Slalom and skateboarding jam session in Berlin

Daniel Poweleit · Post by **Daniel Poweleit** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:35 pm

This weekend we had a real great skateboard session with some german slalomers. But it is not only slalom these guys are able to do.

Saturday Slalom

real smooth surface, no incline
Course: 50 cones in straight line, 1,8 meter distance (middle of cone to middle of cone),
starting ramp: 1,3 meter high, measured distance 100 meters.
Best time 14:20 seconds by Markus Tommerer (Berlin).

Saturday Skatepark Mellowpark
Sunday Downhill Cruisin
Sunday Concrete Pool
Sunday Channel

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 3:43 pm

Hallo Berlin!

I should come a few times in Berlin during next months (my girlfriend will be in Berlin most of the time for a few months... )

Is there regular sessions of slalom, DH or bowl/ramp riding?
And what about skateshops?
Are there shops to find good pool/ramp boards for example?

I come by plane so really don't know if I will take a board with me soon and you guess I didn't come in Berlin to skate...
but if I can, I'd like to skate there at least one time!

Give me hints

Daniel Poweleit · Post by **Daniel Poweleit** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 3:56 pm

Hello Vincent!

Yes there are some kind of regular slalom sessions in Berlin. Some guys try to make it regular. Especially for me its hard to meet that sessions.
Bowl and Ramp riding is possible too in this cold season. The same guys go to a hall with a little skatepark in it nearby Berlin.

And there are several skateshops in the city of Berlin where you can sneak around for some new stuff.

Please tell us when you will be in Berlin. We will try to make a meeting possible.

Daniel

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:46 pm

... hey vincent, hey daniel !!!

when ever you come to town drop me a mail before you arrive - lets pray for a dry pavement - come on daniel we not gonna try it - WE JUST MAKE IT !!!!

liploewe@web.de

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:29 pm

Great
Next time I will be in Berlin is the last week end of november:
27-28 and monday 29th (in fact arriving friday evening and leavin' tuesday morning)

but I don't know if will have time to skate this time, it will depend of my dear

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:36 pm

...hey vincent - take your darling to our spot for two hours and after that we all go for a first class mc donalds dinner which is a three minutes drive from away from our hometurf.

maybe see you in berlin

cheers

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:12 pm

I think it will be possible. In which area is your spot?

... but... perhaps could we find something else to eat?
(sorry but we avoid as much as we can to eat McMultinational foods, any turkish, bratwurst, chinese or what ever you want?)

I hope to skate in Berlin soon. I've been just a few days and it seems to be a great city!

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:45 am

... i mean the mc donalds was just a joke - we have different locations to have a good meal for a fair price - no problem - our spot is located in a district called TEMPELHOF !!! where do you stay during your visit ???

Heiko Schöller · Post by **Heiko Schöller** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:10 am

Vincent Berruchon wrote:Hallo Berlin!

And what about skateshops?
Are there shops to find good pool/ramp boards for example?

HI Vincent

Check out my onlineshop for pool/ramp/slalom decks if you find something I can sent you a deck to one of my buddies in Berlin with no postage cost. Have a great time in Berlin...Best regards Heiko

www.concretewave.de

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:48 pm

Thanks Heiko for the proposition
The site is nice... so few skateshops have something else than street boards nowadays!!
In fact I'm not sure for the moment which size I should take (but the Hosoi and the DeathBox pineapple seems great)... but it could be a solution

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:00 pm

sven lippert wrote:... i mean the mc donalds was just a joke - we have different locations to have a good meal for a fair price - no problem - our spot is located in a district called TEMPELHOF !!! where do you stay during your visit ???

I'm arriving in Berlin friday evening
In fact my girfriend is moving this week end from Tierpark (Friedrichfelde area I think) to Prenzlauerberg .. so we will be in Tierpark in the beginning and perhaps in Prenzlauerberg if everything is OK.

So these few days will be short and I don't know if I will be able to take a board with me (I suppose were talking about slalom board?? but if it's not a reason not to see you!)
When do you skate?
and how can I contact you? I probably won't have internet how I want...

