ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

just when you thought life gets boring during wintertime:


day 4 of our new kidney bowl:
shallow end deep end 5-8 feet pure fun
length 60 feet
width 35 feet

for all the guys who come from a different background than slalom-watch this completely carhartt sponsored ramp grow-when ever in my area stop by for a sess.

Stoked dude!

Is there enough room for Freestyle????

--------> No, just kidding. We will definitely come to session it once it's finished. Maybe I can 'lure' my kids into joining a session.

Holy Moly!
calling 8 feet a deep end is a little sarcastic, but I´d love to have this thing in my basement anyway...........

he nice - looks like the baby is getting in good shape the next weeks.

the measures really sound like fun !!! ... do you have a heating system in your hall, i mean we are all not getting younger .... and any sound possible ??

cheers from the BRATS

chris
we made some compromises doing this thing but.....
add ons
a removable love seat
a removable deathbox
2 hardcore extensions

this will make it gnarly enough for you too
besides that,we do have a few nice race tracks plus the most talented skaters in slalom,d-town cologne area so this might be the call for a perfect weekend

svenne
heating?
kiddie stuff hahahaha
but it's dry

sound?

yeah

big stereo set with big speakers and good aggressive music-you know what i mean
also a fridge,toilets,showers
so waddayou're waiting for?

It is lovely Don, don´t get me wrong. It is my problem I am not good at skating miniramps. I need vert for airs. Never ollied, never will. But carving is fun.

the deep end is vert,so airs might be possible for you too,no pun intended

vert at 8 feet? how much vert? 2 feet? woops!

send more pics as it grows please!

no heating - no problem ... so we have to wear jogging pants under the skateshorts in winter coooool

like chris said ... keep us updated !!!!!

oh man nothing but fun .

i will defently come to sessioning this baby

lets keep us updated !!!!!!!!!!!


bernhard

YEHAAAA !

When will the water be in? Can't wait to drop in.

dietsches is building that bowl he has enough time at the moment hehehehe.forgot to mention him oh my....

here you see him showing the 4x4 pavel pool prototype to the amazed audience:


some views of week 3,the monster still sleeps...



now even our specialists who cry for BIG ramps can see where the project is heading.
it's absolutely private the biggest bowl in germany.
without the help and goodwill of ollie and lutz of carhartt and their belief in the things we do,this would have never happened.

DUDE! THAT BOWL IS GOING TO BE PUNK ROCK!! I HAVE BEEN SKATING THE NEW PARK IN SANTA MONICA LIKE 3-4x/WEEK - POOL IS 11' DEEP AND GNAR GNAR - GREAT COPING, GOOD TRANNIES, SMOOTH AND FAST!!
I AM GOING 2 COME OVER THERE WHEN THAT BOWL IS DONE AND SK8 & DESTROY....!!!!
COME BACK OUT HERE SOON SO WE CAN GO SKATE ALL THE NEW PARKS OUT HERE.......
U SHOULD PUT THIS BOWL THING ON CONCRETE DISCIPLES BULLETING BOARD - WHATS IT DOIN' UP HERE ON A SLALOM SITE 4 GOD SAKES........????

Theres a beautiful aesthetic to it as a bare skeleton, sorta looks like some new age spider web installation piece.

keith:we are men on a mission that's why we post it here.

I'm looking forward to try this bowl!
I'll schedule a winter trip in Germany one again (last year it was Berlin and skate with ICC the gang )

where is that thing located? if it's where i think, it's absolutely in my area, which brings me to the real question: how will i be able to ride it? will it cost some entrance fee or is it locals only?

gruß, andreas

if it is where you live,then you are lucky.
yes,entrance fee and sessions happen on a "call me first" base.
everything has its own reason and should be respected.

... he donald,

i was away for two weeks and had a nice trip. good to see the monster growing. looks like it will make his first martial ataacks in winter ....

This is a really good reason to come to Germany this winter.

rmn

ramon-always welcome buddy

here's a pic of the progress so far:


3more weeks and we're all set

Thats a beauty!

Haha I was there yesterday with Don and Steve and I can say this is the shit!!! Very nice but I think not so easy to skate. I can´t await to skate this beauty!!!!!!

heiko was there to donate a few bucks for bolts and stuff-thanx bro,always there when needed.
this will be the official GOG training camp for brixlegg as i see it.3 more weeks to go and the fun starts.

is there vert in the shallow-end ? looks really big.

deep end has vert the shallowis shallow hehehe
max 2 weeks to go your boards go through this week,manuel

Nice Don, very nice!!!
I just set up my new vert board...and maybe sometime soon we'll come to visit.
Did I see some tile-work done...??!!

