LATVIAN SKATE NETWORK
During the matchup we lost Niks Kolosovkis name card, and when we found it the match was over. We didn’t know who he was supposed to play, good thing Andris Putnins was skating around. Andris suggested that he should play Niks and it is his destiny to be the random accidental participant in our championship. Well why the hell not?
Can a video make the scene look better than it really is? Yes, if it is made by a smart man with a vision and an original approach. Gatis Valters is excatly that kind of man.
Gatis is a Latvian filmer/skateboarder/singer who lives in Jersey (same place where Pillo Wheels are from) Gatis comes to Riga couple times a year to skate, film and sing(?). Last year he filmed at the BARIX and released the footage just now. The video is beyond anything we have expected, shows exactly what an original mind is Gatis! We feel like the video portrays Latvian skate scene even better than it really is. Decision was made to interview Gatis and ask him couple of questions about the video. Instead of an answers we received another video and here it is:
Make sure to follow Gatis and his future projects at his new channel NATIONAL SKATEGRAPHICS
Barix, Beriki or Barax (whatever you call it) was, is and forever will be one of the best underground spots in Riga. The rumor has it that they are going to build modern art museum there, so probably we will have to say goodbye to it in the near future.
We don’t really take contests seriously, because skateboarding is not about that, but you can’t argue that contests can be really fun sometimes. We went to hang out at Monster Park for the annual winter Kickoff contest. We talked to our homie skaters and judges about different topics that include: mustache trends, bribes, broken bones and trick selection. And yeah humble Rudolfs “Rudik” Rorbahs won the contest!
Latvian skate legend Rudolfs Henčels playing against Clockwise skateshop rider Kaspars Gobiņš. This is the first game where the referee (Marcis Ruiķis) had to ban a trick, as he explained later – Zero pop: fuck that shit! The referee is the main person on the field, so there is no point to argue with him. However, what do you guys think about it? Was it fair?
Next week we are going to have some epic games:
Adris Putniņš vs Niks Kolosovskis
Tomas Daugavietis vs Andrejs Poikans
Madars Apse vs Kristaps Judris
Pretty dope game at our favorite “stoyanka” in town! Fricis got the first slam in the championship, okay it wasn’t really a slam but pretty close. And officially the hardest trick in our championship so far is – heelflip.
Tomorrow mindblowing game of skate between the legendary Rudek aka Miestapincis and Kaspars “Ulbroka for life” Gobiņš aka Kasits.
Game of skate championship is here again. We went to old Prisma parking lot to hide from the rain and find out who does it best! Both Emils and Martiņš can do bunch of tricks, but only one can make it! Who…
Coming this weekend:
Fricis Štrauss vs Jevgenijs Kostirko
Rudolfs Henčels vs Kaspars Gobiņš
It seems like the fucking hospital flip (ķilis) is the new trick everyone throws out in the games! It has appeared three time already in our championship and we can’t say that we are excited about it. Is it Latvian favorite shitty trick? What do you think about it? Do we need to ban that excuse for a trick from the championship. Leave a comment with your ideas.
They played each other last year and Rudolfs lost the game! Now they meet again, but Rudolfs isn’t the same anymore he is skilled and more confident. However, Arturs has some nasty moves up his sleeves and shit can get hectic!
Intense days is a video magazine created by RajonTV and supported by Clockwise skateshop. Main purpose of intense days is to represents skateboarding, mainly its chaotic, spontaneous and rapid side!
Intense days “show” doesn’t really have a set format or pattern and probably will never have one. It’s simply bunch of montages thrown together with the goal to be fun, exciting and strange at times! This is the third episode so make sure you have seen the previous episodes.