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But how on earth can one of the world’s most noted vert contests be held at Bryggeriet Skatepark, in the small town of Malmö, in the midst of coldest winter? It will host the world’s top riders at the moment and the greatest legends of yesteryear. It draws full houses and attracts tens of thousands to follow the event over the internet. The recipe behind the Vert Attack success is written by Bryggeriet, the non-profit skateboarding organization of Malmö. With its many active members and deep roots in both the vibrant skateboarding scene(s) of Malmö and in city hall, Bryggeriet has achieved some amazing feats in its 15 year history. Vert Attack is one of those things, that make Malmö a great place to skate. In the last couple of decades, the trend towards higher and faster vert ramps has separated much of vert skateboarding into a sphere of its own. At Bryggeriet Skatepark, this never happened. And with the explosion of new concrete parks, pools and bowls, the Bryggeriet vert ramp has come to prove popular with skaters from all over the map. Vert Attack gathers all types of rippers and legends. Add to this mix a healthy dose of everyday skateboarders of all levels and ages – the comp is free and open to everyone, with 100+ participants – then, rinse out VIP areas and other elitist bullshit, and you’re back to skateboarding basics. Devoted skateboarders want to get together, have a good time and skate. In this respect, Vert Attack is by now a gathering point for many who may not care much about other large skateboarding events. Behind the grand-stand, the cameras and the vertical action, some of the best bowl sessions of the season take place during these days. And the street-course is packed most of the time. Vert Attack is made up of all the skateboarders getting involved, in the ramp, out in the skate park, in the stands and behind the counters. The wheels keep on rolling and next year’s Vert Attack weekend is already in the making, as you read this. Who’s coming? What will be the theme? What will happen to the ramp? What will you bring to the mixture? Cover artwork by Jacob Ovgren 2
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Vert Attack sets its own standards. While other contests attract stars with large amounts of prize money, Bryggeriet use its meager funds to make the most out of the event, and to support the attendance of both pros and riders past their heyday and outside the limelight – many of which become Vert Attack stars in their own right.
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Jocke Olsson, Japan air roof bash, 1998 / Photo Nils Svensson
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TOM PENNY AND THE 540 When Bryggeriet Skatepark opened up in 1998 Tom Penny was staying in Copenhagen and came over regularly to skate with the danish crew. He was hanging out in the danish capital, building the bowl in Christiania and skating as good as ever. This was during the time when nobody knew what Toms was up to. This photo was taken at Bryggeriet Skatepark in the autumn of 1998 by Justin Ashby from England. Tom and our danish friends used to come over with the speedboats every week and this particular time Tom was determined to do a 540 for the fist time ever. Warming up on the boat trip over with a couple of bottles of wine and then numerous of danish malt beverages, it was pretty hard to believe he would be able to skate at all but as we all know, Tom Penny is not a normal person and he possesses a talent for skateboarding that no one else can match. Needles to say, Tom put this 540 down after some nasty slams and it was one of the raddest things that ever happened here in the history of Bryggeriet. I might add that he was not wearing the shoes advertised in the photo. The sheer weight of those boots would probably have stopped him halfway.
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VERT ATTACK WINNERS
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“ VERT ATTACK IS FUN BECAUSE OF BRYGGERIET’S CENTRAL HEATING AND SLIPPERY MASONITE. “
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Name: Jocke Airways Airlines Olsson Born: 1971 10 23 Hometown: Stockholm
Name: Steve Caballero Birthday 1964 november 8 Homtown: San Jose, USA
“Vert Attack is the vert war gathering the fun to see and skate together with friends”
VERT ATTACK 2 Name: Bo Warberg Larsen Year of birth: 4/4 1976 Hometown: Copenhagen “Vert attack is avesome, just love it. Europas Best Vert contest”
VERT ATTACK 3 Name: Jussi Korhonen Born: 1975 Hometown: Bounds Green, London “Vert Attack is fun because of: Bryggeriet’s Central heating and slippery Masonite. The absence of the European minirampism. No scooters or mountain bikesonthe ramp while you skate. Stan’s neutral accent, John of course, Surprise American guests, and the Swedish hospitality.”
