Born and raised in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, Joe Atkinson is a lifelong athlete, currently travelling the world, inspiring audiences, skaters and new-comers through his competition runs, performances and skate visuals.
Joe’s skating has been seen in Vogue Magazines, global campaigns, bilboards and books across the world, and his skills within the discipline of inline skating have brought him numerous awards, World Championship titles, Panini cards and signature products from industry leading brands.
Joe’s creative approach to inline skating is focused on evolving his own limits, between his body and the physical environment.
During the Chileros Tour de Mexico, we were invited to Morelia by Daniel Vallejo. We took the opportunity to visit yet another great city with an amazing skate scene. The day we got there we met most of the crew at an art exhibition and were surprised to see our mate Joe Atkinson was also cruising through the country.
We had a couple of sessions and heard there was a sketchy DIY Bowl up in the hills which was built inside a small unfinished house. Needless to say Joe got super hyped to go and check it out and after a few laps the place transformed into something out of this world. Thank you Daniel, thank you Joe for being amazing people. - Hadrien Bastouil.
Music: La Bande-Son Imaginaire - Mezcal a Pleno Vuelo.
When you spend a few months travelling and skating through the country you sometimes have to cave in and join a few sessions at the parks. While you may think skating might define a country’s street culture in the paved avenues of the big cities, the skateparks of Mexico also have a story to tell and are still the place of good times sharing sessions. This one is for all the carnales we met.
Parks in Mexico are really surprising and oftentimes huge and vast dumps of concrete in some cities where only a few practice urban sports which usually adds to their volume. But meeting the crews of each city as we went through allowed us to share some great memories and even skate some hidden gems. For instance in Morelia where we met up with Joe Atkinson and explored a covered up SpaceBowl for a shadowy session out of time.
Be sure to watch the whole Chileros Video not to miss out on professional action since I loved the song to much and added a bunch of footage from Joe Atkinson, Julien Cudot and Stephane Alfano borrowed from other great projects like Foot Moon and Alfamor videos.
Skating from: Frai Gomez, Thomas Camus, Hadrien Bastouil, Pablo Ledesma, Marisol Tamayo, HoneyBee, Obed Mejia, Chaneblade Paredes, Angel Cocolero, Daniel Vallejo, Diego Lara, Jaime, Rubi Farias, Rafael Urena, Arturo Gomez, Kenya Maldonado, Efrain Mondragon, Jeremi Rodriguez, Enrique Zepeda, Joe Atkinsons, Julien Cudot and Stephane Alfano. Filmed in Guadalajara, Mexico City and Morelia, Mex. Music: Quantic x Flowering Inferno - Dub y Guaguanco ; Delinquent Habits - Fiesta ; La Bande-Son Imaginaire - Mezcal a Pleno Vuelo. Keep Blading it’s fun.
The Cayenne Project’s second full-length video, Delfon Dio was shot in the Autumn of 2016 on location in beautiful Greece, and released in the Spring of 2017. A film by Karsten Boysen & Benjamin Buttner.
Starring:
Scott Quinn,
Carson Starnes,
Chris Farmer,
Josh Glowicki,
Joe Atkinson,
David Sizemore,
Dominik Wagner,
Chris Smith &
Richie Eisler.
Vimeo Mirror: PLAY.
FISE Montpellier 2024 - grab your pass now on FISEmontpellier.com. Save The Date, from May 8 to 12, when we will all meet for FISE Montpellier!
Shred Da Ground, Paris 2023. “An amazing day with crazy vibes, crazy tricks and amazing people”. - Kevin Ciman.
Featuring: Mathieu Heinemann,
Clement Boucau,
Victor Daum,
Nicolas Auroux,
Jo Zenk,
Williams Cerlo,
Frederic Bukowski,
Joe Atkinson and more!
Previously: Tricks @ Shred Da Ground, Paris 2023 - A video by Hugo Renard + Results.
Filmed & edited by Sean Kelso. Additional camera by Colin Kelso. Music by Roland Jones and Swum. Audio effects by Sean Kelso and Chris Schackerman.
Trivia: FDR Skatepark is a skatepark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is accessible from the Pattison Avenue stop of the Broad Street subway line (Wikipedia).
Tricks at the Shred Da Ground, Paris 2023. A video by Hugo Renard. Riders (in order of appearance):
Mathieu Heinemann,
Clement Boucau,
Victor Daum,
Nicolas Auroux,
Jo Zenk,
Williams Cerlo,
Frederic Bukowski,
Sofiane Kefane,
Hadrien Bastouil,
Fabien Elettro,
Pauline DB,
Etienne Maréchal &
Joe Atkinson. Photo: Frederic Bukowski.
Results
- Jo Zenk
- Victor Daum
- Williams Cerlo
Awards
Julien Cudot wins the NL Contest, 2023 edition, 2 years in a row! Video edit by Brieuc Inisan, featuring: Julien Cudot, Lenny jourdain, Nicolas Servy, Stefan Selders, Antony Pottier, Cj Wellsmore, Danilo Senna, Joe Atkinson, Jeremy Dominguez & Jaro Frijn.
Results
- Julien Cudot
- Cj Wellsmore
- Jeremy Dominguez
Major shredding alert. The World Skate Roller Freestyle World Cup Men’s Semi Final served up some epic lines and serious airtime.
FISE World Montpellier 2023 - May 17 to 21, 2023 - Visit Fise.fr (Montpellier 2023 - Event page).
Photo: FISE.