Fully Ghetto gang must be the most consistent brand in the Baltics. The crew releases gear and videos consistently for several years and it is sick to see how the venture out of Lithuania into the bigger Euro scene. For the half of their new video “Smile” they skate famous spots in Berlin but also does not forget the local ground. Stocked to see their progress and how things are going to evolve in the future.
Filmed by Tadas Gustaitis Edited by Domantas Antanavicius Skaters: Povilas Jucys, Dovydas Jucys, Tautvydas Makarevicius, Deividas Barkauskas, Domantas Antanavicius, Lukas Vaskelaitis, Vilius Treciokas
A local video premiere is a type of event you can’t miss for anything. Even if the premiere falls on Friday the 13th, you still must come cause nothing bad can happen to you in a mob of skaters, right? Well, you might lose an ear pod or a sober-October bet, but that’s nothing compared to all the good stuff. Tikari skateshop team gave us a lot of good stuff in their new video: Fetish. Roberts Krums delivered an engaging piece. Obviously RajonTV went down to lurk around and ask important questions. So, enjoy our little report. Looks like the video is not coming out too soon, but good news is that there might be another screening so keep your eyes opened. Peace!
Big week for Estonian skateboarding. Tallinn heads put out a second edit in one week showing off their best wooden benches, DIYs and plazaesque spots. With Egbert Pahhomov on the cam, Kristo and Nils on the majority of screen time, Samu on the OG appearance, Siim on a ss flip up three, Raul aka Best skater in Estonia™ on a flowy night line this vid is a concise glimpse into Eesti boys lifestyle in 2023. Enjoy!
There are these skaters who you can rely on clips wise. They are constantly in the loop, stacking and popping up in your feed more than you demand 😀 (just kidding). Meelis is one of those skaters—the productive ones. Luckily for us, he’s not only been crushing it in Krulli but also spent some quality time in the streets. These “9 min of shitty Estonian skateboarding” as Meelis described himself are pretty perfect, exactly what we need right now. Enjoy!
Somewhere in Skanstes area, around 2.5 km away from old #baraxdiy, lies a mysterious asphalted park, dubbed by the local skaters as Swamptrack. It is located in a construction site, and, by the looks of it, was the first thing that got built on that site, except couple lanes, a playground and a work out area. The development of the of site is on halt for what seems to be close to a year already. Rumor has it the developers realized they were about build on a swamp and stopped the building process. So, Swamptrack is there all alone surrounded by empty fields of gravel and overground lawns. As a park swamptrack is weird. It is a symbiosis of skatepark and a pumptrack, with two boxes. There are bowl-like curves and quarters with no coping, and a random tall flat bar, that someone will definitely crash into. Despite all of its oddities, Swamptrack has it’s charm, and you need to sneak in which adds to excitement.
Eric and the boys are visiting Jekabpils’ newest public park. It is surely not the worst place to be, but it also far from giving you nice ride. The placement of ramps is random, everything is dead fixed to the ground, and the rails are thin and sharp as knives. This is what yo get when the builders are a furniture company.
This was the final episode of season 1. Season 2 is coming next summer. Cheers.
“Maybe I have always been a skateboarder. I just started to skate late?!..” After the third beer I thought while sitting on the warm stone of the Stalin Plaza. June has heated in and I still explore this planetary experience now in a different city and through filming and skateboarding. Could I compare summers by the filmed footage, like last summer – nine tapes, now in September I started the third tape of this season. Some may say that early autumn is the best time for filming… Who knows, I have learned that it’s very hard to plan in skateboarding.
But even though I have not filmed much this summer I have experienced some of the sweetest moments I could wish for. Spending a month in Prague, Czech Republic and visiting the Transforma Festival in Tabor. Getting to know the local skate scene and I think I got a delusion for life from the beauty of the city of Prague, but maybe from the cheap beer there. Who cares?! I was happy to see that people there were filming, making zines, art, and events. I felt a good vibe there. Homies! Cherry on top was the Transforma Festival in a small town south from Prague – Tabor. My last weekend in Czech. I was able to join on the second day and be part of some goofy skateboarding activities, for the love of DIY, beers, and good electronic music.
