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Red Bull Skate Generation 2021 – watch it all in full now!
Pedro Barros welcomed three generations of concrete destroyers to glorious Brazil for skateboarding’s thrilling inter-generational bowl contest.
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Main event – English stream
Hosted by Pedro Barros, more than 40 skaters in three categories will compete at Florianópolis in Brazil.
In glorious late afternoon sunshine on the enchanted skateboard island of Florianópolis, Brazil, Red Bull Skate Generation returned to the place where it was born a decade ago. With a loose format reflecting the ambience of the environment in which it takes place, the weekend extravaganza began on a skate tour of the island, which included downhill sessions, jump-ramp contests and a soiree at the best skate guesthouse in the world.
Yndiara Asp – slob fastplant
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Allysha Le – Lien Air
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Omar Hassan salutes the crowd
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Rune Glifberg – one foot tail grab
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The focal point of the entire weekend was, of course, the live global broadcast of the all-encompassing team bowl contest from the harsh and challenging concrete pit, which is the fabled RTMF bowl located in the compound of the Barros family home.
With the invited skaters splitting up into tiered teams, each ranging from veterans to newcomers, the eight squads were each given their own 15-minute sessions to try to rack up enough cumulative points to make the top three crews who would become the live broadcast finalists.
Murilo Peres – backside air
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RTMF from the air
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Yndi Asp – stalefish
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Rune Glifberg – nosebone
© Marcelo Maragni
Each of the three successful teams then came out swinging for the broadcast finals, which you can enjoy in their totality above.
With both the neighbourhood and worldwide audiences firing up the finals, the art of skateboarding was the big winner today, but for the sake of the record and inevitable bragging rights, the official Red Bull Skate Generation 2021 results are as follows!
Red Bull Skate Generation 2021 champions
- Team G: Rune Glifberg, Pedro Barros, Allysha Le, Weslley Alves and Minna Stess
- Team A: Sandro Dias, Alex Sorgente, Yndiara Asp, Luigi Cini and Raicca Ventura
- Team C: Miguel Catarina, Augusto Akio, Camila Borges, Gui Khury and Isa Pacheco
The Road To Red Bull Generation 2021
We are going in! Friday in Florianopolis and all the invitees have arrived. Day one of the Skate Generation weekend was spent on an island tour to join some insane downhill sessions. They got to do a jump-ramp session and some gorgeous backyard bowls ahead of Saturday's team showdown from where we will be broadcasting live on Saturday, December 11.
Main event – English stream
Hosted by Pedro Barros, more than 40 skaters in three categories will compete at Florianópolis in Brazil.
Of course, the last stop of the day was at the Hi Adventures guesthouse, where skateboard culture on this enchanted island began. Assembled there ahead of teams being drawn were our entire field of invitees ahead of the big event: join us to witness the mayhem as Pedro Barros invites Rune Glifberg, Luiz Francisco, Alex Sorgente, Omar Hassan, Alain Goikoetxea, Alessandro Mazzara, Felipe Foguinho, Isa Pacheco, Yndi Asp, Allysha Lee and many more to his backyard bowl, from where we will be beaming live to the world!
Pedro Barros with a Frontside 360 Grab
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Yndi Asp gives the Florianopolis tour
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Kalani Konig grabs an Indy Tweaker
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Wheels of fire
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Red Bull Skate Generation: Brazil’s wildest bowl contest returns
Join us on Saturday, December 11, for the return of Skate Generation as Brazil’s sensational inter-generational bowl contest goes back to its roots in the magical skate island of Florianópolis.
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We will once again be broadcasting live to the world from the legendary RTMF skate compound as the past, present and future of concrete destruction battle it out in paradise.
On Saturday, we will see the whole jamboree decamp to the island's gnarliest bowl for a full day of concrete mayhem, courtesy of the world's most exotic inter-generational skate contest. That's part of the experience of a weekend of skateboarding throughout Floripa. Don't forget there's also a downhill jam hosted by the fabulous Yuppie family and a big Friday night at the world-famous Hi Adventures Pousada bowl.
Please join us here for the thrills.
Skate Generation: The Format
Jonny Gasparetto doing a Tuck Knee
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Jeff Grosso on the Invert
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Alex Sorgente hanging out
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Greyson Fletcher on One Foot
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The beauty of Skate Generation is that the skaters are split up into teams representing the past, present and future of concrete skate culture. This is done by choosing straws the night before.
Although the jams are scored across peer groups, only the cumulative point score across generations for each team decides the winning team.
This means that not only do we get to appreciate all schools of skating in one spot but that each generation has equal input into the overall outcome.
If you respect all eras of skateboarding, then there really isn’t another event like this anywhere in the world!
Return To The Roots: Skate Generation 2014
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Red Bull Skate Generation 2014 highlights
Spills, thrills and bellyaches from the boys from Brazil
The last time Skate Generation was held at the RTMF compound was back in 2014, after which the crowd demand meant it had to move to a bigger location to accommodate everyone. As we bring it back to where it all began, let's look back on that glorious edition to whet your appetite for what is to come on December 11!
Concrete Dreams
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Concrete Dreams
Pedro Barros had a dream to skate the iconic buildings of Oscar Niemeyer – a pillar of modern architecture.
2020 saw Pedro Barros and Murilo Peres granted the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to skate the architecture of fabled Brazilian modernist Oscar Niemeyer.
The resulting film Concrete Dreams is a meditation on form, design and aesthetics in contemporary architecture viewed through the prismatic lens of skateboarding and became one of the most-watched skate videos of the year. Enjoy it in full above!
Until 18: Yndiara Asp
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Yndiara Asp
Brazilian sensation Yndiara Asp reflects on the life she left behind in order to pursue her skate career.
Heading up the women’s contingent at Skate Generation 2021 will be local heroine Yndiara Asp.
Now firmly established on the international contest circuit, Yndi’s path in life was far from certain until she had to make a life-changing decision at a young age. Find out more about Yndi and how her story has unfolded in Until 18!
Enjoy The Ride: Pedro Barros
8 min
How it all started
To Pedro Barros, skateboarding is a sport that unites people – it's what he’s learned from skating friends.
Pedro Barros entered the international skate stage as a changing of the guard, ushering in a new era of possibility and bravery on the most unforgiving terrain there is. But where did he come from, exactly? Find out from the man of the moment in his own words as he stands on the cusp of inviting the world back to his home right as he hits the form of his life.
Pedro Barros: Enjoy The Ride tells his story from infancy growing up around skateboarding to dominating his field as a young man. An incredible journey and incredible talent. Watch it and get fired up for the main event on Saturday, December 11.
Marseille: Back To The Bowl
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Back to the Bowl
Explore the history of one of the world's most iconic skate spots as told by the riders who made it famous.
Bowlriding is, of course, one of skateboarding’s very oldest disciplines with individual configurations like the RTMF bowl, from which Skate Generation will be broadcasting, establishing themselves as international proving grounds down the decades.
Foremost among them all is Marseille’s world-famous Bowl Du Prado, the history of which is written in broken boards and limbs as well as tricks. Watch the definitive history of skateboarding’s hallowed ground in Back To The Bowl with just a click!
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