Isolator Madness was the biggest skate event last year, at least in terms of emotions and intensity. There was an actual crowd cheering throughout the whole event (which is kind of rare these days), it seemed like a ton of people of all ages participated, and bands were jamming long after the skating was over. The tricks that went down like Anton’s crook nollie inward heel out on a burning hubba, and Fricis’ fs 270 lipslide on the hubba threw me back in childhood a bit, when tricks seemed nothing less than magic. The work that LSK put into this was incredible. Isolator Madness is Latvian skateboarding embodied. Well, definitely its mad side.
Isolator Madness 2 is right around the corner, so make sure to experience this whole thing first hand. 18th of MARCH!!!
Almost a year has passed since the last episode of RajonTV Top10. No one was complaining much about the absence, except the now-absent meme page. So yeah, joke’s on you meme page! Top 10’s back, and where are you at?
Anyway, we have a slightly new concept now. This year we will try to make TOP10 seasonal. We’ll have Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn Top 10s. In this way we plan to raise the quality of clips and all that. We’ll see how it’ll turn out. In this episode, we focus on Winter 2022 – 2023. Yes, winter is still on, but officially winter months are over, so stuff that went down in the period from December to February is in this (there’s some clips from a vid that came out in November, but it’s indoors, so who cares). Hope you guys enjoy. Peace!
[Text and photos by Linda Lindenberga (if not stated otherwise). Original text in Latvian here. Translation into English by Edijs Plume]
Now that the Kuramo Voyage tour has been talked about, shown off through various videos and photos and celebrated with a big premiere and a kick-ass dance battle, I get to share my perspective on how the whole thing went down. In this write up I’ll talk about some of my highlights from the trip, share some raw footage and a few photos that I took. This experience changed a part of me and impacted the way that I look at skating. I can only hope that at least one girl reads this and gets sparked to challenge and push herself, to believe in her own abilities and seek out the positive in life outside of the bounds of her comfort zone.
9AM. Meeting point – Lokal house parking lot. Kaspars was the one who told me what time we were meeting up, while we were talking on instagram about whether or not I’ll be competing in the contest in Saldus. I’m not on facebook and so people tend to forget to pass on info about the trip and stuff. I did my best to not get offended about that, but my brain did create some weird delusions that suggested that maybe everybody is trying to leave me behind on purpose. Ahhh, shut the fuck up brain! – ‘’Linda, if you want to go on the tour, just go!’’
Yes. I really wanted to go. But a few days before the trip I seemed to catch something that I can only describe as some sort of anxiety diarrhea. What’s there to be anxious about for a girl going on a skateboarding tour in Latvia? Well, maybe it has something to do with the fact that I can’t even kickflip, or maybe that I might be occupying a spot for a person that could be doing gnarlier tricks than me. I had some sort of a guilt trip about taking up space in the van. Although every time one of these doubtful thoughts came through my head, I tried to calm myself by justifying my place and how I can be a valuable addition to the tour.
The first spot was in Ķemeri, at Fricis’ famous concrete DIY monstrosity. I tried to skate there, ate shit and switched to filming and taking photos, after giving up on my skateboard abilities. It did seem kind of pointless to film at that specific moment since Gaba was on fisheye, Roberts had the long lens covered and Rudzitis was doing his documentary thing. Nevertheless I did manage to get a shot of Rudiks’ heelflip across the gap.
A few people were saying that this doesn’t look like a land when looking at the position of his feet. If there are still any non-believers out there then I have Egons as a witness to say that Rudiks did indeed land this. At 15 minutes and 12 seconds in the Kuramo Voyage video you can see that a small, black and white dressed person gets a shot of the heelflip, That was the exact moment of the photo. If you stop the video, you can see how weirdly far away his foot gets from his board. First shot of the trip. Check.
Riding in the van had a similar feeling as going on a class field trip. Somebody’s talking shit, another person is getting pummeled, someones just observing. I was the observer at this point ‘couse I hadn’t yet figured out how I fit into this whole thing. I was cracking up about how big of a bully Gaba was. Half of the way to Dursupe he was constantly beating on Rudiks. I saw a child like excitement in the guys.
