RUNE GLIFBERG | Aspire – Inspire: Ep 03 – Monster Energy

Witness the rise of an enduring skateboard icon.

The 46-year-old Olympic Skateboard Park discipline skater hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, has built one of the longest and accomplished careers in modern-day skateboarding. At a time when vert riding was redefined by a new generation of pros, Glifberg brought a potent mixture to the table: A talent for blasting high airs, contorted with grace and style, mixed with kickflips and switch stance variations adapted from street skating into vertical terrain.

Being able to land difficult tricks when it counts, Glifberg advanced to win the world’s most prestigious halfpipe competitions, sometimes several times in a row, including the Slam City Jam in Vancouver (1996, 1998), Tampa Pro (2003), Gravity Games (2001, 2004), Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party (2005, 2007, 2008), Mystic Sk8 Cup (2006), and Copenhagen Pro Vert (2007, 2009).

Glifberg’s pro career also entered a highly successful second act when the competitive focus shifted from halfpipes to Park skating, a mixture of vertical bowls and street elements. Today, “The Danish Destroyer” is even designing public skateparks as a partner and co-founder of Glifberg – Lykke, a skatepark architecture and design office in Copenhagen.

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Skateboarding Copenhagen w/ Chris Pfanner, Collin Provost, Milton Martinez, Alec Majerus

Volcom recently found theirselves in Copenhagen, Denmark for the annual CPH Pro skate contest and met up with veteran Volcom team rider and local hero Rune Glifberg to show them around the city. After hopping on our bikes with the crew (Chris Pfanner, Collin Provost, Milton Martinez, Alec Majerus) and getting a first-hand look at the Danish capital, they decided it was time to hit some of Copenhagen’s best skateparks.

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Chin Ramp Sessions: Vert Legends

In this edition of Chin Ramp Sessions, vert legends Rune Glifberg, Rob “Sluggo” Boyce, Jake Brown, Chany Jeanguenin, Omar Hassan, Andy MacDonald and Lincoln Ueda converge on the freshly rebuilt Animal Chin Ramp at Woodward West and absolutely shut it down. It’s not often you see a gang of vert legends in the same place at the same time, nevermind on a ramp with as much historical significance.

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2017 La Kantera Pro – Volcom

With a solid crew consisting of Grant Taylor, CJ Collins, Omar Hassan, Alain Goikoetxea, Rune Glifberg, Robin Bolian, Vincent Matheron, Colin Provost, Caswell Berry, Axel Cruysberghs, Victor Pellegrin, Jamie Lynn, Volcoms sales rep Txufo or little rookie Marcel Cama, the Volcom team kept the vibes up and the spirits high in the pool, chairs, comentators booth, judging chair or late night in the afterparties mayhem

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