My delusion did not stop there. Right after getting back from Prague, I jumped into the RajonTV tour. Tried my first two set and with help from a friend attempted a triset too. Could not land though. Heat was boiling us but Latvian rippers did not step back, I witnessed some badass tricks and rough spots, even got few clips myself, at least two 😀 It was the right way to switch back to Latvian vibe. Can’t wait for the new film and the magazine. Late Autumn?
But this year I started with a battle. I was on to land a kickflip. Took me 5 months to land it in the grass, 7 months to land on flat ground. And I managed to land it at the Baltic Girls Skate Jam 2, I kind of already knew in the morning that I was going to land that day, the same day where Laura Birša made the first recorded local hippy jump record with a height of 87cm. She could go higher, I am sure about it. But the kickflip battle is still going on and shoes are wearing off one by one and even if skateboarding is hard, let’s be real, dating is harder.
And why delusion? Well, the music I was listening this summer, haha, it’s definitely older than your girlfriend and is from my delulu era. Listen to it while cruising from point A to B or at home while cooking. With this vibe I went through the Summerz 2023. Lightly cringe! See you!
Didn’t know much about Bauska’s skate scene prior to our visit (except this of course). We did find some spots there, including one dope basketball court with two stairs (pesniognar steez spot) which we collectively decided was something that was missing in Riga. Other than that there was the skate park. Agent Nesaule felt like investigating, so we went.
There are so many skateparks in Latvia that we need to have a special skatepark inspector—a person who will travel around Latvia and check in with the parks to see if they are still holding on. Our mate Eric Nesaule decided to take that role. This summer, during RajonTV Zemgale tour Eric examined 3 skateparks. Check out what Eric found out at the first examination in Jelgava.
Third annual RajonTV tour starts on 11th of July. This year we are going to Zemgale and Selija regions. Along with street skating we are planning 3 morning meet up sessions at Mind Work Ramps skateparks (Olaine, Iecava, Kraslava) where we’ll skate and chill with locals. So if you are in town, come to skate with us.
Our Schedule:
July 11 – Ķekava and Olaine (Meet up session at Olaine skatepark, 12:00)
July 12 – Jelgava and Tērvete
July 13 – Iecava and Bauska (Meet up session at Iecava skatepark, 12:00) July 14 – Jēkabpils and Aknīkste
July 15 – Ilūkste and Daugavpils
July 16 – Daugavpils and Krāslava (Meet up session at Kraslava skatepark, 12:00)
Our Team: Arturs Nesaule (Tikari Skateshop, Organizer of The Year 2021)
Rūdolfs “Rudik” Rorbahs (RajonTV SOTY 2022, Trank Boyz, single)
Artūrs “Mr. Boga” Bogdanovičs (Boards.lv, RajonTV SOTY 2021, photographer)
Edvards Gaba (Filmer, Tikari skateshop, RajonTV, dad)
Roberts Krums (Filmer, Tikari skateshop, artist) Rūdolfs Rudzīts Henčels (Cinematographer, Clockwise skateshop, pensiognar)
Niklāvs Vētra (Highest Ollie Champion in Latvia 2021, DJ, awesome dude)
Rūta Grīnerte (RajonTV Rookie of The Year 2022, Boards.lv)
Aksels Ķezberis (Boards.lv)
Ralfs Sērmūkslis (Cesinieks of The Year 2022)
Aleksis Sokolovs (Trank Boyz, tall)
Roberts Potašs (Trank Boyz)
Nauris Dollins (Tikari Skateshop, Photographer, pensiognar)
Kārlis “Sensejs” Grīva (Celebrity trainer, Riga Skate School)
Kārlis “Kamerrāvējs” Purvēns (Clockwise skateshop, Crime Town)
Kaspars Polis (Saldus Saldie, Wise Supply, skates in nice shirts)
Artūrs Paugurs (Pus8yGrab)
Emīlija Stoka (Pus8yGrab)
Gints Frinde (Saldus Saldie)
Juris Šantars (Krabik Crew)
Andis Vanadziņš (Saldus Saldie) Linards Viksniņš (StraightForward skateboards Pro, Tikari Skateshop, Trank Boyz)
Linda Lindenberga (Pus8y Grab)
Artūrs Grinbergs + Andris Putniņš (Tikari Skateshop, GetMoneyGetCats, pensiognar)