You can send me email here: vinzzz[ONE@]noos[ONEDOT]fr
(... this address is available only until December!)
You can also send SMS messages on my cell phone:
(00-33) 6 60 75 17 32
(I think I can't call or receive calls when I'm in Germany)

Tschuss

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 7:49 am

okay vincent,

i planned a indoor ramp session with my younger son and peter for saturday but we are not sure in te moment. i got a cold in the moment as well as my youngest, but i am pretty sure to be fit on saturday. anyway sunday if it is dry we gonna have a slalom session at papestr. !!! pray for a dry pavement. if you got an hour or two for a session it will be no problem to bring along a board for you and we set a nice course ... why not - i will drop you a sms - prenzlauer berg is not far away from the place were i life ....

see you

Daniel Poweleit · Post by **Daniel Poweleit** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:33 am

okidoki!

Lets race the french man or even lets talk.

I will be prepared.........................

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:10 pm

Ok
I won't take a board with me this time. If a skateboard was allowed in cabine I would take it but it's not

The big problem now is the weather.. the forecast is not good

The other little problem is that she should receive a mattress at something like 16:30 on Sunday afternoon... but perhaps she don't need me for that if she can find us just a bit later

(If the weather is bad-or not- a ramp session would have been great too... but I'm quite a beginner, it's not a BIG ramp???)

We stay in touch

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:48 am

... ok you got my telephonenumbers - i mean our indoor spot is a tough guy spot, cause its not heated - thats what i planned for saturday with my younger son but he still got his cold. its not a miniramp - check the spot under www.inlineskatecenter.de

no problem lets stay in touch - daniel, peter and maybe some others have a date for sunday slalom if the weather is ok - so we will see ....

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:50 am

I'll be back in Berlin the last week end of January too
So if it's not this week end, it will be next time

But let's try
The park seems fun!

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:42 pm

... no stress vincent - anyway if it works and if not - so what - life is long enough - the last week of january but maybe a few of the other old berlin blokes ....

see ya ...

cheers

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 4:20 pm

Hallo
Ich bin in Berlin!
But the weather is quite wet today.. do you think you'll slalom tomorow?
I will be free in the beggining of the afternoon (not so free after 17h30)
I will consult internet tomorow in the morning and call you Swen.

Bis dann

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 6:33 pm

...i was in the skatehall this afternoon and had a nice session - IF YOU CALL ME TOMORROW PLEASE DONT TAKE THE MOBILE IT SOMETIMES DOESENT WORK BUT I GOT YOUR NUMBER AS WELL AND TRY TO GIVE YOU A CALL AROUND ONE O CLOCK !!!!

MAYBE UNTIL TOMORROW - lets pray for a dry night and dry pavement tomorrow !!!

cheers

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:20 pm

hey vincent,

hope are well bach to paris. it was nice to meet you in berlin. sorry for the weather, but i thing you got an impression of our outdoor slalomspot.

i mean the session in the icc tunnel we had was a real "back to the roots" session.

cheers from berlin

sven

Daniel Poweleit · Post by **Daniel Poweleit** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:26 pm

Hi Vincent!

It was fun to meet and race you in Berlin...........

Can you please send me some of your photos you made?

Thanks

I surely think we will meet again next year........

/Daniel

My email adress: daniel at poweleit dot de

Vincent Berruchon · Post by **Vincent Berruchon** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:44 pm

This sunday session was great...
Me and Amandine had both enjoyed meeting you and it was really nice to skate on your local spot: the ICC skate gang in action, yeeaaahhh!!!

It's really enjoyable to discover part of a city with local skaters!

Sven and Peter: So sorry to leave you quite early.. but you were right, we were just on time (or I should say in fact not too late, just as it should be)
but we missed the best Curry Wurst in Berlin and it would have been great to talk a little more but next time it think it will be easier.

I've quickly put our photos online, you can get it there:
http://www.wistiti.fr/Albums/Inscriptio ... k8@free.fr
of course ask me if you want better quality files (but you can have most of them in the original definition by clickin on it 2 times - I'll also try to make a little "report" somewhere else but perhaps it will take long time... I've got one year of skate reports)

Thank you to all of you for this session
and special thanks to Sven for the board, the drive, phone calls and everything...

Keep on riding!

Sven Lippert · Post by **Sven Lippert** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:26 am

...nothing more to say except from missing the one and only "currywurst" - no problem but believe me vincent this place got skateboarding history since around 25 years ....

cheers - you were ripping historical ground !!!!

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