Arsenal Skatepark – Douai. Northern France
Fun bowl and park, if you know anyone who wants to ride a rad bowl this weekend… – Mike Van der Ouderaa
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Project OTRO. Vassivière, France – The Cradle of Hell
Doing the downhill to Peyrat le Chateau I see the last few weeks passing in my memory: going back to Brussels because Pierre has to be back in Peru to build a park in Lima….
Back to Old School 3 – Antwerp, Belgium (contest)
They say a photo is worth 1000 words.
Here’s 30,000 words and a video of the two day BACK TO OLD SCHOOL 3 event last September 11th.
Oostende “Velodrome Bowl”, Belgium: Opening day
k in Oostende Belgium is located in the old Velodrome (bike course) next to the harbor, a few kilometers from the ocean. Built by Concrete Dreams. a Belgian skate park company started by Bruno, which is collaborative effort with Mike and other guys from Brusk Collective, locals in whatever city they’re building and assisted at times by Matt Grabowski from Minus Pools. The final product in Oostende came out super insane. The opening party had punk bands, DJs, graffiti “jams”, no real contest just people skateboarding, and a lot of spectators who it seemed were quite impressed with what Concrete Dreams had created for the city and visiting skateboarders. There’s not really much to say except another great skate park in Europe, BUILT BY SKATEBOARDERS.
WASTED BOX: Shop opening party / skate / art show
Last Sunday Wasted Box skate shop opened their doors with an all day art/photo show from Brusk Collective, Sergej Vutuc, and Herr Schulze, with a freshly constructed skateable installation by Koet Construction that was the focus of the day, into the nights entertainment. Free beers and pot stickers were on hand throughout the evening as psychotic skateboarding went on in the corner of the dark and dingy cellar below….