http://kingpinskateboarding.comhttp://kingpinskateboarding.com/index.php en Copyright 2009 2009-07-02T13:39:00+00:00 http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/other_features/top-of-the-world.html http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/other_features/top-of-the-world.html#When:13:39:00Z Billy Rohan’s latest guerrilla operation 2009-07-0213:39:00 http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/other_features/credo-that-sloshing-sound.html http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/other_features/credo-that-sloshing-sound.html#When:08:07:00Z Wear your rollerskates today. It is impossible to call it from the pillow. The curtains are drawn, and the light here is always so milky that it could go either way. Been feeling ready for Saturday since Thursday, when it was dry as you got home. All things being equal twenty minutes from now you can expect to take the first orbit- breaking push; no shower and in yesterday’s T- shirt which hugs greasily now. It is set be a day of adventure and escape, ended with a violin wrist, a weeping shin but happy feet- and you can bear the minutia of life again. 2009-07-0208:07:00 http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/slept_on/pirkka-pollari-slept-on1.html http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/slept_on/pirkka-pollari-slept-on1.html#When:19:03:00Z Most of you probably remember Pirkka Pollari as that guy with funny wooden hat who had a part in Element’s Rise Up video. Well, that’s him, but there’s more you should probably know about him. 2009-07-0119:03:00 http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/other_features/blood-is-thicker-than-water.html http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/other_features/blood-is-thicker-than-water.html#When:14:00:00Z I think this is something that every skater who has had an unpleasant meeting with mother earth can testify to. But usually when these words are spoken, it means that family comes first, your own flesh and blood. Big brothers are a handy bunch, whether you need someone to buy you beer, or you need some advice from someone who has walked the earth longer then you, they are there for you. 2009-07-0114:00:00 http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/city_lights/city-on-the-move.html http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/city_lights/city-on-the-move.html#When:09:06:00Z Brussels at the Dawn of the 21st Century Belgium is a remarkable small country in the heart of Europe. In the middle of this kingdom divided by politics and language lies Brussels. Brussels is neither a Mecca of skateboarding or a special destination among skateboarders. And maybe that is precisely what makes the charm and modesty of its inhabitants. Here everybody rides together whatever the level, style or age; fun is the key word. 2009-07-0109:06:00 http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/other_features/lucas-puig-did-this-in-4-days.html http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/other_features/lucas-puig-did-this-in-4-days.html#When:16:29:00Z Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants. 2009-06-3016:29:00 http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/here_comes_the_rain/the-trouble-with-being-the-worst-skater-you-know.html http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/here_comes_the_rain/the-trouble-with-being-the-worst-skater-you-know.html#When:14:50:00Z And I speak these words with the bitter experience of having just fallen from 5th to 6th best in the Kingpin office since Dom started: 2009-06-3014:50:00 http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/slept_on/simo-makela-slept-on.html http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/slept_on/simo-makela-slept-on.html#When:14:15:00Z Simo Mäkelä is still relatively unknown outside of his native Finland. But that’s all about to change pretty soon. Unlike many other talented skateboarders from those latitudes, who keep to themselves and never meet anyone new on their travels, Simo doesn’t just let his skating do the talking. He actually does some talking. With his mouth. And although it might well be the skating rather than the talking that captures people’s attention in the first place, it’s the words that are said and experiences shared that keep friendships going in the long run. And Simo’s in it for the whole journey, pretty much ready to see where it all takes him, be that beyond oceans and across continents or just over the road to the next pub. And possibly to the gutter after that. You can’t predict your future, but what you can do is concentrate on here and now and that’s very much what Simo’s doing. 2009-06-3014:15:00 http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/city_lights/strasbourg.html http://kingpinskateboarding.com/features/-/city_lights/strasbourg.html#When:13:17:00Z Strasbourg in a skateboard mag? Why not talk about Houston, Texas, in a magazine about gastronomy? Or have Gobi in a magazine about deep-sea fishing? Well, the relevance of an article about the capital of Alsace lies precisely in that it is a city that appears in none of the European skate guides. Nor in any French ones, for that matter. Besides a couple of teams that got lost there for a few hours before realising their mistake, the seventh most populated city in France remains largely spared of any interest from the mass media of our little wheeled world. And quite frankly, I see no reason why it should change. Judge for yourself: no marble playgrounds surrounding heavenly beaches, no perfect rail to land the latest tricks in fashion, and no temperate climate all year round. There is not even a skate bar: that says how far we are from the urethane dream… to be completely honest, in Strasbourg the vast majority of spots are really bad, the weather is way too hot in the summer and way too cold in the winter, the nearest beach is ten hours away by train. 2009-06-3013:17:00