Red Bull is sponsoring… well, it’s a skatepark built on a barge, floating down the Mississippi river. There are events planned – for days already passed, sorry guys, but there’s still one to go October 8th and 9th. Sunday’s contest has top place finishers from earlier events in Saint Paul, the Quad Cities and St Louis. Meanwhile they have a crew on board and on board while in transit. I’m glad I live in a world where someone thinks something like this is worth paying for. Floating street course by Spohn Ranch, web site for the Mississippi Grind by Red Bull. Video on how it went down after the jump.
4 comments
luke
minnesota represent.
i don’t know benji meyer personally, but i am into the creativity he brings to skateboarding.
“feeling minnesota” is an awesome video, if maybe a little too “street” for me.
http://feelinminnesota.com/
also, i do like the money red bull spends on stuff like this, but seriously, fuck that nasty shit, fuck monster, etc… i don’t know why that poison has any place in skateboarding.
coffee, water, beer.
that’s all i drink.
Grover
How much money do these people have that do this stuff . Welcome to the recession (this is not the way I thought it would be)
Pillow Pants
Yup, I didnt attand the St.Louis one, but have seen the video… a bunch of those dudes skated at the KHVT DIY spot here under Kingshighway…. hey, do a story on that spot…(?) KHVT.org and we just opened a new shop at NoCoastSkateboards…. Bryan rules!
K.C.
That is a great idea for a mobile skatepark. Portland needs one of those with some built in bowls! Talk about life imitating video games.