Program

Exibitions
Concert / DJ Set
Projection
Conference / Round table
Skate session

Espace d'exposition / Exhibition Area

Dela Charles

Dela Charles Photos
20:00 - 00:00

Adam Hadden x Jimmy Lannon

Adam Hadden Photos
20:00 - 00:00

Dolores Magazine

Raisa Abal
20:00 - 00:00

Friedjof Feye

Friedjof Feye
20:00 - 00:00

35 Years of Skateboarding Development in Malmö 

Bryggeriet
20:00 - 00:00

MX ARCHIVES

Grégoire Grange Photos
Julien Roques
20:00 - 00:00

24 HOURS — 24 POSES

Alberto Scattolin
20:00 - 00:00

Espace concert / Concert Area

Grand Opening

20:00 - 20:30

Video premiere

MX TAPE II
Serge De Freitas 2026 video part
Lilli Werner Magenta part
21:00 - 21:30

MX crew opening Dj Sets

Bareeo (MX) Concert
Malino (MX) Concert
21:30 - 22:30

Dancing Therapy Dj Sets

DASLIM Immersive Sound
MIKO Immersive Sound
22:30 - 00:00

Serge De Freitas acid house performance

23:30 - 00:00

Office de tourisme / Tourist Office

Academic workshop : “Cities and skateboarding”

Connect x ESSCA
13:00 - 18:00

Place Tourny / Tourny Square

PYRAMID ORCHESTRA

Ben Koppl
Maria Roque
Ruggero Franceschini
18:30 - 19:30

En ville / In town

Karabo Mooki Photos

Karabo Mooki
All day

Espace d'exposition / Exhibition Area

Dela Charles

Dela Charles Photos
All day

Adam Hadden x Jimmy Lannon

Adam Hadden Photos
All day

Dolores Magazine

Raisa Abal
All day

Friedjof Feye

Friedjof Feye
All day

35 Years of Skateboarding Development in Malmö

Bryggeriet
All day

MX ARCHIVES

Grégoire Grange Photos
Julien Roques
All day

24 HOURS — 24 POSES

Alberto Scattolin
All day

Espace concert / Concert Area

Grand Banquet Connect

12:30 - 14:30

Guaranítica

Mike Mag
20:30 - 21:00

Tweak Soundsystem Dj Sets

Mains Courantes
21:00 - 22:30

Infinity Hifi x Kandee Dj Sets

Infinity Hifi
Kandee
22:30 - 00:00

Espace conférence / Conference Area

Skaturbanism Meet & Greet

Leo Valls
11:00 - 12:30

La Trame

Mike Atwood
17:15 - 17:30

Skaturbanism White Paper

Leo Valls
Juliette Evon
Jean-Sébastien Lacam
Gustav Eden
17:30 - 18:15

Expressing the Instrumental

Gustav Eden
18:00 - 18:15

Inclusive Skatubanism

Bella Warley
Harry Meadley
18:30 - 19:15

En ville / In town

Bubble Skateboard Magazine : The Architecture Issue Release Session

15:00 - 17:00

Street workshop: getting schooled by the streets

John Dahlquist
15:00 - 16:00

Karabo Mooki Photos

Karabo Mooki
All day

Opening

Karabo Mooki
16:45

Espace d'exposition / Exhibition Area

Dela Charles

Dela Charles Photos
All day

Adam Hadden x Jimmy Lannon

Adam Hadden Photos
All day

Dolores Magazine

Raisa Abal
All day

Friedjof Feye

Friedjof Feye
All day

35 Years of Skateboarding Development in Malmö

Bryggeriet
All day

MX ARCHIVES

Grégoire Grange Photos
Julien Roques
All day

24 HOURS — 24 POSES

Alberto Scattolin
All day

Skatespot Design Workshop by Skate Design Club

Ivo Poli
Pablo del Pozo
Luti Martinez
15:00 - 18:00

Espace concert / Concert Area

Connect village 

10:00 - 19:00

Malraux session : Past Meets Future

18:00 - 18:30

Malraux Session : Tom Penny Challenge

18:00 - 18:30

Dancing Therapy Dj Sets

18:00 - 19:30

Loophole Wheels : video premiere 3RD EYE

19:30 - 20:00

Bruit Rose Music x Connect Dj Sets

Matertow
Popiche
20:00 - 00:00

SALOMEE Dj Sets

SALOMEE Concert
22:30 - 00:00

Espace conférence / Conference Area

Yoga Namaskate

Lauren Mahan Valls
Leo Valls
10:00 - 11:00

THE SKATEPARK PROJECT : Strengthening the Sector

Neftalie Williams
11:15 - 12:00

Failure is an antidote to success

Brandon Turner
12:15 - 13:00

Sustainable Skate Environments

Fredrik Angner
Josefin Norén Almén
14:15 - 15:00

“Bolts” : Skateboarding stand-up comedy

René Olivo
15:30 - 16:00

The Janwaar Way: A Nomad’s Compass to Change That Holds

Ulrike Reinhard
16:15 - 17:00

En ville / In town

Karabo Mooki Photos

Karabo Mooki
All day

Espace d'exposition / Exhibition Area

Dela Charles

Dela Charles Photos
11:00 - 18:00

Adam Hadden x Jimmy Lannon

Adam Hadden Photos
11:00 - 18:00

Dolores Magazine

Raisa Abal
11:00 - 18:00

Friedjof Feye

Friedjof Feye
11:00 - 18:00

35 Years of Skateboarding Development in Malmö 

Bryggeriet
11:00 - 18:00

MX ARCHIVES

Grégoire Grange Photos
Julien Roques
11:00 - 18:00

24 HOURS — 24 POSES

Alberto Scattolin
11:00 - 18:00

Espace concert / Concert Area

Connect Village

10:00 - 19:45

Skate bingo

MIKO Immersive Sound
JB Chad
14:30 - 16:00

Live score screening Tareek / Bordeaux Exposure (Julien J) / Tim Clement Concert

TAREEK
Julien J
Tim Clement
16:15 - 17:00

Open Air Skateboarding Dj Sets

Hill Billy Concert
17:00 - 20:00

Battle Freestyle round 2

19:30 - 20:00

Espace conférence / Conference Area

Sunday Lunch Video Showcase

11:00

No Place Like Home – A Portrait of Milano Centrale

René Olivo
11:15 - 12:15

Headz 4

Harrison Woolgar
12:00 - 12:30

NIXON PRESENTS 24 HOURS — 24 POSES

12:30 - 12:45

Barcelona from Sants: From Saving Spots to Shaping Cities

Marcos Lozano Cantillo
Gerard San Miguel
Raisa Abal
Mike van Staten
Guillaume Clinke
SNT4EVER
12:45 - 13:30

En ville / In town

Karabo Mooki Photos

Karabo Mooki
All day

Dela Charles

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by Berlin-based photographer Dela Charles as part of its 2026 edition.

Working primarily with analogue photography, Dela Charles documents skateboarding and the people around it through a raw and intimate visual language. Moving between black-and-white and colour, her photographs capture everyday moments, street environments and the atmosphere that shapes skateboarding. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a selection of skateboarding photographs alongside the presentation of Dela’s latest book. Through her quiet and personal approach, the exhibition offers a portrait of skateboarding that values people, places and everyday life as much as the tricks themselves.

Dela Charles

Dela Charles is a Berlin-based photographer working primarily with analogue photography. Her work explores skateboarding, youth culture and the relationships that develop within skateboarding communities across different parts of the world. Working from within the scenes she photographs, her images are shaped by familiarity, trust and long-term relationships. Moving between black-and-white and colour, she documents everyday moments, street environments and the atmosphere that defines skateboarding through a raw and intimate visual language.

As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a selection of skateboarding photographs alongside the presentation of Dela’s latest book. Through her quiet and personal approach, the exhibition offers a portrait of skateboarding that values people, places and everyday life as much as the tricks themselves.

Adam Hadden x Jimmy Lannon

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by Florida-based photographer Adam Hadden, featuring legendary Floridian skateboarder Jimmy Lannon, as part of its 2026 edition.

Adam Hadden documents skateboarding through its relationship with architecture, light and the built environment. His photographs focus on how skateboarders inhabit public space, capturing the atmosphere of overlooked places and revealing the unique character of each location. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding, identity and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a series of recent photographs of Jimmy skateboarding across Florida, alongside the presentation of a new book dedicated to his work. The project celebrates more than twenty years of Jimmy’s unique approach to skateboarding, built around style, creativity and a deep connection to spots. Rather than focusing on spectacle, these images reveal how an identity can emerge through local urban landscapes, colour and architecture.

Adam Hadden

Adam Hadden is a Saint Petersburg, Florida–based skate photographer documenting skateboarding as it exists in real space. His work centers on unusual, overlooked, and often dismissed spots, with a focus on how skaters interact with space, scale, and structure. Using environment, texture, and architecture, Adam frames the skater as part of the landscape rather than the subject alone, while his photos pop with vibrant color and contrast. His work has been shown in gallery settings and published in Jenkem, Skate Jawn, Theories of Atlantis, Lowcard, and Thrasher, capturing moments rooted in exploration, improvisation, and grit.

Dolores Magazine

Magazine Covers Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present an exhibition dedicated to DOLORES Magazine, the independent skate publication based in Barcelona and led by editor-in-chief Raisa Abal, who will be present throughout the festival.

Founded in 2019, DOLORES was created to give greater visibility to women and gender minorities in skateboarding through independent publishing. 

Published three times a year, the magazine has become an important platform for documenting contemporary skateboarding from fresh and inclusive perspectives. 

Presented as part of the CONNECT Media Booth, the exhibition features a selection of enlarged magazine covers alongside editorial spreads that reveal the stories, photography and creative process behind each issue. Visitors will also be able to browse and take home copies of the magazine, celebrating independent skate publishing as an essential part of skateboarding culture.

Raisa Abal

Raisa Abal is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer and publisher based in Barcelona, whose work is deeply rooted in skateboarding culture. She is the founder of Dolores Magazine, a publishing project dedicated to women and gender minorities in skateboarding, through which she uses photography, storytelling and journalism to amplify underrepresented voices. Her work spans photography, art direction, media, marketing and event production, with collaborations across skateboarding, fashion and technology. Born in Galicia, Raisa continues to create projects that spotlight women’s talent and contribute to a more inclusive skateboarding culture worldwide.

Friedjof Feye

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by German photographer Friedjof Feye as part of its 2026 edition.

For more than fifteen years, Friedjof Feye has documented skateboarding through analogue photography and self-published projects. Working independently, he develops long-term personal projects that explore skateboarding, travel and the character of the places he visits. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition features a series of recent skateboard photographs produced using the cyanotype process, one of the earliest photographic printing techniques, invented in 1842. Through these unique blue prints, Friedjof combines contemporary skateboarding with a historic photographic process, creating original images that invite viewers to look at skateboarding from a different perspective.

Friedjof Feye

Friedjof Feye is a 38-year-old photographer from Hanover, Germany, who has dedicated the past 15 years to documenting skateboarding through his lens. His passion for skateboarding photography grew alongside his own involvement in skateboarding, leading to publications in both German and international magazines, as well as the creation of his own self-published zines. Working independently of brands, Friedjof organizes his own trips to pursue personal projects and bring his creative ideas to life.

