VANS SHOP RIOT 2016_LISBON by a brief glance skateboardmag

VANS SHOP RIOT 2016_Lisbon

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Photos_Davide Biondani_ Words & interviews_Guido Bendotti.

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Gabriel Machado_ transfer.

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EDITOR and CONCEPT Davide Biondani.

(davide@abriefglance.com) ASSOCIATE EDITOR Guido Bendotti.

ASSISTANT EDITOR Andrew Zolin. TRANSLATIONS Jonathan Levin.

PHOTOGRAPHY Davide Biondani.

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FACES TELL MORE THAN ACTIONS

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PHIL ZWIJSEN & JARNE VERBRUGGEN_DOUBLE SMITH GRIND.

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Mischa Stepanov_ Bs smith grind.

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VANS SHOP RIOT 2016 LISBON The finals of the Vans Shop Riot 2016 took place at the skatepark of Cascais, Lisbon where 14 teams coming from all over Europe (and not only) meet to compete and spend a fun week-end together. Skateshops are the backbone of the skateboard market and a true skateshop can make a local scene shine and help new talents to come out. The shops that made the cut in the national events and flew to Portugal were: Burnside (Holland), Lockwood (Belgium), Picnic (Czech Rep), Titus (Germany), Black Sheep (UK), Destroy (Russia), Bana (Portugal), Wall Street (France), Circus Circus (Denmark), Surfhouse (Estonia), Tactic (Spain), Gili’s (Israel), Ministry of Concrete (Greece), and Frisco (Italy). Saturday was dedicated to free skating and to the Best Trick Contest with Alexander Risvad (Circus Circus_Denmark), Michael Germond (Wall Street_France) and Gustavo Ribeiro (Bana_Portugal) who took home the 3 prices on 3 different obstacles. Right after the comp everybody moved to the beach were Vans organized a surf school and a “Portuguese Style” BBQ on a very nice terrace. On Sunday, under a blue sky and a warm sun, all the teams battled till the light went down and everybody enjoyed the sick “head to head” format final between Bana Shop and Titus with an incredible amount of sick tricks that went down one after the other on the big rail and hubbas. It was epic, probably the best final at the Vans Shop Riot contest so far. Bana got first place in front of the crowd that went literally crazy throwing the boys in the air! A special price went to Phil Zwijsen and Jarne Verbruggen for an amazing double smith grind on the big rail. This Vans Shop Riot was a blast. Can’t wait for the next one!

Michael Germond_ Fakie fs pivot.

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BEST TRICK contest

Jelle Maatman_ Fs crooks pop over.

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Alexander Risvad_ SWITCH FS TAILSLIDE TO FS HEEL 360 OUT.

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Jacopo Carozzi_ Nollie to switch feeble coming out straight.

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Michael Germond_ HIPPIE JUMP.

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Rob Maatman_ 360 flip.

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Gabriel Ribeiro_ Bs smith grind transfer.

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Albert Roeterdink_ Ollie late shove-it.

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Gustavo Ribeiro_ 360 FLIP LIPSLIDE.

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Pedro Roseiro_ Bs nosegrind.

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SURF SCHOOL & bbq

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GEORGE PEDRICK / Vans Europe Pr & Media dpt.

What’s your role here? I’m handling PR & Media for this series and supporting on the management of it. How long does it takes to organize an event like this one? Well..every city is different, we start planning for the whole series a few months in advance, then for the finals, we choose the location whilst the series is underway to add that element of surprise to the shops they have qualified. Why did you guys choose Lisbon? Well, if you look at where we’ve been before for example, Madrid & Paris, we tried to choose a place with a rich heritage in skateboarding, whilst also having a strong local scene..and in Cascais..man, look at this park, it’s amazing, soon as you step foot in it you can’t help but feel its a special place to be! Take a look at the view ( the park is on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean ). I think in all honesty this is the best finals since the Riot was created ! What were the biggest problems during the organization of the event, or even during the event itself? The only “problem” is the logistics of getting everyone here on time, teams coming from all across Europe & even Israel !! There may of been minor problems but in reality it is nowhere near as difficult as doing something on the scale of Vans Pro Skate Park Series ( global park terrain contest which the finals were hosted in Malmo this year). Logistics in general for that competition were far more complicated, as you know, we had people coming from all over world!

