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

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Check out this film if you can.

„The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage (lying undiscovered in the cellar of Swedish Television for 30 years), and contemporary audio interviews from leading African-American artists, activists, musicians and scholars“.

SAVE THE SKATEBOARD MUSEUM Stuttgart!

SAVE THE SKATEBOARD MUSEUM Stuttgart!

Today we are contacting you about a very important initiative to secure the future of one of the world’s most unique collections of pieces of skateboard history: the SKATEBOARD MUSEUM Stuttgart.

Until December 2011, the lease for the museum’s location in the basement of the Filmhaus Stuttgart had been footed by the City of Stuttgart. But when the building came under new management in January 2012, the SKATEBOARD MUSEUM needed to negotiate new terms for our lease. And while we were able to work out an adequate solution, the new conditions are still rather challenging financially for the museum and the initiative running it.

In short: The City of Stuttgart will work out their new financing for cultural projects and the arts in 2013. Until then, the SKATEBOARD MUSEUM is on its own. It is up to us to raise an annual 12,000 EUR for rent, as well as overhead costs such as electricity in order to secure the museum’s survival.

The skateboard initiative behind the museum has been able to raise 1,000 EUR so far from membership fees and donations. The City of Stuttgart has also announced some support for the museum. However, this leaves a couple thousand Euros, which we need to raise via donations – not to mention the entire sum of costs for the year 2013.

The SKATEBOARD MUSEUM has been open for eight years now, and of course we will mobilize all our contacts to raise the required sum.

Under these conditions, every donation – no matter how large or small – will make a difference when it comes to securing the future of this amazing collection of skateboard history and culture. Otherwise, we would have to close the SKATEBOARD MUSEUM Stuttgart!

We are committed to provide full visibility of the total amount of donations, which we will update regularly on our museum website, as well as the SOS SKATEBOARD MUSEUM Stuttgart Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-the-Skateboard-Museum-Stuttgart/344563378917326

Dontations via PayPal:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=museum%40fauxami%2ede&lc=DE&item_name=SKATEBOARD%20MUSEUM%20Stuttgart%20e%2eV%2e&item_number=STS%20SPENDE&no_note=0&cn=Mitteilung%20an%20den%20H%c3%a4ndler&no_shipping=2¤cy_code=EUR&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted

Donations via bank transfer from countries in the Euro Zone:
SAVE THE SKATEBOARDMUSEUM ( STS ) – DONATIONS ACCOUNT:
Reason for Payment – „DONATION STS“
Skateboardmuseum Stuttgart e.V
Volksbank Boeblingen
Account Nr. 380023008
BLZ 603 900 00
BIC / SWIFT: GENODES1BBV
IBAN: DE38603900000380023008
Thank you very much for your support!
Yours,
SKATEBOARD MUSEUM Stuttgart e.V.
Jürgen Blümlein (Treasurer) and Daniel Schmid (Chairman)

Vincent Goozen and Sergej Vutuc do some creative skating

Vincent Goozen builts and skates some concrete:

Sergej Vutuc – Something In Between – Dueren from Flo Schneider on Vimeo.
Something in Between exhibition/work in progress with performs
Leopold Hoesch Museum in Dueren, Germany
Skaters: Vincent Gootzen, Jo Gabler, Klaus-Dieter Span and others (not covered here).
Video: Florian Schneider / www.weloveyou-themovie.de

Sergej Vutuc – Something In Between – Dueren from Flo Schneider on Vimeo.

More Print – Confusion Magazine

Here´s another must read if you like DIY stuff, mags, skatespots etc.
Confusion Magazine was started by Jonathan Hay
former editor of Concussion Mag after Concussion was not continued.
Confusion Zine is truly international with it´s headquters in Köln, Germany but contend from around the world.
Confusion has a good mix of color and black and white pages some with cool photos and articles from Jonathan and the worlwide contributors.
The curred issue feature interviews with:Josh Mattson, Dave Nelson, Johannes Gabler, Craig Scott, Jimbo Phillips, Keith Meek and more.
Get your cpopy of Confusion Mag here

Zine Check – Skate Fate

If your´re interested in making zines and some skateboarding history this one is for you.

Featuring full-length interviews with skateboarding icons Neil Blender, Steve Caballero, Steve Claar, Bill Danforth, Claus Grabke, Jeff Grosso, Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi, Marty Jimenez, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, Corey O’Brien and Gavin O’Brien, Chris Miller, Stacy Peralta, Rob Roskopp, Billy Ruff, Skate Rat, John Smythe (Craig Stecyk), Tod Swank and Kevin Staab.
Add some really cool cartoons by Neil Blender, lots of photos by Grant Brittain and Tod Swank
and you have a great insight of skateboarding in the 80´s.

Check out and order your copy over at BLURB