Published 9/1/2015 by Jorge Angel aka Porpe
With a last minute plan coming together for this stop, Porpe and Vern were the only #BoardrBoys that had the visa hookup to get to Brazil to run the show for another stop of adidas Skate Copa. Congrats to the crew from Ratus Skate Shop there that will be headed to the US for the Global Finals at The Berrics in September.
I've got a little tour of Parque Ana Maria Brandão located in a small township in the outskirts of São Paulo.
The other side of Parque Ana Maria Brandão.
More of Parque Ana Maria Brandão.
Fisheye view of Parque Ana Maria Brandão.
Brazilians have pop. I don't think this dude skated in adidas Skate Copa, but he has a mean backside smith.
Railings outside the park made it easy to put up banners.
Thiago Ribeiro with a tailslide on the box with some nice scenery in the background.
DJ Will was killing it on the 1's and 2's. He gets it from his dad who is a famous DJ in Brazil that goes by the name DJ KL Jay.
Carlos Henrique, no stranger of the LA skate scene, came back to Brazil to hold it down for Matriz Skate Shop. Here is a nollie flip boardslide on the rail.
Lucas Rabelo reminded me of Kevin Bradley, with similar tricks and style. Here is a nollie front board.
At every adidas Skate Copa, we give away three special prizes to skaters who stood out the most. This time around it went to Yuri Santos, Thiago Ribeiro, and Carlos Henrique.
Sense Skate Shop ended up in third place overall.
In the end, Ratus Skate Shop ended up taking out the heavily favorited Matriz Skate Shop.
At this adidas Skate Copa stop, the winner of Boost to Bar won a trip to the Global Finals at The Berrics. The homies were hyped for him. I will be sure to get his name at The Berrics.
Brazil adidas rider, Akira Shiroma, blasted over the entire volcano when the contest ended.
When I first arrived to São Paulo, the first thing I noticed was the amount of graffiti everywhere.
They even tagged the vehicles.
Poverty is everywhere.
I have never seen a spa where they advertised to bearded men.
The first dinner spot of our trip was Tordesilhas, a traditional Brazilian Restaurant.
São Paulo also has a Little Italy.
In Little Italy of São Paulo there is Templo de Carne created by the famous butcher Marco Bassi. He is known for the skirt steak cut. This place is basically the Bern's of São Paulo.
I went with the Prime Rib.
This is Little Italy on a Friday night. There is no getting through that street with a car unless you want to feel like you are in the middle of a protest or riot. I got in a cab.
7/28/2015
While half of the #BoardrBoys were in Copenhagen, the other half consisting of Jorge, Tim, and Jason were in Berlin running another stop of adidas Skate Copa there. Aarow and Beast shut it down and gets the trip to The Berrics for the Global Finals in September.
7/15/2015
Homage Skate Shop won it at the NYC stop of the 2015 adidas Skate Copa series. They're going all expenses paid to The Berrics for the Global Finals in September. We've got the recap and results here.
6/27/2015
The 3rd Lair crew is going all expenses paid for a damn good skateboard time at The Berrics for the Skate Copa Global Finals in September! Check the full recap here.
9/7/2015
The Tactic team at adidas Skate Copa at Barcelona was Alejandro Martinez Barcelo, Daniel Jenks Franques, David Castells, and Joan Galceran. They advanced through all the brackets in the Finals today and won the trip to The Berrics for the Global Finals. Congrats, dudes, see you in LA!
3/4/2015
Congrats to Active Ride Shop for taking the win against 17 other shops in the first stop of the 2015 adidas Skate Copa series in Los Angeles today. We've got the full recap here with video, photos, and results.
9/25/2015
The second year of adidas Skate Copa just wrapped up, this year with five extra international stops making 10 total shop teams that all came to Los Angeles for the Global Finals at The Berrics. 3rd Lair destroyed it this year. After that amazing day of ripping skating, A$AP Ferg came and did a show that blew everyone away before calling it a night.