Beyond skateboarding, he has a deep appreciation for travel and analog photography, using his cameras to capture the character of the places he visits.

35 Years of Skateboarding Development in Malmö 

Malmö’s development into a skate-friendly city did not happen overnight. Step-by-step different individuals with different visions got involved. By finding ways to organize through the association Bryggeriet or local skate industry, the skaters in Malmö kept pushing the scene further. The path of this progress could not have been imagined from the outset – it had to evolve. 

Over 35 years, each year has brought new opportunities. Follow Malmö’s path from obscurity to skateboarding city in this step-by-step timeline.

Bryggeriet

MX ARCHIVES

Grégoire Grange and Julien Roques dug through the rare photographic archives of skateboarding at Malraux in the 1990s. A selection of images capturing the energy of the sessions, the style and the unique relationship between skaters and the architecture of the square.

Grégoire Grange

Bordeaux-based photographer Grégoire Grange has always been closely connected to the world of skateboarding. A long-time collaborator of Connect, he has documented the evolution of skaturbanism in Bordeaux, from the very first meetings with the City to the concrete transformations of public space. His work combines an architectural eye with deep roots in countercultures. In parallel, he has worked as an art director and photographer with institutions such as Le Bal, Arc en Rêve, FRAC MÉCA, and Le Confort Moderne. In 2024, Paris Photo entrusted him with a carte blanche to document the fair. His exhibition at Connect retraces eight years of the unique process of integrating skateboarding into Bordeaux’s urban fabric.

Julien Roques

Julien Roques aka Freak Fabric has been a freelance graphic designer and art director for over 20 years. A former photographer and lifelong skate culture enthusiast, he is bringing out a selection of his photographic archives from the late 1990s for CONNECT, shot at Place Malraux (MX), now known as Square Dom Bedos.

At the time, while studying at the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts, he documented a scene, its sessions, and a spot that would become an iconic part of Bordeaux skate culture.

24 HOURS — 24 POSES

A project initiated and produced by Nixon, featuring Leo Valls & Alberto Scattolin

24 Hours — 24 Poses is a real-time photographic and video immersion through the heart of Paris. Over one uninterrupted 24-hour run, skater Leo Valls and photographer Alberto Scattolin hit the streets with a straightforward mission: capture the raw energy of a full day of street skateboarding, from the early morning light of the historic center to the quiet, neon-lit hours in the outer districts.

At its core, the project explores the dialogue between two distinct visual approaches to urban space:

Leo Valls brings his signature style, fluid, continuous, and highly spontaneous street skating centered around speed, quick powerslides, and creative use of urban infrastructure.

Alberto Scattolin responds with an architectural photographer’s eye, sharp, structured compositions, high-contrast shadows, and a deep appreciation for street textures, from polished stone dalles to raw concrete.

24 Hours — 24 Poses brings this journey to life through a curated series of 24 photographs documenting the day, debuting at Connect for its premiere exhibition, alongside a companion video edit.

The Traveling Exhibition: A three-stop exhibition tour (September, October, and January) launching at Connect, showcasing the 24 selected prints alongside visual sequences.

The Video Recap: A short documentary-style video recounting the entire 24-hour marathon. Filmed and edited by Feugz.

24 Hours — 24 Poses is a real-time photographic and video immersion through Paris, capturing one uninterrupted 24-hour run from early morning light to the quiet hours of the night.

The project brings together two distinct visions of the city: Leo Valls’ fluid, architectural street skating and Alberto Scattolin’s sharp, structured photographic eye.

Premiering at Connect, this exhibition presents 24 photographs documenting the session; from central Paris landmarks to the raw concrete of the outer districts, capturing movement, time, and the shared rhythm of a day on the pavement.

Initiated and produced by Nixon. 

Alberto Scattolin

He has been taking photographs since childhood. In the 90s, he first discovered photography through a film camera he carried almost like a toy — a simple way to play, observe and make sense of the world around him. Growing up skateboarding, travelling and photographing along the way, he developed a visual language rooted in streets, characters, movement and independent culture.

Photography has always remained at the centre of his practice, alongside filmmaking and directing. He began his professional career in broadcast television in 2002, spending five years working across international sports productions and live music before moving towards independent and commercial image-making.

His work today moves between commissioned photography, filmmaking, editorial and personal projects, with an instinctive approach to light, atmosphere and the unexpected moments found along the way. His photographic practice also extends into street and fine art photography, where observation and authenticity remain at its core.

Grand Opening

Video premiere

MX TAPE II

Serge De Freitas 2026 video part

Lilli Werner Magenta part

MX crew opening

Bareeo (MX)

Yoan Barroso aka Bareeo is one of the founding members of the MX crew, alongside ORNE and RETRO, hailing from Bordeaux’s legendary Conservatoire spot in the 1990s, which helped shape the city’s skate culture. A passionate skateboarder, graffiti activist, and pioneer of street tagging since the early ’90s, he also played a role in the local hip-hop scene as a DJ. His universe blends the spirit of Steve Rocco’s World Industries with the raw energy of the East Coast scene – from Pepe Martinez to Stevie Williams, through Zoo York. In 2024, he launched MX Équipement 94, an independent Bordeaux skateboard brand paying tribute to the city’s skate history.

Malino (MX)

Artist and designer, Nicolas Malinowsky aka Malino, has also been a skateboarder since the early ’90s and a DJ/producer since the late ’90s.

A central figure at Bercy in the 2000s, co-founder of Chill magazine, and later art director at Ill-Studio, Nicolas has been running his own Malinowsky studio since 2014. His practice balances design projects and creative direction (Colette, Netflix, Nike, Ed Banger) with artistic exhibitions (Paris, Los Angeles, Moscow). As a DJ and producer, Nicolas has continuously shared his sharp yet eclectic sonic universe, both in clubs and through fashion films (Vuitton, Fendi, Hermès, Dior). A former art director of the Sound Pellegrino label, he released several tracks there—including the iconic Skateboarder and Disstopia featuring Tommy Kruise. He also signed a remix for Borussia on Ed Banger, a remix for Onelight on his own label, and numerous releases on his imprint 608 ZZ.

As a DJ, Malino has always favored multi-genre exploration over the safe, linear dancefloor approach. Inspired by the school of Feadz, Para One, and Orgasmic, he fuses that culture with strong UK influences rooted in his early love for ’90s–’00s jungle, drum & bass, and dubstep. Today, Nicolas mostly performs at events, delivering highly curated and versatile sets that remain sharp while embracing a broad spectrum of styles.

Dancing Therapy

DANCING THERAPY was born from the meeting of Miko — lifelong skateboarder, globe-trotting DJ and passionate hunter of underground gems — and Daslim, tireless digger and music craftsman with over 20 years of experience.

Shaped by years spent across clubs, collectives and music productions, they bring their worlds together through eclectic, groovy and high-energy sets blending funky disco, ’90s house, city pop, UK influences and bass music. Their mission: to surprise, share hidden gems and, above all… make people dance.

Catch DANCING THERAPY live at the CONNECT 26 opening night.

DASLIM

A digger for over 20 years, Daslim has dedicated his time to relentless digging and dissecting sounds to capture all their subtleties. After several years between Paris and Bordeaux, he multiplied his productions (including for n°10) and notably released a track under the alias WAYCUP, featured on the Memphis sur Vienne mixtape by the Tribe All Starz collective.For the past year, he has joined Miko within Dancing Therapy, bringing his technical skills and abyssal playlist. Together, they deliver eclectic and powerful sets designed to surprise, to make discoveries, and above all—to make people dance.

MIKO

Immersed in music from an early age, and in skate and street culture from the early 90s, he developed a true passion for rap and house at the end of the decade. He made his debut on Radio Béton in Tours in 2003 and quickly built a reputation as an insatiable digger, vinyl collector, and lover of underground gems. He then roamed the Bordeaux and Parisian nightlife before taking off for nearly a decade across clubs worldwide—from Los Angeles to Tokyo, Melbourne to Bali, via Dubai and Cape Town.

Back in Limoges in 2020, he joined the Sportswear Soundsystem collective and released Tout le monde sur la piste. Today, with his duo Dancing Therapy (alongside Daslim), he returns to the essence: making everyone dance with an eclectic, sharp, and always festive selection.

Serge De Freitas acid house performance

Academic workshop : “Cities and skateboarding”

In collaboration with ESSCA School of Management, the 2026 edition of the Connect Festival 2026 will host the second edition of the international workshop “Cities and Skateboarding,” dedicated to the interactions between skateboarding, the city, and the social sciences and humanities.

From its origins in the 1950s to its inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics, skateboarding has profoundly transformed its relationship with urban space. Long perceived as a marginal practice, it is now recognized as a lens through which to understand contemporary uses of the city, as well as a tool for reflecting on mobility, inclusivity, and urban planning.

Through the rise of skate urbanism, local authorities, urban planners, and skate communities are now collectively rethinking the place of skateboarding within public space. As a result, skateboarding has become a major field of study for the social sciences and humanities, including urban studies, sociology, geography, management, anthropology, and cultural studies.

The workshop will bring together researchers, practitioners, urban planners, designers, and public stakeholders to discuss contemporary issues linking skateboarding and the city.

Topics explored will include: Skateboarding and city-making, Skateboarding and urbanity, Skateboarding and urban mobility, Skateboarding and public space design, Skateboarding and ecological transitions, Skateboarding and social phenomena, Inclusivity and access to public space, And more.

Connect x ESSCA

PYRAMID ORCHESTRA

Street Performance

Pyramid Orchestra / part of Skateboarding the Anthropocene, is a site-specific performance by Italian skater and theatre director Ruggero Franceschini, created especially for the new wooden pyramids installed in front of Bordeaux’s classic Grand Théâtre. The performance will feature Ben Koppl, Maria Roque, Sergio Santoro, Francesco Gagliazzo.

Bringing together skateboarding, live narration and sound, the performance explores a simple question: What is skateboarding? Inspired by the work of Mark Gonzales, it follows a group of skateboarders who gradually transform the pyramids into a playground, revealing new ways of reading and interacting with public space. The sounds of wheels rolling across the wooden structures become part of the performance, creating a dialogue between movement, architecture and storytelling.

Ben Koppl

Ben Koppl is a skateboarder and educator from Morro Bay, California, whose travels over the past decade have taken him around the world in pursuit of connections to skateboarding culture in its many forms. Now a graduate student studying speech-language pathology in Oakland, Ben continues to skate, film, and build community with friends at home and abroad, staying connected to the people and places that make skateboarding a vibrant culture.

Maria Roque

Maria Roque (Cascais, 2000) is a skater and performer. She trained in Performing Arts and Acting and holds a degree in Acting from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. Her practice moves between theatre, performance and skateboarding, having collaborated with artists and theatre companies including Ana Borralho and João Galante, Tiago Vieira, André Uerba and Teatro Experimental de Cascais, among others. 

She is currently developing RASTRO, a performance project exploring the relationship between the body, skateboarding and public space, bringing the language, movement and energy of the streets into the theatre. The project will premiere in Portugal in December 2026.

