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Wagazine..? What’s tha t?... Well, to all of you haven’t got it yet; it’s a Warriors Magazine! A `Zine which should be just as perfectly ignorant as the Warriors themselves. A marketing too l to fuck your brain. Cause we have ambition s to take over the world, but no fucking clu e how to do it. So why do a WAGA ZINE then? Let me tell you... Cause we’ve go t so many good pictures that never get pu blished anywhere! They should be sprea d somewhere, No? And we also think that we have some sto ries to tell. Or at least so me half-way funny ones… So why shouldn ’t we put together a little nothing with which we hope to bring you the Warriors way of life a little closer? We have nothing to los e, cause if we’re wrong and nothing of the content turns out to be of interest to you.. . Well, then we at least got our ego hype and had a few good laughs while putting it together. It will for sure make our life a litt le bit more interesting and we do hope, that it will also keep you from letting your he ad bang down on the table again.

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CONTENT IMPRESSUM COME OUT TO SKATE

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WART - RISE ABOVE TOP SPOT - SHILSIDE PROJECT WUSIC - DREAMSHADE TOP SHOP - ESPERANTO

59 - 68 71 - 96 99 - 104 107 - 116

TOP DVD WARK

121 - 123 127

WARIUS COPTAIN LOG

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Cover/Backcover: Igor Fardin Bs Smiths and Monir Salihi 5-0s on a lazy Berlin afternoon. Fotos: Maag

IMPRESSUM

PUBLISHER:

Warriors Skateboards c/o The Joker Distribution Via Trevano 72 6900 Lugano SWITZERLAND

CONTRIBUTORS:

The Warriors, Rise Above, Dreamshade, Jullo, Barbara Stiner, The Concrete Kids, Garfield

PHOTO DUDE: Alan Maag

All published content in the WAGAZINE is protected by copyright. Do not copy Images or text without permission of us or the photogs.

LAYOUT AND STUFF: Pero Jurkic

CONTACT:

BIG BOSS EDITOR: Yari Copt

PHOTOGRAPHERS:

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t of our life. We alw e always been a really important par hav os vide Our os… vide rs rrio The Wa w, the moment they be show our kids one day. You kno may and on k bac look to like we things ht want to pull out th ed 10 stairs!’’ – That’s when you mig flipp er nev you and gs bon r bee about into the player. ther. And even thou friends who skated and had fun toge of up gro a as 6 199 in ted star rs Warrio ained the same. We is still together and the feeling rem ily fam the iya, iyad yad and hes and clot e footage full time. can afford not to work and produc and ey mon of lot a has or ” “Pro a one is s we have and w are the most important caracteristic ing ard tebo ska d har the and fun way. The nt. If you had good tim skateboarding is not that importa the t, righ are s vibe the If fun. e to hav s, but because you to go skate, not because of the trick t wan you e mak that os vide do do… To o? e Clip or your old homemade vide years? Will you watch some YouTub became a cult! Only per ” (Always Remember To Dare) Sem ere Aud to men “Me o vide Our first us now days that whe was 1999. A lot of skaters still tell t Tha es! selv our by it did all we player, me Out To Skate” is and “Senza Tempo 2” (2003), “Co 01) (20 po” Tem nza “Se r Afte te! out ska now. tional team. The family got bigger something, but goal. Of course, we were filming for our er nev ally actu was o vide this Making were a fact. But then d about quality so far. Dirty lenses care lly rea one No ty. shit ed film were Moris Freiburghaus ion of the team and the addition of ans exp the with And . ther toge decent production. So we de ld be to work on a new and clean cou it ing rest inte how ious obv it made hope that we ma ing for the full length Video. We do film t star then and o vide mo’ ‘pro with this do is go out and skate!!! promis. Cause all we really want to we’d ask the team some s about the making… We thought, Uhm… And to give you some fact

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tours and par ties. Those are the ways liked to film our trips, tricks, er, you don’t know anything y’ll be like: ‘’C’mon dad, you’re a loos r son’s ass. Or well… At least he secret DVD and shove it up you

pany with decks and wheels ugh it has become a skateboard com weekends or on vacation. No e always filmed after school, on the es and would like to keep it that . And we always did it for ourselv good video, first of all you need we believe that in order to make a feel it. That’s what we want to me doing the filming the viewer can And let’s be honest… In twenty u want to have fun and enjoy life.

copied from VHS player to VHS y a hundred copies were made – ch the vid to get pumped and go en they were kids they used to wat new generation and an internas the first video with the complete

had so many tricks but like 70% never really knew what it was. We we should try and get something n, eventually, we understood that really good filmer on board who s to the team, we suddenly had a ent stuf f we had so far, come out ecided to use all the half way dec bit more productive, but we can’t anage to film a bit better and be a

