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Here is a short interview with Tomas Vintr about the Gra
is a pro skateboarder from the Czech Republic , he ha
for some time now, and is still gaining momentum and
with his unique skating. He’s a longtime Pro for Vans Eu
organizer of the Grand Prix Beroun that is the biggest sk
with international PRO riders in the Czech Republic!
Read the interview below to know more about this grea
How was born the idea of the GrandPrix Beroun?
The first even was organised on may 22nd 2010 as a grand opening of the brand
new concrete plaza in Beroun, the Czech Republic. Beroun is the city where i was
born and lived all my childhood. The mayor of the city called me one day and
said they would like to build a skatepark together with me and have the skatepark
built the way i like it - under my name.... The whole event of the Grand Opening
went really good and i came up with an idea of starting a contest that would give
something back to the scene, celebrate the skaters and bring some good music
bands to have an event for everyone - it was, still is and will be COMPLETELY FREE for
spectators.
The Grand Prix Beroun is every year bigger and every year most popular. This year
prizemoney will reach 7.000 USD. Which are the other news in this edition?
we have a lot of news every year - the biggest news this year are the music festival,
which will be bigger and much better than the previous years, i had the opportunity
to book and bring the best HIPHOP artists and performers in the Czech Republic, so
we will have Johny Machette & Phoenix, INDY & LA4 (kmbl vs gyzmo) and JAMES
COLE & DJ DOEMIXXX performing live on the “Live Stage” and 4 great DJs for the
afterparty: DJ LU2, LUCKYBOY, NZYM and NOBODYLISTEN. We will have a bunch of
other free activities such as fingerboarding tent in a professional skatepark, 17x3m
skimboarding track for everyone, parkour exhibition and for the first year, a GRAFFITI
JAM, where we invited the most famous graffiti artists in the Czech Republic. And
finally for the skate event - I AM TRYING to bring more professional skaters from all
over the World, at this moment, im trying to have Micky Papa, Greg Lutzka, Kieron
Brodie, Alex Mizurov, Maxime Genin, Adrien Bulard and a bunch of others in Beroun.
THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG:)))