The spot at Dursupe was some sort of a handrail from hell that most of the people on the tour didn’t even touch. So I just sat in the grass and watched. I don’t even think I need to mention Artis’ (Strazdiņš) battle or how Maksims (Feofilovs) broke his finger and the fact that the only trick landed was Kārlis’ (Bogustovs) 50-50. You’ve probably already seen the video and read some of the previous articles. Something that i can add to the whole Dursupe story is that at one point Arturs (Paugurs) came up to me and suggested that I ride down the stairs, ‘’It would be sick!’’ I guess at that point I was stressed over the fact that I can’t even touch the rail and forgot that I can still have fun and do something within the bounds of my abilities. I told Paugurs to go first and I’ll follow. No matter how silly that trick may seem, It was the first step that I took to become a real part of the squad. For me riding down those stairs symbolized my indoctrination in the squad of skaters touring around Kurzeme.
Paugurs read me perfectly and got me sparked to take that next step. With sweaty palms and stiff legs I stepped over my insecurities and got my first clip. I smile when I remember that moment when I rode down those silly stairs. Everyone clapped and at that very moment I started to feel more laid back and accepted with my funky rooky moves.
Linda’s bonoless action. Photo: Boga
The timeline is a bit foggy for me, but the next thing I remember I was skating this brick bump with everybody. Egons shouted: ‘’Davai!’’ (Let’s go!). I was like: ‘’fuck it, I could do a boneless 180.’’ I was feeling the tension. I felt like it couldn’t even control my body, like I couldn’t open up. You can even see it in the footage. But nevertheless, I was skating.
At the end of the first day we realized that there was a free spot in the van. Somebody could join the tour. I was hyped when we decided that we could ask Emilija (Stoka), who unfortunately couldn’t skate, since she was injured from that trip we went on to Tallinn. What she absolutely could do is support us and hype us up. We picked her up in Talsi.
At Talsi we spent almost the entire day at this one spot. It wasn’t really my jam. That entire day wasn’t really my jam. I got bummed about something. Now looking back it seems funny. I don’t even remember what it was. During that day a question arose. Is it okay to split the group if half of the people are feeling the current spot and the other half wants to do something else? In my opinion it’s cool as long as there’s a filmer and/or a photographer on both sides.
My grumps continued into Pavilosta. Why am I even talking about this? Because It’s about skateboarding. Because I saw other people around me killing it and I was stuck in my own self-doubts. I couldn’t find a chance to slip in the sesh at the bowl in Pavilosta, because it takes me five seconds longer than everybody else to convince myself to drop in. I didn’t say this to anybody. At one point I went by the beach to calm down and get some air. When everybody stopped skating the bowl I had the chance to get a few laps in with the ten year old’s. Don’t take this the wrong way. This isn’t about me feeling sorry for myself. This is about stepping over my insecurities. This is about how I ignored the aforementioned gripes I had and went on a street mission with everybody and got a noseslide at the ledge in Pavilosta. The session was nice. Everything turned out super positive and we even got a new catchphrase from the old wolf of Pavilosta – ‘’Opiņā!’’, which we were chanting all night, until dawn.
I had to get up early the next morning to go to Liepāja, where together with Wise-Liepāja we organized a little meetup for the skater girls. Big thanks to Boga (Artūrs Bogdanovičs) and Sensey (Kārlis Grīva) for coming with me early in the morning after an intense singing session in the previous night. We arranged to meet up with Rūta who joined the tour with distant parental supervision. Only about five people entered the event but that didn’t stop us from catching a nice morning session led by Sensey. Big thanks to Wise-Liepāja for giving out some product, supplying the speaker and helping organize the event.
Eventually the rest of the squad arrived and soon enough we were on our way to Dzintars. An intense filming session started there. At that moment I got hyped to start filming too. I managed to get some lines for Sensey and Kamerrāvejs (Kārlis Purvēns). I was hyped on how Kamerrāvējs’ clip turned out.
After that the session continued by the Deli snack banks. I managed to catch some good clips and photos. One session after another. Artis battled out a handrail trick, and where Artis destroys rails I destroy the stairs sets when I do my ride-down’s. I’m not sure how but all of a sudden I ended up in the van with all the people that didn’t want to skate anymore. We were driving around town searching for the rest of the crew. It seemed like we weren’t even really trying too hard to find them. Ultimately we failed in the search and much to the chagrin of myself and a few of the others in the van who still wanted some skate action, we went to Karaosta to look at the sea instead. For fuck’s sake.
