Exibitions
Concert / DJ Set
Projection
Conference / Round table
Skate session
Thursday 17
Friday 18
Saturday 19
Sunday 20

Salle Capitulaire / Capitular Hall

Lui Araki Photos
Lena Germanese Models
Nicolas Malinowsky Drawings
« Boards » curated by Grégoire Grange Drawings
18:00 - 00:00

La Cour / The Courtyard

David Manaud Photos
All day

Official Openning

18:00 - 20:00

Video Premieres

Bordeaux Exposure Series – Ep2
Magenta Hill street Blues 3
Thanks for being there
20:00 - 21:30
Kicks Concert
21:30 - 00:00

Miroir d'Eau / The Water Mirror

Adaptive skateboarding lessons

Antoine Faure
12:00 - 13:00

Sem Problemas

Skate session w/ Sergio Santoro
15:00 - 18:00

Place Rohan

Guided Visit : The SkateboardTrail

Leo Valls
Laure Valette (Unesco World Heritage)
14:00 - 16:00

Salle Capitulaire / Capitular Hall

Lui Araki Photos
Lena Germanese Models
Nicolas Malinowsky Drawings
« Boards » curated by Grégoire Grange Drawings
13:00 - 17:30

Skaturbanism and the paradox theory

Juliette Evon
Leo Valls
Helen Wyss
Julien Glauser
Igor Duolé
Lucas Lopes
Walid Berrissoul
 Damien Simon
16:00 - 17:30

La Cour / The Courtyard

David Manaud Photos
All day

Connect Party ! Concert

HOTEL RADIO PARIS x NICOLAS MALINOWSKY
Ciao! Soudsystem Concert
18:00 - 00:00

Miroir d'Eau / The Water Mirror

Skate, Create & Connect: For Non-Traditional Skaters

Lena Germanese Models
SOA Paris
Roll Models
13:00 - 16:00

Salle Capitulaire / Capitular Hall

Lui Araki Photos
Lena Germanese Models
Nicolas Malinowsky Drawings
« Boards » curated by Grégoire Grange Drawings
10:00 - 17:30

Yoga session Namaskate

Lauren Valls
Shane Carrick
10:00 - 11:00

Skateboarding and the imaginary of spots

Julien Glauser
11:30 - 12:00

«Souvenir d’un Grütli glorieux»

Simon Perrottet
Arthur Dus
12:00 - 12:15

«Curved universe»

Mike Mag
13:45 - 14:00

The quest for identity in skateboarding

Mike Mag
Phil Halton
14:00 - 14:45

The Love Malmo story

Gustav Eden
Ted Barrow
15:00 - 15:45

The Road to Tram Line Spot

Georgianna Scurfield
Tom Quigley
16:00 - 16:15

Skate Urbanism and a city in crisis

Chris Lawton
16:15 - 16:45

Do it yourself when you are a woman

Lena Germanese Models
Helen Wyss
Marion Desquenne
Jean Turcat
16:45 - 17:30

La Cour / The Courtyard

David Manaud Photos
All day

Connect Village

Stands, Bar & Snacking
10:00 - 17:30

Guided tour of the David Manaud exhibition Photos

David Manaud Photos
13:00 - 13:40

Connect presents BEW Showcase Concert

Louis the 4th (Fugitiv’) Concert
Snug (Mates) Concert
Tssibo (Bruit Rose) Concert
18:00 - 00:00

Cours du Chapeau Rouge

Miroir d'Eau / The Water Mirror

Free Session

Skate and Connect !
All day

Salle Capitulaire / Capitular Hall

Mat Pilates for skateboarders

Cat Haayen
Lauren Valls
10:00 - 11:00
« Boards » curated by Grégoire Grange Drawings
Nicolas Malinowsky Drawings
Lui Araki Photos
Lena Germanese Models
10:00 - 16:30

Learning to skateboard in a warzone (if you’re a Girl)

Skateistan
11:30 - 13:00

Physical health and skateboarding

Dr Lionel Pesquer
14:00 - 14:30

Keep on !

