FROZEN SKATE FUN: Skateboarding a spinning ice carousel.

Roope Tonteri and Jaakko Ojanen skate mini ramp transitions on an spinning ice carousel. You may already be familiar with the crazed wanderings of Tonteri’s travelling mini-ramp. The Finnish snowboarder has resolved the quandary of ‘nice ramp, shame about the neighbourhood’ by bringing his own ramp to just about wherever his heart may roam.

High in the treeline or floated out across a lily-pond lake, and now onto the ice floes of a dead Finnish winter, Tonteri’s mini ramps are a thing of wonder. For full effect, they cut a massive disc out of the ice using chainsaws so that the ramp could gently spin to catch the wilderness panorama while they skated

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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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Bowl Skating Madness in Malmö: Contest Highlights | Vans Park Series 2017

Malmö is one of the world’s most skateboard-friendly cities, as proved by its incredible skate scene and this epic park. For stop three of the Vans Park Series tour, a custom-built park was built to maximize flow and style as the red carpet rolled out for the best of the best transition skaters in the game. Click the link above to watch the full contest replay on Red Bull TV!

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Dropping Bangers in Bangkok | Skate of Mind: Thailand Chapter 1

The Skate Of Mind crew has always liked how the city of Bangkok tempts. It’s very different than other places visited before. The hectic atmosphere, crazy urban structure and weather conditions make Bangkok really hard to skate..but there’s a plethora of raw and unique spots to ride. Follow Maxim Habanec & Co. as they roll through Bangkok on a 12-day skate mission to experience the radness of Thailand.

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