We took 6 skaters on a trip across the Balkans | Exploring the Balkans Ep. 1

Welcome to our two-part skate series in which two Red Bull athletes (Simon Stricker and Vladik Scholz) lead a squad of American sponsored skaters right throughout the former Yugoslavia. Using local contacts and experience, the project was able to take in skateboarding from Dubrovnik to Mostar, and Sarajevo to Belgrade. The team skate an abandoned bobsleigh track from the Sarajevo winter olympics which was used as an arms dump during the civil war, and find spots where stray boards have to be abandoned due to the presence of uncleared land mines in the vicinity. Shredding across Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia in the presence of taste-making US pro’s Brian Delatorre, Al Davis and Cyrus Bennett alongside cult newcomer Andrew Wilson, this release will be accompanied by a parallel feature in Transworld Skateboarding magazine!.

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The Uruguayan Experience I A Skate Trip through Montevideo Episode 1

Wes Kreme from Thrasher, Chris Pfanner and Carlos Iqui connect with Madars and the local skaters of Montevideo before embarking on a skate trip for the ages. Say no more.Magic Realism is a term given to Latin American art in which you catch a glimpse of something which elevates your soul in the everyday. Our skate tour across Uruguay was shot through with healthy doses of both magic and reality.

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Pool Skating Mayhem from Huntington Beach | Vans Park Series 2017

In a contest weekend that threw perceived wisdom to the wind, the Huntington Beach leg of Vans Park Series was all about the young guns. There were plenty of skaters punching above their weight on the temporary skatepark constructed on the sand at the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing. Sit back, crack open a cold one, and enjoy a weekend worth of hammers from the fifth stop of the Vans Park Series in Huntington Beach.

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Chaos and Skateboarding in Copenhagen | CPH Open Highlights

From relatively humble beginnings, the CPH Open – which began life as a nominally ‘pro’ contest before throwing open the format – is now unquestionably skateboarding’s summer blockbuster event for international skateboard culture… skateboarding’s ‘Woodstock’, if you will. A colossal undertaking, the most ambitious project in worldwide skateboarding by some distance, and a real reflection on the fabulous people of Copenhagen. Feast your eyes on all the chaos that was the CPH Open!

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