Simon Stricker

Full Skate Compilation Of 2018

We brought you skating like no-one else does for another 12 straight months – now watch it wrapped up in Patrik Wallner’s blistering mega-edit!
The idea behind our globe-trotting Skate Escape series has always been to do the other thing. Take on the bigger challenge. Going skating down the backstreets of this world of ours is always a rewarding experience – new spots, new faces and fast times.

BEST OF | SKATEBOARD STREET FISE CHENGDU 2018

Enough shred to melt you brain in our skate edit from FISE Chengdu 🤯

Flowgrind International 2018 - Street Finals & Double Set Best Trick

Flowgrind International Skateboarding Contest Nova Gorica, Slovenia, June 7 - 10, 2018 5th year in a row, Flowgrind International organized a rad series of skateboarding events; Best Line, Best Bowl, Women Street, Men Street, AM Street and Double Set Best Trick contests in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Best Line took place in the center of Nova Gorica, the rest of the events went down at the skatepark. Congrats to Argentina's Matias Dell Olio and Poland’s Agata Halikowska for winning Men's and Women's Street contests. Sweden’s Kristoffer Kroon got 1st in the AM Street contest, and Argentina’s Matias Dell Olio also won the Double Set Best Trick. Great times in Nova Gorica and we'll see you next year!

Flowgrind International 2018 - Best Line & Best Bowl

Flowgrind International Skateboarding Contest Nova Gorica, Slovenia, June 7 - 10, 2018 Flowgrind 2018 was six different events during four days of skateboarding; Best Line, Best Bowl, Women Street, Men Street, AM Street and Double Set Best Trick contests. Best Line happened in the center plaza of Nova Gorica; Switzerland’s Simon Stricker hit it the hardest, with flip-in and flip-out of every trick. Canada’s Andy Anderson and Argentina’s Sandro Moral both destroyed the bowl, winning the cash. Poland’s Agata Halikowska killed it in the skatepark and won the Women’s Street category. Sweden’s Kristoffer Kroon got 1st in AM Street contest. Argentina’s Matias Dell Olio was on fire the whole weekend and got 1st in the Men Street contest and also won the Double Set Best Trick with a Switch Kickflip BS Lipslide. Good times everyone, thank you for coming out and see you next year!

Skating an abandoned bobsleigh track | Exploring the Balkans Ep. 2

Welcome to our two-part skate series in which two Red Bull athletes (Simon Stricker and Vladik Scholz) lead a squad of American sponsored skaters right throughout the former Yugoslavia. Using local contacts and experience, the project was able to take in skateboarding from Dubrovnik to Mostar, and Sarajevo to Belgrade. The team skate an abandoned bobsleigh track from the Sarajevo winter olympics which was used as an arms dump during the civil war, and find spots where stray boards have to be abandoned due to the presence of uncleared land mines in the vicinity. Shredding across Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia in the presence of taste-making US pro’s Brian Delatorre, Al Davis and Cyrus Bennett alongside cult newcomer Andrew Wilson, this release will be accompanied by a parallel feature in Transworld Skateboarding magazine!

We took 6 skaters on a trip across the Balkans | Exploring the Balkans Ep. 1

Welcome to our two-part skate series in which two Red Bull athletes (Simon Stricker and Vladik Scholz) lead a squad of American sponsored skaters right throughout the former Yugoslavia. Using local contacts and experience, the project was able to take in skateboarding from Dubrovnik to Mostar, and Sarajevo to Belgrade. The team skate an abandoned bobsleigh track from the Sarajevo winter olympics which was used as an arms dump during the civil war, and find spots where stray boards have to be abandoned due to the presence of uncleared land mines in the vicinity. Shredding across Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia in the presence of taste-making US pro’s Brian Delatorre, Al Davis and Cyrus Bennett alongside cult newcomer Andrew Wilson, this release will be accompanied by a parallel feature in Transworld Skateboarding magazine!.

ATHLETES: Vladik Scholz (GER), Simon Stricker (SUI), Brian Delatorre (USA), Alex Davis (USA), Cyrus Bennet (USA), Andrew Wilson (USA).

Is this the longest manual on a street skateboard ever?

Swiss skateboarder Simon Stricker just did 2.17km with an average speed of 31.5 km/h while performing a manual. On a street skateboard!
The Bernina Pass is better known as a gateway for skiers but the Swiss route acted as the backdrop for a skateboard record.
Swiss competitor Simon Stricker hit speeds of up to 45km/h as he shattered the previous best for a manual.

At an average speed of 31.5 km/h, Stricker needed to achieve a distance of 1.5 kilometres on two wheels alone (hence, with his skateboard tipped upwards), facing a perilous balancing act for the duration of the record attempt.

Speaking beforehand, he explained that he couldn’t “underestimate the speed” and warned of “overcoming different passages” of the route. But despite the challenge, Stricker broke the record and went some way beyond, his front wheels eventually touching down on the target after covering 2.173km leading to celebrations from the skateboarder and his team. Afterwards, he said: “As far as I know, this should be the world record.”

He described the location as the perfect spot for the record attempt, the surface “relatively even” but “an even downward slope – not too steep and not too flat”.