Jean Turcat
14:30 - 15:00

«Nothing But Today» How to live more fully in the here and now

John Gardner
15:15 - 16:15

Trivia Skate Quizz

La Lodge AKA Thibault Carpentier
16:30 - 18:00

La Cour / The Courtyard

David Manaud Photos
10:00 - 17:30

Connect Village

Stands, Bar & Snacking
10:00 - 17:30

Guided tour of the David Manaud exhibition Photos

David Manaud Photos
13:00 - 13:40

Cours du Chapeau Rouge

Miroir d'Eau / The Water Mirror

Free Session

Skate and Connect !
All day

Exhibitions Thursday

Lui Araki

Kobe/Tokyo, Japon

From Japanese skateboard “legend of the underground” to an inspiring lifestyle film photographer, Lui is back in Bordeaux with tons of memories compiled for an extraordinary exhibit. The Tokyo based noseslide pop out master will be showing about 150 images from before, during and after the shooting of Magenta’s Just Cruise 2, documenting street scenes from the sidewalks of Bordeaux and Paris, through his unique Japanese eye.

Lena Germanese

Bordeaux, France

Lena’s skating seems to be a way of expression as much as a means of building connections between her occupation (she studied urban planning) and the concept of skaturbanism. She develops her projects around the ideas of inclusive public spaces and skateboarding being a tool for women to feel empowered and to navigate the streets better. For Connect, Lena will be exhibiting miniature models of skate spots she has imagined, to be discovered at Cour Mably at the opening, on October 17th at 6pm until the 20th of October.

Nicolas Malinowsky

Bordeaux, France

The ringmaster of French skateboarding graphic design will be part of the show with something special. Come discover a new exhibition of one of the most prolific and influential skate designers in the French skateboarding landscape at the Connect festival, opening on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

« Boards » curated by Grégoire Grange

“BOARDS” explores the intrinsic links between skateboarding culture and drawing. These two worlds share a deep connection, feeding off each other over the decades. Skateboarding, as an alternative lifestyle, has always encouraged individuality and free expression—values that are reflected in the visual language of the drawings presented here. On the occasion of Connect, Boards once again aims to showcase the diversity and dynamism of skate culture through the original works of around twenty artists, including Andrew Pommier (USA), Soy Panday (FR), and Hiroton (JAP).

Artists:

  • Michael Sieben (USA)
  • Malinowsky Nicolas (FR)
  • Pommier Andrew (USA)
  • Foster Mark (UK)
  • Léo Valls (FR)
  • Soy Panday (FR)
  • Marion Mutt (FR)
  • Saint Martin Valentine (FR)
  • Sam Parker (USA)
  • Magné Alexandre (FR)
  • Halling Clay (USA)
  • Eggers Van (USA)
  • Mazieres Damien (FR)
  • Evans Phil (SWE)
  • Barroso Yoan (FR)
  • Penny Tom (UK)
  • Reversade Julien (FR)
  • French (UK)
  • Dubroca César (FR)
  • O’Shea Mike (FR)
  • Lexar Adam (SWE)
  • Noreille Vincent (FR)
  • Rees Tom (USA)
  • Arribaud Alice (FR)
  • Woo Ghost (FR)
  • Chevallier Brian (FR)
  • Hiroyuki ‘HIROTTON’ Uemura (JP)

David Manaud

David Manaud

Bordeaux, France

David Manaud’s eye will forever be a reference in the history of Bordeaux skateboarding, thus we are thankful that he received two precious presents in his youth- a Polaroid and Minolta camera, courtesy of a childhood sweetheart and his grandfather. For Connect, Dave produced a brand new exhibition around the relationship between skateboarding and urbanism, to be discovered at Cour Mably from the opening, on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

Official Openning

Video Premieres

Bordeaux Exposure Series – Ep2

Filmed by Julien Januszkiewicz in Bordeaux, Montpellier and Tokyo

Magenta Hill street Blues 3

Filmed by Stéphane Feugas, Zach Chamberlain, Benjamin Gore

 @permavacay @feugz @lowgunmathyous @lookatbensphoto

Thanks for being there

Filmed by Clément Vidal–Roussel

Thursday evening

Kicks

Nancy, France

If the subgenres of garage house and 90s aesthetic are familiar to you then you’re already a fan of Kicks’s universe! On top of being a really good skater, with a classic 90’s style, Kicks has made tracks for skate videos such as Minuit. Here is your opportunity to come move your head, and more, on Kicks’s unique music style. On top of that, Bordeaux’s finest Masaki Ui will play some of his favorite extracts of skate videos on the walls of Cour Mably, Viggin’ style! Don’t miss this one !

