Meet The Local Skaters Of Ghana With Jaakko Ojanen & Crew | SKATE AFRICA

Skate scenes in their infancy often have a guiding light, a champion and pioneer who evangelises and develops and agitates at the absolute grassroots level, to try and make things happen for the new people skating hooks every day once they have access to it.

This is happening all over the world right now, and it is the purest version of skateboarding’s promise. As a counterpoint to all the upriver skate activity going on in the world today, wonderful though that doubtless is, shining a light not just on these nascent scenes but the builders of those scenes is a dollop of wholesome radness nobody can have too much of.

So, when South African skate evangelis Yann Horowitz, Chenai Gwandure and Jackson Pilz suggested continuing Red Bull’s drop- ins with the diverse skate scenes throughout the continent by heading to Ghana to meet Sandy Alibo and the Accra skaters, Jaakko Ojanen leapt at the once-in-a-lifetime chance to bring his magic feet to the party. What was created proved to be a pivotal skate happening for the Accra scene; one which will never be forgotten by anyone involved. Absorb Patrik Wallner’s awesome film from the tour up top there, and roll back around in a week’s time as the squad roll into Nairobi, Kenya!

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KNÜCKS – Element Skateboards

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.

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Skate Finals | Simple Session 2020 REPLAY

We’re back to Saku Arena in Estonia for the 20th anniversary of Simple Session – A skate contest by skaters, for skaters, and on some seriously big transition. Nate Wessel is the mastermind behind this year’s course build and it fairly summarises the mantra of ‘go big or go home’. Smash the play button and catch the full replay from the contest. Featuring Liam Pace, Danny Leon, Ke’Chaud Johnson, Jaime Mateu, David Gravette, Antoine Laurent, Tyler Edtmayer, Ivan Federico, Adrien Bulard, Jaakko Ojanen, Simen Haegelan and Egor Golubev.

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