When the judging was over,
it was Eelia Afsharzadegan
that came away with the win
in the Senior category ahead
of Ferrdy and Andy Diehl.
The top spot was shared
in the Junior division by
Bora Anliatamer and Ali
Alshamayleh. Ben Nixon was
2nd and Carraigh Monien
was 3rd.
The Magenta team, including
co-founders Vivien Feil and
Soy Panday spent a couple
of days skating iconic venues
across Dubai and Abu Dhabi
as part of their trip.
“It was crazy, we managed
to get the whole Magenta
team here, with filmer Josh
Roberts from Australia, Ben
Gore, Zach Lyons and Jimmy
Lennon from the States” says
Hani Talat, PR Manager for
Dynamics Sports, “the team
was also joined by Leo Valls,
Gaetan Salvignol, Dave
Manuad and Soy Panday
from France as well as Glenn
Foxx from The Netherlands”
he continued.
Magenta was established
in 2010 in Paris around a
tight crew of friends and
family, all lifelong passionate
skateboarders. For obvious
quality reasons, we produce
our boards in America and
all our clothing is made in
Europe.
Magenta tend to do things
differently to the “big” skate
corporations and skate
for the love of skating,
not for creating corporate
advertising.
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“The idea came about
because
we
love
skateboarding but frankly
the thing was starting to get
really sucky back then in
our view. Corporations have
always controlled people’s
perception of skating, and
back then they were all big
and annoying. You’d watch
a skate video and feel like
you’re watching the most
annoying corporate TV ad.
Either we were going to
find another interest or start
something to get us psyched
on skating again. We chose
to do just that and started
Magenta.” says Vivien Feil,
co-founder of Magenta
The Magenta distributor here
in the UAE is Dynamics Sports,
which was established in
UAE in 2014 with the goal
to offer something new to
the UAE skate community.
The founders believed in not
only supporting the skate
scene and industry, but
also supporting the up and
coming talent and amateur
skaters in the region.
By offering a wide variety of
brands and very affordable
products, Dynamic Sports
makes skateboarding more
accessible to skater hopefuls
and drives more involvement
in the sport as a whole.
Board brands available from
Dynamic Sports include
Real, Antihero, Krooked, Girl,
Chocolate, Polar, Magenta,
BD, Nomad and Droshky.
The shops also carry urban
lifestyle fashion and shoes
from Nike SB, Adidas
Skateboarding, Vans and
DVS.