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, without d e rn tu re n a m ld o e h ‘’T ...’’ ra e m a c a h it w t u b n u the g GILLLES What was the best story that happend while filming? Hard to say .. there is a flood of stories I could tell about our ad ventures, perhaps one for every time we are on tour as a group... Last week for example we went filming with Geri who trie d to flip off a garage, and at a certain point an old man showed up (the owner of the garage) who tried to frighten us by pointing a stick at us like a bayonet, and when he realized that this didn’t work he threatened us and screamed he would go and get his rifle and he wouldn’t hesitate to shoot us in the ass. To avoid any risk, as the old man had this crazy look in his ey es you sometimes see in war veterans, we moved over and stood discussing in fro nt of the car before

man redriving away. After a while the old era, cam a turned, without the gun but with h. laug d goo taking pictures and having a d sse gue In the end it turned out as we had out s hap per before: a freaky old man who to feel of boredom and loneliness wanted ing putt re alive at least one more time befo his heart at rest forever. hap This is just the last of the stories that k thin I ng. pened and would be wor th telli rente and that one of the most interesting et with taining aspects of skating in the stre ting mee p friends is the fact that you kee , mad ping people, strange, freaky, hop or .. ple, friendly, funny, interested peo (I don’t stupid, mentally challenged cops.. ress exp ld find other adjectives that wou of ple peo , something different), any way con t ren various types in continually diffe tain cer in , texts, leading to incredible and ch just cases, almost surreal situations whi te. ska by itself is wor th going out to

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What’s the hardes t and what ’s the wo rst trick in the vid (of ev er ybody...)? I don’t remember all the tricks in the video, I think it is dif fic ult to give a judgmen t since the video pa rts are so varied an d ever ybody has his way of skating, but in my opinion the abso lute hit is the kata of kung fu which Fabrizi o performed perfectly in my part, and th e second fattest trick is the ‘magnum’ (face of the conquistador) of Mar tino in the open ing shot. With resp ect to the worst part of the video I’d say th at the whole part of M ar tino is a disgrac e! That was a joke, of course: from the fir st to the last of his tri cks you just have no words! Great pony!!!

did are not in the How many Tricks you video? And why? ember ... the reaHaha! I don’t even rem ng of idiots trying to son is that we are a ga t basically prefer to work professionally, bu for the rest: on the have fun and give shit without looking at cassettes we often film erwriting tricks alwhat point they are, ov t downloaded, or ready closed but not ye well. In other catricks simply get lost as ecking the light or ses we film without ch ite, with a fisheye without balancing the wh in place. So, many that is dir ty or not well d others, some of tricks disappeared an filmed too badly to them really fat, were if we put all the lost be used. I believe that

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DENNIS GALLIC

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‘’I am convinced that exactly in those moments one gets the chance to grow and improve...’’ lousy for tricks and those that were filmed another e mak ost alm each of us we could has joiis Mor , tely tuna Warriors video. For filming at d han a give ned us recently to he lost n eve that Pity more professionally. Sithe of k ban the on my 360flip to fakie ited exc lly rea had that grino dam, a trick a gome. However, the reaction is usually in that r othe h eac ind od laugh and we rem lly rea ’t can we and rs the end we’re Warrio ortant is expect anything else, what’s imp rest, as the for and fun, skating and having !! ’ care Julien says ‘I don’t st thing What’s the best and what’s the wor rt? opa vide when filming for a tration The worst is cer tainly the frus not can trick a , son rea r when, for whateve g tryin are you that s be closed: it happen

’re when you t s ju , n e and th d off and something e it, you get chase , or it los pty hands m e about to c h it w an d to leave our board y k you have a re b an that you is a great h ic h happens w , e tour pare on you’re on n e h have no s w y ll an b e especia pot, or it c s e noyance, th to to tr y ot return nergy left e y and cann n a e v tr y it, on’t ha the guts to me that you d v a h ’t n you do era is e again, or of the cam h expecry e tt a b e hig or that th en I have ’t eneral wh g an d I d o n k In . ic .. tr ty a p to t c o e kind f h resp e I feel a s e tations wit th g n ti mee feeling of succeed in combined with a e feel es s h makes m w.. ic nervousn h w , lf e s llo st my unlucky fe guilt again bsolutely a n a d n a useless 24

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ur frued to manage yo But as you get us anam to ed u also get us strations in life yo ced in nv co ing, and I am ts ge those in skat ge e on ts ose momen d that exactly in th an e, ov pr grow and im nthe opportunity to se e tiv ga ks to these ne in particular than e more ed tricks becom timents the clos feeling d we me a rene valuable and give , one ct fa In d capable. of being alive an hen I w is ts tiful momen of the most beau g in in rn bu t ith the swea conquer a trick w and g llin fa s, ing my fear my eyes, overcom mre st la e th down to of getting up until I’m ng ki in th y d am alread et nant of energy an fe y m ith w find myself ld giving up, then I co e ic an n ady to dow on the board, re n. beer in celebratio make st moments apt to be In any case, the me forget even the frustration of a missed trick are thos e spent amon g us, bullshitting, or on to ur in Lugano, drinking beer partying and , looking at the bright side of things around us and life in ge neral. How hard is to film for a vide o part if you work or go to school? Well, this is a real problem: I go to scho ol, I work, I w ant to skate, I like drawing, want to go ou I t and meet gi rls, and all this takes up mor e than the tim e available in 24 hours, co nsequently it involves a lo of sacrifice. T t he main prob lem is to find the time to do it all and do it well. When you dedicate more attentio n to one thing, another one is neglected, therefore you have to split th e whole in diff erent periods

fore all e b y it r io r p y m l ra ‘’In gene ting’’ a k s n o n e e b s y a else has alw 25

