2022-2023 has been a good year for Nightwood Skateboards. In October 2022, we supported the Ramp champ 2022 in Tartu, also we organized in collaboration with Sisu Skateshop, the Talve Kuningas contest in Tallinn last March. We got a lot of positive feedback. And we are so thankful for all the supporters over the last month, from Estonia to Finland as well as Belgium and Luxembourg. We did manage to move most of our 2022 decks and shirts. And now is time to bring you a special treat. In addition to the Concreto new model, the Sailor DIY style deck is now available. Those are very limited quantity, only 10 made. Manufactured by Locals Skateboards from Poland. They are the...
Jarmo Kangro words and pictures by Nicolas Bouvy Skoone Bastion has always been an iconic spot for the Tallinn scene and that for more than 15 years, once they poured fresh asphalt on top of the little hill. After that, the first concrete obstacles started to appear around 2012. Earlier, the park was really not the place to hang out, unless your goal was to have a good time around dead needles that some addicts left after they drew some blood in the abandoned buildings. Over the years, locals have always added more obstacles, some resiting the elements better than others. For sure the place looked like it was in need of a do-over. And here comes Siim Sild, the...
Antti Lampinen, fs grinding Dave's Precious Pool in Sweden. From 4th to 20th of May, an skateboard festival took place at Belle Etoile shopping center in Bertrange, Luxembourg. A skateboard deck art exhibition called Board in Design, currated by Lowic Villa was displayed at the mall, celebrating 10 years anniversary of the gallery. A second space showcased a 20 years long maturated skate photography exhibition by Nicolas Bouvy. He is currently working on bringing this work to the Baltic. Here's some more info about it. Starting in 1993, Nicolas (pool_fight_club on Instagram) got an old freestyle skateboard he borrowed from his older brother. Since then, he couldn’t resist rolling the 4-wheeled wooden toy. And 30 years later, he’s still at...
Kristo Õismets Words and pictures by Nicolas Bouvy. Last Sunday was the last chance for us to ride and give a proper good bye to the oldest, most appreciated DIY park in Tallinn. After a rough two decades of dedicated and distinguished service, the park is gonna get a well-deserved makeover, starting from next week. We took the opportunity to have a very last session in the park. Paying respect to the soul, sweat and heavy commitment given by the local skaters, all over the years and several upgrades. Egbert Pahhomov Siim Sild During one of the first spring afternoons, the beast had still plenty to give. Radical, the park is still for sure, and, like and good wine,...
Jeremy Vaask words and photos by Nicolas Bouvy In around 2018 a dozen of skate renegades decided they had too much, enough with the general vision of our official governance regarding the public skatepark designs. Their persistence in doing it wrong... The group of friends felt the urge to have their own skate wonderland in Tallinn, a place designed, built and run by the skaters themselves. No compromises! That's a word you find only in the vocabulary of the weak, the ones who have lost faith in the fight. The Loigu squad had no more time left to waste, and after a long quest of looking for their own canopy, they miraculously found a huge factory facility, managing to strike...
