Slowly getting better in smith grinds! I started to focus on pinch point to get more stability and when I feel safe enough I with pinch point I'll go for longer grinds :-D

#skate #sk8 #streetboard #streetboarding

♲ Rebeka Catalina - 2024-04-25 11:57:21 GMT

Improving my smith grinds

Progress of learning smith grinds.
https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/08f4ebf9-0096-46c2-bae0-6a01e8cf23b8-1080.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/ccdce252-ab9b-4ec9-a91a-aa24886a82e0-480.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/46d4d72f-74fe-4781-9474-4bc622e24d7a-360.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/8ce78c57-7701-4f4f-9471-1fbfdf789830/416b2f54-530f-4f8d-8239-128f549d4068-1080-fragmented.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/8ce78c57-7701-4f4f-9471-1fbfdf789830/acc7f962-469a-4065-a7ef-27d78e6195cb-480-fragmented.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/8ce78c57-7701-4f4f-9471-1fbfdf789830/0f9d23bd-1ff1-46ec-94a9-9c83246a7b3e-360-fragmented.mp4

Rebeka Catalina

Trans-femme tech enthusiast - living in Berlin. Passionate streetboarder.

@Kathryn Barr and I went to downtown #Ottawa this morning to #skate on the Rink of Dreams. It was great: just cold enough at -5°C and a windchill of -9 with some sunshine. After #skating, the #BeaverTails stand opened at 1100 hrs and Kathryn bought us one each. Hers was a Killaloe Sunrise and mine was a BrWOWnieTM. We ate those while the #Zamboni worked on the ice surface.

The Rideau Canal Skateway is now closed for the season

#Rideau #Canal #Ottawa #skating #skate

Rideau Canal Skateway

Each winter, the historic Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, becomes the Rideau Canal Skateway, the world’s largest skating rink.

Rideau Canal Re-Opens for Skating

With the temperature at -13°C (8°F) and a windchill of -20C (4°F) the canal looks like it will reopen for one last day before everything melts. Only a short portion of under 2 km will open at noon and it is only rated as "poor". If this is it for this winter then it will have been open only nine days, only a small section and never rated better than "poor".

@Kathryn Barr and I don't skate on it unless it is rated "good" or "very good" as "poor" is damn dangerous for surface conditions. Even "fair" is not good enough to skate with any degree of safety.

The official webcam photo below shows prep underway this morning.

#winter #Ottawa #Rideau #Canal #ice #skate #skating

A feel-good weekend tread

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_s6zb87O7lH1t5kiyv.mp4
57 sec video w/sound
#video #dog #skate

ZSK (Civilian patrol unit) – Alle meine Freunde (All my friends)

#antifascist #Skate #Punk #music from #Germany

Vielfalt statt Hetze 21.01. 16 Uhr #Berlin #ZusammenGegenRechts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufIUsKB6IsU

Uff :-o

25 stairs ist massive!!

When I was young, I managed to jump down a stair with 48 steps. The steps were relatively short and so the staircase wasn't too long, but the height was intense. I broke both trucks of my board, but didn't bail. Yes, a little bit insane :-D The stairs were in Zalaegerszeg (HU) - and nowadays I find stairs with 8 steps challenging and only jump them, when I'm feeling well enough. Last year I tried a stair with 12 steps, which was super challengeing and didn't fully succeed. I mean... I'm older now... doing such may only be possible when one is young enough :-D

#skate #sk8 #bmx #scooters
Why Everyone tries this MASSIVE 25 Stair...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eWpG1p4ZDc

#skate #sk8 #NoComply
No Comply WTF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGKsiP9RVME

Some of the last recordings in our old skate park #noelle before it got closed for a couple of years.

#Berlin #NoelleCrew #skate #sk8
R.I.P Nölle Park | Nölle Crew

27.10
Ghost Ride

#skate #jump #ghost #ride
#sundaygimp #mywork #photo

#music #avantgarde #experimental #fourthworld #funk #skate #jazz #skateboarding #Toronto

Welcome To Hell von Joseph Shabason

• feat. many skater videos like this: https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=HfrdB5nRsyQ

Welcome To Hell, by Joseph Shabason

10 track album

One of my absolute favorite grinds is Barley grind <3

#streetboarding #skate #sk8

♲ Rebeka Catalina - 2023-10-14 08:23:53 GMT

Barley grind

A short video of two barley grinds (FS 180 to switch FS smith grind) - one with switch frontside 180 out.
https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/d8bf02de-0157-4d2c-87db-1c0c70e4e8e9-1080.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/086ba6db-898f-44ff-adbb-3aceca17c695-480.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/cf4546b5-5190-4201-b62a-6c9b515d8890-360.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/dbf9be49-2dbc-41b6-98b6-de978ac65e99/adbff6de-37cb-44ac-852d-5884ccf2f5ae-1080-fragmented.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/dbf9be49-2dbc-41b6-98b6-de978ac65e99/ac1fe05b-7f5c-48b7-8f32-946fba63bd2b-480-fragmented.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/dbf9be49-2dbc-41b6-98b6-de978ac65e99/2287101f-18a2-4e8c-a6d7-e6882c36fc3a-360-fragmented.mp4

Rebeka Catalina

Trans-femme tech enthusiast - living in Berlin. Passionate streetboarder.

