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Carve Wicked in Portugal teaser with Alex Perelson,Tim Zom and more.

Arthur Derrien — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:24 +0000

Some of the Carve Wicked boys (Alex Perelson, Tim Zom, Rob Smith, Phil Zwijsen, Sam Pulley, Jake Collins, Julien Benoliel, Sam Beckett, Fernando Bramsmark and Sox) recently spent seven days in Portugal shooting an article for Soma and Sidewalk. The full edit will be out very soon but in the meantime enjoy this funny little trailer put together by Alex Pasquini.

Blood Wizard in Italy with Chris Gregson, Mason Merlino and Julien Benoliel

Arthur Derrien — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:53:54 +0000

It seems like the Blood Wizard boys used the latest edition of the Vans Spring Classic comp as an excuse to go and skate around Italy. Mason Merlino and Chris Gregson even managed to get Julien Benoliel to go around with them!

Photo/video recap of Julien Bénoliel’s invitational DIY bowl contest in Marseille with Karsten Kleppan, Fernado Bramsmark and many more.

Arthur Derrien — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:06:28 +0000

As I mentioned last week there’s a lot going on in Marseille from the 25th of April to 9th of June. Here are a few photos (Louis Miossec) and videos from last weekend.

When I first heard about Julien Benoliel’s invitational best trick contest at the DIY bowl he built I was a little sceptical. I knew he would invite the right people but at the same time that thing is so ridiculously tight that I just couldn’t see how anyone could do proper tricks in it, even dropping in feels gnarly. I can’t believe some of the shit that Karsten, Fernando and Jarne managed to do…

Juju obviously smashed it.

The Volcom europe team ( Eniz, Axel…) also came down for a little demo…

Karsten was doing some nice frontside crooked grinds…

Jelle Keppens hung up a few photos.

Tommy Guerrero played some music.

Bud, Marseille’s first real skateshop in almost 10 years finally opened it’s doors.

For more information about the events to come (Cliché and Lakai demos, the Wu-Tang concert, etc.) visit This Is Not Music‘s official website.

Julien Bénoliel DIY bowl invitational contest, Bud Skateshop’s opening, Cliché, Volcom and Lakai demos, Wu-tang concert and much more

Arthur Derrien — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:13:12 +0000

As you can see the flyer is in French but you should be able to just about make out what’s going on.

Marseille hasn’t had a proper skateshop in almost 10 years so to celebrate Bud skateshop’s grand opening the locals have organised a massive event that includes Cliché (24/05) , Volcom (28/05) and Lakai (04/05) demos, Tommy Guerrero (26/04) and Wu-Tang (24/05) concerts and an invitational contest on the ridiculously tight DIY bowl Julien Bénoliel is currently building…

Here are some photos of what the bowl looks like so far.

Marseille is also European capital for culture this year which means that tons of money has been invested into the development of new museum, theatres and art galleries as well as in the redevelopment of run-down areas. This mean stuff to do when you aren’t skating and millions of new spots to hit when you are skating. If you were looking for a place to go on holiday during that period then believe me Marseille is your ideal destination. And I didn’t even mention the weather or the legendary bowl by the beach…

Check out this website for more info.

Lifeblood X Indy Euro Tour video.

Arthur Derrien — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:50:59 +0000

To find out a little bit more about these few days of bowl carnage and drunken mayhem go and pick up a copy of issue 111, it’s got a 12 page article covering the trip.

Julien Benoliel on Bacon.

Arthur Derrien — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:50:13 +0000

It seems like most of it was filmed in a day, you have to be a proper local to skate that Marseille bowl like that, it’s harder than it looks.

The Drive 2012 – Carving The New World Order

Jan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:47:05 +0000

CRV-WKD carving their way to Helsinki wicked as fuck in this epic clip of chaos and annihilation as their share of The Drive 2012. New World Order.