For the Love of Skateboarding
For the premiere episode of Locals, VICE’s Ben McQueen—creator of the acclaimed series Let It Kill You—heads to Copenhagen with skateboarding legend Rune Glifberg, aka “The Danish Destroyer.”
From vert skating and local food to Danish architecture, galleries, and museums, Rune takes us through the city that shaped him. This is Copenhagen through the eyes of one of skateboarding’s most iconic figures.
If you missed the summer’s “must-attend” event, we’ve got all the action from Copenhagen Open 2025 right here. Featuring Grant Taylor, Oski Rozenberg, Yurin Fujii, Eric Koston, Dashawn Jordan, Shane O’Neill, Jake Anderson, Juni Kang, Sky Brown, Rune Glifberg, Cata Diaz, Arin Lester, Donovon Piscopo, Mason Silva, Ishod Wair, Hayley Wilson, Paul Rodriguez, Leo Baker, Carlos Ribeiro, Toby Ryan and many, many more.
SNKRS pulled up to the Copenhagen Open party in Athens, Greece last summer. Hear the stories straight from the community. Featuring Dashawn Jordan, Sarah Meurle, Stefan Janoski, Rune Glifberg, Eric Koston, and more.
There’s no denying Green Day’s legacy in the skate scene is anything less than iconic. So, to celebrate “The Saviors Tour”, it was only right to drop a skate film, soundtracked by classics from “Dookie” and “American Idiot” and (a future classic) from their new album “Saviors” — with exclusive footy of our all-star Monster Energy skate crew.
Skaters featured Nyjah Huston, Jake Yanko, Giovanni Vianna, Gabriel Fortunato, Filipe Mota, Jhancarlos Gonzalez, Fabiana Delfino, Liam Pace, Kieran Woolley, Matt Berger, Tom Schaar, Ruby Lilley, Yam Behar, Rune Glifberg, Trey Wood, Elliot Sloan, Moto Shibata, Cocona Hiraki, and Edouard Damestoy.
The Legends Demo at Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert 2024 included Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Lynz Adams Pastrana, Mike Frazier, Lizzie Armanto, Rune Glifberg, Kevin Staab, Bucky Lasek, Andy Macdonald, Mike McGill and Sandro Dias and Jason Ellis on the mic!
Featuring Giovanni Vianna, Felipe Nunes, Filipe Mota, Kieran Woolley, Rayssa Leal, Kevin Bækkel, Charlie Munro, Marek Zaprazny, Jake Yanko, Rune Glifberg, Jorge Simões, Ishod Wair, Gabriel Fortunato, Daiki Ikeda, Jhancarlos Gonzalez & MORE.
The 30th annual Tampa Pro was off the chain. Nothing but good vibes at the world famous Skatepark of Tampa. Cheers to 30 years.
Featuring Grace Marhoefer, Ruby Lilley, Rune Glifberg, Asahi Kaihara, Luiz Francisco, Liam Pace, Jake Yanko, Trey Wood, Yam Behar, Tom Schaar, Justin Sommer, Pan Jia Jie, Giovanni Vianna, Felipe Nunes, Jhancarlos Gonzalez, Grant Taylor, Kelvin Hoefler, Matt Berger and Gabriel Fortunato.
Rune Glifberg discusses growing up in Copenhagen, Moving to California with the Flip team in the early 90’s, Going pro for Flip, making his mark in the X Games, why he never got into the Mega Ramps, Kareem Campbell asking him to ride for Axion Footwear, being in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater video games, finding Ali Boulala, Arto Saari & Bastien Salabanzi, skating in the Olympics and much more!
The Flip team set out to Germany with a pit-stop for the CPH OPEN to start. With appearance’s from Tom Penny, Rune Glifberg, Luan Oliveira, Alec Majerus, Cory Juneau, Art Cordova, Raimu Sasaki, Alexander Risvad, Sami Harithi and Logan Mosey.
The first full-length offering from the heaviest Monster skate squad yet, Side Mission is the unanticipated result of this summer’s wildest Euro Tour and the serious ratting that went into it. As the footage stacked from day one in crusty ol’ Bristol, the skeleton of a video formed. City after city the crew toured throughout the hot summer of ‘22, from Germany’s finest street spots to Israel’s gnarliest transitions, the seriously heavy crew brings you their unexpurgated Side Mission.
Expect footage from the swollen ranks of the fullest Monster Energy squad yet: Nyjah Huston, Giovanni Vianna, Gabriel Fortunato, Jorge Simoes, Marek Zaprazny, Dlamini Dlamini, Charlie Munro, Kevin Baekkel, Jhancarlos Gonzalez, Aurelien Giraud, Grant Taylor, Ishod Wair, Matt Berger, Kelvin Hoefler, Panos Loupis, Egor Kaldikov, Justin Sommer, Rune Glifberg, Kieran Woolley, Liam Pace, Trey Wood, Yam Behar, Tom Schaar, Lizzie Armanto and Mami Tezuka.
The Monster Euro Tour has rolled into its final destinations in episode 3, long live the good times! From the streets of Helsinki, mobbing through Vienna and wrapping up the tour in Tel Aviv. Clips were stacked, ankles tweaked, and boards delaminated, all in the name of one of the rawest and most ambitious tours in skate history. Huge shout out to Ponke, Stil and Gilis for the assist and all the locals who came and brought the noise.
Featuring Aurelien Giraud, Gabriel Fortunato, Kieran Woolley, Yam Behar, Giovanni Vianna, Jorge Simoes, Tom Schaar, Liam Pace, Matt Berger, Kelvin Hoefler, Lizzie Armanto, Mami Tezuka, Dlamini Dlamini, Justin Sommer, Charles Munro, Marek Zaprazny, Jhank Gonzales, Rune Glifberg, Panos Loupis and Egor Kaldikov.
In episode 2 of the Monster Euro Tour, the squad continues to leave a trail of destruction behind them as they wrap up the German leg with a wild session in Munich, followed by a scorching hot stopover in Athens, Greece and finally ending up in Warsaw, Poland hitting up a crazy DIY. Featuring Aurelien Giraud, Gabriel Fortunato, Kieren Wooley, Trey Wood, Giovanni Vianna, Jorge Simoes, Dlamini Dlamini, Justin Sommer, Charles Munro, Marek Zaprazny, Rune Glifberg, Panos Loupis & the locals who were absolutely killing it.