With events like the scene grows much faster. How much differente is the
skateboard scene after the first edition of Teenage Riot?
Ha ha, we really don’t know. :) We just hope that all skateboarding kids, withor without a sponsor, are now more enthusiastic about participating in any kind
of contest. Furthermore, we hope that the skateboarding industry understands that
this audience is a very important one to stronger invest in right now. These kids
(and their parents) are the future of the skateboarding industry for the next 10-15
years. Ignoring them now is risking to lose them in the future.
The skateboarding school helps kids learn much more safe and fast tricks.
The Netherlands is one of the European most advanced countries in this
sport. How much you think the skate schools have helped to grow the scene?
Unfortunately we don’t have very many insights on the skateboarding schools. We
do know that certain skateparks such as Skatepark Amsterdam take a lot of efforts
to grow the skateboarding scene amongst the youth. The result is that we see
many young talented skateboarders from that area succeed in contest all over the
country. So we believe that it works, growing the skateboarding scene starts by
building it from the bottom up. It starts with the kids….
Lastly, I would like to add that organizing Teenage Riot for the second time was
really fun to us. We really enjoyed it a lot. And if the skateboard industry allows
and supports us, we are up for some more events! :)