This build was supposed to happen last year actually, but because of budget issues etc it had to be postponed for a year. But now we are finally here and will be starting it mid May.

Last year Fælledparken got a brand new concrete park and this is the next addition.

It is 27 meters wide, 4 meters tall at its lowest point and 4.45 meters tall at its highest transition point plus the roll in.

The four corners of the ramp also fold in at 15 degrees and 23 degrees. We are really looking forward to this build, It should make for an interesting challenge.

We have finally been given the green light on building the new bowl for this years festival.

We are really pushing the envelope on this design with the budget allocated to do this, but thats just what we always do.

It is 1.8 meters in height all around with a 2.44 meter tall section that crosses the rear of the spine area and escalates down through the far corner. The corner on the right (below) will stay at 2.44 meters tall and have a tombstone extension of 1.22 meters in width.

It has 4 straight hips, all of them different to each other with 2 volcano style sections and two different 150 degree corners. One of these corners will go to 2.44 in height but won`t escalate downwards to meet lower sections. Tombstones at these areas should make it a bit more interesting.

The center section that divides the ramp has a 90 cm deck width.

We started pulling the old bowl down a few days ago. It has been around for 8 years  and was very much on its last legs.

The design was prehistoric at this point so Its great to get a chance to bring something new and fresh to the festival and the scene.

The truck made light work of it though.

There was very little salvageable as it was mostly rotten and contaminated with fungus.

A fresh canvas.

This is a big bowl, and more materials to come.

I was invited to come to Madrid by my very good friend Axel Jurgens (fellow Simple Bikes team rider and creator of Eurocamp, Barcelona) to help design and build some of the competition course for the Metro Jam.

The venue and experience was absolutely amazing.

We were four floors underground in the chamartin metro station. In an unused and unfinished rail track foundation.

The concept and design was amazing. It rode like a a set of trails in a half pipe style scenario. Axel and his crew did a fantastic job of doing the main bulk of the work.

The first thing I had to design was to come up with something that would ride like a berm and 2 people could ride at the same time.

This was the result of  power think no.1.

Here Perico is giving it the very first test ride. Perico was one of the building crew and actually placed 2nd with Allister whitton in the competition. Well done guys!!!

Axel heading for the lift that will take him 4 floors back up from the belly of the beast. He heads for Barcelona to do a quick spot check for the Rebel Jam.

Heres The man himself, Sergio Layos. The reason why we were all there in the first place. He presented this idea to his sponsor Red Bull and they went for it.

I love these hips to banked walls. The simple lines and narrow lips are a very nice touch. Axel could have worked them more and blended them into the concrete trani but decided not to, which was a very wise decision. It increased the accuracy needed to cruise through the lines and it made  the over all look of the park a whole lot better.

This big transition banked hip was the next thing on my list that had to be sorted. The lines that were trying to be created within the pipe concept dictated that a hip of some sort really had to go in here. So considering it is was a pro comp only a giant one could be considered, And considering Axel built a really nice giant jump box there, there was really little choice in what could go in there. Really happy with the way this worked out and rode. Sergio, Ruben and Perico rode this thing like crazy.

It was a crazy building scene here. There was huge numbers of people passing by all the time in escalators and glass lifts constantly. The shock value was very noticeable as I guess they travelled through this station all the time for many years and now they see this kind of stuff being built in it all of a sudden.

We were only just finishing up when Ruben and Sergio showed up to have a test ride on it. The place was still quite dusty from the build and the years of concrete dust that had been there. The cleaners were still trying to get rid of it all.

Ruben, Sergio and axel parke from sweden on the jump box deck.

Axel Jurgens chatting with Harry Main and Achim from Nike who came by  to check out the build but were not staying for the comp.

The man Himself, Axel jurgens who brought us all together to make this happen.

We finally got this one finished. And wow is all I can say as far as the quality of finish we put into it.

This was the last ramp of this year and was the one with the most expectation attached to it. And lets face it, as soon as skatelite is the final layer choice the stakes are raised for the ramp builder. It is much harder to work with and very expensive when mistakes are made.

We decided to get all fancy with this centre pice as it was just too nice not to make it a bit more rad. We ran another tone of skatelite through it to give it a very unique look and finish to it. These lines though are very useful from a practical point of view as it gives some definition lines to the overall shape as you roll through it at high speeds.

It was a serious ball buster to get that volcano surfaced and required a step back from it every so often to assess the situation. It felt so good to get it finished as it was a painful pain in the ass!