Ruggero Franceschini

Ruggero Franceschini is an Italian theatre director, performer and skateboarder whose practice explores the intersection of performance, public space and participation. Trained at Milan’s Piccolo Teatro and Central Saint Martins in London, his work has been presented internationally, from Festival d’Avignon to the Barbican. Through site-specific performances, Ruggero explores new ways of experiencing and transforming the city.

Karabo Mooki

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism festival is proud to present a public exhibition by South African photographer Karabo Mooki as part of its 2026 edition.

Karabo Mooki is a documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary youth culture in South Africa. Through an intimate and honest visual language, he documents underrepresented communities and examines the intersections of race, class and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. His photography gives visibility to stories that are too often overlooked, capturing both everyday life and powerful moments of collective resilience.

Presented at CONNECT, this series focuses on a community of Black women skateboarders who have turned skateboarding into a space of solidarity, self-expression and resistance. In a country still shaped by the legacies of apartheid and gender-based violence, these photographs reveal how skateboarding can reclaim public space and create new forms of belonging.

By bringing these stories into the public realm, the exhibition reflects CONNECT’s ambition to explore skateboarding as a cultural, social and urban practice.

Karabo Mooki

Karabo Mooki is a South African documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary youth culture in South Africa. Through an intimate and honest visual language, he documents underrepresented communities and examines the intersections of race, class and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. His photography gives visibility to stories that are too often overlooked, capturing both everyday life and powerful moments of collective resilience.

Dela Charles

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by Berlin-based photographer Dela Charles as part of its 2026 edition.

Working primarily with analogue photography, Dela Charles documents skateboarding and the people around it through a raw and intimate visual language. Moving between black-and-white and colour, her photographs capture everyday moments, street environments and the atmosphere that shapes skateboarding. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a selection of skateboarding photographs alongside the presentation of Dela’s latest book. Through her quiet and personal approach, the exhibition offers a portrait of skateboarding that values people, places and everyday life as much as the tricks themselves.

Dela Charles

Dela Charles is a Berlin-based photographer working primarily with analogue photography. Her work explores skateboarding, youth culture and the relationships that develop within skateboarding communities across different parts of the world. Working from within the scenes she photographs, her images are shaped by familiarity, trust and long-term relationships. Moving between black-and-white and colour, she documents everyday moments, street environments and the atmosphere that defines skateboarding through a raw and intimate visual language.

As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a selection of skateboarding photographs alongside the presentation of Dela’s latest book. Through her quiet and personal approach, the exhibition offers a portrait of skateboarding that values people, places and everyday life as much as the tricks themselves.

Adam Hadden x Jimmy Lannon

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by Florida-based photographer Adam Hadden, featuring legendary Floridian skateboarder Jimmy Lannon, as part of its 2026 edition.

Adam Hadden documents skateboarding through its relationship with architecture, light and the built environment. His photographs focus on how skateboarders inhabit public space, capturing the atmosphere of overlooked places and revealing the unique character of each location. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding, identity and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a series of recent photographs of Jimmy skateboarding across Florida, alongside the presentation of a new book dedicated to his work. The project celebrates more than twenty years of Jimmy’s unique approach to skateboarding, built around style, creativity and a deep connection to spots. Rather than focusing on spectacle, these images reveal how an identity can emerge through local urban landscapes, colour and architecture.

Adam Hadden

Adam Hadden is a Saint Petersburg, Florida–based skate photographer documenting skateboarding as it exists in real space. His work centers on unusual, overlooked, and often dismissed spots, with a focus on how skaters interact with space, scale, and structure. Using environment, texture, and architecture, Adam frames the skater as part of the landscape rather than the subject alone, while his photos pop with vibrant color and contrast. His work has been shown in gallery settings and published in Jenkem, Skate Jawn, Theories of Atlantis, Lowcard, and Thrasher, capturing moments rooted in exploration, improvisation, and grit.

Dolores Magazine

Magazine Covers Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present an exhibition dedicated to DOLORES Magazine, the independent skate publication based in Barcelona and led by editor-in-chief Raisa Abal, who will be present throughout the festival.

Founded in 2019, DOLORES was created to give greater visibility to women and gender minorities in skateboarding through independent publishing. 

Published three times a year, the magazine has become an important platform for documenting contemporary skateboarding from fresh and inclusive perspectives. 

Presented as part of the CONNECT Media Booth, the exhibition features a selection of enlarged magazine covers alongside editorial spreads that reveal the stories, photography and creative process behind each issue. Visitors will also be able to browse and take home copies of the magazine, celebrating independent skate publishing as an essential part of skateboarding culture.

Raisa Abal

Raisa Abal is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer and publisher based in Barcelona, whose work is deeply rooted in skateboarding culture. She is the founder of Dolores Magazine, a publishing project dedicated to women and gender minorities in skateboarding, through which she uses photography, storytelling and journalism to amplify underrepresented voices. Her work spans photography, art direction, media, marketing and event production, with collaborations across skateboarding, fashion and technology. Born in Galicia, Raisa continues to create projects that spotlight women’s talent and contribute to a more inclusive skateboarding culture worldwide.

Friedjof Feye

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by German photographer Friedjof Feye as part of its 2026 edition.

For more than fifteen years, Friedjof Feye has documented skateboarding through analogue photography and self-published projects. Working independently, he develops long-term personal projects that explore skateboarding, travel and the character of the places he visits. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition features a series of recent skateboard photographs produced using the cyanotype process, one of the earliest photographic printing techniques, invented in 1842. Through these unique blue prints, Friedjof combines contemporary skateboarding with a historic photographic process, creating original images that invite viewers to look at skateboarding from a different perspective.

Friedjof Feye

Friedjof Feye is a 38-year-old photographer from Hanover, Germany, who has dedicated the past 15 years to documenting skateboarding through his lens. His passion for skateboarding photography grew alongside his own involvement in skateboarding, leading to publications in both German and international magazines, as well as the creation of his own self-published zines. Working independently of brands, Friedjof organizes his own trips to pursue personal projects and bring his creative ideas to life.

Beyond skateboarding, he has a deep appreciation for travel and analog photography, using his cameras to capture the character of the places he visits.

35 Years of Skateboarding Development in Malmö

Malmö’s development into a skate-friendly city did not happen overnight. Step-by-step different individuals with different visions got involved. By finding ways to organize through the association Bryggeriet or local skate industry, the skaters in Malmö kept pushing the scene further. The path of this progress could not have been imagined from the outset – it had to evolve. 

Over 35 years, each year has brought new opportunities. Follow Malmö’s path from obscurity to skateboarding city in this step-by-step timeline.

Bryggeriet

MX ARCHIVES

Grégoire Grange and Julien Roques dug through the rare photographic archives of skateboarding at Malraux in the 1990s. A selection of images capturing the energy of the sessions, the style and the unique relationship between skaters and the architecture of the square.

Grégoire Grange

Bordeaux-based photographer Grégoire Grange has always been closely connected to the world of skateboarding. A long-time collaborator of Connect, he has documented the evolution of skaturbanism in Bordeaux, from the very first meetings with the City to the concrete transformations of public space. His work combines an architectural eye with deep roots in countercultures. In parallel, he has worked as an art director and photographer with institutions such as Le Bal, Arc en Rêve, FRAC MÉCA, and Le Confort Moderne. In 2024, Paris Photo entrusted him with a carte blanche to document the fair. His exhibition at Connect retraces eight years of the unique process of integrating skateboarding into Bordeaux’s urban fabric.

Julien Roques

Julien Roques aka Freak Fabric has been a freelance graphic designer and art director for over 20 years. A former photographer and lifelong skate culture enthusiast, he is bringing out a selection of his photographic archives from the late 1990s for CONNECT, shot at Place Malraux (MX), now known as Square Dom Bedos.

At the time, while studying at the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts, he documented a scene, its sessions, and a spot that would become an iconic part of Bordeaux skate culture.

24 HOURS — 24 POSES

A project initiated and produced by Nixon, featuring Leo Valls & Alberto Scattolin

24 Hours — 24 Poses is a real-time photographic and video immersion through the heart of Paris. Over one uninterrupted 24-hour run, skater Leo Valls and photographer Alberto Scattolin hit the streets with a straightforward mission: capture the raw energy of a full day of street skateboarding, from the early morning light of the historic center to the quiet, neon-lit hours in the outer districts.

At its core, the project explores the dialogue between two distinct visual approaches to urban space:

Leo Valls brings his signature style, fluid, continuous, and highly spontaneous street skating centered around speed, quick powerslides, and creative use of urban infrastructure.

Alberto Scattolin responds with an architectural photographer’s eye, sharp, structured compositions, high-contrast shadows, and a deep appreciation for street textures, from polished stone dalles to raw concrete.

24 Hours — 24 Poses brings this journey to life through a curated series of 24 photographs documenting the day, debuting at Connect for its premiere exhibition, alongside a companion video edit.

The Traveling Exhibition: A three-stop exhibition tour (September, October, and January) launching at Connect, showcasing the 24 selected prints alongside visual sequences.

The Video Recap: A short documentary-style video recounting the entire 24-hour marathon. Filmed and edited by Feugz.

24 Hours — 24 Poses is a real-time photographic and video immersion through Paris, capturing one uninterrupted 24-hour run from early morning light to the quiet hours of the night.

The project brings together two distinct visions of the city: Leo Valls’ fluid, architectural street skating and Alberto Scattolin’s sharp, structured photographic eye.

Premiering at Connect, this exhibition presents 24 photographs documenting the session; from central Paris landmarks to the raw concrete of the outer districts, capturing movement, time, and the shared rhythm of a day on the pavement.

Initiated and produced by Nixon. 

Alberto Scattolin

He has been taking photographs since childhood. In the 90s, he first discovered photography through a film camera he carried almost like a toy — a simple way to play, observe and make sense of the world around him. Growing up skateboarding, travelling and photographing along the way, he developed a visual language rooted in streets, characters, movement and independent culture.

Photography has always remained at the centre of his practice, alongside filmmaking and directing. He began his professional career in broadcast television in 2002, spending five years working across international sports productions and live music before moving towards independent and commercial image-making.

His work today moves between commissioned photography, filmmaking, editorial and personal projects, with an instinctive approach to light, atmosphere and the unexpected moments found along the way. His photographic practice also extends into street and fine art photography, where observation and authenticity remain at its core.

Grand Banquet Connect

Guaranítica

Video Premiere

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present the premiere of Guaranítica, the latest video part by Brazilian skateboarder, filmmaker and visual artist Mike Mag, as part of its 2026 edition.

Shot in his classic guerrilla style on the VX1000, Guaranítica follows Mike on a journey through space, time and the history of Brazil, as he makes his return home to Rio de Janeiro from Amazonas.

Known for his unique guerrilla-style skate cinema and deeply authentic underground aesthetic, Mike Mag has developed a distinctive visual language that blends skateboarding, filmmaking and artistic experimentation.

Mike Mag

Brésil

Mike Mag (born Michael Magalhães) is a Brazilian skateboarder, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his unique “guerrilla-style” skate cinema and deeply authentic underground aesthetic.

