At the beginning of last month, we told you about the super rad Converse Fix to Ride event popping off in Rio to benefit the famous Arpoador Bowl. Well it went off huge and the Brasilian skate program Skate Paradise has put together a sick segment about the day. Most of it is in Portuguese but Rune Glifberg’s parts are all in English so you should be able to follow along well enough.
One of the world’s raddest, yet long suffering bowls, is on the verge of a comeback. Following an organic movement that included petitions and other campaigning, Arpoador bowl overlooking Ipanema beach is getting a helping hand from Converse. They are hosting the Fix to Ride competition on September 12 and 13 in an effort to restore the bowl to it’s former glory. After a hefty investment by Converse, 40 invited skaters will get down on a jam format contest that should prove to be the first of many more to come at this resurrected spot. Full event info after the jump.
A sneak peak at the new Maloof Money Cup Street Course has just been released. It seems that once again, this outside of the box event is way ahead of the curve. Some of the worlds illest spots have been incorporated including: 1. Monster Roof Gap – Los Angeles, CA, 2.Brooklyn Banks – New York, 3. Pier 7 – San Francisco, CA, 4. 3-Up-3-Down – San Francisco, CA, 5. Spain Ledge – Barcelona, Spain, 6. Bank-to-Ledge – Reno, NV, 7. L.A. Corner Ledge – Los Angeles, CA, 8. TWS Pioneer School Bump-to-Picnic Table – Upland, CA, 9. 6-Stair Handrail (UCI) – University of CA. Irvine, and 10. Rincon Middle School – Econdido, CA. Sick! Via Skateboarder.
Thrasher’s Back To The Berg went down yesterday in San Francisco. Looks like it was completely off the hook. Watch Chris Cole, Nick Merlino, Lindsey Robertson and more going huge off the big four plus Lizard King killing it in a “Kill Yo Self” tee!
Wine country’s finest thrasher, Tony Manfre, just earned himself the distinction of nailing both a switch ollie and a switch frontside 180 at San Fran’s legendary Wallenberg spot. Joe Brook sat Tony down to talk about it in a nice little video interview for Slap. You can see he’s got the new Shut Skulls deck with him. Peep the video and some additional pics here. Via Shut.
Brian Anderson stopped by Thrasher to sit on the couch and discuss the upcoming Wallenberg contest with Thrasher editor Jake Phelps on what’s possible there. Remember, Back to the Berg is going to happen on May 30th.
It’s the legendary San Francisco leap, the big four set that became history when Mark Gonzales first ollied it in 1991 for his part in Blind Skateboard’s “Video Days”. Many after him tried, failed, gave blood, survived – or succeeded… Andrew “The Boss” Reynolds flipped it frontside and backside, Chris Cole did a TreFlip and Darrell Stanton switch BS 180′d it. Since the Wallenberg School re-profiled the run up from the nearby Vega Street, the spot, or at least the big four, became nearly unskateable as skaters aren’t able to gain enough speed to jump the 6 x 18 feet. Once again, Thrasher Magazine sets up a roll-in to host the “Back To The Berg” contest at the infamous spot, inviting a good bunch of today’s top notch skaters to jump it. The winning move will be worth 10.000$ while the first girl to jump the set will get a grand. The event will take place on May 30th.
