Madars Apse | Season 2 of Skate Tales

With his sails set on exploring the wilder shores of skate culture around the world, there was no way that Madars’ global exploration of the skate underground Skate Tales wasn’t going to pitch up with Matt Tomasello and the Fancy Lad brigade, sooner or later.

These Bostonian renegades are not only re-imagining what skateboarding can be, they are ripping as they do so. As innovative, creative backyard wizards, they have taken the concept of tricks and board assembly into new realms. Their viral videos have racked up millions of views globally as the crew have upended the very concept of skateboarding itself and won themselves fans in every corner of the planet. Using their skatehouse as a kind of insane laboratory, the Fancy Lads have won worldwide acclaim as their creations and reckless charm have seen them showcased in museums and comedy shows alike

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Madars Apse | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Madars Apse discusses growing up in Latvia, selling flowers to buy his first board, getting on Element flow through his local shop, going to college in Barcelona, gettin on DC shoes, moving to London for a year to finish school, getting Kingpin Magazine’s European skater of the year award in 2012, turning pro for Element, filming for his Element “Peace” part, working on projects in Latvia to make skateboarding legal at some Museums and Library’s, his Red Bull series “Skate Tales” season 2 and much more!

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Ryan Decenzo | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Ryan Decenzo discusses growing up in Canada, coming up with his brother Scott, how he got on RDS, Chet Thomas asking him to skate for Darkstar Skateboards, how he prepared to Nollie El Toro, some of his worst slams, planning out his video parts, 360 flipping 18 stairs live on ETN, filming for his Transworld part, winning Tampa Am, going to the Olympics as an alternate skater and much more!

Edited by Tim Olson & Roger Bagley

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Gustavo & Gabriel Ribeiro | in Barcelona

Mundo Gustavo touches down in the world’s greatest skateboarding city as the Ribeiro brothers join an Ementa filming mission to Barcelona. Episode 4 sees SLS winner Gustavo Ribeiro dip out of his contest schedule to wrap the Ementa video with a heavy Portuguese crew ripping around the iconic spots of the skate capital. As well as hitting up Parallel and Besos, Gustavo and Gabriel roll up on MACBA with Guilherme Durand, Bruno Senra, Emidio Silva and Rapha Castilho in tow to kick it with Macbalife head honcho Alex Braza at the world’s most famous skatespot. As Julio Arnau explains in our Greetings From Barcelona feature, the 1992 Summer Olympics saw a transformation in the cityscape from visionary urban planning to neighbourhood regeneration projects which would turn the Catalan city into a skateboarder’s paradise. Within a decade the city was a feature of every skate magazine and video across the globe, and to this day remains a Mecca for skaters who want to add their chapter to the city’s skateboarding lore. From risky rickshaw rides to checking out the sensational skateboard artwork of Julien Deniau, a little beachside mission and an impromptu rooftop snack hack, see how the boys squeeze every ounce of juice from a crazy weekend of skateboarding right throughout Barcelona.

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RED BULL PARIS CONQUEST | THE JAM SESSION

They hit the streets of Paris to check out some classic Parisian spots with TJ Rogers, Lucas Rabelo, Angelo Caro, Gustavo Ribeiro & more as they get ready for the Red Bull Paris Conquest! Paris has a skateboarding history dating back to the 1970’s both at the Trocadero where slalom was all the rage (as immortalised by the 1978 short film Trocadero Blue Citron) and at the Beton Hurlant skatepark and Bowl de la Villette. It wasn’t until the mid-1980’s, however, that skaters began to explore the city streets beyond the Trocadero, discovering new playgrounds like ‘Le Dome’, Chatelet, La Defense, Creteil, Bercy and so many others. For the Paris Conquest event they recreated some of the French capitol's most famous skate spots in a unique street course at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

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Tim Débauché | 'Opus I' Rough Cut

Tim Débauché is 100% skateboarder: he eats, sleeps and breathes skateboarding. As with every skateboarder, Tim has had his fair share of physical issues: growth spurts led to a year off through endless knee pain, graduating to the curse of the flip trick generation: ankle problems. Notwithstanding those costs of doing business, Tim has depth to his skating game and proved it with his recently-released ‘Opus 1’ part. This is Tim’s first full video part, no doubt foreshadowing many more to come. Steady video output from him would be a win all-round - you really don’t see his level of style and touch every day. Enjoy!