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What’s your biggest satisfaction? The teams, and the togetherness that they have, wherever they’re from! Not only do we just skate at the Vans Shop Riot finals we do evening activities all together like surfing and having BBQ’s. Also seeing the local kids getting involved in the “side activities” like drawing with Jon Horner, for example, you see the smiles on their faces. I see the kids also interacting with the competitors and being fixated by the event. But overall the best accomplishment is seeing everyone enjoy themselves and not treating competition so serious like a street league event. What do you think is the “philosophy” behind this kind of contest? Well basically giving back to skateboarding & local skate shops. Being able to provide a platform for promoting grass roots skateboarding across Europe, thats the best feeling. To be honest the success of the series illustrates just how amazing our continents skate shops, skateboarders and scene really is, whilst further showcasing Vans commitment to our community! Also for the finals we don’t just keep it to skateboarding as mentioned previously, we offer the shops opportunities to do something different like surf lessons in the evening and on this occasion a Portuguese BBQ, I love chilling at this place. We are all about having good times. Where are we going next year? It’s a good questions! For me…I’d like to go to the Baltics, I’d love to try something in Scandinavia, if not there…hmmm,Israel..wow that would be epic! We could even surf there, too! hahaha! For sure! See you you at the beach. Thank you.

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VANS SHOP RIOT Sunday

Albert Roeterdink_ Bs tailslide.

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JACOPO CAROZZI / Frisco Shop _Italy.

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Fs ollie transfer.

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How many times did you participate in the Italian Shop Riot finals and how many times did you win? I think this is the fourth time. We won three years in a row with Contest skateshop which then unfortunately closed down, and this year with Frisco! What’s your overall impression of this contest? Did you enjoy the format? And what about the fact that there were lots of “side activities”? The contest was dope! I like the fact that a whole team participates rather than just a single skater! When we won with Contest skateshop there weren’t any side activities yet, at least not that I can remember. But this year the pork BBQ and surfing kicked ass! The format has always been the same! So we’re surfers now? Come on you know it too, we’re the longboarders of surfing, haha! Anybody can sell boards, but few shops can consider themselves real skateshops. What are the requirements for a skateshop in

order for it to consider itself as such? It definitely has to be supportive and know what it means to ride a skateboard! Whether they’re good or not it doesn’t matter! The important thing is not to use it as a means to make money! Who impressed you the most during the contest? Jarne and Phil that as always use a skateboard in a different way! Why the hell did you put a tshirt over your face for the final run? Could you see anything? I saw everybody wearing vans bandanas... and since I was already burnt by the Portuguese sun I covered myself a bit! The first trick covered my view, and for a couple tricks I had to have faith! What trick are you most proud of? I’m happy to have survived the weekend! Yeah mannn. Thanks boss!

Bs air.

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PHIL ZWIJSEN / Lockwood _Belgium.

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First of all… I have to write your last name correctly! Ahahahahah, it happens all the time. How’s DVL (Davy Van Laere)? I’ve seen some horrible photos of this big cut on his leg! Ha ha, he has sent it to everyone, DISGUSTING, HAHAHA! He’s fine now, he’s walking again.

What’ s your opinion on the “philosophy” of this contest? You skate with your friends, and you have a lot of activities on the side. I think it’s good and fun. There are lots of people from many countries, and somebody that can’t travel a lot has the possibility to skate with other Europeans because of this contest! It’s good for some new talents to express themselves and meet other guys and make connections. A really good opportunity for everybody. What’s your strategy in this contest? Just have fun, we don’t take it too seriously and we’re not doing complicated tricks, just easy tricks that we think are fun. Nothing too big or too tech… so, well.. fun is our strategy, AHAHAHAHAHA! Everybody can sell skateboards or shoes... but what does it take to be a “real” skateshop, and how important is it for local scenes? a brief glance

Good. Big ups to DVL!! What do you think about the level of skateboarding today? The level is pretty high, it’s tight... hey, (talking to Jarne Verbruggen) have you found your shoes? (Jarne) No, I forgot them at the camping… hahaha. Ok, get back there! Ok... I think the level is pretty high, I know a lot of these guys, I’ve seen them while traveling around Europe. It’s gonna be a good contest.

