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ISSUE NO.2 VIENNA

ISSUE NO.2 — caught on film

VIENNA ON 35MM FILM

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Vienna is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It was the capital of a culturally and politically leading empire in Europe until World War One. Now it is the capital of Austria, one of the smallest countries in Europe. Its abundance of ressources makes Austrians enjoy one of the highest quality of life in the world. You can walk around just about any part of the city at any time of the day. You never have to worry about being at a sketchy skate spot and having people jack your stuff. Sure it happens but crime is so rare that you find yourself putting your guard down a little bit, which can be a good thing from time to time.

Being home officially to over 1.7 million people, one of the best things about Vienna is how compact it still is. You can skate from one side of the city to the other in probably an hour or an hour and a half if you are hauling. Every street is appartment buildings and most are at least four if not six stories tall. There is a grocery store every couple of blocks and everything you need is right around your house. The public transportation is also fantastic. With subways, street trains and buses, you pay 15 Euros a week and ride all three unlimited. Or you can choose to not pay at all, just watch out for the controllers. They roll in packs of two and are usually wearing a small little bag around there shoulder with their little ticket machine in it.

My favorite thing about skateboarding in Vienna is how you can choose weather you want to skate from spot to spot or take the metro or a car. I love skating through the city with a pack of ten guys, everyone just pushing as fast as they can to get to the next spot. It’s so simple but such an awesome experience at the same time. The sidewalks in Vienna are as smooth as their beer and there is rarely a crack.

Matt

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ISSUE NO.2 — events

VOLT EUROPEAN SKATEBOARD EXPOSITION

PUBLISHED March 28, 2013

If you are in or around Vienna (Austria) end of May, you should check out the VOLT European Skateboard Exposition. Its first edition is going to take place in Vienna at WUK (Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus) on 30.05. & 31.05.2013, and it will represent most of the European Skateboard Industry.

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ISSUE NO.2 — editorial

DIGGA MINDZ INTERVIEW

PUBLISHED March 1, 2013

Digga Mindz, an Austrian MC and producer, is the man behind some sweet beats you hear on some of our videos. We recently had a conversation about him and making music to get to the bottom of this master-mind’s head.

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ISSUE NO.2 — editorial

MARIO WIRNSBERGER WALLPAPER

PUBLISHED February 14, 2013

Download this wallpaper of Mario Wirnsberger poppin’ an ollie over a Vespa, shot in Vienna in September 2012.

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ISSUE NO.2 — motion pictures

GANZ WIEN

PUBLISHED January 29, 2013

Check out the trailer to “Ganz Wien”, an independant skateboarding movie by Johannes Wahl, coming out this summer.

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ISSUE NO.2 — full video parts

AUSTRIAN LEGEND MARIO WIRNSBERGER

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Mario Wirnsberger is an Austrian legend. Originally from Kärnten, he has lived in Vienna for the last three years. He’s lived in Barcelona and a couple of other places in Austria but he feels the most home in Vienna.

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ISSUE NO.2 — featured artist

CHRISITEE

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Christian Tanzer aka “ChrisiTee” has been deep in the skate scene in Vienna since the early 90′s. One part of Stil Laden, ChrisiTee has a unique style inspired by some of the great skate artist legends as well as famous Austrian painters like Klimt and Schiele.

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ISSUE NO.2 — featured photographer

PRO SKATER & PHOTOGRAPHER PHILIPP SCHUSTER

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Philipp Schuster is a pro skater and a pro photograhper at the same time. He started playing with his mother’s old film camera and his love grew from there. He has been shooting for seven years now. After some years of shooting skate photos he started his own magazine called Trottoir Skateboarding.

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ISSUE NO.2 — city montage

VIENNA SKATE MONTAGE

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Vienna is a big city in a small country with a lot of spots and a hefty crew that knows them all. There are dozens of guys over the age of 25 or 30 that still shred on a regular basis. These dudes hold it down and get out there just as hard as the young ones.

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ISSUE NO.2 — city spotlight

A PORTRAIT OF SKATEBOARDING IN VIENNA

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Michael Paul, Christian Tanzer, Philipp Schuster, Lukas Lerperger, and Martin Schiedl tell you about Vienna’s first class skate scene! Take a closer look at the scene in a 1.7 million city that sometimes seems to be a village. Thinking back to the 90′s and the beginning of skateboarding in Vienna, the guys tell the stories of people, spots, shops and an attitude.

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ISSUE NO.2 — skaters cookbook

SEBI COOKS GOULASH

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Sebastian Binder, getting flow from Cliché and Nike and representing Stil Laden, teaches us how to make potato goulash.

This simple, cheap and tasty meal, optionally vegetarian or vegan, is just another example on how to eat well and healthy while saving money. It’s also a very good recipe to feed a whole crew on a tight budget and with basic equipment.

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ISSUE NO.2 — editorial

SOUND OF MUSIC STEREOTYPES

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Cities like Vienna make people think of really old, cheesy stuff: Sound of music stereotypes and old monarchic nostalgia are probably the first pictures that come to a lot of people’s minds. More generally, Austria does remind people of snow and mountains, both of which are particularly not to be found in the Austrian capital.

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ISSUE NO.2 — caught on film

VIENNA ON 35MM FILM

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Vienna is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It was the capital of a culturally and politically leading empire in Europe until World War One. Now it is the capital of Austria, one of the smallest countries in Europe. Its abundance of ressources makes Austrians enjoy one of the highest quality of life in the world.

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ISSUE NO.2 — trailer

TRAILER FOR ISSUE No. 2 VIENNA

PUBLISHED January 5, 2013

Vienna is a true diamond, diverse and unique, full of history and with one of the highest quality of life in the world. It offers a great variety of things and with its super smooth sidewalks and a pretty compact structure it is a pleasure to skate around, wheither it is from spot to spot or just to suck up its unique athmosphere.

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