Good Vibes

Paris Truck Co- Island Time with Amanda Powell from Paris Trucks on Vimeo.

this fine edit of amanda powell skating hawaii makes me miss riding with the tico senioras muchísimo!

Sister Love

1 Winter from rosina on Vimeo.

spread the love and hit the like bottom.

Friggebod

 

how do you want to life? is a question i keep on asking myself those days. big city buzz or beautiful countryside? at the moment i am tending towards the second option more. a friggebod is a pretty cool place to stay in my transit mode for the moment. it is a small structure of no more than 15 square meters and 3 meters in height that may be built without a special permit here in sweden. originally build as part of an architectural  collaboration last summer, before the snow came the inside is now also nearly done. it feels like inside out when the window is open. love it!

Racka!!!!

Racka!! from rosina on Vimeo.

end of season shred from the girls!

Skateboarding is for GIRLS

some people don't know what they are talking about! pro skater nyjah huston is quoted saying the above in the new trasher issue, year 2013 mind you! his appologise was not much better and just the idea that women need to be 'protected' makes me cringe. i am waiting for the day when no body needs to be protected and we can all life free. trasher seems to back his sexist stereotyping, or at least that is the impression I get when look at their highlights and counting on my finger how many female skaters trasher published. don't buy trasher i say! 

i am delighted to see what a stir this statement made. its wonderful to observe all those involved people and to see how many guys back up female skateboarding. cheers! 

Design Talks at UID

simon waterfalls doing a great job in introducing andrew shobern

what if terrain park designers could create snow parks with intuitive 3d tools? or what if you could give freedom of movement to a child that can't breathe? and other questions where presented and illustrated at last weeks awesome design talks from the esteemed umeå institute of design. 

creme de la creme of women park skaters

lizzi armanto owning the park in barcelona and winning gold two days later. 

 mimi knoop, pusher of female skate exposure and all around rad person in mid air (on the right)

last week i had a short stop in barcelona and happened to be able to have a sneaky peek preview of the x-games women park skaters during their training run on thursday. those ladies are killing it! it was an inspiration and pleasure to watch. 

 

next time you need a deck get a hoopala. support the scene and get good stuff from good people.

more pictures just hit 'read more'

Art Nouveau Catalonia Style

mr gaudi! what a legend.

Made it to Spain

arrows just behind macba.

Gold Wall

crazy sky at floda31 today.

Skate Workshop Time

the kids are all right and skateworkshop.de aka my buddy tobi 'albertross' kupfer is ready for the season! 

skateboard, graffiti, breakdance workshops anybody? visit albertross & friends. with out a doubt germanys top address for skateboard lessons.

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Sticks and Trees

i am surrounded by threes over here in sweden. the woods are magical and remind me at illustrations of Carl Larson and Anne Anderson.

Antlered!

rich finished the floda31 workshop kitchen today. inclusive cup holder extraordinaire! took a while to clean but it's looking good.

We Wood

smile at your sister

the awesome smile at your sister ladies calling all girl scouts, photographers, designers, musicians, poets and rangers to submit their magic for a survival kit inspired project that will kick off with an art show somewhere in the woods. submission hand in ends: 31st of Mai 2013. For more information pay a visit to the ladies.  

"never stop wandering - never stop wondering"

60 minutes in a Skatboarder's Life

60 Minutes in a Skateboarder´s Life from Sebastian Linda on Vimeo.

this well done little video captures a good minute of skateboarding. done by a german image-capture-man, the video is really an ad for a pretty arty skateboard mag called humbug. the zine comes out of dresden and looks good get it for two euros here.  

Demilitarize the X-games

what does the us-navy sponsorship deal say about the x-games? and the relationship between war, peace and skateboarding? what comes in my mind is the popular anti war slogan  ‘bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity’. it does not make sense to advertise the navy at a skateboarding (among other ‘extreme’ sports) event, or does it? 

Wald und Schwert

dani, my friend from smile at your sister (a gem of a blog) interviewed creative genius frau isa for her about a girl section. that is when i found wald und schwert and this pretty boarding raccoon.

bit of a freaky way of filming but good food for toughs on technology and employment. rasperry pi's founder eben upton advocates self-employment and highlights the importance to work on our environment and destiny rather then being controlled by technology or a large cooperation. i am all for it!

watch the thing over on bbc future.

Floda31

new moon - new address. in the meantime i moved from costa rica to sweden. this is my new writing space.  thank you marije and rich for the warm welcome at floda31 and to erasmus for young entrepreneurs for paying me to do what i love.

Downhill Skateboard Lego

naughty design

this is the best lego figure ever! so far my mate martin siegrist is not a toy yet but crossing my fingers that LEGO will make it real. check out naughty design they are behind it all and got some more illustrations.