I think a good skateshop is really important, I know my local skateshop is really important for me, and I learned today that it’s really important for all the guys here. It’s a kickstart for anybody trying to build a “career” in skateboarding, and maybe travel and skate more. I’m not a shop owner, but I know a lot of them, and they try to survive while trying to help skateboarding to grow in their countries, which is good, you know! As you said: everybody can sell a skateboard, but the real difference is whether they do something for the community of local skateboarders. I believe in skateshops. Thank you… your double smith grind with Jarne on the big rail is definitely one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen in my life! Thank you, we got lucky hahaha!! Jarne was pushing me from behind during the grind... so funny, haha!

Stale fish transfer.

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Theodoros Michairas_ Caballerial.

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Danny Galli_ Fs noseblunt pop in.

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JON HORNER / artist - designer

Hi Jon, what comes first for you, art or skateboarding? Oh, art, I’ve been drawing since I was a baby, since I was like two years old, and started skateboarding when I was thirteen, I guess?! So I’ve been drawing ever since I was tiny. In your works, there are a lot of references to pop culture, I’ve seen some of your comics, where you put, for example, The Beatles in these like “Scooby Doo” situations... How important is pop culture to you, and why did you choose to follow this path? It’s massive, yeah, you’re right. All I do is just take things and put them with other things, and see what comes out the other end. It’s just what I like, what I enjoy, I try to make things out of the things I like. Put this with that and see if it works when you change it a bit... In your work, like in the “Where’s” board series for Clichè skateboards for example, and in previous works, you used a lot of

skateboard icons, and icons in general, like Alva, Charlie Chaplin... for you, is art about finding the right icon for the right work? Yeah, it’s just that I like putting in little extra things that some people won’t even notice. Because all the things I like, things like the Simpsons, have all these little extra things

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going on. And if you understand it, you do, and if you don’t, it’s fine. You can enjoy it anyway, but if you find that little extra thing it’s like a little extra treat, and I love that. That’s what I like, so that’s what I like to make. You make very ironic work, too. Yeah, definitely. You’ve worked with John Rattray too, on the “predatory bird” board, not all skaters are dumb. Look at John, for example, he is so smart. He’s amazing, my work for him is one of the favorite things I’ve ever done. We did about a year’s run in Thrasher of a full page comic, which was kind of based on his childhood, but then had these mad things going on on the side as well. That was great, just working with him. Cause he wrote it, then sent it to me, and I made it into a comic and sent it back to him. We just worked together quite recently, cause he’s working for Nike now, and he did a project for Skatemental, for a shoe they did. So I was working with him again, and that was really cool. It’s been a while, since the predatory bird stuff. Ok, thank you very much Jon! Thanks guys.

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Duarte Pombo_ Fs bluntslide.

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Jarne Verbruggen & Phil_Double galore.

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Phil Zwijsen_ Fs 180 to switch nosegrind transfer.

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Petros Pavlos Emmanouilidis_ 360 flip.

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Daniel Jenks Franques_ Switch fs kickflip.

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Alexander Risvad / Circus Circus _Denmark.

What do you think about this contest? I think it’s good, the park is great. Everybody skates so good, so it’s hard to say who’s gonna win. What do you think about the format of the event? It’s absolutely fun! It’s fun to skate with your friends, so it’s definitely a good way to do a contest. Less pressure for sure.

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What’s your plan for today? There’s a lot of good skaters around. Just have fun! Ehheehe, no tactics at all, it’s hot today, so it’s hard for me to skate…watch my skin, hehehe. I’ll just try some tricks and if it happens it happens. I’ve seen you skate... and you’re on Flip skateboards. I know you can skate! Thank you. Hope so! Hahahaha.

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Jiri Bulin_Bs tailslide.

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Albert Roeterdink_ Fs feeble.