YOYO

... fat congrats from me - so much love for details - i can hear the wheels making rattaaatttat... looks perfect !!!!

cheers
svenne

sali donald - cool you even plaster some tiles. this is the real shit...

IT'S THE LOVE FOR DETAIL


so many people helping on the bowl,good guys...only a few days are left and the this epic construction will serve its purpose.everybody is amped to the max to skate this beauty.
did any of you notice the deathbox in the deep-end?

...and the stairs...

yes we noticed the deathbox ... we`re not blind !!!!!

Holy Moly!

See you next weekend!

belive in what you are doing:
we had a con today,gazing at the almost finsihed monster.what came to my mind is all the people involved starting from the guys who run the plant,carhartt and the money,friends who were there building it,friends who are there to support the dream with extra cash,which was sorely needed.
now we are 2-3 days away from finishing the biggest private bad -ass kidney bowl in the whole of goddamn europe.
yes,i am proud of our achievement.
i am aware of what it took of each and everybody.
so i see that i was pulling strings here and there and in the end it happened.
you might say that we are very spoiled adults enjoying what we have here.
trust me,we will enjoy being so spoiled every day in that bowl-if you pass by our area-give me a call!!!

i got a message for all the guys who don't have the luck we had.


it starts here with a very popular promotion campaign by a popular shoe company:


J U S T D O I T

as always this will remain my life-motto.
gear up for next year in brixlegg when me and chris hart open our bags of surprises.

nobody will be disappointed then,unbelievers beware,you will be in for a big disappointment.

FULL STEAM AHEAD

Donald for president....

Watch two pics from the first session today:





Amaising is the only way to discribe this one.

We skated the baby yesterday.


The best wooden bowl I ever skated, period.

Had tons of fun. Really big props for Donald and his crew for pulling it off.

Photos will follow.

Agreed; yesterday's session was a true blast and funnily I am not aching at all.
Guess that I was holding back a bit....Don, we'll come back for sure.

Big props to Don, Dietsches and crew that built the beauty.

Vid to follow asap

Vid to follow asap

Cant wait to see that!

Congrats to everyone involved on this beautiful bowl!

There you go...a small clip
http://www.yoyoskates.com//clips/bowlsession.wmv

nice vid, Yoyo!
Sorry I couldn't ride with You guys but i had to get these slalom-ramps done for the race next weekend. But I knew my time would come....

Together with Heiko and Dominik I had my first all private session yesterday night.
Man, we had a blast. For me it was a dream come true since 1976.

THANK YOU, DONALD and DITSCHES, for giving me the ultimate ride !

YOU ROCK!

ok folks, here is another clip.

http://www.yoyoskates.com//clips/bowlsession2.wmv

Donald, you rule!
I just have to practice a little bit more roundwall and put even softer bushings in my trucks.

Alright!
Nice clips Yoyo!
That looks like so much fun, i can tell everyone who skates that is gonna have a great time!

Argggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh
We will miss the session next week end because it's snowing too much in Germany and France!
Too bad
I want to carve the bowl and rip this damn coping

Skateboarders in Paris aren't lucky:
the big skatepark that some of you perhaps some of you tried during the PSWC, one of the biggest in Europe, is now definetely closed!!
Only one indoor sk8park left in the area, a way more little and quite far in the suburb!!!
I want to go back to California!!!!!

he vincent,

are you talking about the roller parc in evry sur seine. i hope this one isn`t closed. i always sleep in this etap hotel on my way to the atlantic coats in summer. this etap hotel is 500 m away from the park and i also wann take a few rides this year again before i go to bed !!!

sven lippert wrote:he vincent,

are you talking about the roller parc in evry sur seine. i hope this one isn`t closed. i always sleep in this etap hotel on my way to the atlantic coats in summer. this etap hotel is 500 m away from the park and i also wann take a few rides this year again before i go to bed !!!

Sorry Sven. It's this one. it's closed

no vincent thanks for the info - oooooh shit - this hall was really nice !!!!!

this hall was located perfect - 500 m away from the hotel and really near to highway to bordeaux. i skated this one once a year ... this roundabout with the little muggles was insane - i never saw something like that before ... i mean they had everything - minis, spines, vertramp, little bowl, disco music hahahahaha and coloured lights hohohohoho !!!!
RIP

The video

low quality because cheap camera, but it just adds to the mystery factor...............

http://www.kube-online.com/skate/the-bo ... -11-20.wmv

Video link above does not work.
To see the 21 min vid go to http://www.kube-online.com and click the Skatepic.

And thx for the videos!
Helped me to motivate some old friends to get up and come to Düsseldorf to skate our bowl.