WORDS | JONATHAN LABEZ @JMLABEZ
PHOTOS | JEFF SPÖRRI @JEFFREYSPOERRI.PHOTO
VIDEO | COURTESY OF RICARDO LINO & ROCES
It’s been three long years and we’re finally back at Area 51 in Einhoven for Winterclash 2023! Thank the blade gods, Johannes Jacobi and his crew bringing us all together for so much needed time together! The first big event is Hanglosers’ Superbowl contest, MC’d by Miguel Martinez.
If you don’t know the rules, Hanglosers are the judges, holding up signs for what skaters must do. If the sign says skate fakie, you gotta ride fakie. Grand prize is 100 beers tokens redeemable at the park.
Be-Mag staff photographer Jeff Spörri covered the night and giving us a sneak peak at what the rest of the weekend has in store for us! In Jeff’s words:
“The crowd was on fire! You could really feel that there was a three year break… you can feel the motivation in the air from all the skaters to do well!” “To me, the best landed trick from the Superbowl was Dominic Bruce’s kindgrind on the subbox. Best show goes to Diaby for grinding the balcony with help of the lamp above.”
Diako Diaby must be doing something right, because he won the Superbowl. He holds onto his title of the winner of the superbowl, having previously won in 2020.
You can watch the official Winterclash livesteam on Ricardo Lino’s Youtube page. Get your photo fix thanks to Jeff in the gallery below. We’ll have more photo gallery updates in the coming day, so stay tuned!
