For the Love of Skateboarding
Join Pocket Skate Mag’s day with Aleksi aka Aatsi Souvaara in beautiful Helsinki and get to know this “Gentle Giant” as Chris Pfanner likes to call him. They hit Beyond Store to get new boards, send gainers off the pier into the sea and skate a number of spots with the Troposphere boys. Enjoy.
Featuring Eetu Toropainen, Onni Saltevo, Victor Höglund, Jukka Koskinen and Teemu Metsakyla.
“SNACKS IN PROGRESS” featuring Ebou Sanyang, Aleksi Suovaara, Carolina Gamboa, Willow Vogues Fernandes, Daniel Crespo, Amelien Foures, Alix Malnati, Joscha Aicher, Alexey Krasniy, Leonis Foucan, Felipe Bartolome, Ewing Ayala, Cambryan Sedlick, Guy Azulay, Brett Weinstein, Riley Pavey, Ben Lawrie, Tanner Burzinski, Noah Mahieu, Roman Gonzalez and Eetu Toropainen.
QuickStrike is Nike SB’s latest full-length captured and edited on a “quick strike” timeline. Filmed in ten months across four continents and featuring over 40 members of the Nike SB squad. This one’s for everyone with skin in the game who stacked, battled, traveled, and trusted the plan.
Featuring Antonio Durao, Max Palmer, Noah Mahieu, Hugo Boserup, Nick Mathews, Brian Anderson, Stefan Janoski, Oskar Rozenberg, Arin Lester, Nicole Hause, Eric Koston, Mason Silva, Carlos Ribeiro, Hayley Wilson, Donovon Piscopo, Dashawn Jordan, Sean Malto, Jack O’Grady, Cyrus Bennett, Jake Anderson, Vilma Stal, Sarah Meurle, Ville Wester, Raph Langslow, Casper Brooker, Eetu Toropainen, Kyron Davis, Nils Matijas, Gus Gordon, Kevin Bradley, Blake Carpenter, Poe Pinson, Georgia Martin, Ishod Wair, Tanner Burzinski, Karsten Kleppan, Ben Lawrie, Dylan Jaeb, Noah Nayef, Korahn Gayle, Joe Campos, Troy Gipson, Seven Strong, John Fitzgerald, Vince Palmer, Daan Van Der Linden, Youness Amrani, Grant Taylor, Karim Callender, Elijah Odom, Andrew Wilson, Enzo Kurmaskie, Nik Stain, and Didrik Galasso.
After going around Helsinki and planting a tree at all their favorite skate spots, Jaakko and Eetu hit the Finnish backroads with fellow Element skater Kukka Suvioja and Pelago marketing manager Nikolai Alin for a week of biking, camping and skating. Filmed in the middle of the long Finnish summer, the video shows the crew going from spot to spot via country roads, all while making pit stops to swim and enjoy the outdoors.
Two vans, 16 people, multiple trips, ample passport stamps, and controlled, but productive, chaos, 7 Ball is the latest full-length orchestrated by London-based videographer Will Miles. An international video inspired by overachieving and escaping the winter, Will and a double-digit crew traveled for close to two years to create 7 Ball.
Featuring Kyron Davis, Chris Jones, Korahn Gayle, Jack O’Grady, Ville Wester, Hugo Boserup, Joe Campos, Noah Mahieu and Eetu Toropainen.
Dark winter months and subzero temps drive Eetu Toropainen underground to skate.
Eetu Toropainen is part of the new wave of Finnish rippers, he makes skateboarding look easy and every session super fun. In this episode of E.S.P. VOL 2 Expanded, Element has pieced together a reel of raw clips that are both fun and mind blowing. This series is a rare look into the making of a full team skate video…This is E.S.P. VOL 2 Expanded.
Curious about skating in Finland? Eetu Toropainen and Jaakko Ojanen gave JENKEM an impromptu demo at spots all across the city that would shit on even the best Segway tour.
Brain power can imagine anything. Centrifugal force-defying nosegrinds. Death-cheating hippy jumps and wallrides. Paranormal ledge combos. Using their Extra Sensory Perception, Vinicius Costa, Eetu Toropainen, Greyson Beal, Gabriel Fortunato and Vitória Mendonça landed into unknown territories. This is ESP. A 12 minutes cerebral experience where imagination turns into reality. Is YOUR brain ready?
Brain power can imagine anything. Centrifugal force-defying nosegrinds. Death-cheating hippy jumps and wallrides. Paranormal ledge combos. Using their Extra Sensory Perception, Vinicius Costa, Eetu Toropainen, Greyson Beal, Gabriel Fortunato and Vitória Mendonça landed into unknown territories. This is ESP. A 12 minutes cerebral experience where imagination turns into reality. Is YOUR brain ready?
Did you know you could exit a back lip this way?
Will you ever look at a ping pong table the same?
Can Finnish disco funk sound tailor-fit for skateboarding?
Finland’s finest dynamic duet, Element pro Jaakko Ojanen and up-and-comer Eetu Toropainen, busted out the VX to answer these existential questions.
Element presents KNÜCKS, a short skate video edited by French Fred Mortagne starring the Element international skate team. Featuring Eetu Toropainen, Victor Cascarigny, Jordan Sharkey, Gabriel Fortunat, Jaakko Ojanen, Maité Steenhoudt, Madars Apse, Dominik Walker, Brandon Westgate, Chris Colbourn, Nick Garcia, Ross McGouran, Weskinen, Phil Zwijsen, Ethan Loy, Antoine Ravel and César Dubroca.