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#rajonreport: VEF Skate Jam

We have been lucky to have a more or less constant event stream lately. Last weeks VEF Skate Jam was a simple and enjoyable event with a few obstacles on good flat, laid back atmosphere, and a duration that fit into a random Thursday evening.   

Spot center guys brought out some ramps and boxes for the event, so skaters were already familiar with them. However, the kicker over planter was a unique spot for everybody. These rails on the sides are naturally placed there and not made for the contest. Every skater was probably eye-balling those for a minute, and now finally it was legal to skate them. Also, it so happened to be Patricks’ 18th birthday. Happy Birthday bro! 

Rudik did all regular stance blunts that day.

Niks in a contest reminded me of DVS best line event where he did his legendary kickflip bs lipslide (need to post it to insta some day). The set up here was kinda similar. Although not landing it, he did throw a couple attempts for the nostalgia sake.

Niks Kolosovskis – kickflip. Not kickflip back lip 🙁
There’s no quarter pipe in Latvia left that didn’t experience a melon fakie from Kārlis.
A lot of kids there too and MC Arts with witty comments.

As soon as it became dark the real stuff started. Big guys had a final jam on two obstacles—the box, and evening’s favorite spot, the planter.

Fricis on his impromptu DIY set up. Double front lip.
Very rare Potašs sighting. SS Crooks. Check the hoodie to swoosh and pats to shoes match.
Mr. Boga Airlines with a halfcab hell.
And surprisingly, these guys got in top 3. WTF?

Right after the nominations in a real no-fucks-given manner Aleksis “Sotax” Sokolovs put the hammer down on a hardflip over the planter placing 1st in the hearts of those who witnessed it.

“pats ah…a!”

Despite raining three times and Dub Step soundtrack, Vef Skate Jam was an wholesome and enjoyable event. Shout out to SPOT center for making it happen and also Clockwise and VANS who’s been keeping it real this year! Peace.

Check our video recap. All photos by the professional Nauris Dollins.

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Riga City Ep.9

What can turn a random spot into a meaningful one? More than the spot’s obstacles, it must be the history of the spot. The fresh patch of land with a curb in Skanste which seems not to have much to tell, in reality is meaningful. It is the closest you can get to the remains of Barax DIY. And Riga heads loved that place.

Check the vid from the spot filmed and edited by the master Rob “Mobila Films” Krums.

Quick Update: Boss of LNB Episodes are coming soon. We have filmed three new episodes, so the project is not over. Just didn’t have enough time to edit. Stay tuned!

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Vlad Pirat “Truna” part

We have been following Vlad Pirat on instagram for some time now, and he comes across as a highly dedicated skateboarder. He’s on Zero “New Blood” level of gnar but with a modern twist on the trick selection. We doubt Tony Cervantes would push on the ledge mid slide, or even if that would be considered legal back than. Luckily for Vlad, it is now. Check Vlad’s latest part

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“Tenor” by Skateboard Cafe

Some of our local heads might remember Skateboard CAFE from seeing their hardgoods in Riga. They are a board brand from Bristol, UK and have been putting out videos once a year for about four years now. CAFE’s videos have a what we’d call a minimalistic approach. There’s little to no broll, rarely any intros. There’s not a lot of extra visuals, however CAFE videos have a certain distinct vibe that’s constant throughout all four vids. We love watching these, and always look forward to what’s the next move Harry Ogilvie is going to pull at College Green. Bummer that this video didn’t have that. Anyway, a great new vid, check it out. Peace.

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#rajonreport: Downrail Jam

Fricis’ had an idea to invite bladers, bmxers and skaters to session a huge handrail on a Thursday evening. An unorthodox idea to say the least. When dealing with Fricis, you need to switch off your biases and go with the man’s flow. Soon you will see that his ideas are brilliant. The whole thing turned into a sick show. Stuff like that is possible only in Riga.

Some pics: 

See you in the streets.

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Spider Sense

We filmed this after Madars’ and Deda’s game. It was getting dark, so we apologize for some shitty quality towards the end of the game. Despite all that, a great game with some unpredictable new spot choices.

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First day of Autumn

 

It’s hard to stack clips these days for younger generations. Most clips are filmed on phones and are just one click away from getting posted. Our mate Ralfs from Cesis, although not without defeat, fought the posting temptation this whole summer. And what a better excuse to reveal your summer stacks, than the first day of autumn.

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Prolifestyle

 

It is obvious that Madars has a big advantage in this game. He’s a pro ffs! However, Dimon Deda’s bag of tricks is notorious for unique, semi-legal gems like: fakie fs 360 shove-its and fakie fs bigspins, so there’s always a chance to get some letters.

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Bring back the memories

Our collab T-shirts are available online at tikaristore.lv and in their physical store at Miera 4. Really stocked how it all turned out. See you in the streets.

Clip featuring: Edijs Plume, Ralfs Sermukslis, Patriks Sakovičs, Dimon Deda, Artis Strazdiņš.

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Kicker Boss

We have a rule to use the Vans kicker one time per game. Fricis, being the ambassador of kickers and other skate aid tools, used the kicker almost in every go. He was jumping on a bunch of things that didn’t even require a kicker. On the contarary Rudik used his ledge abilities. Enjoy the game!

Stay tuned next week:

Madars Apse vs Dimon Deda 

Niklavs Vetra vs Kristofers Ozols