What are the Poles up to? About the same thing as skaters everywhere. As part of our ongoing cultural exchange we bring you a link to Poland’s System Skateboard Magazine. I wish it had a more Polish sounding name. It’s got some high quality skate photography but in some areas it’s not quite as slick as the majors. For example, there are surely some talented skaters featured, but drawing from more limited pool means there is the occasional shot that seems out of place in such glossy production. There are plenty of American companies tainting advertising, which might seem odd were it not for the fact that the parent company of System is the sole Polish distributor of some of those brands. I tried to get them to bite on Cold War since there is one graphic that combines elements lifted straight from the Polish Air Force, as well as Solidarity party. The suggestion was politely ignored, but hey, it’s hard for me to turn down a fellow Pole. When I was in Warsaw in 1991 or ’92 I didn’t see a single skateboard there, but I found a flyer for what I think was a Polish skate rock band. Of course I took it home. One day I’ll go down to the pit in my basement and dig it up for scanning.
I had my wallet and about $500 stolen in Warsaw, and yet I don’t hold it against them, and I continue to give.
12 comments
swiernal
You’re always welcome on polish skate spot’s.
Hateboard
is it really wise to ask “how many pollock’s it takes to do anything” with the present group of tards around here?
i say 3.
one to ride it and two to kick the deck out from beneath him.
or just wave.
totally not being serious.
i love jackson pollack’s work.
Kilwag
I didn’t say “pollock” I said Polish skateboarders. I mean I’m Polish fer chrisssakes.
conahan
Did you used to ask the girls “if they’d like some Polish sausage?” Did it work?
Danimal
that polish sausage line never worked for me.
LP
the same as it takes to change a lightbulb (7 1 to hold the bulb and 6 to turn the house)?
Kilwag
Mmmmmm. Duck’s blood soup.
Jakeandannoy
You might be polish if..there are 6 or more constanents in your last name. Vowels are like kryptonite to Pol’s.
LP
this polish guy goes to the eye chart and it says “K,W,C,Z,L,K,K,W,C,X,Z”….the lasy at the counter said “can you read this?” The polish guy says “read it!? I know that guy!”
Jakeandannoy
I love that one.
sfah
Hello, i’m also from Poland and we have here some very good skateboarders, and our scene grows as fast as it can. We have some polish trully skate brands, but most of all it just hiphop brands with skateboarding outfit just to have some more people who buys it. Visit my site SKATEpunk.pl and be sure that polish skateboarding is on a good way. cheers.
sfah
And this guy from last photos here, who make ollie from that big guy is a friend of mine and look how he skate:
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=dW3tg0p-o4
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=mrh94kng6-4