BERGFEST 2017

Last weekend it was time for another BERGFEST at the legendary Monster Bowl at the Bergfidel Skatepark in Münster. The Bergfest started out as a small local contest in 2009 and has grown into the best and funnest park contest in Germany and this year was no exeption. With rippers from all over Germany a rad session was inevitable.
1st place went to Tim “Eumel” Rebensdorf, he went full speed with a rad combination of tricks and style using the whole park including the gnarly deepend that was avoided by some. Big airs, front blunts, speedy grinds and way more in his bag of tricks.

 
Eumel fs blast
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Lennie Jansen shredded into 2nd place with a ton of style and tricks like high indy divebombs and a bs 360 varial tailgrab to disaster, what? Yeah, I hope somebody captured it on film. He was set back a bit by a crazy slam in the deepend that send him straight to the flat bottom and few would have survided without a major injury but luckily he did.
 
Lennie with a huge dive bomb indy
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Local shredder Tom Schulze took a well deserved 3rd place pro with a good mix of lip tricks and airs.
 
Tom making hard tricks look easy, lien air.
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Kevin Wenzke seemed he could have needed some new wheels and bearings for some more speed,
but none the less this guy is one of the best. Eggplants and backside bonelesses in the deepend!!
 
Kevin with a lien to tail.
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The AM´s where not far behind the pros. Mathis Wenner skated into first place with local knowlage of the park and put it to good use with fs hurricanes, Millerflips and he was one of the few who used the spine in his runs. 2nd place went to Carlo Brummel from Güterloh home of Claus Grabke. Carlo mixed good style with a deep bag of tricks like front bluns, sweepers, speedy smith grinds and then some.
 
Carlo with a perfectly executed front blunt
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The girls and junior divison were also ripping. Eva Stöter showed how to carve through the whole park with ease and speed and a big smile on her face showing everybody what it´s all about: having a good time on your board and not worry about any results, she did take home 3rd place and a big bag of product from the sponsors.
2nd palce went to Catherine Marquis, she came all the way from Stuttgart and had a bit of bad luck with a slam in the deep end that took her out of the contest, but before that mishap she showed some solid frontside 50/50s on the steep facewall, backside grinds, sweepers, lien to tails and more stuff.
Ingrid Enciu from Tübingen took 1st place with good lines, grinds, bs bonless ones to tail and then some.
 
Catherine Marquis, frontside 50/50
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Eumel – 1st place
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Little guys with tons of stuff, too much to carry? Almost.
Jakob Kern, Solingen – Wayrta Koszarek, Münster – Andres Andrischock Jimenez, Münster
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Mathis Wenner, Münster – Chrisor Pelz, Berlin

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John Hunt and the winners: Ingrid Enciu, Tübingen – Catherine Marquis, Stuttgart – Eva Stöter, Münster
 
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After the skate sessions and awards ceremony the bands took over the stage and were rocking the crowd from the first cord. Ill and Insanity Alert made a lot of good noise that kept the crowd dancing and the beer showers flowing.
 
Ill
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Ill
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Insanity Allert
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Insanity Allert
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Insanity Allert
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Crowd
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These two made it possible, Markus and Johan!!!
Making skateboarding great again at the BERG since 2009!
Thanks guys!!! And thanks to John Hunt for announcing all day long, tough job.
And a big thanks and shout out goes to all the sponsors and supporters:
Koloss, Protec, Hoax, Telum, Pavel, Warsteiner, Muckefuck, Confusion Mag, Bailgun Mag,
Blood Mask, Merchcowboys
 
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The Bergfest 2017 Results

A Division

Tim Rebensdorf, Stuttgart
Lenni Janssen, Düsseldorf
Tom Schulze, Münster
Kevin Wenzke, Herne

B Division

Mathis Wenner, Münster
Carlo Brummel, Gütersloh
Chrisor Pelz, Berlin
Marius Ochtendung, Koblenz

Youth Division

Jakob Kern, Solingen
Wayrta Koszarek, Münster
Andres Andrischock Jimenez, Münster

Girls Division

Ingrid Enciu, Tübingen
Catherine Marquis, Stuttgart
Eva Stöter, Münster
Jana Malzkorn, Dortmund

Getxo Bowl-A-Rama 2014 pt.-1

Getxo Bowl-A-Rama 2014

So after a little adventure with Air France that included a longer than planned stop at the world famous Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. It´s maybe not as bad as it may look but it´s pretty bad and if you can, just do yourself a favor and avoid it.

