Europe Co. / Buzzin Tape

Our favorite Ruhrpott skate gang just issued another highly enjoyable clip including footage filmed from January through May 2017 (somehow they managed to time travel into the future, it seems). Gasp in awe as they skate and destroy their hometown of …

New Balance Numeric: Sankhara

In order to promote their new 345 model, New Balance Numeric recently treated its team riders Tom Karangelov, Marquise Henry, Marius Syvanen, Anthony Schulz and Alex Cruysberghs to a skate trip to Asia. Skating their way through the urban jungles of …

Sage Elsesser CONS One Star Pro CC Full Part

It sure is a pleasure to see footage from NYC young gun Sage Elsesser. His effortless style and ridiculous pop always puts a smile on our faces, even when all he does is a bunch of really high ollies and kickflips. Converse CONS just released a new f …

Bronze „56,000“ Video

Just in time for their new collection (about which you can read here), Bronze 56k has released a new video, aptly named 56,000. The video’s aesthetic marks somewhat of a departure from the brand’s old art direction which featured plenty of PowerP …

Bronze 56k – The Old Internet was the Better Internet

You know, the Internet hasn’t always been this overflowing cesspool of hate, attention-grabbing and 35-year-olds wearing Yeezys with a straight face. There was a simpler time, a time when the Internet was but a place of gentle information exchange. …

ANTR’S MIX Video

Our good friend Tom Weimar just released his most recent video project, ANTR’S MIX. Filmed predominantly in the Rhine-Main area, it features some well-known spots from Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Wiesbaden and Mainz as well as some rather unknown locatio …

Adidas Skateboarding: Broadway Bullet

Adidas Skateboarding just released a neat little video covering their pro team riders taking it to the streets of New York City. Many of Adidas’ most prolific skaters make an appearance: Silas Baxter-Neal, Rodrigo TX, Mark Suciu, Dennis Busenitz, L …

FFM Mixtape 3000

You may have seen Jon Wolf’s Eija Klar video from 2015, a great flick showcasing some of Frankfurt’s most prolific skateboarders (if you didn’t, stop everything you’re doing and watch it right now). Now, with the boldly-named FFM Mixtape 3000 …

What is Öctagon?

Considering the great enigmas of mankind, the mystery surrounding Öctagon is among the most challenging. Little is known about the small French skateboarding company that started out by selling branded bolts. Yet, thanks to their minimalistic but re …

Soy Panday: the Zebra and the Hypercube

In this incredibly relaxing video, French marker pen manufacturer POSCA teamed up with Magenta Skateboards co-founder Soy Panday to recycle an old deck as a piece of art. Skateboarding and art have always been mutually attracted (broad hint: our own …

Up To Speed: The Dennis Busenitz Documentary

In 2006, Dennis Busenitz was assigned his first pro model on Adidas Skateboarding. Right, that was exactly ten years ago. Time just flew by like a dandelion in a summer breeze. Which, honestly, shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has seen De …

Europe Co. Autobahn

A few weeks ago, when it was still kind of nice and warm outside, some of our good friends from Europe Co. paid us a visit. Beneath all the partying we did together, we actually went out to skate the streets of Frankfurt, and the boys just ripped the …

Call Me 917 x Nike SB Country Club Clip

On September 17 (9-17, dig it?) , Nike SB and Alex Olson’s Call Me 917 released their Country Club collab, which featured two pairs of Nike Blazers and some clothing (the leftovers of which you can buy at Bonkers, of course). They also released a s …

“Welcome to Franki” Video Premiere at Bonkers Shop

On September 3, 2016, we’ll have a special treat for y’all: after store hours, we’ll screen our homie Paul Hermann’s newest video, “Welcome to Franki”, featuring a whole bunch Frankfurt-based young guns shredding up and down the streets o …

Nike SB and Soulland present FRI.day

If you haven’t been on vacation on the dark side of the moon for the last couple of days, you might have heard about the Copenhagen Open taking place in Denmark’s capital. Fittig the occasion, Eric Koston, Nike SB and Soulland have teamed …

Illegal Civilization: The Importance of Passion

Hey kids, gather ’round the Bonkers campfire, we need to have a talk. Have you ever felt like something’s fishy in the skate and fashion industry? Have you ever thought too long and hard (ha-ha) about a hype, only to discover that beneath the ver …

New Yorkers Do it Better: Alex Olson’s Dreamy Clip for VOGUE

It’s not the first time that the fashion industry flirts with skateboarding (nor will it be the last time, from the looks of it), but Alex Olson’s short clip for fashion mag VOGUE is certainly among the flirtiest. Skating through a sunbathed, sum …

“Nicaragua“ by Jacob Harris for Grey Skateboard Magazine

Have you ever bitched about your hometown’s skate spots being shitty? About the asphalt being a little too coarse? And your skate park sucks, too, right? You probably had wet dreams about living in Barcelona or Malmö or some other skateboarding pa …

Adidas Away Days Frankfurt Premiere

Yes, we know, some of you have already watched the bootlegged version of Adidas Skateboarding’s highly anticipated full-length skate flick “Away Days.” Yes, we know, in times of high-speed Internet and online streaming, patience is a scarce goo …

You can’t skate like Jovontae, but you can look like him.

Watching Jovontae Turner’s old footage, it’s tough not to go green with envy for his smooth, buttery style. Back in the late 80s and early 90s, Jovontae was one of the first to pop his tricks properly. It goes to show that the man was born for do …

Öctagon: Perceptiön video and new drop

We sure are living in strange times. Skateboarding is increasingly leaning towards the mainstream, for better and for worse, and video technology has developed to a point where everyone and their mother can afford a 4K HD camera. The law of physics s …

Chomp On This – Classic Video Review

Believe it or not, when we started skating back the early 2000s, there was no YouTube. The average Internet connection speed was so slow you had to leave your computer switched on over night just to download the new Dr. Dre album. Accordingly, suckin …

BOYS OF SUMMER

A skate video project starring: Alex Olson, Guy Mariano, Atiba Jefferson, AVE, Jason Dill, Gino Iannucci, Anthony Pappalardo, Nakel Smith, Tyshawn Jones, Kevin Bradley, Andrew Reynolds, Kevin Spanky Long, Jerry Hsu, Eric Dressen, Sean Pablo, Mark Gon …