I headed over to Munich with Aaron Sweeney, Marc ChurcHELL, Greg Nowick, Shitknees (AKA Powley), Ben Powell, Andy Scott, The Next Big Thing (AKA Nordberg), GeggsMan (AKA Rye Gray), Rob Smith and this thing pictured below...
Ben Raemers.
The kid was feeling the redneck vibe. 100% sold on the idea.
Don't believe me? Check it out:
Rye Gray also got the footage up four seconds before the event actually started. He's that quick.
Raemers can be spotted in full flow, dungarees and all throughout that clip.
Sans dungarees, Dennis Busenitz hit up the mini ramp a few times. He clearly travels without an alarm clock, as he showed for the competition at 4pm (Just as the finals we're getting started), apologising profusely.
"The Next Big Thing" was also a little more up for it than usual. I guess a new sponsor will do that to you. Let the message boards run wild.
Sweeney fucked his knee pretty early on. Shame as we was pretty close to Bustergrinding this fucker:
Another wee bit of Ben...
Volcom 1, 2, 3 innit.
Alain, Ben and Ivan.
Ben would have won that, had he not knocked the shit out of himself halfway through the finals. Actually, thats a good point - to come second and only skate half of the jam? You know you are going good.
You should check out this clip (and the Sidewalk one which I've linked to a couple of times above). That has the Andy Scott/Rob Smith fridge destruction. To ride up that thing into a pivot is beyond me. It was also beyond anyone else on the ramp, too...aside from Andy of course.
Ste Roe also made it over.
Powley came dressed as him:
Whereas Ben Powell came dressed as Seasick Steve:
I'm sure I'll end up digging more photos up from ISPO. I know Rye's got a bit of footage to come. Most of all, I'm looking forward to seeing what happens over the next year. I mean, Volcom went by this theme at ASR, too. As much as it was a bit of fun, I can't help but feel that some kid somewhere is watching the coverage thinking that this is the next big thing and if they are smart they can jump on early. Enter the mini ramp shredders in dungarees at your local park.
That's not some wild claim - It happened before. Just look at Ollie Todd. Portraits came out, London followed. Godfather of the Cardigan Movement.
Edit: All shitty photos by me. All the skate ones by Jelle Keppens
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