Arriving in Bilbao we were greeted with hot and sunny weather – perfect! Got the rental, checked in the bed and breakfast and made it to the La Kantera skatepark by late afternoon.
Some US pool shredders like Raven Tershy, Grant Taylor, Peter Hewitt, Raney were already at the park sessioning with Alain Goikoetxea, Danny Leon and some local rippers.
So after Mondays mellow session more and more skaters showed up on Tuesday and the sessions started to heat up and it´s gonna get better each day till the finals on Saturday.

Make sure to not miss this one! If you can´t make it to the La Kanterea skatepark do not miss the live stream on Saturday.
More info, riders list etc. click here

La Kanterea overview
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Monday session:

Alain Goikoetxea – lipslide
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Danny Leon – bs air to noseblunt
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Grant Taylor – ollie to truck, not too bad for a telephone photo.
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Tuesday session:

Daniel Cuervo – one foot invert to fakie
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Chris Russell – grind to tailslide
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Cory Juneau – nose grind
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Volcom Bergfest #6 – 2014

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On the 25th anniversary of the construction of Berg Fidel skatepark, a 13 year old deconstructed our preconception of how to skate. The Volcom Bergfest 2014 was jam-packed with action, entertainment (ie. Bands such as Svffer), and best of all: high quality skateboarding.
First place went to Tyler Edtmayer, best illustrated during his finals introduction run. This run would have made any seasoned pro totally psyched. He bailed in his first trick, got back up and proceeded to skate at least a full minute in which he landed nearly every trick he ever learned.
Second place went to Kevin Wenzke with giant fs airs and padless eggplants in the deepend. He is so fun to watch skate. Third place and honorable mention goes to Johannes Haist. In qualifiers, he skated his best, EVER, and landed in one run airs of every sort, -padless, btw- inverts, and crailslide-reverts in the deepend.
Special thanks goes out to Volcom, Koloss Skateboards, Rebel Rockers Garage, RIP, Stan, and all of the sponsors.

Photos: Gerd Rieger Text: Lenore Sparks

Kevin Wenzke – head high frontside air into 2nd place.
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Tyler Edmayer – backside boneless. He also did 540´s high backside airs and had the longest runs with a ton of tricks to shred into 1st place.
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Johannes Haist – 3rd place – lein to tail
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The judges: Wolf, Wolfganster ,Toni, Janne, Lenore
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Tim Bjisterveld was hurt but had a good time anyway.
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Tim Turudija – huge frontside air
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Friedrich was skating on edge at all times – lipslide
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The Dirty Fences were rocking the stage to end a rad day of skating.
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Winners Junior: Christian Müller – Timo Krone – Tim Turudija
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Winners A Group: Kevin Wenzke – Tyler Edmyer – Johannes Haist
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See you next year.
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More pics from the Vert Attack – 8

Heres´s some more pics from this weekend at the Vert Attack contest in Malmö.
Great contest, great skating!!!

CORY JUNEAU – ollie nose grind over the channel
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BRAD MCLAIN – front blunt
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ALEX PERELSON – backside air under the roof
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BJØRN LILLESØE – stalefish
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BEN SCHROEDER – 50/50 into the channel
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NEAL HENDRIX – mute fastplant to fakie
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MARK VAN DER ENG – smith vert
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PETER HEWETT – trademark grind
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NICKY GUERRERO – madonna
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FINAL RESULTS:

JUNIORS FINAL

1. MATS HATLEM – NOR
2. IVAN FEDERICO – ITA
3. MATTHEW CARLISLE – UK
4. ALANA SMITH – USA
5. ANDRÉE BÖHLIN – SWE
6. JESSE THOMAS – UK
7. KALLE BERGLIND – SWE

GIRLS FINAL

1. ALANA SMITH – USA
2. ALLYSHA BERGADO – USA
3. JULZ LYNN – USA
4. MIMI KNOOP – USA
5. SILVIA SORRET MARCH – ESP
6. MIMMI LECKIUS – SWE
7. STOLZ FRANZISKA – SUI

MASTER FINAL

1. MATHIAS SERNKLO – SWE
2. NEAL HENDRIX – USA
3. NICKY GUERRERO – DK
4. RICH LOPEZ – USA
5. KEVIN STAAB – USA
6. HENRY GUITIERREZ – USA
7. ESPEN ROED – NOR

PRO/AM FINAL

1. PAUL- LUC RONCHETTI – UK
2. JIMMY WILKINS – USA
3. CORY JUNEAU – USA
4. SAM BECKETT – UK
5. JAKE ANDERSON – NZE
6. GIORGIO ZATTONI – ITA

Bergfest 2012 – Jürgen Horrwarth wins

Jürgen Horrwarth shreds into first place pro at the Bergfest 2012 in Münster with tons of speed and style Jürgen shredded the Monster Bowl to pieces.

