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Friday the 13th at Unmodern Skateshop – Los Angeles
Unmodern Skate Shop in Sante Fe Springs (Los Angeles) Celebrated Friday the 13th by grilling black cats, skating under ladders, and playing music under an umbrella indoors. There was nothing unlucky about watching the sesh that transpired on this most superstitious night.
Stokin’ panorama – Canary Islands (Tenerife and La Palma)
Beginning of the year, new energy, new time to spend looking for new discoveries. Once again, I travel to this peacful place, and just as the before I found more than I expected – and with the skate spots – more than I had ever imagined. This trip turned into a crazy kind of stokin’ “search and find” new DIY and new skateable landscapes inside this atlantic paradise.
Hermann’s Hole DIY – Missouri
“I guess I’ll start with Thrasher Skate Rock…. I thought because my place is in the middle of nowhere… that very few people would show up on a Monday night. But I was wrong.. The weekend was full of skating, creating and positive energy, until Thrasher showed up…” – JP Kraus
A Day in the Life of Francisco “França” Lopez – Portuguese skatepark designer
One of the leading names in Portugal is Francisco “França” Lopez.
With over a quarter century with a skateboard under his feet, father of a kid who already has amazing skateboarding in his veins, team manager of the Portuguese DC Shoes, and the architect skater with more skate parks designed in Portugal than any other is now facing one of the biggest challenges of his career: create a company to build skate parks, starting at Parque das Gerações. I spent one day with him to try to understand how he can manage all this and still rip like a kid.
Thrash the City: Aachen, Germany
Opening session of Skatepark Würselen! Raffle Sausages • Beers • Other drinks and label after show party with a mini ramp.
Hot shit: Mark Radden
My name is Mark Radden,
I pretty much skate mental,
I am of the species they call human,
I have a passion for all things and people skateboard related,
I am 23 years of age,
I have been skateboarding for about nine, nearly ten years now,
So far nothings faded me yet.
Heidelberg, Germany
I was writing for months with Arne (Boardstein) and he told me that they were working on rebuilding the old “under the bridge” park in Heidelberg, Germany. I was thinking to go there to make a few photos, because it’s so close to Heilbronn where I live, and Heidelberg is a sweet green quiet town.
Jason Jessee: “I skateboard but I’m an artist.” Automodown warehouse. Watsonville, California. (2004-2005)
Jason Jessee is a legend. He is also a living enigma, which is defined as a “riddle generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that requires ingenuity and careful thinking to discover its solution.” He is a natural born actor, who plays himself in every role he’s ever been in. He is probably best known for his frontside ollie, which many agree was the best skateboarding has ever seen.