VERT ATTACK 4 Name: Andy Scott Born: In the seventies. Hometown: Bolton, England, UK
VERT ATTACK 5 PRO/AM Name: Jake Andersson Born: 10/06/1994 Hometown: born in Hamilton, New Zealand and living in Cornwall, England. “Vert Attack is an awesome competition, purely because it does not have the competitive ambience that you’ll find at other events, instead it’s a gathering of friends having a massive party on a vert ramp”
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“VA is fun because it’s the only vert competition in Europe!!! Brings vert skarers together in the Dark winter. Bryggeriet got soul”
VERT ATTACK 7 PRO/AM Name: Stewart A M Beckett (Sam) Born 1992 Hometown: Norwich, UK “VA is always a crazy mix of different skaters. It’s sick to see so many people so passionate about skating, especially vert skating. It’s not about money, it’s just a sick session where everyone is going off. It is real skateboarding and a true pleasure to get to skate with so many shredders”
VERT ATTACK 7 JUNIOR
Name: Ben Hatchell Born: 1990 Hometown: Manassas Virginia
Name: Evan Doherty - aka “Big E” Birthday: February 5, 2003 Hometown: Valley Center, California
“Vert attack kicks ass because the location could not be better and it bring out all kinds of people from everywhere”
“Vert Attack is fun because I love to skate vert, and I have never been to a competition where there have been so many Vert skaters. 100!!!! That is so AWESOME!! Vert is definitely NOT dead in Malmo!”
VERT ATTACK 6 AND 7 MASTERS Name: Nicky Guerrero Born jan. 1968. Home town Copenhagen.
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Name and age? Henry Forsnor and I’m 15 years old. SKATEMALMO.SE
Board set up? 149 indys, bones reds, 56 spitfire and a 8,25 3D deck. Why do you like to skate vert? I like it cause you feel free as a bird haha, no but it’s a great feeling to skate big stuff, it feels like you can do nicer stuff in a vert than on a little curb. How often are you hanging out at Bryggeriet Skatepark and why is that so enjoyable? I’m there almost every day they are open. It’s great cause there’s always friends you can skate with and even if you are hurt or don’t feel like skating you can always annoy Pekka that works in the café.
Frontside Stalefish / Photo Ramin
Who do you usually skate with? I usually skate with whoever is there at the moment but since Kalle Berglind, Douglas Meurling and Sam Prabert usually are there I skate the most with them.
What other spots do you usually skate? I usually skate the most at Bryggeriet Skatepark and at Stapelbäddsparken becasue it is not too far away and it’s where everyone is.
Favourite trick and why? FS Slash cause it sounds sick on the Vickin Blocks and it’s easy.
How does it feel before VA8? Who’s going to win the juniors? It feels good, thinking how good it was last year it can only be better this year. I think Mats Hatlem wins again but who knows, there might be some Japanese wonderkid showing up.
Top 3 favorite skaters? Ben Raemers, Sam Becket and Oski. Your best Vert Attack memory? Ohh when Mattias Nylén jumped up on the wall at VA 4, that was so sick! Balls to the Wall!
Final words? I want to thank Bryggeriet for keeping this awesome event alive.
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COPING MECHANISM A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MALMÖ, SKATEBOARDING AND CONCRETE.
this array of radness in a documentary film.
Coping Mechanism is a documentary about the unique skateboarders of the Swedish city of Malmö and how they build their community and spots on their own terms and with their own hands, all with a special support network from a city that sees the social value that a strong skater-run scene has to offer.
I believe other skate scenes around the world could learn a lot from the scene here, as despite the size of the city they have managed to create a skate scene here that punches way above its weight and is producing a growing list of skater-designed parks and DIY spots and a range of very talented skateboarders that span a large social and age spread.
