Tag: Finland
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Skate, Unite, Repeat – Tytöt Shreddaa Takes Over Tampere.
Last weekend, we dove headfirst into the chaos of Tytöt Shreddaa, an all-out skate fiesta held in Tampere’s holy temple of Skateboarding, Muovitehdas. Winters? No longer a menace in this lake-cradled city—Tampere cracked the code years ago with Manserama, the raddest summer skate festival around. And now, for the third year running, the girls and…
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Havumäki Ranch, Finland.
All of us have that little dream teasing your skull, waiting that the mid-life crisis hits you in the back of the head. Get your own ramp, own park, own backyard pool whatever could make you more happy in your skateboarding life, but sometimes that shit don’t happen. So here we come and bring you…
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Portrait of Jani “Maksy” Mäkelä.
Fs Disaster on the hip of Räsälä Pool, Finland. The name Jani Mäkelä is a must know in our close neighbouring Finland. It might not ring a bell for the younger generation of skateboarders in Estonia. But the man definitely deserves a little reminder. Tallinn will host its 23rd Simple Session this September and exactly…
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Draining the pool – Aalto, Skateboards, and the Soundtrack of Urban Rebellion.
The Pool exhibition at Aalto2, (Alvar Aallon katu 7, Jyväskylä, Finland) is like a cosmic collision of worlds—open until September 15th. It smashes Alvar Aalto’s architectural genius into the gritty, rebellious worlds of skateboarding, rap, and hip-hop. Imagine the wild marriage of Aalto’s clean lines with the rough edges of international skateboarding culture—sounds crazy, right?…