Filmed by Guillaume Perimony

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Karl Berglind | 'Lunar Landscapes'

Follow Sweden’s flow master on a high-octane chase through the otherworldly skate terrain of Montana’s giant concrete behemoths! Montana is traditionally known as big sky country and the openness of the terrain is reflected in the remarkable skatepark design there. Given his natural affinity with the climate and skate terrain of his native Sweden, Red Bull asked the sublimely talented Karl Berglind if he would like to experience some of the lunar landscapes that master-craftsmen like Evergreen and Dreamland have poured into the spellbinding scenery of America’s last wide open space. A perfect symbiosis of skater and space, enjoy!

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Basque Country & 2 Secret Locations | MUNDO GUSTAVO Ep 2 - 3

MUNDO GUSTAVO: A skate series by Gustavo Ribeiro

In this episode Gustavo meets up with Danny Leon & Vincent Milou in Basque Country and shows us how a skateboard is made.

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In this episode Gustavo shows us around his private indoor park with Leticia Bufoni and films for The Maze in Germany with Madars Apse.

Step Into The World Of Gustavo Ribeiro | MUNDO GUSTAVO Ep 1

MUNDO GUSTAVO: A skate series by Gustavo Ribeiro Ep 2 | Basque Country connection

Meet Gustavo Ribeiro, the Portuguese pro skater who is about to take his shot on the biggest stage in the world. Ride with him as he shows us around his hometown of Lisbon, Portugal. In this episode Gustavo explains how he got into skateboarding, his dream of becoming a pro skater and how he rose through the ranks of contests making a name for himself when he made it to Street League, taking a podium finish next to his favorite skaters Shane O'neill & Nyjah Huston.

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Jake Wooten | Skates An Abandoned Airport

Now boarding, Jake Wooten in New Orleans, with the keys to an empty airport and a terminal full of dream features to skate. The baggage claims and escalators and VIP lounges are all fair game, without a single security guard in site. No lines, no crowds, no TSA — Jake had the entire airport to himself and a custom park build that looks like it's straight out of a video game.

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Philly Skate Scene | GREETINGS FROM PHILADELPHIA

Skating in Philadelphia is hard. Rugged terrain, uneven sidewalks, and every weather condition imaginable is hurled at skaters whose goal is to thrash the City of Brotherly Love. “The streets are rough. The spots are rough. There’s a lot you’ve got to battle,” says Kerry Getz, owner of iconic Philly skate shop, Nocturnal. But adversity breeds creativity and that’s the message “Greetings From Philadelphia” communicates loud and clear.

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Madars Apse, Jaakko Ojanen & Crew | "Searching for the Mayas" RAW CUT

Road warrior Dani Millan's Searching for the Mayas action remix follows pro skaters Jaakko Ojanen, Madars Apse, Angelo Caro and Zack Wallin on tour throughout Belize, Guatemala and Mexico!

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Madars Apse, Wes Kremer & Crew | UNKNOWN TREASURES

Late in the last summer before lockdown, SK8MAFIA's Wes Kremer, Element Skateboards’ Madars Apse, Sour Skateboards’ Josef Scott and widely- respected veteran Ben Skrzypek were joined by vibesman Tino Arena on a 13-day skate mission through the southern Balkans to spread the good word of global skate culture all the way from the beach towns of Albania to the killer skate scene in Skopje, North Macedonia via Montenegro and Kosovo.

A video by Dani Millán

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Best Of Red Bull Skateboarding 2020

From Patrik Wallner’s pioneering Uzbekistan skate project to contests like Simple Session, Red Bull Solus & Red Bull Bowl Rippers to RAW EDITS with Jamie Foy, CJ Collins & more to introducing the world to Madars Skate Tales to skating Larvikite with Torey Pudwill & crew to exploring the spirit of skateboarding in Africa, 2020 will go down in as an epic year in our history books!

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The Maze w/ Vladik Scholz, Madars Apse, Gustavo Ribeiro & Jost Arens

Watch Gustavo Ribeiro, Jost Arens and Madars Apse join Vladik Scholz to rip a hydraulically alive skatepark pursued by a malicious marble in his latest creative skate adventure.

