When winter drags on like a hangover that won’t quit, there’s only one cure—grab your board, hit the road, and hunt down the heat. This time the fix came from the Helsinki Gnar-Gnar bowl contest in Kontula indoor park—a bomb shelter turned plywood playground where sparks fly and the walls sweat.
Jartsi Heikkinen, Nightwood team mate from Kuopio, Finland with a sick layback grind !
After a few messages flying between Kuopio and Tallinn, Nightwood’s feline fury Jartsi gave us the call: “Let’s go!” Jaagup Mägi, Meelis Erm, and I piled into the wagon, bound for Finland. The plan? Skate, sweat, survive—maybe even win something… but mostly just to escape the cold claws of Krulli for a while.
Arina Rahman always fast and stylish. Here with a smooth smith grind.
The whole show was cooked up by Fourdown Distribution and the Helride Collective—and what a stew it was! The bomb shelter bubbled like a witch’s cauldron—fastest lap, longest grind, best trick—gnar by the ladleful. The Windmill team was ripping, the Finns were flying, and the vibes were hotter than a sauna in August.
Mikko Kymäläinen, Kymis, crailslide on the deep-end.
We brought the Estonian flavor, shared the session, and left with minds melted and legs fried. Here’s the photo proof. Next time, don’t just scroll—jump on the boat and ride the storm!
Tino Riekki, eggplant on the deep-end. Noticed ? The Nightwood DIY deck !
Long fast and loud!! Yes, Marius Syvänen knows the grind !
Rasmus “Rasse” Mäkelä, representing Windmill, look closer ! Maik Grüner’s artwork!
Robin Selin, Stalefish up the”hip”, gnarly!
The longest grinder, yes, Eniz Fazliov also had a sick nose grind on deep end’s corner. Pure concrete coping mayhem, fueled by decades of dedication!
Meelis Erm, tuning up the engines for Simple Session like a man possessed—frontside air the Deep End.
Meelis and Jaagup, fully entertained—front-row seats to the Kontula circus, where the tricks are Gnar Gnar and the laughs come free!
Julia Voutilainen always finds the Good Times—no map needed, just style and speed!
Oldschool trick alert! Tino Riekki sweeping like a beast—straight outta the backyard ramp days, leaving the coping begging for mercy!
Wiljam Lankila, another disciple of the Nightwood DIY gospel—custom shape under his feet, rolling like a rocket straight into orbit!
Meelis Erm, alley hoop the hip’s corner.
Nicolas took some spin during warm up session.
Watch out ! Jaagup’s sweeping the park like a storm—nothing’s safe when he’s on the job!
A local flip to disaster—straight from the hometown streets to the chaos zone!
Arina Rahman, soaring like a bird of prey with a frontside air that could tear the sky in half!
Meelis, dialing in those long Smith grinds like he’s carving out a masterpiece on the rail!
Tino Riekki throwing down a sick body varial—flipping the script with style and chaos!
Style and all in the finger’s position, sick !!
Mikko Kymäläinen, Kymis, going to reverse! Hell yeah !
Jaagup Mägi bringing the heat with a stylish Rock and Roll—ripping straight outta Estonia and into skate legend territory!
Name or not, this dude just blew minds with a massive transfer on the hip—leaving the whole park in awe and us scrambling for words!
The Green Giants were more than pleased! Jartsi, Nicolas, and Meelis from Nightwood tore it up like a herd of wild bulls, bringing the chaos and the style! Big thanks to the organizers for making it all happen.
Jaagup couldn’t leave without a killer karaoke session on the ferry, closing out an insane skate day trip to Finland! The dude was belting out tunes like a rock star in the making. Abracadabra to all—what a wild ride!
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