When the day ended we all met up at our crashing spot for the night – BB wakepark. A couple more people joined the tour. We were three days deep at this point. Now, like a fresh breeze, a party had arrived from Riga. I’ve been contemplating whether or not I would talk about this, because this isn’t the prettiest incident that occurred. Long story short – somebody spilled beer all over Emilija’s face and clothes. It happened right in front of me. I was super confused at first. I won’t mention who it was, but I guess Emilija had it coming. Apparently she said something like: ‘’You could have spilled the beer in my mouth and not on the floor.’’ Context – there was some sort of a beer fight, spilling contest happening beforehand. Of course the guy apologized and Emiljia said it’s all good, but come on. Seriously? It was just disrespectful. There’s a thin line between a joke and humiliating someone. Sometimes that line gets blurry. Maybe I’m overreacting, but it just didn’t feel right. Nevertheless we weren’t going to hold a grudge for the rest of the tour. We moved on and had to get along. Life goes on.
The following day we headed for Saldus. There was a contest happening over there, which was also being streamed live on TV. I thought about entering, but after some of the things that happened in the previous days, I wasn’t really feeling it. On this day Rūta joined us again to skate in the contest. She had already registered. I hadn’t yet. She put it to me pretty bluntly: ‘’I’m entering only if you are too.’’ That hit me pretty hard. I wanted Rūta to go through the contest experience, but I was not feeling it at all myself. Both of us were feeling reluctant, but after skating flat for a bit and getting warmed up I thought: ‘’Fuck it, I’m entering.’’
And so we did. It was our shared experience. The both of us were not experienced, scared and the only two girls there. Although one was 14 and the other one 32. We got ourselves together and went back to the park. The warm up started and soon enough it would be time for our run. Right before our run it started raining, which fucked with the flow of the event and messed up the live broadcast a few times. We were on the ramp, ready for the run, but since the rain came in and shut everything down for the time being, we realized that we’d have to go through that anxiety all over again. While it was raining we decided to go to the thrift store. I bought myself a brown jumpsuit and realized that it was going to be my kit for the contest. Eventually we skated in the contest. I did my boneless’s, nose stall on the ledge, fakie shuviJt, manual. All my go-to tricks. Rūta tried to do her flip tricks, but her anxiety got the best of her and she couldn’t roll away from anything, which gave me a chance to win my first and probably last girls contest against Rūta. The organizers gave out some awesome product. I won a Breana Geering board with violet glittery grip tape. Overall it was an amazing experience. One that I’ll remember for sure, since it was a challenge stepping over my anxiety, my doubts and my insecurities.
Linda and Ruta at the contest. Photo: Boga
After the event we hit up a few street spots. While Rob (Roberts Krūms) and Gaba (Ed Gaba) got stuck on a hippy jump spot I had a chance to practice my filming on some of the others. I was actually doing a pretty good job I think. Really felt like I was at work. That spot was in direct sunlight and the wind wasn’t blowing at all. I was filming non stop for about 40 minutes and my brown jumpsuit was beginning to get sewatty, but I was honored to be in charge of filming some of the top Latvian skateboarders. I felt like a fish in water. I always try my absolute best to make the footage look as good as possible. I’m still in the learning process and every time I film I notice new things that I’m doing right or wrong.
There’s always an option to do nothing at all. That way you’ll never make mistakes and no one will give you shit.
Being a part of this tour got me to see skateboarding in a different light. It also showed me how I fit into the whole thing. Skateboarding is a really personal experience. Weirdly it has a pretty substantial connection to what’s going on in my head. If I’m feeling good about myself, free from self judgment and bad thoughts, then I’ll be feeling more free on my skateboard. Skating with guys showed me how creative skateboarding can get. That inspired me to see the next tour I’m going on in a different light – The Baltic Connection tour with girls from all over the Baltic states. Soon I’ll be telling you all about that experience.
If someone were to ask me if I would ever go on another tour like this, the answer would be yes, yes and yes. I know that next time I’ll be feeling more confident, comfortable and I’ll be less anxious about my abilities. I’ll just be doing what I love – skateboarding, filming and having a fucking blast with the tightest crew in the world.
The last night we all spent together at Kurzeme was magical. Nesaule (Artūrs) did an amazing job in picking the right overnight accommodation. Those ‘’last nights’’ are always special. Everyone’s getting along and feeling super comfortable. Just enjoying every moment before the adventure ends. We were eating and drinking, making toast’s. Someone is going in the sauna, someone is dancing or singing. Someone is chanting ‘’Opiņā!’’ We were celebrating life, the summer, skateboarding and of course each other. The summers in Latvia are no joke and July is hands down the best month, which I already booked for the next RajonTV tour to Zemgale.