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‘’The slice funeral o drow of my b f anoth ra er ne d in be in that w big er.’’ ill be g well and the rest

e thin in which you do on nction ng priorities in fu gi not so well, chan geneIn t. of the momen of the necessities ways al s ha fore all else ral my priority be e of ag nt va I try to take ad been on skating, we ho t bu g, to go skatin ever y spare hour or t sh ry ve es it is really it ver the time pass g, in m fil go if you want to t and, in particular ge to d ire qu continuity re e doesn’t allow the th e, pl am ex board. For confidence on the af ter o part was filmed de last trick on my vi le to ab en be ch I hadn’t two weeks in whi lem, ob pr g bi d, another touch the board an the in as w g been skatin to the last time I had nt sa ea pl wasn’t very park in Lugano. It cm 0 (4 rk pa e st rail of th pass from the fatte mes to a ledge that co ) ng high and 1 m lo ek we o tw a r 19 steps af te up to my hip with k! ol and wor break due to scho

Are you h appy with

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art? I am hap p y with the video in g all video p eneral, I li arts exce ke p t mine, or part in the rather my video I ha v e tricks are with Denn old is: Many them exce and it was hard to d istinguish pt by the dif ferent s they were pots where taken, an d m I c an d o w ere not film any of those that ed ... all in case as w all in this ell I had h ig my video h expecta part whic tions for h I didn’t realize, a achieve to t least no t complete I never ma ly. Any wa naged to y, film a part even if I a that I liked lwa , don’t think ys get a lot of comp liments. I that this is because negative, it means however, that I kee and that I p improvin will be ab g le to do a the next o lot better ne, espec in ially after ve redone they will h the street apark in Lu will learn ga a thousan d new tric no and I acquire se ks lf-confide nce. But th and will all of us, is I am sure goes for that the n video will ext Warrio be on a dif r ferent leve In any cas l! e I don’t ca re now ... I’ king forwa m just loo rd Party and to November 20 for the Toga the funera l of anoth of my brain er big that will be drowned in slice beer. 28

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YARI COPT - FS ROCK’N’ROLL

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‘Ever y tour, ev er y session, ever y day wit h the Warriors is a best Stor y ...’’

YARI d wh What was the best stor y that happen le filming?

with Every tour, every day, every session at us join t the Warriors is a best stor y... Jus tell... a par ty and listen to the stories we worst What’s the hardest and what’s the trick in the vid (of everybody...)?

What’s the be when filmin st and what’s the wors g for a vide t thing opart? The best is to mind. For m land a trick you had in e the worst y scared of s part is whe our o n I’m m e the in tr not ic are k did s you ks a Tric n sketchy. d then I do How many them video? And why? How hard is to film for a ed or work or go video part if Mhhh. some stuf f was just bad film to school? you time the landed sketchy. But I didn’t have It’s so hard to film a lot.. … good I often During the moments I c also like my an’t film. Tours help, b feel vacation an ut it’s d I would lik lax too.. If y e to ou ryday, you re really are able to skate re ach anothe eve if you just s r it around fo kind of level, but r go to the sk 8 hours and ate park for 2 hours. We then ll… Are you hap py with you r videopart? Well, it’s n ot there are so even a video part. I m m forward to fi e nice tricks, but I’m lo ean, ok lm a comple the full leng te video pa ing rts for th video. D e sp family, winte r and accid ite work, band, ents.

ue and Hard to say.. There are a lot of uniq Marof s trick l fina the all love I hard tricks! g goin shit tino and Gilles has some bad s… mer ham down. All Dino tricks are

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end whistor y that happ st be e th as w t Wha le filming? ry time ally choose. Eve re t n’ ca I h… Aha ever y tiand in general ur to tle lit a do we rs with ast three Warrio le at e ar e er th me etty sure e, you can be pr ac pl e on in s er be happen. nny is going to fu ng hi et m so that it would tion something en m to d ha I if But of vodka e disco with lots ad em m ho e th be n me Mod in Berlin. Whe ha e w s er be d an t who had cided to find ou de o er P d an ris say that ad. Needless to he er ng ro st e th we staretely pissed, so pl m co e er w e w t running which was abou e m ga is th d te en star t ch other and th ea to in st fir ad he pushing your opponent aga inst the wall without using your hands. Can you imagine it? Two guys, head to head pushing like mad? Whoever was at the wall first or stopped pushing lost. It mu st have looked like a goat fight… And believ e me, it sure sounded like one too. What’s the hardest and wh at’s the worst trick in the vid (of everybody ...)? The hardest trick is Gilles ’ “Porco dio to 50/50” down a 18 stair rail. He was rolling up to the rail for a half an hou r and started freaking out because he wa sn’t ready. He was cursing and shouting really loud and then he just jumps on the rail and does it first try. And the worst is Ma rtino’s face in the intro section.

