GETTING MONEY GETTING BOARDS
Mari Lebanidze, Laslo Strong
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A peek into the skate scene of Tbilisi, Georgia. Skating there, is what it must have been here a while ago. An expression opposing a conservative city. True commitment, given the struggle to afford and wait for equipment. Fun and friendship first, competition and style only later... But as everywhere, things are changing fast.
“I started skateboarding five months ago. I just liked it. I don’t have any idols. This is my first board. It’s from BAKER. This deck had been used by three guys before I got it. I exchanged an IPAD for it and I started skating. But it was an old, stupid IPAD. I colored the griptape blue because it was too dirty…”
Mari Lebanidze, Laslo Strong
ee
EPUB
A peek into the skate scene of Tbilisi, Georgia. Skating there, is what it must have been here a while ago. An expression opposing a conservative city. True commitment, given the struggle to afford and wait for equipment. Fun and friendship first, competition and style only later... But as everywhere, things are changing fast.
“I started skateboarding five months ago. I just liked it. I don’t have any idols. This is my first board. It’s from BAKER. This deck had been used by three guys before I got it. I exchanged an IPAD for it and I started skating. But it was an old, stupid IPAD. I colored the griptape blue because it was too dirty…”
GETTING MONEY GETTING BOARDS was released with a reading at Skatepark NOORD on December 16, 2017.
EVENT
GETTING MONEY GETTING BOARDS was released with a reading at Skatepark NOORD on December 16, 2017. When the skatepark closed and the lights went off we installed a spotlight on the fake fountain in the middle of the park and used it as a stage for the reading.
TOKEN
ee GETTING MONEY GETTING BOARDS. 200 stickers for skateboard.