Bowl des Trixhes – Belgium
5 years ago, with the help of the Brusk crew, my friends David, Yan and I had the opportunity to participate in the construction of our own dreampark, consisting primarily of a clover-shaped, 7 feet deep pool.
An afternoon at Creekside DIY – Australia
The light was gone, the mozzies were totally taking over and the skaters were no longer in charge! And that’s an afternoon at Creekside. Fun had by all.
Joensuu DIY – Finland
This place is situated in Joensuu which is a small city in eastern Finland. This DIY spot is actually a street takeover.