Adaptive skateboarding lessons

Antoine Faure

Antoine Faure, a hemiplegic skater from Périgord, defies conventions by promoting both adaptive skateboarding and skate culture in general. Through adaptation and perseverance, he aims to transform the sport and its perception.

Sem Problemas

Does Sergio Santoro have the biggest smile in skateboarding?

The already legendary pro skater from Rio de Janeiro, invites you for a session full of good vibes on the Connect sculptures at the Miroir d’eau, on the 17th of October at 3pm, just before the opening of Connect at Cours Mably. 

Skate session w/ Sergio Santoro

Guided Visit : The SkateboardTrail

October 17th at 2pm. Meeting place: Place Pey Berland, in front of the Palais Rohan (Town Hall) – free admission – duration 2 hours – in English and French. Visit will end at 4pm at Miroir d’eau for the Sergio Santoro invitational session.

Follow the trail in the company of two guides; one from the Bordeaux World Heritage department and professional skateboarder Léo Valls, consultant and initiator of skaturbanism. Event organized as part of the National Architecture Days and the Connect festival.

At the heart of the UNESCO-listed Bordeaux Port of the Moon area, discover the relationship between skateboarding and Bordeaux’s urban spaces, from the re-emerging districts of the past to today’s heritage city.

Skateboarding first appeared in Bordeaux in the 1970s, on the vast concrete slabs of the newly-built Mériadeck district. While the history of this sport is now inherent to local tangible and intangible heritage, Bordeaux has not always had an easy relationship with its skateboarders. For a certain time, skateboarding was even prohibited in most of the city’s public spaces. In recent years, growing recognition of skateboarding as an urban culture in its own right coupled with a dynamic approach to the heritage city in the framework of CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE AND HERITAGE has helped foster dialogue. This has led to a unique approach in the shaping of the urban environment, described as skaturbanism.

Leo Valls

Laure Valette (Unesco World Heritage)

Exhibitions Friday

Lui Araki

Kobe/Tokyo, Japon

From Japanese skateboard “legend of the underground” to an inspiring lifestyle film photographer, Lui is back in Bordeaux with tons of memories compiled for an extraordinary exhibit. The Tokyo based noseslide pop out master will be showing about 150 images from before, during and after the shooting of Magenta’s Just Cruise 2, documenting street scenes from the sidewalks of Bordeaux and Paris, through his unique Japanese eye.

Lena Germanese

Bordeaux, France

Lena’s skating seems to be a way of expression as much as a means of building connections between her occupation (she studied urban planning) and the concept of skaturbanism. She develops her projects around the ideas of inclusive public spaces and skateboarding being a tool for women to feel empowered and to navigate the streets better. For Connect, Lena will be exhibiting miniature models of skate spots she has imagined, to be discovered at Cour Mably at the opening, on October 17th at 6pm until the 20th of October.

Nicolas Malinowsky

Bordeaux, France

The ringmaster of French skateboarding graphic design will be part of the show with something special. Come discover a new exhibition of one of the most prolific and influential skate designers in the French skateboarding landscape at the Connect festival, opening on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

« Boards » curated by Grégoire Grange

“BOARDS” explores the intrinsic links between skateboarding culture and drawing. These two worlds share a deep connection, feeding off each other over the decades. Skateboarding, as an alternative lifestyle, has always encouraged individuality and free expression—values that are reflected in the visual language of the drawings presented here. On the occasion of Connect, Boards once again aims to showcase the diversity and dynamism of skate culture through the original works of around twenty artists, including Andrew Pommier (USA), Soy Panday (FR), and Hiroton (JAP).

Artists:

  • Michael Sieben (USA)
  • Malinowsky Nicolas (FR)
  • Pommier Andrew (USA)
  • Foster Mark (UK)
  • Léo Valls (FR)
  • Soy Panday (FR)
  • Marion Mutt (FR)
  • Saint Martin Valentine (FR)
  • Sam Parker (USA)
  • Magné Alexandre (FR)
  • Halling Clay (USA)
  • Eggers Van (USA)
  • Mazieres Damien (FR)
  • Evans Phil (SWE)
  • Barroso Yoan (FR)
  • Penny Tom (UK)
  • Reversade Julien (FR)
  • French (UK)
  • Dubroca César (FR)
  • O’Shea Mike (FR)
  • Lexar Adam (SWE)
  • Noreille Vincent (FR)
  • Rees Tom (USA)
  • Arribaud Alice (FR)
  • Woo Ghost (FR)
  • Chevallier Brian (FR)
  • Hiroyuki ‘HIROTTON’ Uemura (JP)

Skaturbanism and the paradox theory

A new research study presented by Jean Sebastien Lacam and Juliette Evron (PhD in Management Sciences) followed by a conversation with Léo Valls, Helen Wyss (architect), Julien Glauser (anthropologist and urbanist), Igor Duole (architect), Lucas Geoffriau (architect) and Lucas Lopes (City of Bordeaux).  