Tweak Soundsystem

Reggae & dub – Trap Grime – Bass music – Dub siren

Mains Courantes

Selecta, label head, and founder of Tweak Soundsystem since 2019

Mood: Reggae & Dub – Trap & Grime – Bass Music – Dub Siren

Infinity Hifi x Kandee

Infinity Hi-Fi & Kandee is a story of friendship, music, and sound system culture that has spanned over a decade.

It was on the Infinity Hi-Fi sound system that Kandee and the collective first met over ten years ago, and that bond has never faded. Today, their friendship and shared passion bring them together for a four-handed DJ set, blending Kandee’s sound with Infinity Hi-Fi’s extensive selection.

For this date, they will be taking over the Bruit Rose sound system. More than just a DJ set, this night is a celebration of a story born in the dance and built over time: a story of connections, shared energy, friendship, and a deep passion for Dub.

Infinity Hifi

Infinity Hi-Fi is a collective from the Bordeaux dub scene, active since 2014. Using their custom homemade sound system, the group runs the “Yes We Skank” nights, events dedicated to community and sound system culture. For over ten years, Infinity Hi-Fi has been driving sub-bass frequencies and forging connections through a broad musical selection—ranging from heavy 90s vibes and foundational Roots to a stack of custom dubplates fresh from producers’ home studios.

Kandee

Inspired by underground music and steampunk culture, Kandee has been crafting electric, powerful dub since 2015. As both a producer and vocalist, he moves between traditional and experimental dub, always looking to surprise his audience. Live, he delivers a multisensory journey where sub-bass, vibrant melodies, and atmospheric textures meet deep even brutal rhythms.

Over the years, Kandee has carved out a space for himself in the French dub scene with releases on labels like Blackboard Jungle, Skank Lab, ODG, and Moonshine Recordings, featuring tracks that resonate worldwide.

Skaturbanism Meet & Greet

If you are a fellow skaturbanist, we are pleased to invite you to a private session of presentation and reflection. An opportunity to meet your international peers, inspire and get inspired. We will gather, introduce ourselves, explain where we are with our respective local skaturbanism projects and reflect. 

Leo Valls

Born and based in Bordeaux, Léo Valls is an internationally recognized professional skateboarder, one of the pioneers of the skaturbanism movement, and the co founder of the Connect festival. 

Skateboarding has taken him around the world, where he has collaborated with diverse communities and developed a practice rooted more in artistic and urban expression than in pure performance. Sponsored by brands such as DC Shoes and Magenta Skateboards, his influence stretches from Japan to the United States, with appearances in numerous international skate videos and public exhibitions. His projects also include the development of shared public spaces with skateboarding and the creation of skatable sculpture exhibitions that merge art and urban play.

Today, Léo is recognized as a global voice of skaturbanism, combining professional skateboarding, cultural advocacy, and consulting for architects and municipalities to envision more vibrant, inclusive, and playful cities.

La Trame

A new 12 min Documentary on Skaturbanism and Connect festival

Connect is proud to premiere at its 2026 edition  a new short Documentary by Miami based Filmmaker Michael Atwood and LECHE Studios. 

Through conversations, skateboarding, and everyday moments, this film offers an observant perspective on the origins of skaturbanism in Bordeaux, the launch of CONNECT and its growing international community.

September 24-27 in Bordeaux, France! 

Mike Atwood

Michael Erich Atwood is an award-winning director and cinematographer known for authentic, human-centered storytelling. From skateboarding to Somalia, his hands-on approach brings a raw, genuine feel to every project, helping global brands like Airbnb, World Central Kitchen, and the United Nations connect with their audiences. He currently directs at Leche Studios. Off set: skateboarder, dog parent, aspiring beach bum, and part-time bee photographer.

Skaturbanism White Paper

Methodology Presentation

CONNECT presents the first White Paper on Skaturbanism, a practical guide designed to help cities, institutions and local communities better understand and develop skaturbanism projects.

Written by Jean-Sébastien Lacam, Juliette Evon and Léo Valls, the publication brings together research, field experience and international collaborations. During this presentation, Juliette Evon and Gustav Edén will introduce the methodology behind the project and discuss how skateboarding can become a tool for rethinking public space.

Leo Valls

Born and based in Bordeaux, Léo Valls is an internationally recognized professional skateboarder, one of the pioneers of the skaturbanism movement, and the co founder of the Connect festival. 

Skateboarding has taken him around the world, where he has collaborated with diverse communities and developed a practice rooted more in artistic and urban expression than in pure performance. Sponsored by brands such as DC Shoes and Magenta Skateboards, his influence stretches from Japan to the United States, with appearances in numerous international skate videos and public exhibitions. His projects also include the development of shared public spaces with skateboarding and the creation of skatable sculpture exhibitions that merge art and urban play.

Today, Léo is recognized as a global voice of skaturbanism, combining professional skateboarding, cultural advocacy, and consulting for architects and municipalities to envision more vibrant, inclusive, and playful cities.

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.

Jean-Sébastien Lacam

Gustav Eden

Gustav Eden is the skateboarding coordinator for the City of Malmö Streets and Parks dpt. He’s regarded as one of the key figures of the Skaturbanism movement. Gustav has been developing skateboarding related projects to generate long-term benefits for his city and has been an inspiration for many. In 2024, he finalized one of his biggest projects, the reconstruction of a part of Love Park in the center of Malmö.

Expressing the Instrumental

Research Presentation

Why is it easy for skateboarders to speak to each other about skateboarding, yet so difficult to answer the question, “What is skateboarding?”

Swedish skaturbanism pioneer Gustav Svanborg Edén explores the distinction between the instrumental and the expressive as a framework for understanding why skateboarding escapes categorization and why skateboarding culture offers a profound contribution to the life of cities.

Gustav Eden

Gustav Eden is the skateboarding coordinator for the City of Malmö Streets and Parks dpt. He’s regarded as one of the key figures of the Skaturbanism movement. Gustav has been developing skateboarding related projects to generate long-term benefits for his city and has been an inspiration for many. In 2024, he finalized one of his biggest projects, the reconstruction of a part of Love Park in the center of Malmö.

Inclusive Skatubanism

Panel talk

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to welcome Bella Warley and Harry Meadley for a panel discussion as part of its 2026 edition.

Bella Warley is Skateboard GB’s Skateable Space Development Officer and has spent the past ten years developing inclusive skateboarding programmes, community projects and skateable spaces across the UK. Harry Meadley is a skateboarder, artist and researcher whose work explores the relationship between skateboarding, public institutions and marginalised communities.

As skate urbanism is one of the rare examples of a community with real input into the design and policy of public space, this conversation asks: how can we make this process—and therefore our cities—even more inclusive? What happens when we treat inclusion as a relational human practice, rather than simply a design feature? How do we move from bonding communities to bridging them? What does it really mean to collaborate? How can we demarginalise marginalised skaters while keeping skateboarding itself marginal? And ultimately, what does successful skate urbanism even look like?

Bella Warley

Bella Warley is a skateboarder, youth and community practitioner and skateable space development officer at Skateboard GB. Beginning her work in non-profit skateboarding by volunteering with SkatePal in 2015, Bella has spent 10 years developing and running inclusive skateboarding programmes, events and community building opportunities.

She has co-managed the first ever national audit of skateable spaces in the UK, delivered Skateboard GB’s first and only adaptive skateboarding community event, and co-developed purpose built, permanent skateboarding infrastructure in a Bristol primary school playground.

Harry Meadley

Harry Meadley is an artist and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Leeds Beckett University. They created the inclusive skate festival Civic Skateboarding (2023), co-directed the documentary Where Do You Want Us? (w/ Sarah Oglesby, 2024), and their PhD The Art of Skating Institutions (2025) used socially engaged art practice to support making street spots safer and more inclusive for non-traditional skateboarders.

They have been a presenter or panelist at various skate festivals and conferences such as The Stoke Sessions, San Diego; Common Grounds, London; Skateboarding in the City III, Nottingham; Skateholders Forum, České Budějovice; was the keynote speaker at the 2025 Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network conference; and will be convening a symposium on skateable sculpture at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, in early 2027.

Bubble Skateboard Magazine : The Architecture Issue Release Session

A special skate session on our skateable sculptures on the iconic Miroir d’eau in the center of Bordeaux to meet up, grab a copy of the new Bubble skate mag architecture issue, connect and skate together!

Words by Stefan Schwinghammer : ”Two hundred years of American technology has unwittingly created a massive cement playground of unlimited potential. But it was the minds of 11-year-olds that could see that potential.” Craig Stecyk’s legendary words capture a simple truth: without man-made infrastructure, skateboarding wouldn’t exist. Where others see utility, skaters see a blank canvas. Asphalt and concrete are our paper; stairs, ledges, and banks are our medium. It’s an idea that has been repeated a thousand times, yet remains as relevant as ever, a skater’s perspective on the urban landscape unlocks possibilities the original architects never envisioned. Whether it’s a car wash, a water tower, or a bank plaza, a skateboard reveals a hidden layer of unintended purpose.

The Bubble “Architecture issue” explores this connection between architecture and skateboarding. It highlights some of the most compelling projects, concepts, and research to date, gathering insights from the planners, builders, and visionaries pushing this dialogue forward.

To release the issue at Connect is a perfect match. Join the session at the new sculpture at the water mirror to grab your copy.”

Street workshop: getting schooled by the streets

Getting Schooled by the Streets with John Dahlquist : A special street workshop about skateboarding, education, and seeing the city as a classroom.

Led by John Dahlquist, skateboard educator and longtime principal at Malmö’s legendary Bryggeriets Gymnasium, Getting Schooled by the Streets explores how the urban environment can become a space for both skateboarding and learning.

Through a one-hour experimental workshop, participants are invited to look at the city differently, using skateboarding to question how we interact with, understand and learn from our surroundings.

Free / Limited capacity / advance registration required.

John Dahlquist

John Dahlquist, from Bryggeriets gymnasium, Malmö Sweden is a skater, teacher and principal who has spent the last 20 years building skateboarding as a school subject and rub bricked the school system to make it skateable. One of his interests is learning environments and the concept of class rooms. 

In his Connect workshop participants will get to experiment and experience how different environments affect learning. What if math class was taught at a bank or store where Math is actually used? Skateboarding shows the way to applied learning. 

Karabo Mooki

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism festival is proud to present a public exhibition by South African photographer Karabo Mooki as part of its 2026 edition.

Karabo Mooki is a documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary youth culture in South Africa. Through an intimate and honest visual language, he documents underrepresented communities and examines the intersections of race, class and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. His photography gives visibility to stories that are too often overlooked, capturing both everyday life and powerful moments of collective resilience.

Presented at CONNECT, this series focuses on a community of Black women skateboarders who have turned skateboarding into a space of solidarity, self-expression and resistance. In a country still shaped by the legacies of apartheid and gender-based violence, these photographs reveal how skateboarding can reclaim public space and create new forms of belonging.

By bringing these stories into the public realm, the exhibition reflects CONNECT’s ambition to explore skateboarding as a cultural, social and urban practice.

Karabo Mooki

Karabo Mooki is a South African documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary youth culture in South Africa. Through an intimate and honest visual language, he documents underrepresented communities and examines the intersections of race, class and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. His photography gives visibility to stories that are too often overlooked, capturing both everyday life and powerful moments of collective resilience.

