The 2nd stop of the European Championships Rollerblading in Rotterdam has a Spanish winner. Last Saturday, July 10th, Rotterdam skatepark "Westblaak” hosted the 2nd stop of this years European Chamionship Rollerblading tour. In 2009 The Westblaak Skatepark hosted the finals. This year Rotterdam is a premium stop, riders earn double points on this stop. The skatepark also celebrated their 10 year anniversary. Saturday was a very hot day, and therefore the amount of spectators wasn’t like last year. Nevertheless the atmosphere was great and the riders were hyped to compete. The skaters from France, the UK, Bulgari, Spain, the Netherlands and Brasil skated at their highest level. Cause of the heat the ramp was faster than ever before. Cesar from Brasil landed a perfect double backflip. The best all round skater of the day was Spanish skater Nel Martin, he owned the ramp with much style, impressive grinds and huge airs. Unfortunately for the Dutch organisation spain also won the day after….. Second place went to French skater Anthony Avella and UK skater Rich Parker claims the bronze medal. The tour has 4 more stops in Europe: Moscow date: 30-31 july, 1 august Spain 20/21 august Bulgaria 28/29 august Berlin 2/3 october Finals
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Grindhouse X-Mas Jam 2009
X-Mas Jam Hamburg 2009 filmed by Kai Schmitz & Patrick Piesik, edited by Kai Schmitz
Long time ago we had the last European Championships in Halfpipeskating but this year it happend again. After having the first stop in Mallorca and the second - its legendary - in Montana / Bulgaria the finals went down in Rotterdam the last weekend.
We have to say a big Thank YOU to the three hosts, Marco Jara for Bulgaria Nel Martin for Spain and Sven Boekhorst for the Netherlands. Sue Nicole Susenburger was in the westblaak Skatepark to bring some really nice pictures and impressions to you.
Kizer SlimLine-Frame - enough Space for fast wheels!!
Many rollerbladers are dreaming of rolling a falt setup for a long time but fear the disadvantage of stucking on copings with the wheels due to a too small groove. That's what makes the new Slim Line Frame an interesting option. What this frame can do and that the frame can do even more than the producer promisses you'll see in the following Kizer Slim Line Product Review
The Winner is Brian Aragon. Amateur Winner is Romain Godenaire.
After the sad news about the Belgium skatepark, again a new skatepark for the Winterclash 2009 is found !!!
NEW LOCATION!!! Winterclash 2009 will NOT be held in Belgium, but at the same time at Area 51 in Eindhoven (NL).
The official Afterclash Party will be in Antwerpen. It is not possible to sleep at Area 51 skatepark Eindhoven. Eindhoven is about 1 h by car from Antwerpen/Sint-Niklaas.
New Location: Area 51 Skatepark Klokgebouw 51 5617 AB Strijp S Eindhoven the Netherlands
The skatepark St. Niklaas has burned down during construction works. Nobody was hurt.
Date is: 13. - 15. February 2009 Congratulations to Jojo Jacobi for finding, that quckly an alternative park! Lets have a huge skateparty. CU in Eindhoven! Registered Rider for the Winterclash '09
With the slogan Donate 4 Skate the German Skate Association Germany e. V. started a campaign to fundraise the money for a new transportable competitions vertramp!
We think this is a great idea and call everybody to be part of this worldwide campaign!
Plus - those who are not able to donate are not forced to stay passive! Charity Shopping with Amazon or Ebay can also help to raise the money!
Amateurs: 1. Robert Lee 2. Jo Zenk 3. Dominik Stranzky
Slackline Contest: 1. Sacha Lopez
Hammer Jam IV - August 2008 - Video by PinTV
Delivery Cup 2008 Results
Pro: 1. Jojo Jacobi 2. Michael Leibner 3. Andreas "Gagi" Wagenblast
Amateurs under 16: 1. Miro Kolb 2. Sascha Lopez 3. Patrick Krämer
Amateurs 16+: 1. Philipp Preuss 2. Denis Wolf 3. Christian Fischer 4. Jens Küfner 5. Christian Obermaier 6. Alexander Rudolf 7. Benny Lantsch 8. Timm Kittlitz 9. Maik Lojewski 10. Patrick Hirte
The complete test is not available in english yet... sorry. The conclusion is to prefer Eulogy wheels because they perform the same but are way cheaper!
It took a real long time but now they are online! The Pictures of the German Masterships Halfpipe and Europan Challenge 2007 in Berlin! Check out thepics and think about going out and rolling a little on vert! The next German Masterships are the 24. - 26. October 2008 again in Berlin at the YOU Messe. The competition is driven by Skate Association Germany and supported by GRINDHOUSE and YOU Messe Berlin.
