Finally, the first color issue of Versus is out! Do you know what does it mean? It means I didn’t drink all your money from the famous “Drink for Versus” party last year! Not that bad for an idiot isnt’t it? So yeah, here is issue 12, 24 and 36 as well (By the way, Versus #45 is almost out too... yeah whatever...); Hey what time is it in your world?! “Euh?...” Naaah wrong answer, it’s NOW you idiot! And this is all about... PASSION! Alright, so, I did waste enough time already, this opus is like what, 3 years late or something? Anyway, thank you all guys. You know who you are. Family, friends, DMS, etc... The real shit. Bon, voilà, le premier numéro en couleurs de Versus est enfin là! Avec quoi, 3 ans de retard?! Mouais... Bref, faites le plein de couleurs car ce n’est pas prêt de se reproduire. Ceci est donc le tant attendu #12, mais aussi le #24 et #36 manquant. Au fait quelle heure est-il chez vous? Ah ben ouais, c’est ça, il est MAINTENANT! (ou tout de suite si vous préférez). Alors bougez-vous pendant qu’il est encore temps (parce que 2012 approche à grands pas ahahah). Merci à (presque) tous. La famille, les potes, etc... la liste est trop longue pour tous vous nommez! See you in hell my friends! Cover: Julien Bachelier / BS 50-50 / Bertrand Trichet Versus Skatezine & Plus # 12 - 24 - 36 “LIVE FAST, SKATE FASTER”
Redwan Saad - BS Smith - Cassis
Mad Mike - FS Crail - Oakland
Chris St Cyr - FS 50-50 - Montreal
Madar Aspe - Kickflip - Cagnes
Guillaume Moquin - FS Ollie - Marseille
Bat Myzor - BS Tailslide - Montpellier
Alain Lionnet - Kickflip - Miramas
Georges Agonkoin - FS 50.50 - Krakow
Issue #24
fuck that shit!
Nico Tré-Flip Montreal
Teached by Concrete
photos by roja-media Productions
I actually never went to photo-class, or anything similar. It must had been around early 1998, me & my brother just started skateboarding, and all I wanted was to live as similar & close to what I saw & read every month in mags like Thrasher, TWS and Monster. So it was all natural to get a photocamera and shoot. From then on, the photocamera became my regular accompanist (next to all kind of video & filmcameras). Tons of skateboard-tricks all over the world, nice places & people got fixed by my lense. After all those years and pictures I started to realize how skateboarding indeed influences my whole way of looking at the world. Often people look strange at the camera-position on my filmsets: so low? The streets and the point-of-view of a skateboard have hardly fored my work, even though the subject may has nothing to do with skateboarding! Welcome to my world...
Ich besuchte nie einen Photokurs oder ähnliches. Alles muss anfang 1998 damit begonnen haben, dass mein Bruder & ich zu skaten begannen, und versuchten so gut wie möglich das Leben in den Skate-Mags nachzuempfinden. Es schien völlig natürlich sich eine Photokamera zu schnappen, und loss zu schiessen. Die Freunde, und ihre Tricks waren erste Motive. Von da an wurde die Photokamera zu einer (fast) ständigen Begleitung (neben den Video & Filmkameras). Unzählige Sprünge, Gesichter, Städte, Landschaften und anderes wurde seit damals durch die Linse fetgehalten. In den letzten Jahren wurde mir bewusst, wie das Skateboard meine Art & Weise die Welt zu betrachten beeinflusst hat. Oftmals schauen mich die Leute auf einem Filmset verwundert an, wenn ich die Kamrea schön auf Kniehöhe haben will. Die Strasse und der Blickwinkel des Skateboards haben mich stark geprägt, auch wenn das Sujet heute oft ein anderes ist! Willkomen in meiner Welt...
Colin Fs Noseslide Mallorca
Jey Bs Smith Berlin
Mile Sw Heelflip Bern
Fred St Marie de la Mer
Jey Mallorca
Mischler France
Tom, Mischler, Leah @ Uni Tobler
Mischler Fs Blunt @ Uni Tobler
Mini-Michi, Ollie @ M端lenen Ditch
Tobi, Kickflip @ Bremgarten Bump
Christian M端hlethaler
Ana Heinimann
Choo Choo Live @ Rotefabrik
Danny (Hardnine Choppers) / Skate Crew / Lights S.F.
Sarah Schlosser
Monofones Autobahn-Rastst채tten-Tour 2010
Baywatch @ Mallorca Beach Surfboard @ Costa Rica Beach Alka Selzer Dog @ Costa Rica Street Danny’s latest Bike DMX (Hardinine Choppers) Motocross Action @ Gir’s Ranch in Valence
bib and jey
colin, michi and jeysus
passion bern and more
fun
old school, new school, fuck school!
beers, bowls and bbq
diy
Basel switzerland
build and destroy
Black Cross Bowl
pix le sanglier!
Hey Momma, look at me Im on my way to the promised land Im on the highway to hell!
bib, pix and jeysus Like a true nature s child We were born, born to be wild!
bib la machine
a 200km/h!
pirate bowl
les mangeurs de beton.. good times are killing them!
Society, hope you re not lonely without me..