Opening

Karabo Mooki

Karabo Mooki is a South African documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary youth culture in South Africa. Through an intimate and honest visual language, he documents underrepresented communities and examines the intersections of race, class and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. His photography gives visibility to stories that are too often overlooked, capturing both everyday life and powerful moments of collective resilience.

Dela Charles

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by Berlin-based photographer Dela Charles as part of its 2026 edition.

Working primarily with analogue photography, Dela Charles documents skateboarding and the people around it through a raw and intimate visual language. Moving between black-and-white and colour, her photographs capture everyday moments, street environments and the atmosphere that shapes skateboarding. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a selection of skateboarding photographs alongside the presentation of Dela’s latest book. Through her quiet and personal approach, the exhibition offers a portrait of skateboarding that values people, places and everyday life as much as the tricks themselves.

Dela Charles

Dela Charles is a Berlin-based photographer working primarily with analogue photography. Her work explores skateboarding, youth culture and the relationships that develop within skateboarding communities across different parts of the world. Working from within the scenes she photographs, her images are shaped by familiarity, trust and long-term relationships. Moving between black-and-white and colour, she documents everyday moments, street environments and the atmosphere that defines skateboarding through a raw and intimate visual language.

As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a selection of skateboarding photographs alongside the presentation of Dela’s latest book. Through her quiet and personal approach, the exhibition offers a portrait of skateboarding that values people, places and everyday life as much as the tricks themselves.

Adam Hadden x Jimmy Lannon

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by Florida-based photographer Adam Hadden, featuring legendary Floridian skateboarder Jimmy Lannon, as part of its 2026 edition.

Adam Hadden documents skateboarding through its relationship with architecture, light and the built environment. His photographs focus on how skateboarders inhabit public space, capturing the atmosphere of overlooked places and revealing the unique character of each location. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding, identity and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a series of recent photographs of Jimmy skateboarding across Florida, alongside the presentation of a new book dedicated to his work. The project celebrates more than twenty years of Jimmy’s unique approach to skateboarding, built around style, creativity and a deep connection to spots. Rather than focusing on spectacle, these images reveal how an identity can emerge through local urban landscapes, colour and architecture.

Adam Hadden

Adam Hadden is a Saint Petersburg, Florida–based skate photographer documenting skateboarding as it exists in real space. His work centers on unusual, overlooked, and often dismissed spots, with a focus on how skaters interact with space, scale, and structure. Using environment, texture, and architecture, Adam frames the skater as part of the landscape rather than the subject alone, while his photos pop with vibrant color and contrast. His work has been shown in gallery settings and published in Jenkem, Skate Jawn, Theories of Atlantis, Lowcard, and Thrasher, capturing moments rooted in exploration, improvisation, and grit.

Dolores Magazine

Magazine Covers Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present an exhibition dedicated to DOLORES Magazine, the independent skate publication based in Barcelona and led by editor-in-chief Raisa Abal, who will be present throughout the festival.

Founded in 2019, DOLORES was created to give greater visibility to women and gender minorities in skateboarding through independent publishing. 

Published three times a year, the magazine has become an important platform for documenting contemporary skateboarding from fresh and inclusive perspectives. 

Presented as part of the CONNECT Media Booth, the exhibition features a selection of enlarged magazine covers alongside editorial spreads that reveal the stories, photography and creative process behind each issue. Visitors will also be able to browse and take home copies of the magazine, celebrating independent skate publishing as an essential part of skateboarding culture.

Raisa Abal

Raisa Abal is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer and publisher based in Barcelona, whose work is deeply rooted in skateboarding culture. She is the founder of Dolores Magazine, a publishing project dedicated to women and gender minorities in skateboarding, through which she uses photography, storytelling and journalism to amplify underrepresented voices. Her work spans photography, art direction, media, marketing and event production, with collaborations across skateboarding, fashion and technology. Born in Galicia, Raisa continues to create projects that spotlight women’s talent and contribute to a more inclusive skateboarding culture worldwide.

Friedjof Feye

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by German photographer Friedjof Feye as part of its 2026 edition.

For more than fifteen years, Friedjof Feye has documented skateboarding through analogue photography and self-published projects. Working independently, he develops long-term personal projects that explore skateboarding, travel and the character of the places he visits. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition features a series of recent skateboard photographs produced using the cyanotype process, one of the earliest photographic printing techniques, invented in 1842. Through these unique blue prints, Friedjof combines contemporary skateboarding with a historic photographic process, creating original images that invite viewers to look at skateboarding from a different perspective.

Friedjof Feye

Friedjof Feye is a 38-year-old photographer from Hanover, Germany, who has dedicated the past 15 years to documenting skateboarding through his lens. His passion for skateboarding photography grew alongside his own involvement in skateboarding, leading to publications in both German and international magazines, as well as the creation of his own self-published zines. Working independently of brands, Friedjof organizes his own trips to pursue personal projects and bring his creative ideas to life.

Beyond skateboarding, he has a deep appreciation for travel and analog photography, using his cameras to capture the character of the places he visits.

35 Years of Skateboarding Development in Malmö

Malmö’s development into a skate-friendly city did not happen overnight. Step-by-step different individuals with different visions got involved. By finding ways to organize through the association Bryggeriet or local skate industry, the skaters in Malmö kept pushing the scene further. The path of this progress could not have been imagined from the outset – it had to evolve. 

Over 35 years, each year has brought new opportunities. Follow Malmö’s path from obscurity to skateboarding city in this step-by-step timeline.

Bryggeriet

MX ARCHIVES

Grégoire Grange and Julien Roques dug through the rare photographic archives of skateboarding at Malraux in the 1990s. A selection of images capturing the energy of the sessions, the style and the unique relationship between skaters and the architecture of the square.

Grégoire Grange

Bordeaux-based photographer Grégoire Grange has always been closely connected to the world of skateboarding. A long-time collaborator of Connect, he has documented the evolution of skaturbanism in Bordeaux, from the very first meetings with the City to the concrete transformations of public space. His work combines an architectural eye with deep roots in countercultures. In parallel, he has worked as an art director and photographer with institutions such as Le Bal, Arc en Rêve, FRAC MÉCA, and Le Confort Moderne. In 2024, Paris Photo entrusted him with a carte blanche to document the fair. His exhibition at Connect retraces eight years of the unique process of integrating skateboarding into Bordeaux’s urban fabric.

Julien Roques

Julien Roques aka Freak Fabric has been a freelance graphic designer and art director for over 20 years. A former photographer and lifelong skate culture enthusiast, he is bringing out a selection of his photographic archives from the late 1990s for CONNECT, shot at Place Malraux (MX), now known as Square Dom Bedos.

At the time, while studying at the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts, he documented a scene, its sessions, and a spot that would become an iconic part of Bordeaux skate culture.

24 HOURS — 24 POSES

A project initiated and produced by Nixon, featuring Leo Valls & Alberto Scattolin

24 Hours — 24 Poses is a real-time photographic and video immersion through the heart of Paris. Over one uninterrupted 24-hour run, skater Leo Valls and photographer Alberto Scattolin hit the streets with a straightforward mission: capture the raw energy of a full day of street skateboarding, from the early morning light of the historic center to the quiet, neon-lit hours in the outer districts.

At its core, the project explores the dialogue between two distinct visual approaches to urban space:

Leo Valls brings his signature style, fluid, continuous, and highly spontaneous street skating centered around speed, quick powerslides, and creative use of urban infrastructure.

Alberto Scattolin responds with an architectural photographer’s eye, sharp, structured compositions, high-contrast shadows, and a deep appreciation for street textures, from polished stone dalles to raw concrete.

24 Hours — 24 Poses brings this journey to life through a curated series of 24 photographs documenting the day, debuting at Connect for its premiere exhibition, alongside a companion video edit.

The Traveling Exhibition: A three-stop exhibition tour (September, October, and January) launching at Connect, showcasing the 24 selected prints alongside visual sequences.

The Video Recap: A short documentary-style video recounting the entire 24-hour marathon. Filmed and edited by Feugz.

24 Hours — 24 Poses is a real-time photographic and video immersion through Paris, capturing one uninterrupted 24-hour run from early morning light to the quiet hours of the night.

The project brings together two distinct visions of the city: Leo Valls’ fluid, architectural street skating and Alberto Scattolin’s sharp, structured photographic eye.

Premiering at Connect, this exhibition presents 24 photographs documenting the session; from central Paris landmarks to the raw concrete of the outer districts, capturing movement, time, and the shared rhythm of a day on the pavement.

Initiated and produced by Nixon. 

Alberto Scattolin

He has been taking photographs since childhood. In the 90s, he first discovered photography through a film camera he carried almost like a toy — a simple way to play, observe and make sense of the world around him. Growing up skateboarding, travelling and photographing along the way, he developed a visual language rooted in streets, characters, movement and independent culture.

Photography has always remained at the centre of his practice, alongside filmmaking and directing. He began his professional career in broadcast television in 2002, spending five years working across international sports productions and live music before moving towards independent and commercial image-making.

His work today moves between commissioned photography, filmmaking, editorial and personal projects, with an instinctive approach to light, atmosphere and the unexpected moments found along the way. His photographic practice also extends into street and fine art photography, where observation and authenticity remain at its core.

Skatespot Design Workshop by Skate Design Club

The Skate-spot Design Workshop led by Skate Design Club explores the design of skateable sculptures and spaces within the city. The workshop is open to anyone interested in skateboarding, skaturbanism, skateable spaces, form-making, and/or sculptures.

The participants will design and craft scaled obstacles-sculptures to address the basic concepts behind skate design. Following a set of constraints, they will be able to develop their own obstacles following two main approaches: A) using raw materials like clay, cardboard, and steel wire to create freeform figures; B) combining pre-existing scaled urban elements like curbs, benches, paving tiles, and barriers to create new urban objects. The combination of both approaches will also be encouraged.

In this edition, a scaled version of the Square Dom Bedos (Malraux) will work as a canvas for different spot assemblies using the obstacles created by the participants. These assemblies will serve to approach skateable spaces design and to understand their spatial organization logics. The workshop will be led by SDC founders Ivo Poli, Pablo del Pozo, and Luti Martinez, all of whom are skaters and architects with a background in the skatepark and urban design industry.

Ivo Poli

Ivo Poli is an Argentine architect specialized in the design and construction of skateparks based in Barcelona. He has been skateboarding for over 20 years and is a partner and founder of Skate Design Club, Workspace In Progress (WIP) & Estudio Piola. He also acts as Project Director at iO Skateparks, where he has worked on over 80 skatepark projects around the world and has been responsible for the design and project management of, among others, the skateparks for the Santiago de Chile 2023 Pan American Games.

Pablo del Pozo

Pablo del Pozo is a Madrid-born skater, who started his career in Madrid before moving to Lisbon, and later to Barcelona, where he currently lives. Also an architect himself, he currently works as a skatepark designer and construction supervisor on projects in Spain, France, and Belgium. Regular, d.i.y. rat, transition and street skater, board always >8.5. Favourite trick: frontside rock&roll.

Luti Martinez

Luti is a Barcelona-based architect specialized in objects and furniture design, with a strong background in skateparks and public space design. She is a partner and founder of Skate Design Club and Workspace In Progress (WIP), a space where she fosters the creation of communities around creative disciplines.

