Professional D.I.Y. in Glücksburg, north Germany

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.

Penthouse bowl – Switzerland

Everything started with this ramp at my parents house we skated maybe three years before I moved into my own house. I rebuilt the the ramp to use the corners again and made something that really looks like a pool.

Jim – ollie nose grab to fakie

Drop into the Pissrinne – Bonn, Germany

Down in a passway, where junkies roam and people pee, skaters from Bonn brought some ramps to skate on the Saturday before Christmas. Welcome to the Pissrinne (peegully).

Zach Cusano. Andrect Plant. Photo: A. Sergeant

Xmas Skarty at Zach Cusano’s

The skarty was to celebrate the ramp finally being layered in skatelite after only having a plywood layer for the six years since it has been built. Also, I was home for Christmas so we made a holiday party out of it. Rippers from New York, New Jersey, and Pensylvania all came out and destroyed….

Vassivière mega cradle

Euro Gypsy Trip

European bowl & diy hunt by four gypsy homies.

Witchcraft X Savate collab

Witchcraft hardware did a little collab with Savate skateboard socks and made a quick trip to Chelles (near Paris) and the surrounding area with Juju (Julien Benoliel), Jake (Collins), Rikk, Vins (Coupeau) & Matt Damon (Gaëtan Ducellier).

Frontside 5-0 grab n grind.

Hell Curving – Un giro de esperanza

We had the will and that’s what pushed us forward. There were many times, because of interferences by the city council, that we almost stopped and gave up, but pride, strength, and our internal struggles made it possible that after 12 years, that piece of concrete hope still remians, something we built then because we needed a decent place to skate, and as a symbol of protest against a city that discriminated and labeled us delinquents, and still does to this day.

Pushing Myanmar

Pushing Myanmar is creating the first free of charge community-built skatepark in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar (Burma). The Yangon City Development Committee has granted permission for German non-profit organization Make Life Skate Life to construct a 300m2 concrete skatepark at a public park in Kamayut Township, close to downtown Yangon. If we can reach our fundraising goal, construction will begin November 15 and the skatepark will be open to local youth by December 5!