Vladik linked up with master skatepark craftsman Andreas Schutzenberger to roll out a pioneering indoor skatepark project: a hydraulic tilting skatepark labyrinth known as The Maze. Based on the ubiquitous childhood marble game of yore, Schutzi’s 40-tonne, 21 square-metre skatepark creation is suspended 3 metres into the air on a series of hydraulic jacks which make the floor slope in any chosen direction – even as you skate it!

If you have ever skated a makeshift run-up or a jerry-rigged flatbank, you will doubtless be aware what an absolute nightmare trying to re-calibrate the physics and balance of just rolling on a shifting surface is. Busting tricks on an undulating first-floor skate spot, let alone rolling around on it, takes more than nerve: it takes instinctive, reflexive balance.

So, when Vladik chose Portugal's Gustavo Ribeiro, Germany's Jost Arens and Latvia's very own Madars Apse to come and check out what IOU Ramps managed to create this time around he knew he was selecting three skaters who have proven their ability to adapt and deliver time and again. What he didn’t tell them, however, was that the final twist designed into the slanted and enchanted skatepark was a giant chromeball, released to respond to the demands of gravity and pursue them around the labyrinth, full tilt!

Get amongst Vladik’s marble madness as another one of his skating daydreams becomes a reality, including a little peek behind the curtain of Schutzi’s creative experiments to inspire your imagination!

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Ancient Stone to Public Skatespot with Torey Pudwill & Crew | LARVIKITE LINES

When the opportunity arose to visit Lundhs Real Stone quarry and create a permanent Larvikite skatepark for the town’s skate scene, Torey Pudwill, Chris Haslam and Angelo Caro flew in to link up with local pro Deedz and session the 300 million-year-old terrain in situ – before bringing it all down from the mountain quarry to create a permanent skate space in Larvik itself. Marvel at the wonder of nature, the ingenuity of humanity and the radness of skateboarding in Larvikite Lines below. If you're ever in Larvik, be sure to hit up their new skate spot courtesy of Didrik Galasso and Lundhs Real Stone.

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Ryan Lay's OUTTAKES | Etnies Album

Take a behind-the-scenes look into the process of making Etnies Footwear's 2018 full-length skate video, "Album." Enjoy outtakes of Ryan Lay as he and the rest of the Etnies Footwear team skate through five different continents while stacking for the video.

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2020 Red Bull BOWL RIPPERS | Highlights

Buckle up for a unique edition of Red Bull Bowl Rippers 2020 from Marseille. A stripped-back showdown promised to produce some much-needed skate action from the south of France this past weekend on October 3-4. The city's very own son, Jean Pantaleo, beat all comers over the weekend to become the new champion of Red Bull Bowl Rippers, edging out previous winner Jaime Mateu by a single point.

In contention to put their stamp on the fabled Bowl Du Prado during this special edition of Red Bull annual seaside showdown was a 60-strong field of European shrednauts, including Elson Patrick, Danny León, Dannie Carlsen, Jean Pantaleo, Marcel Wintherlig, Anthony Mardelle, Stellio Sakellarides, Simon Léauté, Ivan Federico, Bjorn Lillesoe, Karl Berglind, Vincent Milou and Jaime Mateu. With the weekend split into a Saturday contest and a Sunday Best Trick jam, Pantaleo doubled down on his contest victory by making an enormous transfer line into one of the bowls, a feat which had previously cost him not one, but two, broken heels.

Red Bull Bowl Rippers 2020 results:

• Jean Pantaleo

• Jaime Mateu

• Karl Berglind

• Danny León

• Ivan Federico

Photography  Teddy Morellec

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Alex Midler | RAW EDIT: YOU GOOD?

Go behind the scenes of YOU GOOD? with previously unreleased footage of attempts, slams, makes and throwaway clips from Alex Midler's heavy part.

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Madars Apse | Attempting The Mini MegaRamp With Beaver Fleming

Welcome indeed to Skate Tales, Madars Apse’s new series journeying through skateboarding’s wilder shores. In this episode Madars tackles the Megaramp with Beaver Fleming in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With Fleming's help, Apse just might be able to take on the mini Megaramp!

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