Directed by Philip Evans and shot in a combination of HD and vintage Super 8, Coping Mechanism stars John Magnusson, Emma Lindgren, Pontus Alv, Mattias Hallén, Will Taylor, John Dahlquist, Dave Toms, Daniel Grönwall, Daniel Håkansson, Oskar Rozenberg Hallberg, Fernando Bramsmark, Gustav Edén, Jacke Ovgren and many more.
However, despite the scene growing in its accessibility it has managed to retain its integrity without becoming diluted or lame – old bastards, girls, DIY heads, park builders and street skaters all push their groups and agendas here in growing numbers, all to the benefit of the scene as a whole.
Phil Evans came to Malmö with his super8 camera about seven years ago and he has burned several miles of film on the subject since then. In many of Phil’s movies there has been a connection to Malmö in one way or another so it was inevitable that Phil was going to make a full length movie about the skate scene in Malmö.
The people at the heart of the scene here have put in the hard work and made the right decisions to foster a unique relationship with the city council who understand the true social benefits that skateboarding has to offer. Together they have pioneered a skate paradise in an unlikely location. This is something I have tried my best to represent, analyse and celebrate in Coping Mechanism.
Here Phil explains a little more about his latest project, Coping Mechanism.
Coping Mechanism is available on DVD at skatemalmo.tictail.com or as a downloadable digital edition at vimeo.com/ondemand/copingmechanism
- The Malmö scene is quite unique to me in a variety of ways, such a variety that I felt compelled to try represent
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To provide a growing and nurturing skate scene you need a good foundation to build on. In Malmö we are lucky to have some great skatepark builders around making sure the ground work is solid, giving the skaters the opportunity to have fun and grow as skateboarders.
DAVE TOMS CONCREATURES SKATEPARKS Name, age and where are you from? Dave Toms, I’m old enough to know better. How did you start Concreatures? Concreatures started out as a fun thing, and then we have evolved over time to where we are today. Tell us about your crew. Who is in it and what is their role? Our crew is made up of a tight knit group of people who live, eat and breath skateboarding and its lifestyle. Everyone has a vast amount of experience in building
skateparks and are great skatepark craftsmen. They rip. How do you prefer to work when building a skatepark?Planning, construction etc.. What is the best way? We enjoy all aspects of making a skatepark come to life. But when the truck backs up and the concrete is on, that is my favorite part of building a skatepark. It’s always nice to have a little freedom in the park design as you are building, I think these skateparks always turn out the best. Top 3 skateparks you been involved in? Why did those skateparks turn out so good? There are too many to mention. Every park I have been a part of has a special meaning. But here is a few that come to mind. Stapelbäddsparken – It was my first time building in Europe and to be a part of such an amazing fun park was a fantastic experience. I learnt so much on that build. Sibbarp – I think it’s a park that
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opened so many peoples eyes in Europe. It showed it didn’t have to be big to be fast and fun and it suits everybody from the tranny skater to the street skater. It’s a great park. Amsterdam pool project – it was a volunteer project. It was good times with great people and the pool is super fun and challenging. Miktor and Molf – those guys are crazy! The Basque Country – Living and working there building skateparks was an experience I will remember for the rest of my life. The country is beautiful, the people are friendly, parks are rad and so many gnarly skateboarders come out of there. Good times for sure. Jönköping – it was a fun park to build and it turned out great! The bowl is super fun! Whats the future goal for Concreatures? We would love to keep building, having fun and contribute to the amazing skatepark scene, both here in Malmö and Sweden. Cheers!
