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WITP European Tour 2013 Germany August 24
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After two months of hustling with the authorities and collecting refusals which simply translated to; βLife is a bucket of shit Mein Herr, we quite agree", we finally got the green lights to run the WITP Germany in Stuttgart's Nuttenpark. The Nuttenpark, established in 2002 as an alternative to the central Skategrounds on Königstraße, is located in an area notorious for a high density of homeless people and prostitutes. With a large number of Skateparks popping up around Stuttgart in the last few years, this park became somewhat of a backwater. However, last Saturday, it was time to wipe away the cobwebs, gather the locals together and get freaking WILD IN THE PARKS. The park is located in a alleyway, begging for fast skateboarding. The three areas we run the contest on were: AREA 1: a stair set with a down rail and two kinked hubbasAREA 2: a hip with a gnarly bank to bank transferand a flat railAREA 3: a medium sized quarter pipe, a bank and a curb Skaters got welcomed by free donuts, drinks and watermelon to keep the energy level high. As the judges Heiko Jäger, Alex Funk & Timo Kavermann were good to go, local skatelegend Christoph Inger grabbed the mic, put in some Hank 3 country sounds and it was time to rock 'n' roll for the under 14 category. Like a hungry wolf pack, the kids were feasting on the obstacles. Especially the two young guns Henry Gebhard and Laurin Breuning who are no strangers to the WITP contest series were destroying the hip and quarter in its entity. Tricks such as Hardflips, Bs Bigspin Flips, Fs Flips, 360 Flips on the hip, Lipslides down the stair set rail, and plenty other tricks went down. Meanwhile the Moto-City Barbecue got fired up and everyone got invited to "customise their own burger". Unfortunately the weather situation appeared to become unstable and first rain clouds were spotted on the horizon. Thus we proceeded directly with the over 15 category which, similar
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