Tag: Pop trading Company

On the come up, one to watch, next up, we have probably said all those things about POP’s Jaïr Gravenberch but we are going to have to keep repeating it because the kid has it like that.

If you have been following us you will know the “Crackers” by now. Hailing from the now legendary Hoorn, in the Netherlands. This video sees them traveling once again to places like Bordeaux.

Anyway, if you want to know more about the crew maybe check out this interview & video we did with them a while ago.

Pop is back with a vengeance, from Rob to Jair, Chima, Pascal, and more this video bring back happy memories to our 2017 Funbox release!

And let’s be fair with Sneep aka Memoryscreen behind the lens you can expect quality!

The Crackers are back but instead of Crackers 5 we get a short but very sweet road trip video. We are not going to lie, vibe, and skating wise the path they followed is amongst the best in Europe. From Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest, and finally, to Vienna the spots to skate and camp are plenty and the grilling is good.

If you want more Chima check out his Place Remix part here:

A new one by our good friends from POP Trading Company who teamed up with the record label Safe-Trip to create a whole collection.

Video by Jan Maarten Sneep featuring Bastiaan van Zadelhoff, Jair Gravenberch, Chima Chibueze, Pascal Moelaert, Hugo Snelooper, Logan Da Silva Ortiz, Tomas De Keulenaar, Billy Hoogendijk, Jeff van der Veken, Alex Raeymaekers, Yeelen Moens, Ali Belhadj & Rob Maatman.

Film and Edit by Jan Maarten Sneep

Sometimes there is something different about somebody, they move in their own way, they think differently, they play by their own rules.

Think about people like Quim Cardonna, Karl Watson, Lennie Kirk, Paul Shier or even Theotis Beasley. We are not talking just about style, many people have their own style it is just that the programming is different they have found glitches and made it their own.

In this day of training at the park, more people move in unison, trends are followed and opinions are shared. It seems harder to find some of these people that polarise through their skating. But there are some to name a few Santiago Sasson, That kid Stanley on Yardsale, Siebert Glele, Jun Kummer, Hugo Snelooper and finally, we would count Noah Bunink to that group.

It is nice that skating exists in nooks and crannies still because that is where we came from and that is where some of us chose to be to this day.

Ooh Oh Den Haag… is the first thing we thought when we saw this part by local The Hague skaters Billy Hoogendijk and Jair Gravenberch.

Truth be told this is a nice part, showing the consistency and level of Billy’s skating while simultaneously showing the growth that Jair has been going through since the last time we saw him.

If you know about POP you know how close to home this one hits. Also, a Carhartt collab is always a great opportunity to work with great people.

Also every time Sami El Hassani gets behind the lens we love the results.

Listen we like almost anything that Jan Maarten Sneep aka Memoryscreen points his lens towards but this one together with Pop Trading Co’s own Chima is special. If you know Sneep’s skating you know what he likes and you can tell by this edit that the skater and the filmer loved the same shit.

enough talk go watch Chima & Sneep’s latest work together.

As skateboarders, we mostly pay attention to the actual skating (which is quite good in this video) but what about the people documenting it? We have been heard saying before:

“Average skating filmed really well is more enjoyable than good skating documented terribly.”

So with that being said, we want to give Sami El Hassani his flowers when he can smell ’em because his lens work truly elevated this video to the next plateau. Good work guys!

On Saturday, September 15th, 2018, Pop Trading Company joined forces with Vans to host the first edition of Vondel ‘18. An invitational skateboard contest in the middle of Amsterdam’s Vondelpark. The concept of this event is referring back to simpler times, where phones were not our first priority. You could find basic obstacles reminiscing of San Francisco’s Back to the City contest or closer to home the 3rd Floor Skatepark in Pakhuis Amerika back in the mid to late 90’s.

Next to an impressive line up of some of the best skateboarders in the world and a very interesting location,
 unique to this event was the lack of media. All skateboarders were documented by one crew using Hi-8 camera’s 
as it would happen in the early days, pre-internet, where you would have to wait for the latest 411 Video Magazine or Transworld Skateboarding to see who had won a skateboard competition.

With checkpoints at both entrances the crowd had to go back in time with us as phone cameras were stickered, Berghain style, where the court was treated like a movie set, nobody films or shoots photos apart from the invited media.
The contest footage is released on VHS tape, which you can find now at a few select local dealers.

Shot by Peter Buikema & Alex van Zwietering
Edit by Peter Buikema
Produced by Roland Hoogwater & Peter Kolks
Artwork by Ric van Rest

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