Connect village 

  • thrift stores
  • flash tattoo
  • skate mag space
  • osteo corner
  • screen printing workshop
  • women’s skate association booth
  • participatory mural
  • bar & snacks

Malraux session : Past Meets Future

Organised by Slime in collaboration with CONNECT, the Malraux Session celebrates one of Bordeaux’s most iconic street spots by bringing together different generations of skateboarders. For the occasion, parts of the famous Malraux steps will temporarily become extra-skateable again, creating a unique session inspired by the history of the spot and its continued influence.

Malraux Session : Tom Penny Challenge

The Malraux session will feature a Tom Penny Challenge, paying tribute to his legendary magical backside 5-0 shove-it at Malraux, and more surprises. Open to everyone, the event celebrates skateboarding’s ability to connect generations while writing the next chapter of Bordeaux’s skate history

All set to a soundtrack curated by DANCING THERAPY, featuring iconic tracks from legendary skate videos.

Dancing Therapy

Loophole Wheels : video premiere 3RD EYE

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present the premiere of 3rd Eye, the third full-length video by San Francisco-based wheel company Loophole Wheels, filmed and edited by Zach Chamberlin.

Filmed entirely in San Francisco and New York City, 3rd Eye is the third full-length release from Loophole. The video features full parts from Roger Krebs, Josh Narvaez, Jesse Narvaez, Dustin Eggeling, Alexis Lacroix and friends.
Several members of the Loophole team will be in Bordeaux to introduce the film and celebrate, including Brian Powderly, Jeremiah Nares, Dustin Eggeling, Guillaume Nozières, Etiel De Lucia, Harrison Woolgar, Vince Ruocco, Zach Chamberlin and more.

Loophole crew will bring special surprises to CONNECT. September 24-27! Don’t miss it!

Bruit Rose Music x Connect

Tech/House Party

Matertow

adim, native to Montpellier, has explored cities, their music, and their unique dynamics. His early roots in hip-hop and electro sparked a drive to tour European clubs and parties. This fresh perspective would shape what was to become Matertow. With an eclectic ear and a musical upbringing forged by his father, he stands out as a seasoned digger with a collection as unique as his mustache. Unbound by genre, his sole rule is to share his joy and musical universe. Now based in Bordeaux, he is carving out his place in the local music scene alongside Bruit Rose.

Popiche

SALOMEE

SALOMEE

Growing up in Mauritius and now living in Bordeaux, Since becoming a resident at the esteemed I-Boat in 2021, and leading a cross-residency project with Rey Colino in 2023, Salomée has developed to be a mainstay on lineups across Bordeaux and wider France, channeling her influences across electro and techno, formidable elixir of movement and fascination administered on vinyl with a meticulous technique. Her recent releases on Eya Records, Altered Circuits and One Eye Witness are already radiating on a European scale, it’s clear we will be seeing much more of Salomée across Europe in years to come.

Yoga Namaskate

Yoga for Skateboarders

Developed by Léo Valls and yoga teacher Lauren Mahan Valls, Namaskate combines yoga and skateboarding into a practice designed specifically for skateboarders.

Blending movement, balance, breathing and mobility, these sessions help improve body awareness, flexibility and recovery while supporting the physical and mental demands of skateboarding. Open to skaters of all levels, Namaskate offers a different way to connect with your body, prevent injuries and build a more sustainable skateboarding practice.

Lauren Mahan Valls

Yoga teacher

Originally from California, Lauren discovered yoga as a teenager before studying psychology and holistic health in San Francisco. Now based in Bordeaux, she teaches vinyasa, yin yoga, and yoga nidra with clarity and presence, drawing inspiration from her travels. She also works in psychiatric clinics and co-created with Leo Valls Namaskate, a yoga method adapted for skateboarders, inviting each student to feel welcomed and free to explore movement and self-connection.

Leo Valls

Born and based in Bordeaux, Léo Valls is an internationally recognized professional skateboarder, one of the pioneers of the skaturbanism movement, and the co founder of the Connect festival. 

Skateboarding has taken him around the world, where he has collaborated with diverse communities and developed a practice rooted more in artistic and urban expression than in pure performance. Sponsored by brands such as DC Shoes and Magenta Skateboards, his influence stretches from Japan to the United States, with appearances in numerous international skate videos and public exhibitions. His projects also include the development of shared public spaces with skateboarding and the creation of skatable sculpture exhibitions that merge art and urban play.

Today, Léo is recognized as a global voice of skaturbanism, combining professional skateboarding, cultural advocacy, and consulting for architects and municipalities to envision more vibrant, inclusive, and playful cities.

THE SKATEPARK PROJECT : Strengthening the Sector

Panel talk

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to welcome Neftalie Williams, for a talk as part of its 2026 edition.

Founded by Tony Hawk in 2002, The Skatepark Project supports communities in creating free, safe and accessible places to skateboard. Through funding, technical expertise and advocacy, the organisation has helped deliver hundreds of public skateparks while promoting skateboarding as a driver of healthier, more inclusive and more vibrant public spaces. More recently, it has also contributed to landmark urban skateboarding projects in the United States, including the preservation and redevelopment of West LA Courthouse in Los Angeles and Brooklyn Banks in New York.

At CONNECT, Neftalie will discuss how skateboarding can shape better cities through long-term investment in public space, community partnerships and skater-led urban projects. The Skatepark Project has also collaborated on this year’s edition through the creation of a new original artwork developed with CONNECT, reflecting a shared vision of skateboarding as a lasting part of the urban landscape.

Neftalie Williams

Dr. Neftalie Williams is a sociologist and USC Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, who investigates global issues of race, diversity, identity, and youth empowerment, using the lens of action sports culture. His ‘Beyond the Board’ Study in partnership with USC and The Skatepark Project was featured in the New York Times and is the first national effort to study the impact skateboarding has on young people and their educational and career trajectories.

As the first ‘Ambassador of Skateboarding,’ and envoy for the US Department of State, he introduced the concept of skateboarding as a tool for cultural diplomacy in both theory and practice. He co-founded the College Skateboarding Educational Foundation (CSEF), a non-profit dedicated to creating scholarships for young skateboarders to pursue higher education, and serves on the Boards for The Skatepark Project (formerly Tony Hawk Foundation), Skateistan, McKinnon Center for Global Affairs, and chairs the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for USA Skateboarding.

Failure is an antidote to success

Panel Talk

In this presentation, Brandon Turner will explore the relationship between failure, courage, and growth through the lens of skateboarding and lived experience. He reflects on how the same mentality that allows a skateboarder to fall repeatedly, learn, adjust, and try again became one of the most important tools in his own recovery and return to purpose.

For Brandon , skateboarding is one of life’s most honest teachers,  falling is not a possibility, it is inevitable. What matters is what we learn when we get back up.

Moving between stories of success, adversity, recovery, and reinvention, Failure Is an Antidote to Success looks at how failure can become a source of insight, perseverance, and ultimately greater purpose,, in skateboarding and far beyond it.

Brandon Turner

Brandon Turner is a professional skateboarder whose career has spanned more than 25 years at the highest level of skateboarding. From Shorty’s and Osiris to Sk8mafia, he has left a lasting mark on skate culture through his skating, creativity and influence.

Beyond skateboarding, Brandon is the CEO of West Side Recovery, a mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation facility. Drawing from his own experiences of adversity, recovery and high-level performance, his work today focuses on resilience, mentorship and helping others rebuild stability, purpose and confidence.

At CONNECT, Brandon presents FAILURE IS A TOOL FOR SUCCESS, a personal talk exploring how failure, struggle and adversity can become powerful tools for growth.

Sustainable Skate Environments

Panel talk

Environmental sustainability is becoming an increasingly important part of how we plan cities and public spaces. But what does that mean for skateable spaces?

At CONNECT, Swedish landscape architects Josefin Norén Almén and Fredrik Angner, from White Arkitekter, will present the ongoing research project Sustainable Skate Environments, developed in collaboration with the Swedish Skateboard Federation.

Drawing on conversations with designers, skate urbanists, skatepark builders and researchers, the presentation explores themes such as longevity, flexibility, materials, reuse and climate adaptation, and how these can inform the planning and management of more environmentally sustainable skate projects.

Josefin and Fredrik have spent several years researching how skateable spaces can become more inclusive, better integrated into cities and more environmentally sustainable. Their work brings together landscape architecture, public space and skateboarding to explore new approaches to designing cities for the future.

Fredrik Angner

Fredrik Angner is a landscape architect at White Arkitekter, specialising in public spaces with a focus on climate adaptation, activity and play. His work often includes topics such as coastal protection, flood resilience and sustainable stormwater management.

Alongside his design practice, he works with skate environments and has led several research and development projects in collaboration with the Swedish Skateboard Federation, exploring how skateable spaces can become more inclusive, better integrated into cities and more environmentally sustainable.

Fredrik is currently involved in the research project Sustainable Skate Environments, exploring how skateable spaces can be planned, built and managed in more sustainable ways.

Josefin Norén Almén

Josefin Norén Almén is Head of Landscape Architecture in Stockholm at White Arkitekter. With a background in the music industry, she entered architecture through temporary and experimental spatial practices, and has since established herself as an award-winning landscape architect. Her work focuses on public space, accessibility and democratic urban development, and includes the internationally recognised project Flickrum!, exploring how cities can better accommodate girls and young women.

Alongside this, she has led several research and development projects in collaboration with the Swedish Skateboard Federation, exploring how skate environments can become more inclusive through both design and participation. She is currently involved in the research project Sustainable skate environments. 

“Bolts” : Skateboarding stand-up comedy

A skateboarding stand up comedy

René Olivo presents “BOLTS”

A new skateboarding stand-up comedy set written exclusively for CONNECT.

A personal, irreverent look at skate culture, meeting pros, crappy algorithm suggestions, skatestoppers, and the lifelong pursuit of landing “BOLTS.”

A one-and-done skateboarding comedy set.

See it at CONNECT or never see it again.

René Olivo

René Olivo is a South African skateboarder, creative director and stand-up comedian based in Milan. A longtime Milano Centrale local, skateboarding has shaped both his creative career and his way of looking at the world. Since starting stand-up in 2024, he has performed across Milan, London, Berlin and Bordeaux, developing a conversational and irreverent style mixing culture, creativity and everyday absurdity. For CONNECT, René creates original comedy written exclusively around skateboarding and its culture.

The Janwaar Way: A Nomad’s Compass to Change That Holds

Panel talk


CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to welcome German social entrepreneur Ulrike Reinhard for a talk as part of its 2026 edition.


In 2015, Ulrike founded the Janwaar Skatepark in a rural village in India, using skateboarding as a tool for education, inclusion and community development, focusing on young people, girls and boys alike. The project has become an internationally recognised example of how skateboarding can create lasting social change.


At CONNECT, Ulrike will share the story of the Janwaar Way. Through a decade of experience, she will reflect on what it really means to build change from the ground up, and how skateboarding can empower communities far beyond the skatepark.

Ulrike Reinhard

Ulrike Reinhard is a German social entrepreneur who brought skateboarding into Janwaar, a village of 1,200 in rural India, in 2015. One rule: no school, no skateboarding. Girls first. School attendance rose 50%, and a girl once nearly married off at sixteen became a national skateboarding champion. The community now runs the project without her.