I really hope that more girls come on the next tour. I also hope that the next tour after that, this question will be irrelevant, because of course they’ll come!
We took a mini trip to Klaipeda last weekend to visit AJE skatepark and skate in a contest over there. As far as popping goes in the Baltics, Klaipeda’s current scene is popping for sure. Skaters, filmers, shops, skateparks, spots Klaipeda has all of that. You might have been acquainted with the scene a bit from our interview with Phisch Market, a local online shop, but we definitely consider taking a trip there experience it all first hand.
The odds were rather low, but we even managed to skate around the city a bit on Sunday. And even without guides or spot maps, we stumbled upon an impressive number of good spots (as seen in the vid above). Also, if you are in need of a trip advice, we recommend staying at Dungeon Jacuzzi Apartment, right in the heart of the old town :D.
Summer and stairs—aren’t those the main things skaters care about in their youth? You can jump down stairs all day, and summer is the only season that matters. This is the first edit from Wise Liepaja showing their two riders Neof and Nikita, also with a cameo from Fricis.
If you are into Baltic skateboarding you might have noticed Taliinn’s skaters enjoying winter in a new indoor park. The park is called Krulli and is designed, managed and run by skaters. We decided to get a bit more info about the place, so hit up Raul Urberg to get more info about the place. Also, check the video by Lauri Taht that documents the progress of Krulli park.
Hey, Raul. So we’ve seen a lot activity last year around Krulli indoor. Looks like everyone’s super hyped on the place. Could you briefly tell how it all came about? How did you build it etc? Yeah, I’m very happy about the feedback on the park. If I remember correctly, it was January last year when Jaan Kokk got in touch with me saying he’s got an opportunity to build an indoor skatepark in Tallinn. It’s part of a big project in Tallinn and the people who run it wanted people to know about the place. So one way to do it was to build a skatepark. I did a couple of plans for the park, there was a bit of back and forth with Jaan and Siim Sild and in the end it was the first idea that we went with. Then some calculations on how much it would cost and about two months later we got the green light. I gave my notice in at work, another month went by and we started construction in the middle of May.
So, there are no pro building companies involved, it was all on you, right? There was an electrician. But the rest of it we did by hand, yes. Me, Mark Taru, Lauri Täht and Mihkel Vahermaa.
Sick. Skaters for skaters. Yeah!
Raul bs noseblunt. Filmed by Ranno Sootla
Tallinn had indoors before Krulli, so when building it what did you want to make different from previous places? I wanted it to be good. And good to me is a place where you can skate flat. Everything else is secondary. Everyone can enjoy skating flat but not everyone can enjoy a 3 meter runup to a down ledge.
It looks really street skating friendly, low impact obstacles etc. I feel like with space like that you could have built some big ramps and handrails and stuff but you went for a more minimalistic vibe. Does the layout reflect what you are into in skating? I would have liked to have more rails, but there was just no room for everything. We didn’t want to make the mistake of having too much stuff in the park. Less is more, the nicest thing you can have in a park in my opinion is space to take time to set up for tricks and roll away in peace, without hitting the next obstacle right away. One more idea was to build a park where you can skate every obstacle at pretty much the same speed so you can do long lines and just skate around and enjoy. The long quarterpipe needs a bit more speed if you want to do long grinds but it had to be that high to allow you to get speed from, for example, a rock to fakie as well. So yeah, it does reflect the way I like to skate! Look at Nils’ last post. That’s what the park is made for.
Most things in the park seem accessible to all levels. What was the response from the scene to the park? It’s supposed to be accessible for all levels so I hope it is, I personally haven’t had any feedback from younger guys but I hope they enjoy it.
The indoor is a part of a larger complex as far as I understand. There are some other places for people to visit ? Right now there’s not much else to do on the complex (apart from an indoor tennis hall) but I hear they are working on some stuff. The indoor park is there for a couple of years until real development starts and if it’s a success we could get an opportunity to build another one.
Now it is Krulli’s first winter, right? It’s Krulli’s first winter. It definitely makes winter more tolerable, there’s lots of sessions going on. Shout out to Kusti for keeping it going!
By the way is the park for skateboarders only? Yeah.
Are people pissed off at you guys for it? I don’t know, maybe.
Who is the biggest Krulli nerd? (Someone who skates there all the time or lives there basically) I guess Kusti because he’s the one who let’s people in :).
What makes you stocked about Krulli?