Will Taylor and crew at Stapelbäddsparken / Photo Nils Svensson
BRYGGERIET SKATEPARK CONSTRUCTION Name, age and where are you from? Willie Taylor, Curmudgeon, Virginia Tell us about the Bryggeriet construction crew. Who is in it and what is their role? Bryggeriet Betong Crew is kind of like the A-Team of concrete. I don’t mean that we are the most professional. Its more like we are low budget and borderline retarded, but in the end we pull off something amazing. The cast and crew is; Enrico P. as B.A. Baracus because he is a big ugly bad ass, James Woodpusher Robinson as Howlin Mad Murdock for the obvious reasons, and Jmag as Faceman because he works magic getting these projects lined up. That leaves me as Hannibal, because I love it when a plan comes together. We also got D-boy, but he is more
like Silent Bob from the movie Clerks. He is so on point he doesn’t even need to speak. Par Mag and Linus Stewart also make special celebrity guest appearances form time to time. How do you prefer to work when building a skatepark?Planning, construction etc.. What is the best way? The best way is relative to who you ask. You have to have some kind of plan when you are dealing with cities and budgets, but, I think it is just as important to leave room for inspiration and spontaneity. Projects turn out best when you find the middle ground where the world of logic, rules, measurements, and budgets meets the world of art and creative freedom. That is what skateboarding is anyway, that weird world where the rational and irrational meet. Also, I think it is important to get a feel for the community where you’re building. Its good to get to know the skaters, and become familiar with the surroundings and local customs. Then just go for it and remember to have fun.
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Top 3 skateparks you and Bryggeriet been involved in? Why did those skateparks turn out so good? My top 3 would be the Stapel addition, Åkarp, and Falkenberg. We did Stapel and Åkarp without any plans. Stapel turned out weird and fun. Åkarp is more simple but still really fun, plus it has a super fun slappy curb. Falkenberg is also a lot of fun. Ben Schroeder was involved during the beginning of the project. He had some really good design changes and we ended up way off the plans. That left me with a lot of creative freedom to finish the park. There are some really good lines there and the brick bank is one of my favs. Whats happening for 2014? More radicalness! 5/4 pipes and quantum skating? Ragnarok?
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Christian Hosoi / Photo Jonas Adolfsson
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STAN POSTMUS Name, age, hometown, family? My name is Stan Postmus, I’m 38 and I live in the city of Amsterdam with my lovely girl Misja, daughter Rosa and son Lieuwe. Board set up? I’m a total gear nerd. I’ve been riding this lovely 8,25 Flip P2 shape with a 14,25 wheelbase for a while now, good stuff! I’m riding these hollow 149 Independents stage 11 with medium Bones bushings. Top it off with some Bones SPF wheels somewhere in between 54 and 56mm, some Swiss Bones bearings to spice it up and then it’s go time! I just finished this Rietveld style gripjob cause I was bored... How come you got into announcing? How long have you been doing that? I started organizing events around 2002 because I felt like my scene was getting boring and it could use a little more action. Amsterdam didn’t have an indoor park, there
were no decent outdoor places and we were getting kicked out everywhere. The locals built a sweet indoor miniramp so my friend Benny from Ben-G skateshop and myself organized a kick-ass session inviting all the rippers from all around. We had no budget and no experience but somehow we pulled it off, the session was legendary! Throughout the years the events I helped organize got bigger and better and this has led me to the point where we are at today! How many Vert Attacks have you been doing? Do you like it? I’ve been a part of Vert Attack since the 4th edition. I’ve got the best seat in the house to witness all the action, how could I not like it? I love it when the skating gets crazy and the crowd goes apeshit, it’s the best feeling to be a part of that, even when you’re just the cheerleader, haha! Whats special about Vert Attack? Why do you think people keep coming back? 17
“ SOME PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH TO FEEL CONNECTED TO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES, WE GO TO VERT ATTACK! “ Easy, everybody comes back to Vert Attack because they miss hearing my voice all day. Peoples, I sell motivational tapes for your walkman, meet me in the parking lot. It could also be because when the session heats up we all share in the excitement when someone does good. Sports have opponents, teams, winners and losers but skateboarding doesn’t work that way. Even when you don’t like Dickie Dillweed’s style or character you’ll scream and stomp your feet when he suddenly sticks that one unbelievable trick, barely hanging on… some people go to church to feel connected to something bigger than themselves, we go to Vert Attack!
