Getxo Bowl-A-Rama 2014 pt.-4

Friday 2014.09.05 – Day 5 at the Getxo Bowl-A-Rama 2014

Pre contest day was another hot day at the beach so Chris Russell took it easy and did a couple warm-up runs in the half pipe as everybody was waiting for the paint to dry in the pool. Shoeless fronside invert.
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Local Alain Goikoetxea has the lines and tricks. Stalefish
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Cory Juneau is on fire. He´s been ripping La Kantera with speed and style. Monty grind.
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Sky Siljeg combines unique lines and tricks with speed and stlyle. Invert.
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Getxo Bowl-A-Rama 2014 pt.-3

Thursday 2014.09.04 –Day 4 at the Getxo Bowl-A-Rama 2014

On Thursday not only the kidney pool was sessioned heavily but the concrete halfpipe also got it´s share of good use.

Overview: Alex Sorgente – tailslide on the hip
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Danny Leon – body jar
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Giorgio Zattoni – floats an backside ollie
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Chris Russell – FSA
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Omar Hassan – lien to tail
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Murilo Perez – backside air
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Filipe Foguinho – frontside boardslide
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No post without a grind fom a pool contest. Ian Campbell – smith grind
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Cory Juneau – goes high on this FSA into the dark sky above the La Kantera kidney pool.
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Peace – artwork by Txus
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Getxo Bowl-A-Rama 2014 pt.-2

Wednesday 2014.09.03 -Day 3 at the Getxo Bowl-A-Rama 2014

The sessions are heating up as we get closer to conest day. The Brazilian crew was killing it, Salba had the lines wired on his first day, Chris Russell smashed some desasters, Rune Gifberg and Giorgio Zattoni were getting their first runs in, Sky Siljeg had crazy lines all over the pool, Cory Juneau was flying head high on his frontside airs and tried a a few 540°s, Alain Goikoetxea showed his local lines and with boardslides around the whole shallow end, high frontside airs, monty grinds, inverts and more.
Livestream is on on Saturday if you can´t make it to the La Kantera pool in Getxo.

Salba – tailslide
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Rune Glifberg – smith grind
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Omar Hassan – lipslide
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Sky Siljeg – grind
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Pedro Barros – stalefish higher than most
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Huge crowd
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Thanks for all the fish
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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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Weekend Report: 2er on Fire, Kassel, and the will to succeed

Weekend Report: 2er on Fire, Kassel, and the will to succeed

Hannover, Germany
So, basically, if you were not in Hannover on Saturday, you were as missed as Geronimo (Have you seen him?).
2er on Fire is by far the funniest, rowdiest, glass-breaking-iest party of the year in Germany and it brings together people from all over the world (India, Europe, USA to name a few) who want to celebrate building their own shit and skating it. 2er is a DIY park occupying several million square meters (I do NOT understand the metric system, btw) in Hannover and each year the good chaps hold a “team contest” and party.
Johannes Haist won 2er with his nose blunt on the cradle, and the Koloss team proved they were by far the most wasted… to no surprise. Many people got cut like hell by glass: Ari and Brody both needed stitches in a serious way. The Lifeblood/Unheard crew showed up super late (their loss), but still entertained the crowd on arrival, and apparently skated the next day (they also helped clean, which was cool).

Next Johannes and I went to Kassel to lift a hand and shoot some tricks. Mr. Wilson is a fun indoor park in the center of Germany. The proprietors have been, literally, working day and night to finish the DIY back-yard park in time for the skate-club’s 25th anniversary. That shit goes down on Saturday the 30th and you should be there. FO REAL. The DIY hosts granite ledges, barriers, a pool-like structure called a jaccuzzi and the whole lot.

Giant thanks goes to Baumi, Bo and the entire 2er crew! Also to Matze at Mr. Wilson and the builders. I can’t believe the progress of the DIY there. Last shout out goes to all of the people who showed up and helped out with 2er on Fire. You are the real MVPs!

-Lenore

Geronimo is still at large
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Mr. Wilson grand opening flyer
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Johannes cleans the doorway- with style
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Chet Childress tries to blend into the local surroundings
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2er on Flyer
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Overview of the new part of mr. wilson DIY
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