Well, I’m happy to see that some Estonian OG’s skate there aswell. Number One crew for example.
Most of us imagined how fun it would be to run a skate brand. You’d have tons of cool product with cool designs that you like, you’d sponsor your friends and go on trips. In theory, it all seems doable and fun, even a non-brainer to some. But in practice, it can be a draining task. You need to organize a ton of stuff, make endless decisions every day, and pay the ever increasing bills.
Maksims, a long-time skateboarder has created a new brand for our local community. A wheel brand called Opera. We couldn’t let such a big a event go unnoticed, so we linked up with Maks in Zoom to chat about it all.
Maksims – fs 5-0 on a piano with Rudolfs Henčels behind the keys. Photo by Herbe
How did the idea come about and how come you decided to specifically start a wheel company? I had been thinking about it for quite a while. Looking at other Latvian brands like Treesounds and Happy herbal harvest from my childhood and more recent Sumka and Straight forward skateboards. I was inspired to make something of my own. It’s also something I wanted to do for our scene here in Latvia. To build excitement about something new happening locally. The reason I decided to go with wheels is that there hasn’t been a Latvian wheel brand. I guess the closest thing to that would be the collab between RajonTV and Pillo in 2017. I started talking to people, throwing around ideas about a name, branding and manufacturing options. It was a long process – around three months. And presenting this project to the community and marketing it, well that took even longer.
How did you come up with the name for the company? Does it have some special meaning?
We looked through a lot of options. One time I spoke to a friend of mine from abroad and asked him which name would be the better fit and would also tie in with it being a Latvian brand. He told me that Opera is hands down the best option because when thinking about the city of Riga, the National Opera house is the first thing that comes to mind. It’s like an immediate link to the culture of the city. What is even more, personally, I like the looks of Opera house. Also, when we were thinking about the logo and branding, the ideas we had for Opera stood out the most out of all the other options.
Let’s talk brands. Do you have a favorite Latvian skate company?
The reason I even started doing Opera was that I really enjoy and appreciate what a lot of those other Latvian brands I mentioned before had to offer. I like how they represent themselves and in my opinion they do a better job at that than a few companies from abroad. It’s a whole different vibe here in Latvia.
Speaking of representing, who is going to be reping Opera. Do you have a team in mind?
Yeah. For now, there’s four of us. I think it’s clear to everybody that one of those four is Fricis [Štrauss], since he was in the Opera ad that we recently put out. Besides Fricis we also have Martiņš Reitups, Kaspars Gobiņš and me. Obviously, we are open to expanding the team in the future.
Can people send you sponsor me tapes? I’ll be happy to look through those. Although I can see everything on instagram anyway. That place is flooded with skate videos. If I were to receive a sponsor me tape, I wouldn’t want to see some random low effort stuff, but if somebody really does put in the work I’ll be more than happy to have a look.
The promo video was interesting. Something pretty unique. Can you tell me how the idea for that came about? As I understand at first you guys wanted to film a more traditional skate video. Honestly, I was surprised how hard and time consuming it is to get good material for a traditional skate video. We have spots and the guys have filmed a lot of good tricks, but the whole picture did not stick together with the Idea of the brand. A lot of the spots have already been skated to death and I just wanted to do something new and different. Different from all the stuff we have already seen countless times on instagram and stuff. We have some footage, but it’s not something that could present Opera the way I would want it to. It’d work more for like a shop video or something for now. And so, Rudzitis (Rudolfs Henčels) came along and said that we should make a film instead of a skate video, because it’s something that hasn’t really been done before, and also because we actually have the resources to do it. He had all the equipment and knowledge, and I took it upon myself to manage the right people for scenes, filming locations and decorations. It took a few months to get it all done and a lot of help from friends. The editing and stuff took quite a while too. I guess the result speaks for itself. I Guess that’s the kind of vibe I want have moving forward with Opera – high production value. Of course, we’ll focus on skate videos as well in the future.
Opera wheels shoot. Photo by Herbe
Do you think you’ll be turning your riders pro at any point? The way I see it now is that all of our riders currently are all employed in some type of full time job. At this point none of us are pro skaters that have the chance to go out filming every day. I guess my mission in this scenario is to ensure that the riders have the gear they can use so they can more easily do what they love already. If they can grow and evolve, and eventually progress to that next level of becoming pro, I will be happy. Now I think this brand would serve as a platform that riders can use to expand their horizons. The skate industry /community in Latvia is comparatively small and if you want to reach that next level your only option at this point is to travel abroad and gain recognition in different parts of the world. It’s the same thing that Madars (Apse) did, and it’s the same thing that Arturs Bogdanovics is doing right now. Hat’s off to those guys by the way for what they’re doing.