What do you think is the future of vertskating? Vertskating will never be as accessible as streetskating plus it can be more intimidating. But with the skating culture being bigger and more accepted nowadays it’s becoming possible to create better facilities with every aspect of skating represented in the terrain. As long as there is a good variation in the terrain then more and more kids will grow up being exposed to vert skating. Kids who really love skating will understand that vert is awesome and there’s no reason to limit yourself to just one type of skating.
Hows the work to get a new skatepark going in Amsterdam coming along? It’s a been long process so far and there’s lots more to do in the next few months. I am committed to making people understand the true value of good skating terrain so I’d like to believe the question is not ‘if’ but more ‘when’ it will become reality in my hometown. I’ve convinced the right people and now I have support from all major political parties but there will be some big council structure changes and we’ve got elections coming up in March. Never
waste a good crisis! Plan for 2014? The Amsterdam DIY scene has really picked up lately; we built an awesome pool two years ago and now we have a really sick DIY park as well! Really looking forward to designing and building more obstacles for the park this spring. You can check out www.skatemates.nl and see how you can be a part of our project! Apart from that I’ll be building some more concrete skateparks around Holland and hopefully I can stay in one piece so I can do more skateboarding! Last words? To those who have supported me, inspired me, built with me, snaked me or bought me a drink: thanks for making it such a fun ride!
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Top 3 favorite skateboarders and why? I never really look at it like that, there’s so many dimensions to skateboarding that I can’t name just three skaters that I appreciate most. Apart from obvious greats like Gonz, Blender or Hawk I really like the oddballs, the misfits that some people don’t even consider to be a part of skateboarding. How could you not love a guy like Todd Falcon? I also really like that one cocky kid snaking me and doing every trick that I would love to do and who is making it look easy. Thanks for the inspiration you little prick.
ended up being some of the best times. Taking the ferry talking tales, enjoying the moonlit castle of Hamlet and joking around with the notorious Swedish customs trusting the red eyed driver from Amsterdam bringing back a van filled with excited skateboarders coming back from Copenhagen… needless to say we had lots of fun, thanks again John!
Best memory from Vert Attack so far? That’s a hard one, how do you narrow it down to just one best moment? Here’s a personal story I will always remember: the day after VA7 John Magnusson threw Ffej, Hosoi, Cab, Josh Stafford, Tom Boyle, Jason Haley, Fred Ferrand and myself in the van to go skate some secret concrete when our van decided to break down. Being the trooper that he is John insisted on taking care of the broken down van leaving me in charge of showing the guys around. We ended up skating the snowy Faelledpark in the freezing cold, enjoying the city of Copenhagen having drinks and food and playing chess before skating the indoor park seeing Evan Doherty blowing all of our minds on the indoor vertramp. When driving back I took a wrong turn and ended up going back to Malmo through Helsingor! What could have bummed some guys out
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“VERT ATTACK HAS SOUL AND ENERGY”
Frontside tailgrab / Photo Eric Hendrikx
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Name, age, how long you been skateboarding? Neal Hendrix. 40. 28 years or so. Turned pro in 1991
Top 3 vertskaters all time for you? Man, I don’t think I could ever narrow it down to 3 but I will try. Mike Frazier, because I spent many years traveling and skating with him and I have seen him do a million things that would blow peoples minds. Monster slams every session. Monster tricks every run. He is a beast, always will be. Hawk, because I have seen him do so many amazing things away from the spotlight. On tour he would always rip even under some of the worst conditions on terrible ramps. It’s amazing that someone has been that good, for that long. Besides, anyone that has ever made a living from vert skating has Hawk to thank for the opportunities and exposure that he brought to vert skateboarding. Last one, Jimmy Wilkins. He’s a new guy, but he has some new tricks and has brought some much needed excitement to vert skating in 2014
