What started as a simple idea discussed over a few cold beers has been quickly nurtured into a full-fledged weeklong shred fest with all of the world’s top park riders in attendance. Home to the only truly public slider park in the world and now filled with more features than ever, Hood River, Oregon was the perfect venue to host such an event.
Twenty-nine competitors gathered in the Slider Project Park from August 5th to the 11th to see who would throw down the hardest and claim their spot as the top park rider of the event.
This season we finish up here with a compilation of my travels to Panama with my homies (Nick Garcia, Greyson Fletcher, Julian Davidson) then a trip to Iceland together with some of the Huf dudes (Dan Plunkett, Tyler Bledsoe, Josh Matthews) and Kevin Terpening. Then I make a short stop in Gothenburg, Sweden with friends (Wes Kremer, Josef Skott Jatta and Jaakko Ojanen) and finally, on the other side of the globe, I visit Tibet on another trip this time with Chris Haslam, Peter Molec and Mario Wirnsberger.
Everywhere we meet with the locals (BIG THANKS GUYS), skate, party and live life to the fullest. I actually got hurt both in Panama and Tibet, so in stead of skate-footage I give a glimpse into the behind the scenes of our trips.
We had a goal- travel all continent to reach the southernmost point of Europe-Tarifa. So, we bought a van, planned our stops, packed kitesurfing, surfing equipment and dived into adventures. This Euro trip was full of new experiences: wild camping, swimming in ice-cold mountain rivers, getting stuck in Monaco underground parking, kitesurfing in the wild beaches, riding first proper waves, and many more.
Riders: Remy Taveira, Kevin Rodriguez, Roman Gonzales, Tom Knox, Jake Collins, Jarne Verbrugen, Didrik Galasso, Juan Saavedra, Denny Pham, Dennis Busenitz, Kyron Davis and many others.