Do you know how to fix a flat spot? (Laughs) Nah, there is nothing you can really do about a flat spot. It is a big problem. I’ve actually given that a lot of thought while working on this project and given the problem at hand I wanted to make our product more affordable, because changing wheels every time you get a flat spot can get quite expensive. I also had an idea for the future where we could maybe sell our product with an extra fifth wheel in the package or something. Kind of like a spare tire for your car [Laughs].
Kaspars Gobiņš – ollie on Opera wheels. Photo by Arturs Bogdanovičs
Obviously, most skateboard wheels traditionally are white, but what do you think about different colored wheels? Black, green etc. I think that if it fits in with the rest of the design of the board, if it’s thought out and doesn’t look out of place then it’s great. It can stand out and offer a more interesting look to your setup. If it’s not thought out I think it can look too ridiculous.
What’s next for Opera? What are your plans moving forward with the company? Well, I guess to shed some light on our team riders. Maybe organize some events/contests. Of course we want to establish our brand recognition in the Latvian skateboard industry. Also be on the lookout for Opera wheels being available in both Clockwise and Tikari skateshop.
First month of 2023 is over and for the first month we already had an active start into the year. Although it’s been a bit slow for RajonTV media team, we are excited to catch up!
Big Mac Destroyer stated a video series called “Takeover” at Spot Center. Basically these are short individual parts of skaters skating at spot. The twist is that it is only yougsters. No old heads. So far there were episodes with Patriks Sakovičs, Sasha, Ilja, Leo, and Rūta. As far as we know there’s 10+ episodes planned! Keep them coming!
Speaking of Spot, shout out to everybody who showed up to Miskastes Jam! It was really nice to see you all fly around. Special thank you to the Spot Centre, Tikari skateshop and Fricis for building the mini trashcan, which is still there and you can go skate it. Looking forward to your clips over it.
Mr. Boga was Tripping in 2022 and made an exhibition about it at MDarbnica. If you missed the official opening party (we didn’t), then you can still check out the exhibition till 7th of February. Also, check Boga’s recap from the event.
Don’t know who’s getting SOTY, but the best actor award goes to Fricis for his performance in the Opera wheels ad by Rudolfs Henčels. Best supporting actor got to be Deda. And in case you missed it, Opera wheels is a new local wheel company created by Maksims Feofilovs that was announced recently. More about Opera coming this week on rajontv.com.
Rudolfs Henčels also released his Kuramo Voyage: Stranger Scenes video. A behind the scenes look at our summer trip. Everything that went down behind the scenes at late night evenings. 18+ content. Shout out to Rudolfs for documenting all of this mayhem.
Riga skate spot scene lost another one. The Piena aka bomžu park ledges disappeared after a two years of keeping skaters busy. Not a surprising faith for a DIY spot though.
Rumor has it that Zirneklis was the original trash can hopper at the Spot Center. Later other skaters joined in and jumping over the trash can became a thing at Spot Center. The trash can obviously is not meant for skating, so it is probably the most street thing you could do at a skatepark like Spot :). Flipping over trash cans is somewhat a subgenre of skating with the most influential example being Josh Kalis at LOVE park. We got a long way going to that, but the seed’s planted.
Photos by Nauris Dollins/ Video Recap in the end
Deda – FS 180Sasha – BS 180Big – Heelflip (It was perfect but the camera glitched 🙁 Sorry BIG)Artis – Kickflip or maybe bs flip 😀Boga – 360 Flip
Thank you Spot Centre for hosting, Tikari Skateshop for prizes and Fricis for making the mini trashcan 😀 Shout out to everybody else who came to “Miskates Jam” and see you guys soon! Peace.
It has been two years of Latvian skateboarding without the notorious #baraxdiy. During its heyday, you couldn’t imagine a video from Riga that wouldn’t feature Barax. The Straightforward “Pis Taisni” trilogy was based around Barax and also most of RajonTV productions had featured it. Even traveling friends would wind up at Barax and get captivated by its mystery. It was a place that shouldn’t have existed, but it did.
With clips seen in other videos that you have probably forgot anyway, Rob takes you on a journey around Riga streets and hidden corners of Barax in his (sort of) new video “THE END”.
