Tags: bytom skatepark, hedonskate, katowice, martin jansons, mirek ragan, nils jansons, piotrek combrzynski, poland, sebastian gruba
The summer was super busy for Hedonskate Team – we had two big tours: one through Sweden and the one through Romania. Since the whole Hedonskate Team consists of 15 people we had the possibility to send different riders to all the trips. Yet we felt it was way too long that we hadn't had a gathering of a complete team in one place so we thought about another adventure – this time a more relaxed one with no hurry and deadlines, more focused on getting photos for the upcoming 2011 Hedonskate calendar and getting the crew together.
Hedonskate team welcome party
We invited all our riders to Hedonskate's home town Katowice (Poland). The Silesia area has lots of different parks, so we planned to visit them one by one, each day. The actual tour started on Saturday 25th of September with the first official stop at Bytom Skateplaza and the opening contest. Since the event was scheduled for the evening we spent the day at some local spots: PTG ledges where the crew warmed up. The edit below will show you what went down.
The evening contest itself was a really positive thing for the local scene. Surprisingly, a huge crowd of spectators showed up which as we all know isn't the common thing for the rollerblading-only events nowadays. From some conversations with random people around the park, it seemed that they were really happy to see so much international riders in their small city. Furthermore we were all satisfied to see quite a large number of juiced youngsters competing with full commitment. During that night they had a chance to meet and skate with the professionals for the first time and I'm sure it made some impact on them.
Nils Jansons leaving his mark on every obstacle
Check the edit of Martins Jansons, who as usual captured all the best moments with his lens, enjoy.
Hedonskate Silesia Tour - Part 1 from Hedonskate on Vimeo.
To be continued...
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