Abstract: “Our research focuses on recognizing street skateboarding’s territorial identity through municipal administration’s acceptance and management of its tensions. Our case study, from the city of Bordeaux, based on an analysis of interviews conducted in 2024, reveals the interface role played by a leader of the presumed territorial identity, who became a boundary-spanner between his community of practitioners, local residents and the municipality, in the process of integrating skateboarding into public space. Our results enrich the literature on collaborative public management in support of territorial dynamics.”

Juliette Evon et Jean-Sébastien Lacam / PhD in Management Sciences

Juliette Evon

Juliette Evon holds a PhD in Management Sciences and is a Professor of Management at ESSCA. At the intersection of strategy and human resource management, the territorial dimension is one of the key aspects of her research. Using a qualitative methodology, she studies the various components (resources, skills, proximities) and the mechanisms of interaction and coordination that can contribute to the development of identity, attractiveness, and competitive advantage for a territory.

Leo Valls

Helen Wyss

Independent architect specialized in heritage preservation, architectural historian, and cultural mediator

Julien Glauser

Suisse

Anthropologist, urban planner, researcher and skateboarder.

Igor Duolé

Lucas Lopes

Bordeaux, France

Walid Berrissoul

 Damien Simon

David Manaud

David Manaud

Bordeaux, France

David Manaud’s eye will forever be a reference in the history of Bordeaux skateboarding, thus we are thankful that he received two precious presents in his youth- a Polaroid and Minolta camera, courtesy of a childhood sweetheart and his grandfather. For Connect, Dave produced a brand new exhibition around the relationship between skateboarding and urbanism, to be discovered at Cour Mably from the opening, on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

Connect Party !

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Hôtel Radio Paris x Nicolas Malinowsky

9:00 PM – 12:00 AM – Ciao! Soundsystem

Tickets

HOTEL RADIO PARIS x NICOLAS MALINOWSKY

Ciao! Soudsystem

The hyperactive Bordeaux-based collective Ciao! Sound System is celebrating its 7th anniversary this year, with the same passion for dance and enthusiasm for discovering all kinds of music in forgotten spaces.

Skate, Create & Connect: For Non-Traditional Skaters

Bordeaux-based skaturbanist Léna Germanese has come together with Skateistan, ROLL Models, SOA Paris and Respect is Rad to run an inclusive skate session on the Connect Festival sculptures in Miroir d’Eau. They will have a beginner-friendly skate session, a creative workshop, and a conversation circle to discuss safer spaces for non-traditional skaters in public spaces. There will be small prizes for the participants too!

Lena Germanese

Bordeaux, France

Lena’s skating seems to be a way of expression as much as a means of building connections between her occupation (she studied urban planning) and the concept of skaturbanism. She develops her projects around the ideas of inclusive public spaces and skateboarding being a tool for women to feel empowered and to navigate the streets better. For Connect, Lena will be exhibiting miniature models of skate spots she has imagined, to be discovered at Cour Mably at the opening, on October 17th at 6pm until the 20th of October.

SOA Paris

Roll Models

Exhibitions Saturday

Lui Araki

Kobe/Tokyo, Japon

From Japanese skateboard “legend of the underground” to an inspiring lifestyle film photographer, Lui is back in Bordeaux with tons of memories compiled for an extraordinary exhibit. The Tokyo based noseslide pop out master will be showing about 150 images from before, during and after the shooting of Magenta’s Just Cruise 2, documenting street scenes from the sidewalks of Bordeaux and Paris, through his unique Japanese eye.

Lena Germanese

Bordeaux, France

Lena’s skating seems to be a way of expression as much as a means of building connections between her occupation (she studied urban planning) and the concept of skaturbanism. She develops her projects around the ideas of inclusive public spaces and skateboarding being a tool for women to feel empowered and to navigate the streets better. For Connect, Lena will be exhibiting miniature models of skate spots she has imagined, to be discovered at Cour Mably at the opening, on October 17th at 6pm until the 20th of October.

