The Mystic Cup: Europe’s Skateboarding Institution

Sticky Niall Neeson Aug 6, 2017 Skateboarding 0

The Mystic Cup was a skateboarding institution back when the old European summer circuit was part of the global culture. Legends were enshrined at this laid-back, bohemian skate contest now into its 23rd year which takes place on Stvanice island on the river Vltava in the Czech Republic which snakes…

Battle Of Hastings at Source Park, UK

Sticky Niall Neeson May 28, 2017 BMX, Skateboarding 0

Source park in hastings, uk is the world's largest indoor skatepark

The Battle Of Hastings are separate BMX and skate contests hosted by Source Park, the world’s largest underground skate and bmx park which is housed in a former Victorian bath-house underneath the promenade of the seaside town of Hastings in Sussex, England. The park owners have a long and storied…

Snowboarding Guide to Borovets, Bulgaria

Sticky Niall Neeson May 17, 2017 Snowboarding 0

Georgi Peltekov-Gumata big spin at Borovets, Bulgaria

Snowboarding In Borovets, Bulgaria I should say at the outset that this feature pertains only to recreational, resort-based snowboarding excursions in Bulgaria; in terms of back-country powder it is of course possible but not necessarily something we can be in a position to recommend given the inherent dangers. So to…

Simple Session Skate and BMX in Tallinn, Estonia

Sticky Niall Neeson Feb 23, 2017 BMX, Rad Days, Skateboarding 0

Three times Simple Session champion reynoldsfiend with an oppo whip into the visitestonia Estonian flag set-up. Photo credit- timkorbmacher

The One and Only Simple Session You have, in the first instance, to commend brothers Risto and Mario Kalmre for their tenacity. Putting on a non-specialist event, in a modern arena, in a small Baltic state in the dead of winter has several horses pulling against it, and yet -…

Rad Days: Skateboarding in Bulgaria

Sticky Niall Neeson Nov 29, 2016 Rad Days, Skateboarding 0

Skateboarding in Bulgaria with Alex Kyourkiev Frontside Air Montana Photo: Mihail Novakov.tif

Skateboarding guide to Bulgaria From mini-ramps in bars to village vert and seaside sessions - skateboarding in Bulgaria with Papa Virus. Implausible as it may sound, Bulgaria is one of the best country’s for skatespots in the world. I will come to how I came to understand that fact presently,…

Rad Stay: Blu Enigma, Andros, Greece

Sticky Niall Neeson Aug 2, 2016 BMX, Rad Stay, Skateboarding 0

Blu Enigma Skate and BMX Hotel The Blu Enigma riding hotel and resort is a boutique BMX and Skate hotel on the Greek Cycladean island of Andros which houses its own unique bowl as well as an insane DIY BMX trails which double as a skatepark. So far, so splendid.…

Homies Surf and Skate, El Palmar, Spain

Sticky Niall Neeson Jul 3, 2016 Skateboarding, Surfing 0

Homies Surf and Skate: The Ultimate Board Riding Camp Descending upon the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar on a £100 Easyjet flight from London, I realise that I am not the first person to avail of The Rock’s geographical proximity to the southernmost tip of the Iberian peninsula in order…