In 2017 she brought three Janwaar kids to Bordeaux, their first time outside India. She’s back this time to talk about the Janwaar Way: what ten years of building change from the ground up actually looks like.

Karabo Mooki

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism festival is proud to present a public exhibition by South African photographer Karabo Mooki as part of its 2026 edition.

Karabo Mooki is a documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary youth culture in South Africa. Through an intimate and honest visual language, he documents underrepresented communities and examines the intersections of race, class and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. His photography gives visibility to stories that are too often overlooked, capturing both everyday life and powerful moments of collective resilience.

Presented at CONNECT, this series focuses on a community of Black women skateboarders who have turned skateboarding into a space of solidarity, self-expression and resistance. In a country still shaped by the legacies of apartheid and gender-based violence, these photographs reveal how skateboarding can reclaim public space and create new forms of belonging.

By bringing these stories into the public realm, the exhibition reflects CONNECT’s ambition to explore skateboarding as a cultural, social and urban practice.

Karabo Mooki

Karabo Mooki is a South African documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary youth culture in South Africa. Through an intimate and honest visual language, he documents underrepresented communities and examines the intersections of race, class and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. His photography gives visibility to stories that are too often overlooked, capturing both everyday life and powerful moments of collective resilience.

Dela Charles

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by Berlin-based photographer Dela Charles as part of its 2026 edition.

Working primarily with analogue photography, Dela Charles documents skateboarding and the people around it through a raw and intimate visual language. Moving between black-and-white and colour, her photographs capture everyday moments, street environments and the atmosphere that shapes skateboarding. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a selection of skateboarding photographs alongside the presentation of Dela’s latest book. Through her quiet and personal approach, the exhibition offers a portrait of skateboarding that values people, places and everyday life as much as the tricks themselves.

Dela Charles

Dela Charles is a Berlin-based photographer working primarily with analogue photography. Her work explores skateboarding, youth culture and the relationships that develop within skateboarding communities across different parts of the world. Working from within the scenes she photographs, her images are shaped by familiarity, trust and long-term relationships. Moving between black-and-white and colour, she documents everyday moments, street environments and the atmosphere that defines skateboarding through a raw and intimate visual language.

As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a selection of skateboarding photographs alongside the presentation of Dela’s latest book. Through her quiet and personal approach, the exhibition offers a portrait of skateboarding that values people, places and everyday life as much as the tricks themselves.

Adam Hadden x Jimmy Lannon

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by Florida-based photographer Adam Hadden, featuring legendary Floridian skateboarder Jimmy Lannon, as part of its 2026 edition.

Adam Hadden documents skateboarding through its relationship with architecture, light and the built environment. His photographs focus on how skateboarders inhabit public space, capturing the atmosphere of overlooked places and revealing the unique character of each location. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding, identity and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a series of recent photographs of Jimmy skateboarding across Florida, alongside the presentation of a new book dedicated to his work. The project celebrates more than twenty years of Jimmy’s unique approach to skateboarding, built around style, creativity and a deep connection to spots. Rather than focusing on spectacle, these images reveal how an identity can emerge through local urban landscapes, colour and architecture.

Adam Hadden

Adam Hadden is a Saint Petersburg, Florida–based skate photographer documenting skateboarding as it exists in real space. His work centers on unusual, overlooked, and often dismissed spots, with a focus on how skaters interact with space, scale, and structure. Using environment, texture, and architecture, Adam frames the skater as part of the landscape rather than the subject alone, while his photos pop with vibrant color and contrast. His work has been shown in gallery settings and published in Jenkem, Skate Jawn, Theories of Atlantis, Lowcard, and Thrasher, capturing moments rooted in exploration, improvisation, and grit.

Dolores Magazine

Magazine Covers Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present an exhibition dedicated to DOLORES Magazine, the independent skate publication based in Barcelona and led by editor-in-chief Raisa Abal, who will be present throughout the festival.

Founded in 2019, DOLORES was created to give greater visibility to women and gender minorities in skateboarding through independent publishing. 

Published three times a year, the magazine has become an important platform for documenting contemporary skateboarding from fresh and inclusive perspectives. 

Presented as part of the CONNECT Media Booth, the exhibition features a selection of enlarged magazine covers alongside editorial spreads that reveal the stories, photography and creative process behind each issue. Visitors will also be able to browse and take home copies of the magazine, celebrating independent skate publishing as an essential part of skateboarding culture.

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by Florida-based photographer Adam Hadden, featuring legendary Floridian skateboarder Jimmy Lannon, as part of its 2026 edition.

Adam Hadden documents skateboarding through its relationship with architecture, light and the built environment. His photographs focus on how skateboarders inhabit public space, capturing the atmosphere of overlooked places and revealing the unique character of each location. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding, identity and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition brings together a series of recent photographs of Jimmy skateboarding across Florida, alongside the presentation of a new book dedicated to his work. The project celebrates more than twenty years of Jimmy’s unique approach to skateboarding, built around style, creativity and a deep connection to spots. Rather than focusing on spectacle, these images reveal how an identity can emerge through local urban landscapes, colour and architecture.

Raisa Abal

Raisa Abal is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer and publisher based in Barcelona, whose work is deeply rooted in skateboarding culture. She is the founder of Dolores Magazine, a publishing project dedicated to women and gender minorities in skateboarding, through which she uses photography, storytelling and journalism to amplify underrepresented voices. Her work spans photography, art direction, media, marketing and event production, with collaborations across skateboarding, fashion and technology. Born in Galicia, Raisa continues to create projects that spotlight women’s talent and contribute to a more inclusive skateboarding culture worldwide.

Friedjof Feye

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present a photography exhibition by German photographer Friedjof Feye as part of its 2026 edition.

For more than fifteen years, Friedjof Feye has documented skateboarding through analogue photography and self-published projects. Working independently, he develops long-term personal projects that explore skateboarding, travel and the character of the places he visits. As part of its 2026 programme, CONNECT is also committed to highlighting photographers whose work remains underrepresented in skateboarding media, while offering original perspectives on skateboarding and the city.

Presented at CONNECT, this exhibition features a series of recent skateboard photographs produced using the cyanotype process, one of the earliest photographic printing techniques, invented in 1842. Through these unique blue prints, Friedjof combines contemporary skateboarding with a historic photographic process, creating original images that invite viewers to look at skateboarding from a different perspective.

Friedjof Feye

Friedjof Feye is a 38-year-old photographer from Hanover, Germany, who has dedicated the past 15 years to documenting skateboarding through his lens. His passion for skateboarding photography grew alongside his own involvement in skateboarding, leading to publications in both German and international magazines, as well as the creation of his own self-published zines. Working independently of brands, Friedjof organizes his own trips to pursue personal projects and bring his creative ideas to life.

Beyond skateboarding, he has a deep appreciation for travel and analog photography, using his cameras to capture the character of the places he visits.

35 Years of Skateboarding Development in Malmö 

Malmö’s development into a skate-friendly city did not happen overnight. Step-by-step different individuals with different visions got involved. By finding ways to organize through the association Bryggeriet or local skate industry, the skaters in Malmö kept pushing the scene further. The path of this progress could not have been imagined from the outset – it had to evolve.

Over 35 years, each year has brought new opportunities. Follow Malmö’s path from obscurity to skateboarding city in this step-by-step timeline.

Bryggeriet

MX ARCHIVES

Grégoire Grange and Julien Roques dug through the rare photographic archives of skateboarding at Malraux in the 1990s. A selection of images capturing the energy of the sessions, the style and the unique relationship between skaters and the architecture of the square.

Grégoire Grange

Bordeaux-based photographer Grégoire Grange has always been closely connected to the world of skateboarding. A long-time collaborator of Connect, he has documented the evolution of skaturbanism in Bordeaux, from the very first meetings with the City to the concrete transformations of public space. His work combines an architectural eye with deep roots in countercultures. In parallel, he has worked as an art director and photographer with institutions such as Le Bal, Arc en Rêve, FRAC MÉCA, and Le Confort Moderne. In 2024, Paris Photo entrusted him with a carte blanche to document the fair. His exhibition at Connect retraces eight years of the unique process of integrating skateboarding into Bordeaux’s urban fabric.

Julien Roques

Julien Roques aka Freak Fabric has been a freelance graphic designer and art director for over 20 years. A former photographer and lifelong skate culture enthusiast, he is bringing out a selection of his photographic archives from the late 1990s for CONNECT, shot at Place Malraux (MX), now known as Square Dom Bedos.

At the time, while studying at the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts, he documented a scene, its sessions, and a spot that would become an iconic part of Bordeaux skate culture.

24 HOURS — 24 POSES

A project initiated and produced by Nixon, featuring Leo Valls & Alberto Scattolin

24 Hours — 24 Poses is a real-time photographic and video immersion through the heart of Paris. Over one uninterrupted 24-hour run, skater Leo Valls and photographer Alberto Scattolin hit the streets with a straightforward mission: capture the raw energy of a full day of street skateboarding, from the early morning light of the historic center to the quiet, neon-lit hours in the outer districts.

At its core, the project explores the dialogue between two distinct visual approaches to urban space:

Leo Valls brings his signature style, fluid, continuous, and highly spontaneous street skating centered around speed, quick powerslides, and creative use of urban infrastructure.

Alberto Scattolin responds with an architectural photographer’s eye, sharp, structured compositions, high-contrast shadows, and a deep appreciation for street textures, from polished stone dalles to raw concrete.

24 Hours — 24 Poses brings this journey to life through a curated series of 24 photographs documenting the day, debuting at Connect for its premiere exhibition, alongside a companion video edit.

The Traveling Exhibition: A three-stop exhibition tour (September, October, and January) launching at Connect, showcasing the 24 selected prints alongside visual sequences.

The Video Recap: A short documentary-style video recounting the entire 24-hour marathon. Filmed and edited by Feugz.

24 Hours — 24 Poses is a real-time photographic and video immersion through Paris, capturing one uninterrupted 24-hour run from early morning light to the quiet hours of the night.

The project brings together two distinct visions of the city: Leo Valls’ fluid, architectural street skating and Alberto Scattolin’s sharp, structured photographic eye.

Premiering at Connect, this exhibition presents 24 photographs documenting the session; from central Paris landmarks to the raw concrete of the outer districts, capturing movement, time, and the shared rhythm of a day on the pavement.

Initiated and produced by Nixon. 

Alberto Scattolin

He has been taking photographs since childhood. In the 90s, he first discovered photography through a film camera he carried almost like a toy — a simple way to play, observe and make sense of the world around him. Growing up skateboarding, travelling and photographing along the way, he developed a visual language rooted in streets, characters, movement and independent culture.

Photography has always remained at the centre of his practice, alongside filmmaking and directing. He began his professional career in broadcast television in 2002, spending five years working across international sports productions and live music before moving towards independent and commercial image-making.

His work today moves between commissioned photography, filmmaking, editorial and personal projects, with an instinctive approach to light, atmosphere and the unexpected moments found along the way. His photographic practice also extends into street and fine art photography, where observation and authenticity remain at its core.