Nicolas Malinowsky

Bordeaux, France

The ringmaster of French skateboarding graphic design will be part of the show with something special. Come discover a new exhibition of one of the most prolific and influential skate designers in the French skateboarding landscape at the Connect festival, opening on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

« Boards » curated by Grégoire Grange

“BOARDS” explores the intrinsic links between skateboarding culture and drawing. These two worlds share a deep connection, feeding off each other over the decades. Skateboarding, as an alternative lifestyle, has always encouraged individuality and free expression—values that are reflected in the visual language of the drawings presented here. On the occasion of Connect, Boards once again aims to showcase the diversity and dynamism of skate culture through the original works of around twenty artists, including Andrew Pommier (USA), Soy Panday (FR), and Hiroton (JAP).

Artists:

  • Michael Sieben (USA)
  • Malinowsky Nicolas (FR)
  • Pommier Andrew (USA)
  • Foster Mark (UK)
  • Léo Valls (FR)
  • Soy Panday (FR)
  • Marion Mutt (FR)
  • Saint Martin Valentine (FR)
  • Sam Parker (USA)
  • Magné Alexandre (FR)
  • Halling Clay (USA)
  • Eggers Van (USA)
  • Mazieres Damien (FR)
  • Evans Phil (SWE)
  • Barroso Yoan (FR)
  • Penny Tom (UK)
  • Reversade Julien (FR)
  • French (UK)
  • Dubroca César (FR)
  • O’Shea Mike (FR)
  • Lexar Adam (SWE)
  • Noreille Vincent (FR)
  • Rees Tom (USA)
  • Arribaud Alice (FR)
  • Woo Ghost (FR)
  • Chevallier Brian (FR)
  • Hiroyuki ‘HIROTTON’ Uemura (JP)

Yoga session Namaskate

Namaskate with Lauren Mahan Valls, yoga teacher, accompanied by Shane Carrick, yoga teacher & Operations director- Make Life Skate Life. 1 hour.
Pay what you want. 

How can you combine your love of skateboarding and its nefarious effects of its practice on the body with well-being and longevity?

The answer may be in listening to oneself and in a regular practice of yoga that combines stretching, strengthening and restorative breathing.

American Lauren Mahan-Valls has been developing with Léo Valls for several years now what they call Namaskate, a yoga sequence calibrated on the skater’s body, and the pain and injuries related to the practice. Lauren will be in the presence of another American yoga teacher, Shane Carrick, also director of operations for the NGO Make Life Skate Life, guest of honor at Connect. Come and enjoy a Namaskate session in the Cour Mably, on Saturday, October 19, at 10 a.m., to start off a weekend that promises to be full!

Lauren Valls

Yoga teacher

Shane Carrick

Skateboarding and the imaginary of spots

How skaters collect knowledge about their urban environment.

Spots are essential places for skateboarders, whether it’s the one you know, just around the corner, the one you’re looking for, or the mythical place you see in photographs or videos. This understanding of the environment, based on one’s own practice and fed by the media of skateboarding, creates an imaginary shared by street skaters. This knowledge they share and their taste for urban places create an intimate knowledge of the cities they live in.

Using the tools of social anthropology and based on his own research, Julien Glauser questions the processes that shapes these shared imaginaries, reactivated by the practices of street skaters. His detailed knowledge of urban environments and their systems of organization means that some skaters become actors in the very definition of cities.

Julien Glauser

Suisse

Anthropologist, urban planner, researcher and skateboarder.

«Souvenir d’un Grütli glorieux»

15 min documentary.

This is the story of an iconic place in the History of skateboarding in Geneva, Switzerland, which has been overthrown by authorities due to its popularity within the local skateboarding scene: the Maison des Arts of the Grütli (yet established there since 1988) has been the subject of the complaints from its neighborhood to the point that the crew buried themselves under a ton of gravel!

On October 19th, at the Cour Mably, meet Simon Perrottet and Arthur Dus of local Swiss skate scene during the projection of the documentary of 2023’s Souvenir d’un Grütil glorieux.

Simon Perrottet

Arthur Dus

«Curved universe»

“Curved Universe” is the newest video part from Brazilian skateboarder Mike Mag. Inspired by the natural curves of his world, this cinematic adventure echoes the contours of a land that defies straight lines and rigid structures. Filmed in his classic guerrilla style, raw VX1000, across the wild landscapes of the Amazon, Rio de Janeiro, the island of magic Florianopolis, and beyond. A deep exploration of skateboarding at its most wild, with Mike Mag and friends.