If you couldn´t make it to Münster or missed the live stream you can still watch the webcast over here

Last years winner Ben Hatchell took second place with a combination of difficult liptricks and high airs. Third place went to 13 year old Ivan Federics from Italy – look out for this yound gun in the future!

Renton Millar placed fourth with some nice ollies, head high frontside airs in the deep end and smashing madonnas to the coping.
Ben Schroeder supported the judge team with his years of experience.
More in the next Bailgun issue really soon. Stay tuned.

Jürgen Horrwarth grinds the corner in front of the massive crowd at the Bergfest

Renton Millar – trademark fs ollie

Ben Hatchell pops out of a front blunt

Pavel Deathrace winner Christian Krause lien to tail

The Adolescents rocked the stage to top of a great weekend at the Berg

Bergfest 2012 is coming up – 21.07.2012!!!

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

Vert Contest

Check out the Campus Ramp Jam:

“to carry on the tradition of Karlsruhes Vert-Contests like the GreenRamp Jam and the Fest-Cups (RIP) we will have the first contest on the Campus-Ramp June 9th, 2012.
The Ramp is located on the Campus of the University of Karlsruhe (KIT).
The ramp is 9 meters wide, 3 meters transition, 0,30 meters vert, 2 opposing extentions with 0,5 meters vert each 2 meters wide, metalcoping, Skatesmart surface.”

Click here for more info

Bergfest 2011 footage

The Volcom Bergfest 2011 was a great sucsess, with great weather, lots of skaters from all over
Germany, Europe and even some U.S. contestants.
The great day ended with gigs by McRad and Duane Peters and the U.S. Bombs.
Check out the video and pics. More info here: www.bergfidel.com

Ben Hatchell – stalefish – friday warmup session – 1st place

Robin Mentrup – indy air – contest day – 2nd place

Robbie Brockel – bs air – friday warmup session – 3rd place

Duane Peters and the U.S. Bombs

Results:

A-Division/Pros

1. Ben Hatchell (21) Manassas, USA

2. Robin Mentrup (18) Münster, GER

3. Robbie Brockel (21) Phoenix, USA

4. Jarne Verbrüggen (18) Mechelen, BEL

5. Lennart Efsing (23) Düsseldorf, GER

Masters/35+

1. Anders Tellen (42) Dortmund, GER

2. Thilo Nawrocki (38) Düsseldorf, GER

3. Jason Parkes (41) Kehl, GER

4. Matt Grabowski (35) Zadrau, GER

5. Tobias Springborn (37) Castrop, GER

6. Dave Toms (43) Malmö, SWE

Contestarlam

Donald Campbell is throwing his “Best of Both” contest again.
To see some of last years action check out Bailgun issue 8.1
Don´t miss it.

hey all
we are so ready to host the 2nd anniversary of our “BEST OF BOTH” contest.
this is a 2 day contest in 2 bowls to determine the ultimate bowl/poolrider
the carhartt factory bowl and the omsa bowl are the benchmarks for the contestants.
we will have a big aftershow party on sat eve with 2 bands ?playing:electric eelshock-straight from the usa and torpedomonkeys coming from the depths
of the ruhrgebiet.
what you see on the flyer is only half of what the venue offers
the biggest privately run indoor toyland in europe is growing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tim korbmacher of the carhartt store in düsseldorf is responsible for the 36 ft new megaminiramp and the nightmare ride.
both segments will be ready on contest day.
we do have a 3000 euro prize purse and we do have people who want to kick ass on both days.
expect visitors from all over europe and america to come for this event.
extra bonus contests will be the “SPEEDTRAP” for the fastest carve done in the nightmare ride

and
“HIGHEST AIR” slated to happen in the factory bowl which is freshly renovated with new tiles and a fresh,vibrant color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
both sie-events will be spectacular

please spread the news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you have any questions please mail back to this address or contact me directly:00491775141438

thanks to all who make this thing possible!

donald campbell
pavel skates
peek-skateboards

Ultra Bowl Pro Final – Malmö 2009 Part 1-3

Check out part 1-3 of some of the runs of the pro final at this years Ultra Bowl contest at Malmös Stapelbäddsparken with
Benji Galloway, Steven Reeves, Stu Reeves, Johnny Turgesen,
Kevin Wenzke, Tim Johnson.

Part 1

Ultra Bowl Pro Final – Malmö 2009 Part 1 from Bailgun Magazine on Vimeo.

Part 2

Ultra Bowl Pro Final – Malmö 2009 Part 2 from Bailgun Magazine on Vimeo.

Part 3

Ultra Bowl Pro Final – Malmö 2009 Part 3 from Bailgun Magazine on Vimeo.