We arrived in Lisbon on a sunny Friday afternoon in May. Stepping off the plane the air was thick and hot in the way it always seems to be when you land in a Southern European city…
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Athens 2018
Skateboarding in Athens, Spring 2018
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Skateboarding in Prague, July 2017
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Skateboarding in Barcelona, July 2016
Read MoreCopenhagen 2015
“Welcome to the world's happiest nation” read the walls of the baggage reclaim at Copenhagen Airport. A bold claim for a country whose most famous exports are Carlsberg and pickled herring.
Read MoreAmuseum Magazine Launch x Maule Brewing Co.
Launch of Amuseum magazine issue #1 at Beach London. Sponsored by Maule Brewing Co.
Read MoreValencia 2014
We arrived in Valencia just before midday, and skated from the train station into the city centre through the Torres de Quart, a towering stone arch peppered with 400-year-old bullet holes from the Spanish War of Independence.
Read MoreAlicante 2013
Picking a destination for a skateboarding holiday is no easy task. Each person has their own idea of what they want from the trip, and the decision is further complicated by budgets, climates and (increasingly, as most involved have now reached our mid-twenties) work schedules.
Read MoreIn the bleak midwinter
In winter the light is never right. The low sun hides behind buildings and trees and makes shadows fall heavier throughout the day. What little daylight there is at the weekends is usually missed, the result of a long lie in after a long night out.
Read MoreBarcelona 2011 - Part 2
Our final day in Barcelona was spent on the beach, where we found a few seconds to relax in between the plethora of locals selling mojitos, sun hats and hashish.
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It’s a chilly 12°C outside. If I look over my shoulder, rain drops are racing down my window pane and a bitter wind shakes the trees in my dull, dreary English garden. The heating’s on now, and I’m wearing my warmest jumper as I sit here writing about a time just over a week ago, when I spent seven sun-drenched days skating around one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
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Southend to Paris
Having recently returned from a week in Berlin it seems quite strange to be writing about a city I visited no less than six months ago. Every time I try to think back to that week in March my mind succumbs to the much more recent memories of Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse,Alexanderplatz and the Reichstag buildings.
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