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The third stop of the Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe Tour 2021 landed in Germany at Skatehalle Berlin on Saturday 3rd of July, and it was sick!

Female podium at the Berlin stop of 2021 Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe Tour, L-R: 2nd Julia Kühne, 1st Liv Broder & 3rd Alisa Fessl, at Skatehalle Berlin, Germany, on Saturday July 3.

5 Jul 2021   |  

This summer, the World Action Sports Festival FISE is launching a new tour of Freestyle sports events in partnership with L'Agence Savoie Mont Blanc, a regional tourism promotion body representing Savoie and Haute-Savoie. For this first edition, emblematic resorts of the destination: Tignes, Avoriaz and La Clusaz will welcome riders and the general public during 3 stages taking place respectively on July 10, 17 and September 25. All of them will be opportunities to live new experiences in the territory and create links between generations through festive and friendly meetings.

30 Jun 2021   |  

ESPN X Games announced today that X Games 2021 will return to the roots of action sports – hosting BMX, Skateboard and Moto X competitions from three unique athlete training facilities around Southern California from July 14 – 18. Following the cancellation of the final host city year of X Games Minneapolis 2020 due to the pandemic, X Games 2021 will uniquely embrace the grassroots nature of summer action sports and bring world-class competition straight to the athletes’ facilities, giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at these athlete playgrounds.

29 Jun 2021   |  

The second stop of the Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe Tour 2021 took place all the way up in beautiful Finland for the first time!

Men's Podium at 2021 Best Foot Forward Europe Tour in Helsinki, L-R: Briston Basola & Aapo Olervo in joined 1st place, followed by Jaakko Pesonen in 3rd, at Micropolis Skatepark, Helsinki, Finland, June 19, 2021. Congrats, guys!

20 Jun 2021   |  

We're excited to announce that Boardriding.com will be responsible for managing the newly launched World Rookie Tour 'Skateboard Rookie Rank'. We love Black Yeti's fantastic contests and have really enjoyed livestreaming the finals, so are extremely happy about this new project. All the information about the Ranking can be found in WRT’s Press Release below, along with the details of the next two stops on this year's WRT Skateboarding: Hamburg Rookie Fest in Germany and Romagna Rookie Fest in Italy. * World Rookie Rank for skateboarding has just been launched, history is being written * Not only World Rookie Fest events are included in the ranking, but also any events that follow set criteria * European Best Foot Forward Tour by Blue-Tomato already a part of the Skateboard Rookie Rank * Categories for 2021 explained * Information on Qualifying Criteria * Next on 2021 World Rookie Tour Skateboard Calendar: Hamburg Rookie Fest – TSG Sportpark, Allerfornia, Germany, 18-19 June 2021 & Romagna Rookie Fest – Paranoid Skatepark, Forlì, Italy, 4 July 2021

18 Jun 2021   |  

For this year's GO SKATEBOARDING DAY our friends from Blue Tomato have come up with a fundraiser under the motto “Tricks for a cause”! The skaters show their tricks and Blue Tomato donate the cash. How cool is that!?

18 Jun 2021   |  

Today, Hurricane Group is launching the E-FISE Junior by Hot Wheels, a video competition that will shine a light on a whole new generation of riders. The contest will take place on the e-fise.com platform and officially begins on 15th July running until the end of August.

The up and coming talent will have a chance to compete in FISE's new digital contest scheduled for July - August 2021: E-FISE JUNIOR BY HOT WHEELS.

15 Jun 2021   |  

Since 1997, FISE is a festival that brings together Urban disciplines such as BMX, Skateboard, Roller, and Scooter Freestyle among many others. Its French tour, the FISE Xperience Series, is going to the emblematic cities' heart to organize competitions, initiations, and demonstrations to support the development of these sports.

14 Jun 2021   |  

After a very successful start into the Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe Tour that went down in Hamburg at the end of May, the Blue Tomato team are very excited to announce the next tour stops. The contest will be heading all the way to Helsinki where Micropolis Skatepark will be the venue for stop #2, then it will be Skatehalle Berlin's turn to host the next stop, followed by Slovenia and its famous Maribor skatepark that will welcome competitors of stop #4.

Coming up next on the 2021 Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe Tour: Stop #2 at the Micropolis Skatepark in Helsinki, Finland, on June 19!

14 Jun 2021   |  

After the covid break the Black Yeti cannot wait for the World Rookie Tour 2021 to get underway and here's what is on the schedule for the very first tour stop: The Hamburg Rookie Fest presented by TSG Bergedorf at the Allerfornia skatepark Hamburg in Germany, 18.-19. June 2021. The registrations are open!

11 Jun 2021   |  

After the Covid-19 break, the Black Yeti is excited to announce the World Rookie Tour Skateboarding 2021: ten spectacular rounds across Europe to crown the Skateboard World Rookie Champion and award an invitation to the legendary Simple Session in Tallin. * From Germany to Italy, from Hungary to Portugal and then Switzerland, Scotland, Bulgaria and Czech Republic, with the Finals at the Skatehall in Innsbruck, Austria, October 1 - 3, 2021 * World Rookie Champion gets a ticket to the Simple Session in Tallinn, Estonia, there will be several invitations for the Mystic Sk8 Cup in Prague, best riders will join the WRT Skateboard Trip 2021 * Many amazing prizes by WRT partners TSG and Jail Jam * First up: Hamburg Rookie Fest, June 18 - 19 - link to registration & all necessary information

It’s time to shred again!

11 Jun 2021   |  

With our final qualification event officially in the bag, we're happy to congratulate and announce the first 80 skateboarders headed to the 2021 Summer Olympic Games.

9 Jun 2021   |  

The final qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics finished up this past weekend and sets the stage for the Olympic Games this summer. On a course that everyone seemed to be hyped on and in a location that was breath taking on all levels, the vibe on this one was different.

Men's Podium at the 2021 Street World Championships in Rome, L-R: 2nd Nyjah HUSTON (USA), 1st Yuto HORIGOME (JPN) & 3rd Sora SHIRAI (JPN), at Stadio Nicola Pietrangeli, Rome, Italy, June 6.

8 Jun 2021   |