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‘’The best part is m and finding new sp

the you did are not in How many Tricks video? And why? uess at least 10, beca Ahaha so many I gu rious. se we are not so se what ’s the worst thing What’s the best and eopart? when filming for a vid g ing around and findin The best part is mov ng eli fe inly the good new spots, and certa filmed a good trick. e u’v you’ve got af ter yo e sing the trick and th The worst part is loo line. pressure of the dead u for a video part if yo How hard is to film work or go to school? duthat easy, because Sometimes it’s not iva ot m rd to find the ring the week it is ha at th it sh d all the other tion af ter school an her hard thing is that ot life implies. And an find ound so much to you can’t travel ar to skate. new spots and stuff Are you happy with No… Ehehe.

your videopart?

moving around pots.’’

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IGOR FADIN - FLIP FOOT PLA

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KEVIN BL ASER

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‘’Just before I o llie on the rail you can hear so meone farting really loud.’ ’ KEVIN What was the best stor y that happen d while filming? One of the funnie st things that ever happened to me was while we were fil ming in Barcelona. We we re at the fat whi te rail and I was filming a line. I did it and I was pretty happy… N othing to worry ab out. A couple of weeks later, when we im ported the line to the co mputer we found out that just before I ollie on the rail you ca n hear someone farting really loud. Now, I don’t know if it was me or Yari (who was filming). Probably it was m e, ‘cause Yari neve r farts loud. However, th at shit makes us laugh ever y time we wat ch that line!

e worst d what’s th n a t s e rd a h What’s the body...)? id (of every v e th in trick down is the 50/50 k ic tr t s e rd a to the I think the h akie Ollie in F e th d n a ’s face 18 of Gilles orst... Pony w e h T . o in was pool of Mart te kiss in the intro (he re c n num)!!! after his co to do a mag g in y tr lly a actu ot in the u did are n o y s k c ri T How many why? video? And ss. Most ouple, I gue c A . w o n k our shitI don’t even because of s s le e s u re of them we ty filming.

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‘’...the feeling you ha

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thing d what’s the worst What’s the best an videopar t? when filming for a u have the feeling that yo The best thing is when st or good trick. W af ter you filmed a e of ec pi a trick because you can’t do your t of the spot! shit kicks you ou rt if you m for a video pa How hard is to fil ol? work or go to scho e I ne w hard it is becaus I can’t tell you ho been s ay w else! I’ve al ver tried anything g to in go as working or filming while I w proat th is for certain, school. But what’s ally re is no age in Luga ducing good foot od go y an m don’t have hard because we he ew m so ays have to go spots. So we alw s! ot our sketchy sp re else or accept t? ith your videopar Are you happy w and I the footage is old Not really. Most of cited ex I’m t lot better. Bu know I can do a out! g in m production co to see a Warriors

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end whist stor y that happ What was the be le filming? stories, but too many good Hard question, ber the siat when I remem there is one, th ally hard. star t laughing re tuation I always els and äf skate park in N evin in We were at the K g Elia was filmin alking af ter a barbecue w as e same time I w in my the bowl. At th er be ith a new fresh Itain towards them w id sa ed to me, and O E hand. Elia zoom TR E E IL TUO TRI TR ld ou w lian, “QUESTO is th ?!“ in English TROOOO?!?!?!

mean some thing like; “I S THIS YO T RI T R E T R UR E O TROOO O ?!?!?!?!“. Wh he actually tr at ied to say w as; “Is this yo trick “? (me o ur pening a bee r). But someth with is tongu ing e didn’t work . To me. that w a really fun as ny situation , especially some beers. after What’s the h ardest and w hat’s the wo trick in the vi rst d (of everybo dy...)?

To me, the h ardest trick o f all is Gilles’ stair 50/50 in 18 Zurich, and th ere is no wors trick! t

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do not ‘’School and work certainly help filming a video part.’’ t in the did are no u o y s k c Tri How many why? d n A video? filmed tricks are f o t lo a e aus Many, bec y. h s a tr really rst thing at’s the wo h w d n a t s be What’s the opart? g for a vide in lm fi when ith your ave fun w h to is g thin he worst The best session. T t e e tr s d o go ally like, friends at a trick you re a lm fi to y ople kick part is to tr e stupid pe s u a c e b it o and don’t d spot! e th ff o you

How hard is to film for a video part if work or go to you school? It’s always h ard to film a vi deo part for a of reasons, b lot ut school an d work certain do not help fil ly ming a video part. The mo free time for re skating and filming you h the better it is ave, for your vide o part! Are you hap py with your videopart? NO!