Mike Mag

Brésil

The quest for identity in skateboarding

In worldwide skateboarding history, many great individuals and crews have developed strong identities and styles, often linked to their local cultures and the type of urban and social environments they play with. This is a demonstration of the great relationship skateboarding, architecture and culture can have.

For this panel, we have the chance to welcome Mike Mag, from Brazil, who has been making skate projects coming all the way from the deep jungles of the Amazon, and Philli Halton, from Ireland, who through his projects such as the creation of Goblin, the only Irish skate magazine, is pushing for a local style and identity. Come get inspired by their stories at Cour Mably, on the 19th of October, at 2:15PM.

Mike Mag

Brésil

Phil Halton

Irlande

The Love Malmo story

How can skateboarders’ love for urban spaces be so powerful that it moves an entire public plaza – with all its tiles, trash cans and lamp posts, across an ocean to be rebuilt on another continent? In 2024, Gustav Eden, with the help of the skate communities and municipal government of Malmo and Philadelphia, recreated to the “T” a part of one of the most iconic skate spots in history, Love Park. 

For this very exciting panel, Ted Barrow, urban historian based in San Francisco, and Gustav Eden, Skate coordinator for the city of Malmo, will share with us the history of the beloved Love Park and the behind the scenes of its transfer to Malmo, Sweden.

Gustav Eden

Suede

Ted Barrow

USA

The Road to Tram Line Spot

Directed by Georgianna Scurfield (@georgiscurfield). 

Produced by Georgianna Scurfield & Tom Quigley. 

The film had its European premiere at Renno Film Festival in Tampere, Finland, and its UK premiere at Mansfield Town Film Festival.

Synopsis:

This film documents the years of work from Nottingham’s skateboarders and their allies to create a multi-use, community designed public space in the heart of the city. Charting the story of the Tram Line Spot ‘skate-friendly’ space, and its links to Nottingham’s iconic skate heritage, the film explores the activism, resilience and collaboration that successfully delivered a unique, hopeful project at a time of local social and economic crisis – sowing the seeds for potential recovery of one of the UK’s great post-industrial cities.

Georgianna Scurfield

UK

Tom Quigley

UK

Skate Urbanism and a city in crisis

How do skaters get what they want, and what do they do when they get it?” – either a panel contribution or a talk could cover all the arguments and tactics we used in Nottingham to get both the spots (and skateparks) and also the City’s “permissive policy” towards street skating (you don’t get kicked off anywhere), that included “custodianship of space”, our contribution to “placemaking” etc; facts and stats we used from both the research and our activism and session/event delivery; and some of the political tactics…..   and then the things we needed to be ready for when we “won” –  which included being expected to keep spaces safe as crime and Anti Social Behaviour increased with the collapse of funding for policing, highstreet closures, increasing homelessness and street drinking etc etc.; and the challenges facing young people (mental health, school absenteeism etc etc.) –  and some ideas on how we can help our cities move on from the “European Perma-Crisis” of the last 10+ years.

Chris Lawton

UK

Chris is a lifelong skateboarder and co-founder of Skate Nottingham, one of the UK’s longest-running skate non-profits. Currently Community Development Officer at Skateboard GB, he previously worked in a university and for Government regeneration agencies on urban and regional economics. Chris led on Tram Line Spot, a ‘skate friendly’ multi-use public space in the heart of Nottingham city centre, and will talk about how skate urbanism can help tackle serious social problems.

Do it yourself when you are a woman

The quest for a safe & inclusive space for girls and women nowadays is obviously foremost in our concerns and CONNECT gives us the opportunity to introduce three individuals whose paths within the skateboarding culture and its practice is a great source of inspiration.

Lena Germanese

Bordeaux, France

Lena’s skating seems to be a way of expression as much as a means of building connections between her occupation (she studied urban planning) and the concept of skaturbanism. She develops her projects around the ideas of inclusive public spaces and skateboarding being a tool for women to feel empowered and to navigate the streets better. For Connect, Lena will be exhibiting miniature models of skate spots she has imagined, to be discovered at Cour Mably at the opening, on October 17th at 6pm until the 20th of October.

