We recently got together in Vienna again to get a good portion of spring shred. To get you a little bit into the spots and the vibe the city has to offer, we shot some flicks of what went down and topped it with some text, to make up for a decent article about one of these notorious and intense VIE seshs.
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| Kill that spot: crooks for breakfast, served by Juraj Klas |
The conditions for a successful sesh weren't too good: Mr. Google forecasted rain and the Vienna City Marathon was also going down in the city on this spring sunday. What usually means: too much people on the street, public transport problems and a whole shitload of policemen hanging around in the city. So we started the day at one of Vienna's rare roofed spots: in the metro station Karlsplatz. A shitty curb and a "powerslide-area" were enough for some warm-ups.
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| Getting high up on the walls of the Wienfluss |
After having waited for the rain to end, we headed over to Stadtpark and saw some of the last participants of the marathon passing by kilometre 40. Pushed by some bad EDM, some of them looked closer to a heartattack than to finishing the run.
Riding the spot from the flick above is a thing I wanted to do for some time now. After seeing it in a skatemagazine, it just got me hooked. The problem is the accessibility of the spot: it is situated in a riverbed and only accessible over one single staircase, where most of the time homeless persons are sheltering. But after having a short talk and giving them some coins, they were all cool with us passing their stairs and we could enter the riverbed.
And to be honest, it was the most fucked up spot I have ever been to. Not the spot as such, which was pretty good, but the surroundings: the slipery concrete, the dead rats lying on the ground and the omnipresent garbage made up for a special experience.
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| Adjusting the VX to one of Vienna's best known spots |
The very centre of Vienna is not too big and you can mob around on your scooter without being absolutely dependant on public transport. So we just moved on and got some lines on one of Vienna's most famous spots near the Urania.
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| Boosting some transfers |
After tackling some more spots, we decided to go for something totally different and ride one of the most fucked up skateparks in the city, again on Karlsplatz. I have never seen anybody seriously shred this park, because it is just shitty as fuck. But we just wanted to give it a try and see what we can do with these obstacles, to approach them differently and change their meaning. And damn, this was fun as hell!
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| Empty Naschmarkt |
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| Hops are still loads of fun, you know?! |
This is one of the oldest and - during the week - busiest food markets in VIE. Jah bless it was sunday: nobody asking you stupid questions and the sun was shining too. Though i have been riding Vienna for years already, I have never been to this particular spot.
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| WTF, is he taking a selfie?! |
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| This assured me a beer |
text: David Tiefenthaler
photos: Lukas Rozhon, Juraj Klas and David Tiefenthaler
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