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GERI ry that ha What was the best sto le filming? C’MON!!! There are

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so many, too many..

rst t and what ’s the wo What’s the hardes er ybody...)? trick in the vid (of ev y e 18 and many, man Gilles 50 -50 down th others the you did are not in How many Tricks video? And why? nt ly say that I didn’t wa Freud would probab s on as at the actual re them, but I believe th are something else.

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was o e d i V s i h t ‘’Making oal...’’ g r u o r e v e n MARTINO What was the best stor y that happend while filming? Kevin farting on

a 10 stairs Fs

5 -0.

What’s the ha rdest and wha t’s the worst trick in the vid (of ever ybody. ..)?

The best one is Dennis’ Wal lride at Forum in Barcelona. The worst I do n’t know. How many Tr icks you did are not in the video? And w hy? A few tricks, pr obably becaus e of bad filming or losing the tapes.

worst thing and what’s the st be e th t’s Wha t? for a videopar when filming s, the best is the hard slam e ar st or w The it gives to you. the motivation o part if you film for a vide to is rd ha How school? work or go to ze oneself, rt is to organi pa t es rd ha The same. the rest is the opar t? y with your vide Are you happ Yes.

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RISE ABOVE The work of an artist hits you the same way a song hits you when you hear it for the first time. When you see a piece of art you instantly know who you are dealing with You almost can enter his mind at the moment he executed his opus and you travel there with him. Marcello’s style and creative decisions are, in my opinion, perfect, and I have to congratulate him on every new work coming out. I’m always a bit jealous that it isn’t for one of my productions. Marcello rocks. The first time we really met, at one of his art shows at Bastard’s in Milano, the first thing he said when he saw the Warriors enter was: HEY! AT LAST SOMEONE WITH LONG HAIR! SHIT!

WART

Tell me about your childhood. What led you to art? The usual - comics, covers of albums and books, illustrations in books and magazines... everything the illustrated popular culture consists of. Then with time many other influences crept in surreptitiously, but the first motivation for drawing came from those. Where did you’re nickname “Rise Above” come from? It’s the title of a song by Black Flag, a group to whom I am very much attached, not just musically/emotionally but also in attitude.

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You live in Rome. What is your relationship with such a major artistic centre? I love it, I have to make a great effort to remove the Romans from sight, but I maintain that in its artistic and architectural manifestations Rome offers the widest assortment of wonders of the West. Besides a discourse typical of the Accademia di Belle Arti which is pretty obvious, it is a city evocative of monsters, you don’t have to go far to find monsters, dragons, legends, ghosts, tormented souls, obscure symbolism, underground cities, archaic tombs... I have everything at my fingertips. What frustrates me most is that very few young illustrators in Rome really look around and interpret or transmit in their work the gigantic visual/cultural heritage they have underhand. It seems they are all a bit bulldozed by a sterile esoterophilia, to me it doesn’t look like they reinterpret the impulses they get from outside with what they have on hand. The common people are either attached to Rome or have this vulgar view of Rome - gladiators - Duce, or of a caricature by Alberto Sordi, or like tourists in their own city, sort of like ‘let’s go eat downtown where there are the monuments and it’s beautiful’, but they look at it like a nice frame, they don’t dig any deeper. There is so much more to it that not grasping it is really a shame.

Oil paint or Photoshop? Oil - learning how to use it is one of my great dreams. Photoshop is fast, neat and efficient, but it is an ersatz, it is not at all attractive to me. What led you to collaborate with Warriors Skateboards? Are you happy with your projects? Yari wrote me, I believe after he saw some of the stuff I did for Bastard. Yes, I am very happy! Especially because I am making skateboards, this is one of the dreams I had as a little boy come true, and also because Yari is all the time so enthusiastic and supportive of the stuff I design and gives me carte blanche, which always gives the best results.

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Did you study art in school? Yes, I went to the Accademia di Belle Arti. There are terrible people in such places, I didn’t make a single friend there. I finished the study course in a sort of autistic state mixed with disgust for all kinds of arts schools. Who’s your favorite artist? This is a complex question, I have - and I have great pain to decide on one - a representative in every field. But let’s say that if not somebody had given me a book illustrated by Gustave Doré I might have done something else!