Helen Wyss

Independent architect specialized in heritage preservation, architectural historian, and cultural mediator

Marion Desquenne

Jean Turcat

David Manaud

David Manaud

Bordeaux, France

David Manaud’s eye will forever be a reference in the history of Bordeaux skateboarding, thus we are thankful that he received two precious presents in his youth- a Polaroid and Minolta camera, courtesy of a childhood sweetheart and his grandfather. For Connect, Dave produced a brand new exhibition around the relationship between skateboarding and urbanism, to be discovered at Cour Mably from the opening, on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

Connect Village

Stands, Bar & Snacking

Guided tour of the David Manaud exhibition

David Manaud

Bordeaux, France

David Manaud’s eye will forever be a reference in the history of Bordeaux skateboarding, thus we are thankful that he received two precious presents in his youth- a Polaroid and Minolta camera, courtesy of a childhood sweetheart and his grandfather. For Connect, Dave produced a brand new exhibition around the relationship between skateboarding and urbanism, to be discovered at Cour Mably from the opening, on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

Connect presents BEW Showcase

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Tssibo (Bruit Rose)

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Snug (Mates)

10:00 PM – 12:00 AM – Louis the 4th (Fugitiv’)

Tickets

Louis the 4th (Fugitiv’)

Snug (Mates)

Artistic director of the French South-Ouest collective Mates and the Bordeaux Electronic Week, Snug is a dance music enthusiast – most significantly, the vinyl corner, where the search for obscure tracks has led him to explore the depths of the net and dusty shops of Europe.

On the verge of bankruptcy from buying records, he now has a collection that leaves no one indifferent.

Snug plays a mix of tracks that are difficult to classify, as he explores three decades of house, techno, and various other forms of underground electronic music. The end product is a record bag, crossing genres and styles with a unique approach.

Tssibo (Bruit Rose)

Originally from Grenoble, tssibo traveled across France to settle in the Southwest. Now an active member of the Bruit Rose collective and the Bordeaux scene, tssibo loves to share his music through dancefloor-ready records blending house, techno, and even trance.

Free Session

Skate and Connect !

Mat Pilates for skateboarders

Boost Your Strength and Balance!

This Pilates Mat session is specially designed for skateboarders to strengthen key muscles, improve balance, and prevent injuries. You’ll work on your core, back, legs, and flexibility for better control, power, and posture on your board.

Pay what you want

Cat Haayen

Cat is an awesome international yogini. She is one of Miami’s most seasoned yoga teachers and the creator of YOGathletA.™️

Cat’s classes are a unique blend of Power Yoga enhanced with Pilates principles.

Lauren Valls

Yoga teacher

Exhibition Sunday

« Boards » curated by Grégoire Grange

“BOARDS” explores the intrinsic links between skateboarding culture and drawing. These two worlds share a deep connection, feeding off each other over the decades. Skateboarding, as an alternative lifestyle, has always encouraged individuality and free expression—values that are reflected in the visual language of the drawings presented here. On the occasion of Connect, Boards once again aims to showcase the diversity and dynamism of skate culture through the original works of around twenty artists, including Andrew Pommier (USA), Soy Panday (FR), and Hiroton (JAP).

Artists:

  • Michael Sieben (USA)
  • Malinowsky Nicolas (FR)
  • Pommier Andrew (USA)
  • Foster Mark (UK)
  • Léo Valls (FR)
  • Soy Panday (FR)
  • Marion Mutt (FR)
  • Saint Martin Valentine (FR)
  • Sam Parker (USA)
  • Magné Alexandre (FR)
  • Halling Clay (USA)
  • Eggers Van (USA)
  • Mazieres Damien (FR)
  • Evans Phil (SWE)
  • Barroso Yoan (FR)
  • Penny Tom (UK)
  • Reversade Julien (FR)
  • French (UK)
  • Dubroca César (FR)
  • O’Shea Mike (FR)
  • Lexar Adam (SWE)
  • Noreille Vincent (FR)
  • Rees Tom (USA)
  • Arribaud Alice (FR)
  • Woo Ghost (FR)
  • Chevallier Brian (FR)
  • Hiroyuki ‘HIROTTON’ Uemura (JP)

Nicolas Malinowsky

Bordeaux, France

The ringmaster of French skateboarding graphic design will be part of the show with something special. Come discover a new exhibition of one of the most prolific and influential skate designers in the French skateboarding landscape at the Connect festival, opening on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

Lui Araki

Kobe/Tokyo, Japon

From Japanese skateboard “legend of the underground” to an inspiring lifestyle film photographer, Lui is back in Bordeaux with tons of memories compiled for an extraordinary exhibit. The Tokyo based noseslide pop out master will be showing about 150 images from before, during and after the shooting of Magenta’s Just Cruise 2, documenting street scenes from the sidewalks of Bordeaux and Paris, through his unique Japanese eye.