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KIRILL KOROBKOV / Vans Russia TM How are you Kirill, finally we see each other in person ha ha! Yeah.. we don’t have to use fb chat ha ha ha Why are you here? I came here with the Russian guys from Destroy skateshop in Moskow. What do you think about the contest’s format? I really like the format, not only because it’s collective, but also because it looks like a skate camp, where you’ve tons of side activities, something you can’t find in normal competitions. They’re gonna take us to surf this afternoon, you’ve time to chill with other skaters , BBQ. It doesn’t feel like a contest, and that’s my favourite part about the Shop Riot. To me, it’s also important the “team work” because you can’t win with just one good rider, but all the riders are important. It’s a total different approach. How’s the skate scene in Russia? Or in Moskow, ‘cause Russia is so big… It’s going good, I mean, it’s different: the main cities, obviously, are Moskow and S. Petersburg, but there are some other cities where skateboarding is growing. In a lot of cities, people are still struggling . Skateboarding is expensive in Russia and it’s getting more expensive. There’s a lack of indoor skateparks, and you know.. in Moskow the climate is hard. So, skateboarding is growing, but it’s hard to be a skateboarder in Russia. I remember a Miky Vucovich’s photo in an old TWS. You guys were skateing in the 80’s, during the cold war?? I remember that one, it was from the late 80’s. It was shoot during the “Perestroika time” (editor note: open your history books kids). It

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was a transition period, between Communism/ Soviet Union, and the modern Russia. There was no skate culture in Russia back then, just few people use to skateboard at the time and you couldn’t buy skateboards from the US. Skateboards were made by, I think, military factories (that’s funny uh?) . Military factories produced civil goods and they produced skateboards too, but they made something relate to what skateboarding was in the 60’s or the 70’s. Basically they didn’t know what they were doing, but kids wanted to skateboard, so they used what they had at the time. Russian skaters were 20 years behind what was goin’ on at the time… It was hard to be a skateboarder Definetly! There were no ramp plans, no infos, no magazine, but , I know that a lot of people were doin’ slalom and stuff like that. Kids who had some informations started to try street skateing, and that’s when Miki’s came … So, a good skateshop is crucial for the scene. In your opinion , it’s still possible to survive in this kind of economy as a “core” skateshop ? It’s hard for big cities like Moskow ‘cause rents are so expensive! If you want to open a skateshop in a good place, like city center or downtown, it almost doesn’t make any sense, because rents are so expensive that you’re not making a living out of it. So, you’ve to be active and sell some street wear and stuff like that to survive . You can’t survive selling just decks and skate shoes Yeah..everywhere’s the same. Hey Kirill happy birthday !! Hope to see you in

Moskow one day. Thank you, you’ve to come to Moskow. Just give me a call whenever you want!

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Pedro Roseiro & Gabriel Ribeiro / Bana _Portugal.

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Bs smith grind.

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You’re locals here. Yeah, we are from Lisbon and we skate here, so yeah, we’re locals, hehehe.

Gabriel are you proud of your tricks? I ‘m proud of that flip bs smith down the big rail, I’m really satisfied with that one...

So, you’ve just won the Vans Shop Riot 2016… did you expect it?? Well... we know the park and we know how these guys skate…

How old are you?? 15...

The evil twins (Gustavo and Gabriel Ribeiro destroyed the park)! Yes, hahaha, Gabriel and Gustavo skate really well, and that’s our skatepark, so we talked and decided to do basic tricks first... you know, just to keep the flow and get some points, leaving the hard stuff for last.

Oh my God !! HAAHAHHAHAHAHAH! See you next year!! Hopefully. Did you have fun here in Portugal? A Lot! Obrigado! I’m happy, thank you for coming.

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Superfinal_ BANA (Portugal) vs TITUS (Germany).

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Yannick Schall_ Salad grind fs out.

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Gustavo Ribeiro_ Kickflip fs boardslide.

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Patrick Rogalski_ Bs smith.

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Pedro Roseiro_ Bs tailslide.

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Jost Arens_ Bs overcrooks.

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VANS SHOP RIOT 2016_Lisbon