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SIHLSIDE PROJECT This spring something strange happened in Zurich. Somebody actually started constructing something by themselves. You must know that the typical Zurich Skater would never do anything to make a spot skateable. That’s partly due to laziness, but mainly because there are really a lot of spots. If you can’t skate one, you can always move on. However, there’s something about building your own spot that the street kids don’t know about - after you built that shit you feel good. Really good. Cause you actually have built your own spot! And nobody can take that feeling from you. Responsible for this DIY Project are Nicolas Büchi and his friends. Normal guys with normal jobs who just wanted some trannies to skate. Since trannies are rare in Zurich and the skate park project had been postponed for years they thought it was time to do something by themselves. First a quarter, then a wobble was built and now a little pool corner was con71

structed. Before long rumors took their way and suddenly half the town wanted to skate it. Even though it’s just at the beginning and it’s not much more than a quarter and a corner everybody wanted to have a look. Needless to say that such a spot was exactly what the Warriors would love to skate. After all, some of them had also helped building it. So before long a couple of Sessions went down and every time the Warriors came to Zurich a quick stop was made there. It soon became the warm-up and chill-out spot, and after a while a whole bunch of pictures had been shot. The spot, the vibes and the motivation that Nicolas and his friends bring along is just the kind of thing that the Warriors love. So it was no question that we should show the pictures in the first WAGAZINE and ask Nicolas if he could help us out with a couple of his shots and maybe write a couple of words to motivate YOU to start building something by yourself. Cause we need more spots like these!!!

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option of building it near a river, fountain or anything where you can get water for free – do it. Cause you want to avoid driving to the local store every hour to get some more bottles to mix the cement. If you don’t have this option, get more water than you think you’ll need, cause you’ll use it all. The basic construction is made of wood. To find the wood is no problem. Just drive by the next construction site and ask for some old material. Otherwise you can also go directly to the headquarters of a construction company. You don’t even have to steal it, because they normally store loads of wood and don’t mind if some old pieces get traded for some coffees. Formwork panels are perfect to build the backside of quarters. The panels should be hard and massive. Under no circumstances use plywood or something like that. The stuff must withstand wind, rain and snow. And possibly dogs, drunks and children. After you have built the wooden construction (which can be at a homies garage 81

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or right on the spot), you place it where you consider it placeable and start filling it with rocks, rubble and rubbish. Whatever you find is good. Even dirt. But when using dirt you have to consider that it will settle after a while and holes with air will appear. So be sure to stomp and compress it as much as possible. Organizing a truckload of bricks would possibly be best, but you can use basically everything as long as it’s hard and stable. Next step is to attach armoring iron over the rubble and transition. Cheapest netting wire is enough for this. The stuff you keep your guinea pigs in is perfect. Just hammer in on to the tranny and make sure to not tighten it too strong. Use as many nails as you wish. More is better than less here. And now we’re ready to get the concrete. You should get Portland cement at your local DIY store and mix it with sand and gravel in a proportion of 1 : 3. Adding gravel with a max size of 5mm strengthens the resistance of the concrete drastically. 87

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After you have mixed the cement and the sand thoroughly you can add water until everything is more or less wet. It shouldn’t get to fluid though, cause if so it will keep running down the transition and you’ll have problems filling holes with it. One problem you’ll have if you are building your trannies in Europe is the form of the local trowels. Since there are only few round pools in Europe, you’ll have difficulties finding round pool trowels. You’ll need to grab a Flex and cut off those corners of the common trowels you have. Getting a round shape is crucial to form a smooth tranny. Unfortunately we noticed that way too late, so you better believe us. The coping.... Either you buy ready made Poolcoping at companies like PPC or Mystic, or you find something similar. To us it was really important to have real pool coping, even if it would be the most expensive part of the project. This winter we’ll try to burn some by ourselves, but we’re not sure yet how that will turn out 90

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. If you don’t want to use real pool coping you can always find something else, like beer cans or, something better, like a concrete lintel which is used to build the fundaments of windows. We used one of those on the first quarter. It’s quite solid and didn’t cost that much. You can always look for other stuff. The most important part is that it’s solid and that you can screw it onto the wooden construction to keep it from moving after the first couple of grinds. Last part would be the color. You can use regular outdoor dispersion, something you’ll find everywhere in any colors. In our case we just wanted a classic pool blue. Now you should have all you need to give it a first start. You’ll get better with every new move you make. If you want to read more, you can also visit these websites: http://skateandannoy.com/category/diy/ http://insearchofthemiraculous.se/blog/ So start pouring! 94

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Dreamshade are a death metal band from Ticino. They are very young, but their potential is enormous. Even before their first album was out they already had contracts with very important labels such as spinefarm, and straight off one of the big ones like Universal! I know all the members and I must say they are an almost perfect band. They have charisma, are technically the best, keep their feet on the ground, are nice guys, professional and most of all they are ambitious. They believe in the music they make and this will hit right in the face of people who go to listen to their concerts. I believe they are a good example for the youth in a small and secluded region like the italian part of Switzerland, to demonstrate that one can be successful in making good music and exporting it. Their first album What Silence Hides will be out on January 26, and it is set to dazzle! Here is a short interview with them to get to know more about them What’s to expect on the new album? Iko: The sound of the new album is something completely different from our old work and it is also innovative at the same time: it mixes several musical styles and blends them into a single one. Our sound is in constant evolution and every new song earns its modern melodeath sound, which is typical of Dreamshade. What album would you compare it to? If any? Iko: It’s hard to say, What Silence Hides is the result of the work of a band which has many influences from many different genres and bands from all over the world. We put our personal taste and love in these songs. I can state that it’s something completely new, never heard before and have to admit that it isn’t easy to compare our album to another one. 101