10.23
Holy Ollie

#ollie #skate #jump
#myson #mywork #photo

This was yesterday evening at skatehalle.berlin :-) True, it's just a 50:50 - but this curb is not so easy to grind. To stay on the curb for so long is the challenge. I don't really know what it is, but it feels little weird sometimes to grind this one. It is kind of mellow. Wax helps a log for sure to make it more slippery to make it possible to grind it for longer, but for example when I come from the other sind and make barley grind on it (barley is FS 180 to SW FS smith grind) which is one of my absolute favorite grinds, then I'm usually just able to grind it's half, because I wasn't yet able to stay on it for so long.

A good challenge for sure. Another goal of mine on this curb is to grind the whole one with good speed in a solid way and finish with 360 out at the end :-)

#sk8 #skate #streetboarding #grind #challenge #longGrind #lateSkater

♲ Rebeka Catalina - 2023-09-28 23:03:48 GMT

Getting better

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/65834392-ee8f-4bb1-b223-f0b0f4624224-720.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/c3b00f06-1161-4453-a2b2-309d388ded92-480.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/dddd4875-eada-4071-ad48-febef1ec151c-360.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/b149918e-c006-4e12-b3ac-3757f6783848/5fedd6a3-932d-487f-95ca-84d05b718344-720-fragmented.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/b149918e-c006-4e12-b3ac-3757f6783848/f853879d-9ddc-4ccc-8fd0-924492e35d56-480-fragmented.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/b149918e-c006-4e12-b3ac-3757f6783848/5a09184e-f22f-450c-8f75-2ead9ed090e7-360-fragmented.mp4

When discover a place that you want to skate one day and which is quite a challange...
when you start to visit the place again and again to check respectfully if you really want it...
when you have visited the place a few times now and you ask your friends to be there with you soon and once the day has come....

The emotional chaos before... when you need half an hour or more... you start and ride the direction and see how it feels like and repeat this a few times.

If you then just make the decision to go for it and really go for it - if you get closer then and you just continue....

when you go beyond the point of being able to stop... and then you realize to go for it is the only way...

... when you "stay cool" even if the thrill kicks and you jump....

... when you are in the air and you forget everything else and you feel this special kind of joy....

This is skating <3

#skate #sk8 #streetboarding #streetboard

♲ Rebeka Catalina - 2023-09-17 05:31:19 GMT

Kind of success

I dared to give it a try... until here succeeded :-D Maybe next time I'll do the trick, too :-D
https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/f9788d30-feb9-42c6-8c57-3f75fd9cf565-480.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/videos/0c65f2e9-a27a-49c8-ac6b-fd53a769758c-360.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/9f7b2ef2-d509-4c24-9b10-ec098537361e/75fc12fb-f071-42d0-9ba2-efaf0a65af0a-480-fragmented.mp4

https://media.tube.tchncs.de/streaming-playlists/hls/9f7b2ef2-d509-4c24-9b10-ec098537361e/fbef033f-e018-43c8-964e-372ad4d72310-360-fragmented.mp4

Rebeka Catalina

Trans-femme tech enthusiast - living in Berlin. Passionate streetboarder.

A few days ago I tried frontside-180 to switch nose-manual the first time. Damn, what a hard trick /o\ :-o

#skate #sk8 #streetboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM-5OpjAQAQ

I really like how this person describes how the trick works. Very detailed description of all the important aspects. Very good!! :-)

#skate #sk8 #skateboard
Learn to Frontside Smith Grind on a Skateboard in a Bowl

#streetboardworlds2023 #streetboard #streetboarding #snakeboard #snakeboarding #skatepark #worldcup #skate #eindhoven #netherlands #snakelikeagirl #girlsskate" title="Screenshot of an instagram posting by streetboard_worlds2023 with the following content:</p><p>Rebeka Catalina @streetboard_gurl IS IN for 2023 Streetboard World Championships!</p><p>Ready to fight for the!</p><p>REMEMBER<br>Registration open until JULY 31<br>Link in bio</p><p>#swc2023 #streetboardworlds2023 #streetboard #streetboarding #snakeboard #snakeboarding #skatepark #worldcup #skate #eindhoven #netherlands #snakelikeagirl #girlsskate">

Since today it's official: I'm in at the streetboard world championships in Eindhoven (NL) this year!! \o/ :-D

The link to the instagram posting (for those who are interested) is this one:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CvJsck2KZNq/

But I have uploaded the video to my peertube channel as well:
https://tube.tchncs.de/w/rqAd96Mv1a2KRQMD71v9wv

I'm so excited!! :-D

#skate #sk8 #streetboard #streetboardworlds

I see quite often skaters ride with half-open ball bearings. The theory behind this is that the dirt comes in easily and goes out that easy, too. Sounds somehow logical and weird at the same time - so I want to test that soon times. Have just prepared an old set of bearings :-)

#skate #sk8 #streetboarding #skateboarding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iqq70FH0zE

#skate #sk8 #skateboard #NoelleCrew
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