Welcome to Bailgun issue #16,
this issue features
– the 5th annual Bergfest at the Berg Fidel skatepark
– the Malmö Ultra Bowl contest
– the Skateboard Herzblut photo exhibition by Axel Torschmied
– the Koloss and friends tour to Belgium
– the Best Of Both contest in Düsseldorf.
– our friend Txus from Spain finishes off this issue with some thoughs
about a slam he had in Copenhagen after the Ultra Bowl in Malmö.
Enjoy issue #16
Gerd
Happy new year to all Bailgun friends.
This year we made a free PDF calendar that you can download and print on some nice paper
at home or your favourite printshop.
The 2014 Bailgun calendar features 12 images of beautiful concrete structures and curves.
We also made a screen version that you can use as a Wallpaper on your computer screen
that will be updated every month.
Enjoy!
Printable PDF Calendar:
– to download just click on the image.
Wallpaper:
– to download just click on the image.
Watching Grant Tayler skate makes go out and skate yourself. Great.
Just watch this Video and have a nice shred. Oh, I guess Grant rides for Anti Hero now.
Looking for a Pool in the L.A. area? Them you might wanna check out the “The Big Atlas of LA Pools”
Here´s a couple videos about the project:
The Big Atlas of LA Pools – #4 Downey from Benedikt Groß on Vimeo.
The Big Atlas of LA Pools – #0 Process and Overview from Benedikt Groß on Vimeo.
The LA Swimmer — 43123 Pools I Have Not Visited and Never Will from Benedikt Groß on Vimeo.
Here´s some pics from yesterdays Free Beule XMAS Session.
A great session with lots of noisy grinds for our friend Beule at the Woodworx Bowl.
Special thanks to Philipp for organzing this session and Anders, Hermann, Thomas, Dietches, Markus, Wolf, Lui and everybody who came and did some grinds for Beule.
Novak – fs hurricane
Wolf – speedy tailslide
Anders – floating an ollie over the hip
Parting shot – Novak with a barking grind on the red pool coping of the Woodworx pool.
Check out part one of “A Gift Of Mud video”
A Gift Of Mud: Episode 1 from Elias Parise on Vimeo.
Check out part one of “A Gift Of Mud video”
Coming up a XMAS Session to support our friend Beule.
Saturday, Dezember 21st – Woodworx Bowl
Check flyer below for info and FreeBeule.com for more info on Beule.
Great sunday session at the Woodworx Bowl.
Enjoy the pics.
Philipp, builder and owner of this fun place with a monty stop.
Anders shredding with a bs blunt
Paddel feebles to fakie on the pool coping.
Weste grinds the pool coping with a nice bark, too bad you can´t hear the sound in the photo.
After some rain earlier that day it dried up and sun came out
for another great Bergfest session this year.
Here´s Krause smith grinding into the sunset at the end of the day.
More photos and info in the next Bailgun issue soon.
Don´t miss this years Bergfest Session at the legendary Berg Fidel skatepark in Münster.
Check out some of the last years action below.
Hamburg has some rad concrete spots and is really worth a visit and if you´re lucky you might even session with Lester Kasai.
Spots to go: Rote Flora Bowl, Fruchtallee Bowl and the brand new IGS Snakerun and if you take a short drive north there´s the Neumünster Pool and a gnarly 3/4 Pipe from the 70´s.
Photography by Gerd Rieger and Axel Torschmied
Rote Flora overview
Dietsches with a thirsty frontside slash – cheers
Tim Boom, local shredder frontside air over the shallowend stairs at the Fruchtallee Bowl.
Tim has some gnarly tricks and lines at fruchtallee, fs rock on the hip
Eric Möller, has the Fruchtallee Bowl dialed, speedy lipslide over the shallow stairs.
On the way to the new IGSPark we made a quick stop at the legendary Wilhemsburg banks. Axel with a feeble.
Axel with a classic smith grind at the ISG Snakerun. This is a rad snakerun with lots of poolcoping and fun lines.
The only drawback might be the kinda high admission for the IGS. But all the other spots are free to skate.
Ckeck out Hans Claessens shreddingthe Mechelen skatepark.
The Bergfest 2012 has some cool new Wallpaper on their page.
Check them out and download here
Ben Hatchell – Stalefish
The Bergfest 2012 is coming up really soon: 20-21.07.2012!!!
Don´t miss some of the top pros from Europe and the US and some noisy Bands.
More news and info here: bergfidel.com
Check this cool review of last years Bergfest
Robin Mentrup speedy lipslide in the Monster Bowl – Berg Fidel Skatepark
Check out this short clip of Lance shredding a backyard pool.
Lance Mountain OG Skull Wheel Video from dlxsf on Vimeo.
Screenshot of Lance.
Opening of the Shooting Concrete photo exhibition:
Monday, September 19th, 17:00
Stadtteilhaus Lorenz-Süd
Am Berg Fidel 53
48153 Münster
The exhibition features photos of the building of the Berg Fidel skatepark in Münster.
See you there
Be there!!! 16.07.2011
More info: www.bergfidel.com
As we missed the May Wallpaper last month we´ll have two wallpapers for June.
The 1st June wallpaper features Hugo Wallduff with a
nose grind in Göteborg, Sweden. Photo: torschmied.com
Just click on the image to see the large version and save it on your desktop.
We´ll update the Wallpapers section with images from the Bailgun calendar every month.
Also check out some of the older Wallpapers here.
The 2nd June wallpaper features Börn Klotz with a
lipslide over the channle of the old Monster Bowl in Münster. Photo: gerdrieger.com
Just click on the image to see the large version and save it on your desktop.
We´ll update the Wallpapers section with images from the Bailgun calendar every month.
Also check out some of the older Wallpapers here.
Check out the Transition Tango bowl contest at the Stuttgart Skatepark this weekend.