Are there any bands or people you look up to in the music industry? Iko: Of course there are, as already said we love every kind of music and each of us does listen to hundreds of bands everyday from which we draw inspiration. If you’d like to know what we listen to check out our website www.dreamshade.ch where you can find our single band member profiles and discover which are our most favourite bands and albums!

What is your relationship with internet? Fella: We believe the internet is a good way to introduce people to music. I mean, what’s easier than find a band you like on the internet, share it with your friends, discover related bands you may like and

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then follow them. I think everyone who knows what music is uses internet and follows his favourite bands. Am I wrong? How do you feel if your new albums get leaked out onto the Internet? Iko: To be honest we’re not scared about that. Nowadays it is a normal process that each band has to face after few days from the release (and sometimes also many days before!). It is well known that the music industry has been ruined from piracy and sharing activities, and bands must count on their live performance and merchandise to earn enough money to record new tracks and go on with their work. This is your debut album, how happened that you’re already under a Major? Iko: Yes, this is our first full-length. It was a surprise to discover that Spinefarm was interested in releasing our debut album. What happened is that some months ago our management looked out for the right label and the best ended up to be Spinefarm. They’re really concerned about us and we’re really happy about their serious and professional work.

Do you have some videoclips coming out? Fella: Yes, we just finished shooting two new videos for the songs “Eternal” and “Miles Away”. The former was recorded last week by Andrea Todaro, a young film director of our hometown who is doing a great job. We shot the latter one this week end in Wroclaw, Poland. We worked with Grupa 13, an amazing film production company. We are excited about both videos and can’t wait for them to come out. One of them is planned to be on the web for mid January 2011, so stay tuned! What do you think is the future of metal? Do you think it’ll be a little more mainstream? Fella: Well, I think young bands already understood what the future of metal is like, and I believe there are so many bands that are doing their work right. I don’t think metal will be more mainstream, on the contrary, I guess people are beginning to understand better the meaning of this scene.

So tell me about the release of the album. Fella: The new album “What Silence Hides” will be released worldwide on January 26th 2011 through Spinefarm Records / Universal Music Group. We’re planning to play lots of shows after the release date and for sure we’re doing a memorable Release Party in our hometown Lugano, Switzerland.

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Death Race 2000 is a 1975 American cult sci-fi action movie directed by Paul Bartel and starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone. The film takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national entertainment. 4 couples have to drive in a brutal cross-country car race where pedestrians are run down for points! Kill Kill Kill!

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Stand by Me is a 1986 American adventure directed by Rob Reiner. Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King. Certainly the best movie of boys hangin’ out and growin’ up along the Goonies and IT. 4 young friends set out on an adventure, they travel and go looking for the missing body of a local teenager - found by a gang of older boys. Go adventure!

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Dante 01 is a science fiction film by visionary French director Marc Caro. Deep space, at the edge of the galaxy. The future. A new prisoner arrives on top security prison ship and psychiatric research unit Dante 01. Sole survivor of an encounter with an alien force beyond imagining. The story and the acting is just ok actually... but it’s a master visionary lighty psychadelic nightmare of images. The last scene left me one complete minute breathless. Smoke and watch!

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In the Mouth of Madness is a 1995 horror film directed by John Carpenter. An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer’s books have on his fans is more than inspirational. Probably my all time favorite psychological horror movie, the line between reality and fantasy is almost indistinguishable through most of the film! Go crazy!

MONSTER

The Host ( Gwoemul - “Monster”) is a 2006 South Korean monster film directed by Bong Joon-ho. I deeply love this movie. The monster appear, hunt and act just like in my dreams! The special effects are amazing and the story is not trivial at all! The Host contains elements of comedy and drama typical of Korean movies. I must see for monster fans! Eat me one

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Grizzly Man is a 2005 American documentary film by director Werner Herzog. It chronicles the life and death of bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell spent several summers in Alaska living among and interacting with big grizzly bears! He filmed thousend of hours with his camera and the footage he shot was later found and used for this doc. The guy is completely crazy but the his interaction with nature is unspeakable! No words.. just watch it!