Welcome to the suck!! haha . I think this was very very late at night when everybody went home but when there is an event deadline coming up in a matter of days we don`t all have the luxury of going home.

I`m particularly proud of how this rolled hip worked out. The coping is perfect and the skatelite finish is beautiful.

Went with a different style of surfacing technique on this one. Went with a bit of a twist which was a good choice. Its nice to see a few different styles running through the one ramp.

The Event day finally came which meant the ramp was finally finished.. wooohoo. The comp was to kick off at 6 pm but we were still finishing the ramp at 6.15 pm. But according to all the skaters they thought it was amazing to see the ramp still being finished minutes before they got to get their shred on.

The skate comp was amazing and it is always fantastic to see stuff you have made being sessioned. Quick edit on the comp coming soon. Theres Kasper in the shades.

Here`s Peter and Aspen from Royal taking it easy with a beer after the party ended. Cheers guys for putting on a fun session.

Here is another reminder of the suck!!!

Thanks to everybody who was on this job and helped out in their own way. Kasper,Travis, Ryan C, Mark, Keld,  Thomas Hvass, Jesper, Allan and Jonas. Cheers dudes. F

Myself, Keld and Aspen heading for a bar on Kelds cargo bike after the comp. Dead men cycling here!..But happy its over.

We have been pluggin away at this thing for a few weeks now. And now the skatelite will be finally arriving on monday. woohoo.

This is a beautifully designed ramp and built with a lot of love.

The coping details are really nice and has taken a lot of work but we finally finished with that a few days ago.

Really looking forward to riding this one. This is the new winter session ramp. Royal copenhagen skatepark is the only indoor heated park in this town and come the winter it gets really really cold here.

And it is parked right beside the baddest vert ramp you will ever get to ride also so it is looking like it should be a wild winter. Royal is actually just a 5 minute roll from the carlsberg bowl we just finished. Location wise, it is very hard to top this area of copenhagen when stuff like these things live so close by to each other.

We Just finished building this Bowl right here in Copenhagen. It is located in one of the warehouses in the old Carlsberg brewery in the west part of the city. This one was built with BMX  specifically in mind but everybody who has come in and seen this skater/ inliner whoever, all want to session it.

We only had half the crew building this one but it still only took 12 days.

The challenge on this build was to design something that had 2 separate zones within a bowl environment, including a  stepped up jumpbox and to keep with an open plan bowl concept.

This solution worked out really well. After riding this for a few days it is clear that there are endless lines within it and that the physics was worked out perfectly. There is a good flow and good energy. Some stuff is easy to cruise through and some is difficult, which is the way it should be.

The jump box is really fun. The lip is cut out of the bowl wall and slightly dropped in the centre bringing some hip action into the box and ultimately giving it a whole lot more feeling and life. We continued the wall up along side the deck to create some wallride stuff. There was just a very weak sound proof wall there at first.

Being the environmental conscience minded builders that we are we put this together using only recycled materials.

We made this bowl in 12 days.

Redbull asked us to help them out with an event here in Copenhagen last month. It was a pretty cool event actually and in a pretty interesting location. It was in the heart of Copenhagen city down by the water. At very very short notice this is what we designed and built for it.

One of the main bridges down there was raised and the whole street was shut down while we held the event. It was pretty cool I must say.

The set up was 2 quarter pipes, 1 box jump and hip set up against the bridge using it as a wallride.

Daniel Dhers was even in town for it and put on one hell of a show for us. It was amazing to see him ride in person. Flair whips, flair bars, the whole lot.

Thomas the announcer had a great spot for doing his job on. The balcony on the corner overlooking the set up was ideal for it. And Thomas did a great job on it. He is quite the personality.

Above is Jesper(right) sporting the R-R  T doing his thing on the build and Niels Thanild from Simplebikes on the left.

Heres Niels and Travis on the judges tower doing a little bit of shivering. It was quite cold up there as you got hit with all the wind. I know this as I was a judge also.

We weren`t quite sure how the bridge situation was going to work out. Redbull weren`t able to give us any indication as to what would happen once it was raised. Would we have any grounding where it lifted, at what angle would it end at etc. So all we could do was bring a bunch of extra timber and hope the situation wasn`t going to be too ridiculous. It worked out great and Daniel dhers was going so big on it. This is by no means his biggest wallride of the day. This was just the pic I managed to get.

The bridge as the back drop for the podium was a nice touch and of course Dhers takes the win.