Sponsors? Elephant Skateboards, Vans A lot of guys help me out. Thunder, Bones Swiss, Type S, 187 pads Decribe your board set up! Riding a custom Elephant Shape, it’s 8.25 wide with 14.75 wheelbase. Thunder 149 lows, 58mm Type-S Bucky Lasek wheels, and Bones Swiss bearings You work for Woodward. Describe your job! Yeah man, I love my job and I get to work on some cool projects. I am the Brand Manager for Camp Woodward. We have 4 Camps in the US, including 2 at Mountain Ski resorts. I help with marketing and strategic planning. Work with getting teams and pros to the camps and planning events. Overseeing some content creation and web and print ads. Helping design skateparks and overseeing the construction process. Helping oversee clothing and apparel lines. Lots of fun stuff. Raddest thing seen on a skateboard? Man, there are so many. Bob doing the fakie 5-0 kickflip out on the elevated rail at X Games in San Francisco was all time for me. Seeing Pedro Barros when he has eye of the tiger is always amazing. Mike Frazier doing a padless cab blunt backside revert on a gnarly metal ramp in the 90’s is up there Whats special about vert attack. Why do you think people keep coming back? It’s just raw and fun. For me, I skated a ton of the “arena vert” big contests
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for a lot of years, and while a lot of those contests had great ramps and great paychecks, they didn’t have any soul. Vert attack has soul and energy. How do you see the future of vertskating? Any special direction you predict? Vert skating has definitely evolved and will continue to evolve. Vert skating takes a lot of shapes now, there are guys that still kill it on vert ramps, now there are a ton of amazing pools and pool skating events, and even the insane MegaRamp skating is a form of modern vert skating. Who knows what it will look like to the mainstream or the skate media, but I know the underground will keep it lit and that makes me happy. I’m glad to see there are some young guys that have the same passion for it that my generation had and still has Final words? Appreciate everyone that puts their time and energy into making Vert Attack happen every year, it’s something I always look forward to and all the hard work is appreciated
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Why vert? What so special about it? I’ve always had a passion for vert skating. I am a fan of all types of skateboarding, it all gets me hyped, but for me vert skating has always had my heart. I grew up in rural North Carolina. There were no sidewalks, no good street skating by me so me and my friends built and rode ramps. At first it was quarterpipes in the driveway, then mini ramps and then vert ramps. I am a product of my environment, and my environment was ramp skating. Eventually a really good indoor skatepark opened by me and it was my first time on a perfect vert ramp and the fire was lit.
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STEFAN TOTH TOP 5 VERT TUNES
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Stefan Toth, one of the original euro bones brigade members, has been ripping on a skateboard for over three decades. Stefan loves bs 360 ollies, red wine in plastic bottles and good music. For the last few years, Stefan and his sidekick Dj Najs have provided all the vert lovers at Vert Attack with kick ass tunes carefully selected to suit and inspire the skaters. It takes a lot of knowledge to know what songs that will bring out the best out of each skater. You need to know what pushes the skaters over the edge and when to throw on Mandatory Suicide to help them to the next level. Stefan has got the right selection to blow off the roof at Vert Attack 8. Here’s five of Stefan’s top tunes.
Backside Lipslide, Höganäs / Photo Magnus Bergquist
Pentagram - Teaser. Groovy tune that I’m certain will get you inspired to long grinds and lip slides. The research tells us that 7 out of 10 vert skaters, will when listening to this song start to utilise the complete width of the vert ramp. And we like that!
Agent Orange - Too Young to Die.
find it in same second as this tune starts. Yeah!!!
Generally great song. One of the better tunes for tricks over the channel. Have also seen a bunch of pogo rocks done to this one. Don’t know why but I like it!
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge.
The Faction - Accelerate.
Olivelawn - College Volume Pedal.
This tasty piece from A reason for Living ( correct me if I’m wrong) is a classic vert tune. This will fire everyone up especially the older rippers. This tune rocks and there will be an immense amount of ripping going down when played.
