Author: Nicolas Bouvy
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MAIK GRÜNER STEALS THE SZROT ZINE #45 COVER.
Maik Grüner, at Raakel’s backyard Ramp took the cover. Want to know what a life without social media can bring? Forget algorithms. Forget influencers. Forget staring into the glowing void while your brain slowly turns into warm soup. Think back to the good old days of skate zines—photocopied, stapled, folded, traded, and treasured like contraband…
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Riku Lokka latest “TORNIO IN TRANSITION” video.
Riku Lokka, wall ride. photo/Mikko Hiukka. Riku Lokka is one of those eternal skate rats the universe forgot to retire. The kind of character who keeps rolling long after common sense, aching joints, and civilized society have thrown in the towel. Sharing a session with him is like hopping aboard a runaway freight train loaded…
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You Forgot Your Protection? Now It’s Their Turn!
Zéphyr Bouvy, Nightwood youth rider, hammering a backside grind through the Kindluse Kool bowl. Fully padded and ready to negotiate with gravity on his own terms. Learning to skateboard without protection is a bit like wrestling a bear in flip-flops—technically possible, but the pavement usually wins. That’s why the mad scientists at Nightwood Skateshop have…
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Lauri Täht’s 40 Minutes in Krulli Is Back — Featuring Kristo “Kusti” Õismets.
Winter rolled into town like a drunk bouncer with a grudge and refused to leave. Month after month it kept its icy boot on our necks. Since October, the beloved plywood kingdom of Krulli had been silent. No wheels rattling across the plywood, no coping abuse, no daily ritual of throwing ourselves at obstacles in…
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Closing at the EKA Exhibition in photos. “WE NEED MORE INDOOR SPACES.”
Forget the chatter — dive headfirst into the madness of the last two EKA gallery sessions. Juša Danik knows all the tricks ! Nightwood’s tiny mascot, Zéphyr, keeps snaking the old dogs, session after session! Léo getting some taste of the vert. Zelda — here for one thing: pure fun! Villiam Müller — making that…
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Low Season – The Subarctic Transition Theory.
Nooa Marjamaa at Rajakylä DIY. Photo/Lassi Polso. When the sun clocks out and the concrete starts steaming in subzero silence, the northern crew rolls in. “Low Season” just dropped — pure skate adrenaline, straight to the bloodstream. We caught up with Tino Riekki and Lassi Polso to talk DIY temples, mutant deck shapes, and keeping…
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Siim Sild – New Timeland Video.
Photo/Rainer Kaur. Outta nowhere and straight to the nervous system: last month Siim Sild detonated his latest video like a molotov through the calm. The lucky degenerates caught it first at Von Krahl, blasted onto the screen right before his stoner doom unit Mobisa melted faces live on stage. Photo/Lauri Täht. If you blinked —…
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WE NEED MORE INDOOR SPACES. The Éric-Olivier Thériault Interview.
Éric-Olivier Thériault with fs wall ride. So we went sniffing around WE NEED MORE INDOOR SPACES, currently screaming from the walls of the EKA Gallery. Somewhere between the plywood fumes and righteous frustration, we figured it was the perfect moment to collar a fresh face in the Tallinn skate jungle: Eric-Olivier Theriault. No long speeches,…
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Heini Luotola – Short Graceful Summers.
Heini Luotola, fs grind in Räsälä, during a Statum summer trip in 2018. Heini Luotola is one hell of a rider. One of Finland’s finest, and a serious inspiration for the next generation. She just dropped a sick new video part for Beyond Store, Jyväskylä & Helsinki—and it’s pure joy from start to finish. Style…
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WE NEED MORE INDOOR SPACES
(Copy paste from EKA website) WE NEED MORE INDOOR SPACES Ground floor of EKA Gallery 9.01.–15.02.2026 Open Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm, free entry Opening: Thursday, January 8 at 6 pm The group exhibition “We Need More Indoor Spaces” responds to the recent closure of Krulli Skate Hall, bringing together local and international artists…