Bright Frankfurt

After Barcelona it was time for Frankfurt. Our German distributor always presents Ontour here at this nice tradeshow. Room 123 was the spot and Wouter and I went to see what was happening for the weekend…

Our hotel with view on the Hauptbahnhof:

Salesmeeting with ‘grune sause’! It starts to become a tradition that the guys from Panorama distribution take us to Wagner, a typical Frankfurter restaurant where no beers but only liters and liters of Apfelwein are being served together with kartoffeln, grune sause und schnitzel. Our Belgian distributor Jean from ICC distribution joined, together with his friend who designed the Supreme Being booth. At the end of the tradeshow they heard they won ‘best booth of the show’!

Straight into partymode afterwards…openingparty from Lee in a big venue. Some big names were playing, but most of we time we were hanging in the ‘Biergarten’ where  we could smoke and meet up with all the friends and familiar faces..

Le Simon from Sixpack with another one of our shared distributors:

The Hamburg connection! Moritz from Esperando caps and Alexandre from YeahBoy Department. I met this guy in Barcelona and they’re doing some dope stuff…and are really nice guys with a strong clear vision, check www.yeahboy.biz

I bet that you look good on the dancefloor…

Next day, back to business. Sneak preview of our SS09 theme…Tonight is the Night!

Our hardcore salesteam from Panorama, ready to rock and roll:

Skatepark in the outside area:

Untitled expo with works from Bad Religion…

Black Flag…

and Obey:

Indoor bowl from Bright:

The new sales rep from Pointer;)

We met Toby Shuall from Suburban Bliss. We already liked his art and clothing a lot and it was great to hang around and introduce eachother to some people. Our german distributor will also start with his line coming season…welcome to the team! check www.suburbanbliss.co.uk

Peter frisco in the house! Lots of Dutchies arrived on the saturday…Freshcotton, BenG, Urban Unit, check the nightpicts later. Wouters, Martin Margielka and Toby showing his goods:

Big C und Niklas, hustlin some free tickets:

In barcelona you’ve gor the Pakistani selling beercans on the streets, in Frankfurt you’ve got Gregor Wemoto with his mobile beer unit!

Nike SB, Place magazine and azita organised the ‘Marble Ledges Sessions’; a open skate session at Frankfurt’s finest and secret spot. We had to crawl through and over a fence to get in:

Really nice spot with three new marble elements. Lots of pro’s were riding around..

In the evening we went for some wrapped food with party boys sebas and sebas, BenG, Frisco Pepe, Le Simon Sixpack, Romeo Obey and me. There was a dj playing in this restaurant and Peter even lost his taste…

Benny showing some of his blog material:

Party time again…Bright party called LL Cool Club…ai ai ai

SS Express:

Hup Holland Hup…Mark Urban Unit joins the gang:

Peter, last of the famous international playboys…

‘Yeah, we’re from Vice magazine, and we want to put you in the DO’s section, so can you please pose for us….?’ DON’t!

Early morning…sun was out there already…

Last day at Bright…nice set up from Nike SB, with a Skateboard Trivial Pursuit hang out:

Dutchies United; Sebas, Eelco, Wieger, Pete and Benny…

Finally…time to go home. Mr T-Shu / Dings joined the last day of the show, here on the way back through crackcity looking for our cars. Had a really good time here in Frankfurt! Thanks everybody for supporting, see all you guys soon!

This was my luxury ride back…3,5 hours in the back of this VW caddy between sample collections, posters and blankets. Thanks guys!