Skate movie classic nr 2. From the Plan B movie Questionable. Lots of nose blunt variations in this movie part, can’t recall if I have ever seen as many nose blunts ever in any other part since then. If you lack the right skate motivation you’ll 24
Explosive skating, crazy tricks, not a song for the back and forward maraton skater. This song brings out spontaneous lines mixed with a dose of sketchiness and smoothness. Can’t get any better than that!!!
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Frontside stale / Photo Sparagna
At a time when women’s skateboarding seems bigger than ever, there seem to be fewer opportunities for girls to pursue the sport. Amelia Brodka decided to investigate further and made the documentary Underexposed. Underexposed explores the past, present and future of women’s skateboarding. It focuses on the current uprise of female skaters by featuring footage of girls ripping all over the world.
Full name, hometown, age? Amelia Brodka, Nowa Sarzyna, Poland, 24 years old.
Tell us about your documentary. Why did you decide to make it and how is the response? I made the documentary because I didn’t understand why there were fewer and fewer opportunities for female skateboarding at a time when there were more and more girls getting into it and skating at a high level. I’ve gotten a better response than I could have ever imagined!
How long have you been skateboarding? 12 years
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The film couples skate footage with interviews from the top marketing and media professionals of the skateboarding industry.
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Top 3 favorite skateboarders? Giorgio Zattoni, Daewon Song, Tony Hawk Futureplans? My plans are to continue with EXPOSURE. Exposure creates opportunities for female skateboarders while raising money for victims of domestic violence
Frontside rock / Photo Björn Handell
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OSKAR ROZENBERG HALLBERG
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GT air / Photo Nils Svensson
Sponsors: Polar Skate Co. Nike SB. Muckefuck Urethane. Age: 17 Hometown: Malmö Oskar was born and raised at the peak of skateboarding in Malmö. With a growing plethora of skateparks and continuous skateboard related happenings he’s grown up with the best possible conditions a skateboarder could ask for. Oskar has really taken advantage of it all and he has become so comfortable skating the different terrain to the degree that he’s almost one with these evolving moonscapes that todays skateboard parks resembles of. His
daily intake of backside airs and frontside ollies, speed lines dodging skaters, scooters and their parents, have nurtured him to a skater that can adapt to any given situation. Oskar skates for Polar Skate Co. and together with his sidekick David Stenström he is on a quest to influence and inspire everyone he meets on his travels around the world with his transition skills and his big smile. Oskar is without a doubt one of my favourite skaters and most certainly one of the best
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little persons I know. Under the wing of Pontus Alv you can be sure that Oski will be schooled into one amazing street rat attacking some unimaginable spots. The future sure looks bright sometimes.
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Kevin Kowalski / Photo Dave Ă–stlund
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PETER EKEN ERIKSSON Eken is a talented photographer from Malmö that is dedicated to documenting the skate scene that he loves and is a part of. With his vision and camera he helps connect this great skate scene together and inspires others to follow.
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Eken is presenting a photo show called “LOCALIZM - visitors-locals-malmö” that is showing at FIRST HOTEL JÖRGEN KOCK during the Vert Attack weekend. Here you’ll see the local heros and the returning visitors, skateboarding and music, creativity and party. This is Malmö’s skate scene.