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The Warriors is a 1979 American cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name. What to say. Couldn’t start this Top Hot DVD without THE WARRIORS! If you’ve never seen it you shouldn’t reed this magazine... really. Tony Scott announced a remake of The Warriors, this time to be set in Los Angeles. The movie is scheduled for a 2011 release. I’m a little bit excited and a lot worried about it. Can

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Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS is a 1974 Nazi exploitation film directed by Don Edmonds. Ilsa is an evil Nazi warden at a death camp that conducts “medical experiments” to prove that woman can withstand more pain than men and therefore should be allowed to fight on the front lines. If you are easily offended, stay away...for the rest of you out there, this is an excellent example of the kind of movie they don’t dare make anymore!! Erotic is the

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CLASSIC

Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller. A futuristic post atomic western, Mad Max tells a story of breakdown of society, love, and vengeance starring the then relatively unknown Mel Gibson! Is the apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic movie that started all. And I’m thankful to that, cause I love post-apocalyptic movies! Check also the sequels Mad Max 2 (known in the United States as The Road Warrior) in 1981 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985. Eat the dust motherfucker!

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The Goonies is a 1985 American adventure-comedy film directed by Richard Donner, produced by Steven Spielberg. A band of children from the “Goon Docks” neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon, hoping to save their homes from demolition, go on an adventure to find the buried treasure of One-Eyed Willie, a legendary 17th-century pirate. The film I most watched in my life. And half of the time with the warriors family. This movie is about adventure, friendship and everything we love... THE film. 123

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The Skatepark Vanja is the only indoor skatepark in the Ticino. It is open from Wednesday through Sunday until 10:00 PM. Not just for skating, but also graffiti, parties and concerts. Register as a member of Skatepark Coperto Vanja, you’ll get 8 free drinks and a gadget as bonus, and you’ll be able to skate when and for as long as you wish. You’ll find us in Riazzino at the Via Cantonale.

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WARIUS Fabrizio the Chef presents: Chiome di sirene con salsa rubinodorata e scampi Recommended for : Impress a girl on a first date Not recommended for Peolple who wax rails Ingredients : 600 gramms Tagliatelle 600 Gramms cherry tomatoes 250 gramms prawns 2 tablespoons of Extra Virgin oil 1 clove of garlic 1 bag of saffron 3 sprigs of fresh basil To taste : salt, pepper

Cooking Instructions : To peel the cherry tomatoes, incise them and put in boiling water for 2 minutes. Now it should be easier to take off the peel. Bring to boil water and add 2 tablespoons salt. Heat the olive oil in a skillet, add garlic and cook until soft but not yet browned for about 2 minutes. Add the peeled cherry tomatoes and simmer for about 20 minutes, add the basil, season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the prawns, simmer for 6 minutes, add the saffron, remove from heat and set aside. Cook Tagliatelle “al dente”, drain well and mix with the other ingredients in the skillet. Let everything cook for about one minute. Serve in a heated plate and decorate with fresh basil. 129

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When I was going on twenty, after having gone to various school and studied more or less interesting subjects I found myself in the last year of a commercial college. A school that is rather easy and gave me time to skate and do whatever interested me most. There were very few friends at that school, most of the kids had no motivation and probably ended up doing some suit and tie job. The last year was practically a year of internship which I did in a large insurance company. My father is an insurance agent and quite passionate about his work, so I decided to give him a chance. Of course the work and the people I was working with were completely outside my range of interest. During that year I pretended to work for the office and putting in a full days work, but undercover I learned to use editing software, constructing sites, I designed and did what interested me. During that last year of internship I was supposed to write a thesis of about twenty pages to be presented at the end of the year. A work that should have been done in the course of the year, but which I decided, obviously, I would do on the last day before the final presentation. All year long I was monitored by a person responsible for the practical work and an other one responsible for the educational part. The latter was a brilliant attorney and my law professor, with whom we had a relationship of great mutual respect. In view of the fact that I didn’t submit the monthly reports for this thesis and I arrived every morning too late for work with my board, the person responsible for my work (very worried about my way of beha-

ving) considered it appropriate to convene an emergency meeting with me, my father and the educational monitor. In this meeting, after I tried to explain that I would submit the thesis on time and in perfect order, even if done at the last moment, the guy continued to say that my comportment was not admissible in the reality of the workplace and that I would never achieve anything. At which point, after a moment of silence, my professor said with a hint of a smile: LOOK, YARI IN ALL HIS LIFE WILL DO AS HE PLEASES And that is what happened. I wrote the thesis on the day and the night before the exam. I passed with good marks. Three months later, when I was 21, I opened The Joker Shop without any idea about running a business. Now, after ten years, I wake up in the morning, happy to go to work. I am doing what I like. The skate shop, the music, Warriors Skateboards and a thousand interesting projects of which WAGAZINE is the latest. It is great to be doing what you like and what you want. It takes passion and sacrifice. You don’t get rich, and you work a lot. But at night you go to sleep contented. Folks: Take a baseball bat and hit your television set in two. Then go on the internet and -instead of watching some hamster with eyes of an alien on youtube - study, create, produce. And then travel, discover, love and learn. The world is sick and life is short. Think about what you want to do when “you grow up” and then .... DO IT!

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