Dear community. Coming back to Eindhoven in February 2023 – after a pandemic and the rebuild of Area 51 - there were loads of concerns. Is the new park working for a competition of it’s size, will the atmosphere be the same and is the blading community even still interested in traveling thousands of kilometers for living on fries and beer for three days?

The answer to these questions was YES. And there is one simple reason behind that answer: Community. It is each and every one of you applauding for the youngster landing her first trick in a comp, starting to chat with a stranger in the bar queue, landing a trick that makes the crowd go nuts, asking a question in one of the panel discussions or storming the tradeshow – it is each one of you that keeps on creating this special three-day-experience. It is all of us being in it together in February 2024 again – WE ARE WINTERCLASH.

Winterclash 2024: February 22nd · 23rd · 24th
Area 51 Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Get your tickets here | sold out on november 8, 2023 (3 days after the ticket announcement).

Gabriel Adriani - Insomnia - Mesmer Skate Brand. Filmed and edited by Marc Moreno. Photo by Mike Simpson.

This is Eugen Enin’s part from Plastic Pushers Volume III. Plastic Pushers Volume IV comes out mid december 2023, you can already check some b-roll here - PLAY.

A video filmed in and around Seattle, Washington throughout 2023. Featuring full parts from Josiah Blee, Neil Christenson, James Truitt, Derek Brown, Alex Sams, Avery Christenson, and Jake Dotson. As well as others from all around the Pacific Northwest - Allen Clark, Arie Kellerman, Carter Leblanc, Cody Clark, Matt Crissinger, Justin Reed, Will Judy, Hazen Bell, Zack Savage and Jon Xmas.

Filmed by: Jake Dotson, Neil Christenson, Josiah Blee. Additional Filming by: Avery Christenson, James Truitt, Derek Brown. Edited by Jake Dotson with help from Neil Christenson.

KRAUT: skating and music from Hamburg (Germany), home of Vollkornblading (full grain blading), the makers of Aalglatt Alleyblade and the annual Xmas Jam. A vibey full-length video by Paweł Wieleba, featuring a banger section by Karsten Boysen and lots of other parts by riders hailing from Hamburg’s diverse rolling scene.

Featuring: (in order of appearance): Paweł Wieleba, Yannick Port, Felix Kerrinnes, Niko Thielebein, Britta Kussin, Markus Friedrich, Sarah Reif, Ines Schaffrranek, Anna-Lena Cohrs, Anke Dregnat, Nadja Borynec, Lukas Schwender, Jonathan Dudreuil, David Botchwey, Sebastian Peymann, Ole Marte, Sebastian Birkhahn, Alex Deutschmann, Peter wiewióra, Tebbe Siems, Marc Nickel, Jorma Schneider, Steve Sprenger, Patrick Gruhle, Marvin Tunnat, Alex Kruse, Shintaro Nakayahman & Karsten Boysen.

Trivia: Kraut means Herb in German. Photos.

I was lucky enough to get an invite to the MegaRanch by all time good guy Nick Petropoulos. We started off the day with a warm up on the 18 foot mini mega. A normal vert ramp is 12 foot so this was big. Then we transistioned to the mega ramp where we dropped in the landing and rode the 27 foot ramp. The take off is 55 foot high. This thing is massive! - Joe Stuart (Shiftyroyale.com).

About the MegaRanch - by Peter Wilson (Megaranchaustralia.com)

“My name is Peter Wilson, I am a Golf Professional, and a winner of tournaments around the world. My passion for Surfing & Skateboarding made me create an event a few years ago, I staged Australia’s largest one day golf event, and positioned a vert ramp in middle of the golf event!

After this event I noticed that for the top level skateboarders and BMX riders, there are no facilities for them to train for the big air competitions. Currently in the United States, there is Bob Burnquist’s Private backyard Mega Ramp, Danny Way has created a private ramp off the charts in Hawaii, and there is the Woodward West Mega Ramp (torn down in 2019?).

In Australia there is not many high standard facility’s available for my action sports athlete friends to train on are no Mega Ramp’s a lot of them have moved to America. If my kids wanted to Pursue a career in Actions sports I didn’t want them to abandon Australia, so with my main sidekick Chaddy we took it upon ourselves to create the Megaranch training facility. After the first one had to be relocated it was the perfect opportunity to build it better and properly, we wanted to create a Megaramp that was safe enough to progress all ages into there perspective sports through expert guidance in camp style environments. We now have created a place for BMX Riders and Skateboarders in Australia to have a place to train on, and potentially reach the X-Games level”.

Previously: Chris Haffey & Scott Crowford - Dream Trip to the Megaranch (Australia, 2022).

“Sometimes you are the windshield. Sometimes you are the bug. You and I have memories longer than road”. Here is Roland Bertalan - 2023 Summer Street Section - Vienna, Austria.

Leaving Focused and Burning Bridges in the history books, (This is) captures the next chapter in Salomon Street Skating, delivered by the names you know and the next generation you don’t. (This is) a year-long odyssey canvassing North America and Europe with one of the most interesting and diverse teams in rolling.

From the silky smooth style of Vinny Minton to the draw dropping dare of Rob Thompson, the skate-anything-anywhere abilities of the Salomon Street team are unmatched. (This is) also features sections from Brandon Campbell, Chaz Sands and the future of rollerblading, i.e. Don Bambrick and Chris Cheshire.

The Salomon team video from 2004. Featuring: Rob Thompson, Don Bambrick, Chance Dunstan, Chris Cheshire, Chaz Sands, Vinny Minton, Victor Arias, Ivan Narez & Brandon Campbell. Shot and edited by Justin Lomax.

Jeremy Soderburg - BACETHEM, filmed by Joey Lunger. Shout out Them Skates and bacemint.

Intuition Skateshop presents and exclusive look into the epic annual adventure blading getaway that is Mammoth Camp and Blade 2023.

Featuring: Chad Tannehill, Michael Braud, Ryan Northway, Jamie Khammounetry, Opie Tran, Andrew Scherf, Rick and Shawn Rodriguez, Matt Mickey, and many more. - PLAY.

See y’all Labor Day Weekend 2024! Filmed by: Ted Harder, Andrew Scherf & Matt Mickey. Edited by: Drew Bachrach.