Lena Germanese

Bordeaux, France

Lena’s skating seems to be a way of expression as much as a means of building connections between her occupation (she studied urban planning) and the concept of skaturbanism. She develops her projects around the ideas of inclusive public spaces and skateboarding being a tool for women to feel empowered and to navigate the streets better. For Connect, Lena will be exhibiting miniature models of skate spots she has imagined, to be discovered at Cour Mably at the opening, on October 17th at 6pm until the 20th of October.

Learning to skateboard in a warzone (if you’re a Girl)

Skateistan

Physical health and skateboarding

Lionel Pesquer, doctor and radiologist at Mérignac Sports Clinic and also a former Bordeaux skater (MX!), has followed and treated many skaters during his career (Tom Penny, Léo Valls, Soy Panday, Edouard Damestoy, etc.).

Through the presentation of a series of medical images selected by him, he will enlighten us on the pathologies linked to skateboarding, and will share his experience and advice for better health and more longevity in connection with our activity. How lucky to have Dr. Pesquer at the Connect festival!

Dr Lionel Pesquer

Keep on !

In 2014, at the age of 25, Jean Turcat, a skater originally from Bordeaux, suffered from a stroke successive to a brain aneurysm he never knew he had, leaving him hemiplegic (paralyzed on one side).

He was conscious that the future is unwritten, especially the physical rehabilitation process of paralyzed body parts whose nerve endings often left him in severe pain. Thus it would take some time to crawl into the belly of the beast and practice skateboarding again. Encouraged by family and friends he bought a new board, took a tripod cane and rediscovered sensations he thought he had forever lost! Who knows where the will to create his proper style of skateboarding will take him?

Jean will share his moving and inspiring story on the 20th of October, at the Cour Mably.

Jean Turcat

«Nothing But Today» How to live more fully in the here and now

In this discussion, John Gardner, a retired professional skateboarder and meditation teacher, will dive into what makes us human and how we often deviate from our true nature as we navigate through the world. He will discuss how to bring your mind back to a place of calm when the exterior world is chaotic and overwhelming.

This discussion will involve a guided breathing and awareness practice following a short lecture on the internal systems that give rise to stress. John’s hope is that after the lecture, you leave with a renewed sense of confidence on how to approach your internal landscape with kindness to self.

John Gardner

États-Unis

Trivia Skate Quizz

A Trivia for Skate nerds!

Are you able to recognize a handrail located on the other side of the planet only because you saw it in some obscure skate video? Do you automatically have Guy Mariano’s skating pop up in your head as you listen to the first notes of Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man” ? Or maybe you’re able to name Mark Suciu’s last trick in Verso from memory? If so, you suffer from heavy skate-nerdery and this trivia will be your cure !

Spots, tricks, videos, music, photography : everything goes !

Hosted by La Lodge (Thibaut Carpentier), a blogger and passionate skateboarder who loves all those little details that form the collective imagination of skateboarders.

La Lodge AKA Thibault Carpentier

David Manaud

David Manaud

Bordeaux, France

David Manaud’s eye will forever be a reference in the history of Bordeaux skateboarding, thus we are thankful that he received two precious presents in his youth- a Polaroid and Minolta camera, courtesy of a childhood sweetheart and his grandfather. For Connect, Dave produced a brand new exhibition around the relationship between skateboarding and urbanism, to be discovered at Cour Mably from the opening, on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

Connect Village

Stands, Bar & Snacking

Guided tour of the David Manaud exhibition

David Manaud

Bordeaux, France

David Manaud’s eye will forever be a reference in the history of Bordeaux skateboarding, thus we are thankful that he received two precious presents in his youth- a Polaroid and Minolta camera, courtesy of a childhood sweetheart and his grandfather. For Connect, Dave produced a brand new exhibition around the relationship between skateboarding and urbanism, to be discovered at Cour Mably from the opening, on October 17th at 6pm, and until the 20th of October.

Free Session

Skate and Connect !