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Kalle “Pool B” Borgström, backside smithgrind, Steppe side Malmö / Photo EKEN (above) Oskar Rozenberg Hallberg and John Magnusson / Photo EKEN (left top) Fernando Bramsmark / Photo EKEN (left bottom)
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PEOPLE
P / Emma Gustavsson
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P / Fred Ferand
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P / Fred Ferand
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THE VERT ATTACK BURRITO BOWL by Chef Najs
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I’m no Mexican but I’m a big lover of Mexican food. It basically includes everything tasty in one dish with some delicious flavours. I’m no michelin chef but I do love food and I do love to cook me a nice dinner. Here’s something I cook up for myself whenever I feel like something easy and tasty. @pfurnee
Obviously you can put in whatever you like but this is especially nice to my liking. Chorizo Red Onion Red chili Coriander Lime Mushrooms Red Pepper Garlic Rice (whatever style you prefer)
@david_ostlund
Start out by chopping the red onion and garlic finely. Sautee these gently on a medium heat for 10 min or so. You want the onion to release it’s sugars so it gets nice and sweet and caramelised. Rip up that sausage and chop up the meat and add to the onions. Also add the peppers and mushrooms and fry this up until it looks awesome and cooked. Boil the rice in veggie stock. When done mix in some coriander and a splash of lime and it is ready to go.
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Guacamole Avocado Coriander Lime Tomatoes or Salsa Salt Pepper I keep my guacamole basic. I like avocado a lot so I don’t really mess too much with this dish. Just chop it up, mush it a bit and add all ingredients until it tastes amazing. Easy. Salsa is vital. It’s not easy to find a good salsa in a jar here in Sweden so I tend to make my own. Salsa Coctail tomatoes Coriander Lime Red onion Red chili Chop everything up in fine little bits. Mix it all with some olive oil, lime juice and lots of coriander. Let it soak for a while and then add salt and pepper to taste. Nice. Fry up some corn tortillas in the juices and fats left in the pan from the chorizo mix and cut into triangles. Serv it all up with some extra lime and if you want you can add some cottage cheese to this as an alternative to sour cream. Bon Apetit!
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Vert.nu was started in 2003 as a hobbyproject (still is) by Uffe “Tailblock” Andersson and Anders “50/50” Karlsson. Back then the main purpose was obvious – where could “old” guys get their skatepics published? Nowhere! All skateboard related sites (in Sweden at least) had their readers among the early teens. After a few years playing around with crappy equipment,
Dave ”Carve King” Östlund joined in 2005 as head of photography! In order to gain some real credibility among the vert skaters Patric Putte Backlund was recruited in 2009! Later Dave decided to start up a photo site of his own and is now running the dailygrind.se where all of his fantastic work can be seen! In order to fill the gap we hooked up with Klas “the KLAS” Hjertberg. Klas is, when not behind the camera behind his sewing machine making prototype skateshorts or Spags.
Still we are very proud of being the one of the last non-commercial skateboard initiatives on the internet. (this might of course change if the price is right…) Vert Attack has always been a highlight of the year and this year we are very glad that we will have the possibility to celebrate our 10 and a half year anniversary together with all of you at VA 8!
VIKING BLOCK Grinding pool blocks is one of the greatest feelings on a skateboard. The raw sound and the tapping noice when you grind from one block to the next is unbeatable. For 5- 6 years Viking Blocks out of Malmö has provided the local parks with these amazing blocks and lately Viking Blocks have found their way out in the world to new skateparks being built. We asked John Magnusson from Bryggeriet a few questions about these special blocks. How long have you been producing Viking Block? - Since 2008. We came up with the idea when we were building Sibbarp skatepark. Who is behind Viking Block? - Vikingblocks is a local skatemalmö project by Föreningen Bryggeriet and Concreatures skateparks. We have a good cooperation with local concrete plant Sydsten AB, they help us with the production and tests with new mixes etc.. Why Viking Block? - We make the blocks mostly for our own skate scene. We like to have a lot blocks around when we’re building stuff. You can find Viking blocks on all skatepark in the Malmö area;
Stapelbäddsparken, Sibbarp skatepark, Oxie, DIY parks, Bryggeriet Skatepark, Lomma, Stehag etc. If people want to buy our blocks they are more than welcome! Viking Block future? - Keep making fun projects like the ”Blood blocks” for Vert Attack. We have been working on a new supercool thing…can’t tell more at the moment… but hopefully you will see it in the future! To order Viking blocks: johnm@bryggeriet.org
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