Tag: Maik Grüner
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Old Farts, Plywood and Haematoma at Raakel.
Maik Grüner goes frontside. Six winters. Yeah, you read that right. The little outlaw mini hidden somewhere in the forests of Tallinn’s suburb is somehow still standing while most backyard ramps rot into mushroom food after three seasons. Either Raakel is blessed by the skate gods, or plywood simply fears old men with too much…
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TRUCKTHOR “uni” Raakel Bloody Raakel remix new video is out!
The favorite sonic troublemakers of the Estonian underground have struck again. TRUCKTHOR just unleashed the official video for their “Uni” (Raakel Bloody Raakel Remix), and it’s the kind of fever dream that crawls under your skin and refuses to leave. If you grabbed a copy of the “50–51” album, you’ve already stumbled into the glorious…
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MAIK GRÜNER’S “BRAVE NEW WORLD” Nightwood new graphic hits the shelf now.
There are easier ways to spend your life than skateboarding. You could become an accountant. You could sell luxury wellness products. You could float through life in a transparent bubble, heavily medicated and discussing quarterly growth projections. Which brings us directly to Maik Grüner’s latest graphic for Nightwood Skateboards. High above the desert, two citizens…
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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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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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The “Story of Estonia Skateboarding” Documentary.
Johannes Teder during the filming of the documentary in June 2024. From Soviet slalom ghosts to DIY park prophets — Estonia’s skate story finally gets its reel rolling. Directors Taavi Arus and Ivar Murd dig deep into the plywood past, unearthing a saga that starts in the gray glow of the ’70s and rips straight…
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Skate Rats Don’t Die, They Multiply: Grüner at 51.
Maik Grüner, bs grind to tail. Another candle, another nail in the coffin—so what else to do but throw yourself at the ramp and laugh in the Reaper’s face? Maik Grüner turned 51 and celebrated the only way he knows: by bleeding wood and steel under his wheels. The Estonian old wolves crawled out of…
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Roar of the White Tiger, Jartsi Heikkinen’s Nightwood Debut.
The cat’s finally out of the bag—and it’s a wild one. Jartsi Heikkinen has his very own Nightwood deck, and the Kuopio tiger is loose. His name now carved into the sacred planks alongside hometown titans like Jani Mäkelä and Marko Harmaala. This isn’t just a board—it’s a beast, a Salba-style nordic tribute with Maik…
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Veeti Salmi, European Trip stops in Tallinn.
Veeti Salmi, sweeper at Skoone Bastion. Some folks just think about it. Daydreaming behind their desks, drooling over dusty maps, whispering sweet nothings to old Thrasher mags—“One day I’ll drop it all and live the van life…” Yeah yeah, we’ve all been there. But Veeti? Veeti did it. Nose pick, in Skoone Bastion. The newest…
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Meelis Erm’s Nightwood new model is here—fresh outta the fire and ready to roll!
Spring’s creeping in, and Nightwood just dropped a deck so sick it might need a doctor. To honor our four-wheeled warlock, we unleashed Maik Grüner with nothing but a melting pencil and a brain full of beautifully deranged ideas. The result? A graphic straight outta the Le Boulanger d’Eeklo playbook—a nod to that 17th-century Flemish…