Nike SB | Berlin Open

NIKE SB BERLIN OPEN – 30th June – 2nd July

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Anakin Senn → Backside Smith Grind

Photo by Marcel Veldman

Nike SB bring the heat to the heart of Europe for the Berlin Open at the Nike SB Shelter, Skatehalle 30th June – 2nd July.

As part of the Nike SB European series that elevates skateboarding across Europe’s most exciting cities throughout the summer, the Berlin Open welcomes skate pros from across the globe, top AMs looking to take their next step and unknowns ready to launch themselves onto an unsuspecting international stage.

Housed in the jewel of East Berlin, the all-concrete, undercover, Nike SB Shelter guarantees great competition intensity inside, and the joys of the beer garden outside where spectators can see all the action on the huge live screen.

From 50 riders in pre-qualifiers, 10 will progress to challenge 70 invited riders in the qualification heats, all competing for a total prize purse of €20,000. Throw into the mix a ‘Welcome to Berlin Session’ at Project DSS on the Friday to fire things off, one of the best amped up crowds on the comp circuit, and the ballistics of the Best Trick to close the Sunday and you have yourselves a recipe for top a draw summer skate weekend.

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Info for spectators & registration for skaters here

Nike SB Shelter - Realer Str. 10245 Berlin
DSS - Warschauer Straße

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Nike SB Euro Series | Berlin Open

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The Nike SB Shelter was feeling the heat today for the finals of the 2016 Berlin Open - 31 in the shade of the beer garden where the crowd watched the live stream on the a screen, boiling point inside the park where the 30 skaters laid it down for a part of the €20,000 prize purse.

With a19 year age gap between the oldest and the youngest competitor, nothing seemed to faze 13 year old Herman Moeller out of Malmo who destroyed the park in the semis, dropping tricks that defied the generation gap. He straight no-complyed the stair set, foot planted the wall and locked in fully grown back-smith on the Hubba.

The day’s 30 got cut down to 16, and after 2 days of heavy skating in the heat the toll was paying on the skaters making them need to dig deep into the energy reserves to secure one of the 4 spots up for grabs in the Super Final. Justin Sommer was raging in every round but didn’t link it together at the crucial time, though his front 360 shuvit over the hubba was as stylish as they come. Martin Pek proved that even under pressure you can have fun with a smooth switch blunt on the handrail and nollie blunt on the A frame but also missed out on the big prizes.

The super final was looking like it was going to be epic one for Vincent Milou, a flawless 1 minute run was looking like a comp winner until a back smith flip out attempt left him clutching his ankle and his day was over. Gustavo Ribeiro, a second place podium finisher in the Barcelona AM will be taking another silver trophy home to Portugal by way of a bigger spin flip to front board and a 360 flip to lipslide on the rail, both of which he had on lock all weekend. 1st place however was reserved for Brazilian Ivan Monteiro – 360 flip noseslide down ledge, ollied the big gap from the vert platform and showed a level of consistency throughout the weekend that was well deservving of the winners check.

1st    Ivan Monteiro      17    Sao Paulo, Brazil    €6000
2nd  Gustavo Ribeiro  15    Lisbon, Portugal     €4000
3rd   Vincent Milou      19    Tarnos, France        €3000

Best Trick   - Max Kruglov 27  St. Petersburg, RUS €1500 Hard flip back nose blunt on the hubba

For more information about the Berlin Open and the Nike SB European Series - nikesb.com/euroseries

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