Connect Village

  • thrift stores
  • flash tattoo
  • skate mag space
  • osteo corner
  • screen printing workshop
  • women’s skate association booth
  • participatory mural
  • bar & snacks

Skate bingo

2 hours of fun and community vibes, with plenty of prizes to win!

MIKO

Immersed in music from an early age, and in skate and street culture from the early 90s, he developed a true passion for rap and house at the end of the decade. He made his debut on Radio Béton in Tours in 2003 and quickly built a reputation as an insatiable digger, vinyl collector, and lover of underground gems. He then roamed the Bordeaux and Parisian nightlife before taking off for nearly a decade across clubs worldwide—from Los Angeles to Tokyo, Melbourne to Bali, via Dubai and Cape Town.

Back in Limoges in 2020, he joined the Sportswear Soundsystem collective and released Tout le monde sur la piste. Today, with his duo Dancing Therapy (alongside Daslim), he returns to the essence: making everyone dance with an eclectic, sharp, and always festive selection.

JB Chad

Live score screening Tareek / Bordeaux Exposure (Julien J) / Tim Clement

45 minutes of skateboarding on screen, with a soundtrack created live.

For CONNECT, Bordeaux-based rapper Tareek is joined by Brian on keyboard, Quentin on bass and Yvain on machines, the musicians with whom he has developed a live sound blending hip-hop, jazz and funk. Together, they will perform live over raw skate footage for a unique ciné-concert experience created especially for CONNECT.

On screen, two perspectives on Bordeaux skateboarding. Julien Januszkiewicz, skateboarder and filmmaker behind Bordeaux Exposure, has been documenting the city’s sessions, spots and skateboarders for more than fifteen years. Alongside him, Tim Clément, a young filmmaker and skateboarder from a new generation, captures the scene around him from the inside, camera in hand.

A meeting between skateboarding imagery and live music, to be experienced live at CONNECT.

TAREEK

Bordeaux-based rapper Tareek has developed a universe deeply rooted in his city, combining poetic writing with hyper-local references. Driven by a distinctive voice and naturally groovy flow, his sound draws from boom bap, jazz and funk.

With Murmure, his EP produced by DJ Steady, Tareek brings a hybrid setup to the stage, combining machines, bass and keyboards. Alongside Brian on keys, Quentin on bass and Yvain on machines — musicians he met through Bordeaux’s jam scene — his live show brings together the energy of hip-hop and the freedom of live instrumentation.

Julien J

Julien Januszkiewicz is an engineer, skateboarder of more than 25 years and independent filmmaker. Since 2011, he has produced the Bordeaux Exposure video series, documenting Bordeaux’s skate scene and featured by international skate media. Involved in the development of Skaturbanism in Bordeaux since 2019, he works on creating and improving skateable spaces throughout the city, with Léo Valls. He is currently president of City Skate Collective, the organization behind CONNECT and the development of Skaturbanism projects in Bordeaux and beyond.

Tim Clement

Tim Clément is a young filmmaker and skateboarder from a new generation of French skateboarding. Originally from Normandy and now based in Bordeaux, he documents the scene around him, filming his friends. Through the SLIME crew, Tim is also starting to organize events, contributing in his own way to the energy and evolution of Bordeaux’s skate scene.

Open Air Skateboarding

Hill Billy

HILL BILLY is an electronic music collective founded in February 2018 by five friends from Southwestern France: Labouts, Alexiu, Melky, Françoise, Cahuzacc, and Lawtus.

Based between Bordeaux and Paris, their goal is to promote their vision of partying and bring people together around a shared passion: music.

The HILL BILLY crew has had the chance to share the stage with major international artists such as Dyed Soundorom, Nicolas Lutz, Ryan Elliott, Andrey Pushkarev, Molly, O.BEE, and many other talents.

Battle Freestyle round 2

Sunday Lunch Video Showcase

Take a break, grab some lunch, and discover a selection of independent skate videos from around the world.
This Sunday lunchtime screening brings together a selection of exclusive premieres, new releases and unreleased edits and documentaries from exciting skate scenes across the globe. From Milan to Florianopolis or Brighton, experience fresh perspectives and original filmmaking before many of these projects are available online.

No Place Like Home – A Portrait of Milano Centrale

Documentary Première

CONNECT Skaturbanism Festival is proud to present No Place Like Home – A Portrait of Milano Centrale, a documentary by René Olivo about one of skateboarding’s most iconic spots.

Built from over thirty years of photography, archival footage and personal stories, the film traces the evolution of Milano Centrale from its renovation in the mid-1990s to today. Through the voices of the generations who skated there, it tells the story of a place that became a cultural landmark known around the world. 

As legendary skate spots continue to disappear, No Place Like Home is both a historical document and a love letter to Milano Centrale. René Olivo and the Chef guys will be at CONNECT to present the film and celebrate the enduring legacy of one of skateboarding’s greatest public spaces.

Poster photo by Bea Sugliani

René Olivo

René Olivo is a South African skateboarder, creative director and stand-up comedian based in Milan. A longtime Milano Centrale local, skateboarding has shaped both his creative career and his way of looking at the world. Since starting stand-up in 2024, he has performed across Milan, London, Berlin and Bordeaux, developing a conversational and irreverent style mixing culture, creativity and everyday absurdity. For CONNECT, René creates original comedy written exclusively around skateboarding and its culture.

Headz 4

Video premiere 

Words by Harrison Woolgar : 

“Since the release of the first HEADZ in 2024, me and the crew have been steadily dropping edits ever since. Scoping out and salvaging spots in our hometown, climbing onto roofs and introducing for the first time ever the “A23 ditch”.

The fourth instalment has been filmed over the past year, featuring the whole crew alongside a heap of special guests from around the world : Albie Edmonds, Henry Bailey, Cal Dawson, Leif Hauge, Evan Johnson, Diggs English and many more.

Connect holds a special place in my heart, it’s something I look forward to for the whole year, it’s my third year running and can’t wait to see old and new faces. Right in the centre of such a gorgeous city and strong skate scene it only makes sense to show it there.

We’re hyped to present HE4DZ at Connect Festival 2026!”

Harrison Woolgar

A British street skater, independent VX filmmaker and scene catalyst based in his hometown Brighton, England. Cruising round the streets of Brighton with the HEADZ crew they tackle rough Sussex crust, wondering into abandoned buildings and climbing into roofs.

NIXON PRESENTS 24 HOURS — 24 POSES

A Journey featuring Leo Valls & Alberto Scattolin

One full day through Paris, captured in real time. 24 Hours — 24 Poses follows skater Leo Valls and photographer Alberto Scattolin on a 24-hour continuous marathon across the French capital. Moving from early morning stone dalles to neon-lit suburban concrete, the film documents the friction between Leo’s wave-like street lines and Alberto’s architectural framing. A raw, unscripted look at time, movement, and life on the pavement.

Initiated and produced by Nixon. Flmed and edited by Feugz.

Barcelona from Sants: From Saving Spots to Shaping Cities

For more than three decades, Barcelona has been recognized as the European capital of skateboarding, with its streets and public spaces playing a defining role in the development of global skate culture. However, in recent years, the city’s street skating scene has faced an unprecedented challenge as several of its most iconic skate spots have been threatened by major urban redevelopment projects. This raised a crucial question for the local community: how can skateboarding secure its place within the future city?

Barcelona from Sants: From Saving Spots to Shaping Cities explores how Barcelona’s skateboarding community has evolved from defending historic skate spots to becoming an active participant in urban transformation.

Through the case of Plaça dels Països Catalans (Sants), the roundtable examines how grassroots activism and community organisation enabled skateboarders to engage with public institutions, urban planners and local stakeholders. The discussion will explore the challenges, opportunities and lessons that emerged from this process, and how the experience can inform other cities facing similar tensions between urban redevelopment and established skate cultures.

The panel will also consider skateboarding beyond the traditional skatepark model, exploring how skaters can become active agents in the design and transformation of public space. Ultimately, the discussion proposes skateboarding as not only a cultural practice, but also a tool for creating more inclusive, dynamic and sustainable urban environments and for helping shape the future of skateable cities.

Introduction:

Guillaume Clincke — Hall of Skate (Ghent)

Speakers:

Marcos Lozano — SNT4EVER

Gerard San Miguel — SNT4EVER

Raisa Abal — Dolores Magazine

Moderator:

Mike van Staten

Marcos Lozano Cantillo

Marcos Lozano Cantillo is a Barcelona-based educator, skateboarder and co-founder of SNT4EVER, a collective working at the intersection of skateboarding, urbanism and community. His work focuses on using skateboarding as a tool for social connection, public-space activation and more inclusive cities. He is also involved in European projects exploring skate urbanism and new ways of integrating skateboarding into urban planning, education and community development.

Gerard San Miguel

Gerard San Miguel is a graduate in Journalism and Political Science and has been a SNT local for two decades. He has worked on youth-focused projects and research initiatives in Bolivia and is currently a member of the SNT4EVER Association, where he contributes to the promotion of skateboarding, community engagement, and the development of more inclusive public spaces.

Raisa Abal

Raisa Abal is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer and publisher based in Barcelona, whose work is deeply rooted in skateboarding culture. She is the founder of Dolores Magazine, a publishing project dedicated to women and gender minorities in skateboarding, through which she uses photography, storytelling and journalism to amplify underrepresented voices. Her work spans photography, art direction, media, marketing and event production, with collaborations across skateboarding, fashion and technology. Born in Galicia, Raisa continues to create projects that spotlight women’s talent and contribute to a more inclusive skateboarding culture worldwide.

Mike van Staten

Mike van Staten is an urbanist and skateboarder based in Rotterdam, working at the intersection of urban development, community, culture and sport. He holds a Master’s Degree in Urbanism from the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and takes a strongly user-oriented approach, combining his experience in UX design and citizen participation with his perspective as a skateboarder. Through his practice, he explores how urban spaces can better reflect the identity and needs of the communities that use them, including projects such as Rotterdam’s Skate Masterplan and his own concept of “Curbanism.”

Guillaume Clinke

Guillaume Clinke is a skateboarder, creative and co-founder of the non-profit organisation Hall of Skate, based in Ghent. With a background in communication and content creation, his work focuses on skateurbanism, community building, events and storytelling. His diverse experience in creative production, project coordination and social work allows him to develop projects that connect skateboarding, culture and urban life.

SNT4EVER

SNT4EVER is a Barcelona-based non-profit association working at the intersection of skateboarding, urbanism and community. Born from the local skate community around Plaça dels Països Catalans, also known as SANTS or SNT, the association was created to give skaters a voice in the development and transformation of the city, while preserving the cultural value of Barcelona’s iconic skate spots.

Through dialogue with public institutions, community projects, events, education and urban interventions, SNT4EVER promotes skateboarding as more than a sport: a cultural practice and a tool for activating public space, building community and creating more inclusive cities.

In recent years, the association has been involved in projects exploring new ways of integrating skateboarding into Barcelona’s urban fabric, including temporary public skate spaces and collaborations with architects, designers, institutions and local communities. Its work aims to move beyond the traditional skatepark model and advocate for a more organic coexistence between skateboarding, architecture and everyday urban life.

Website: www.snt4ever.cat

Instagram: @snt_4_ever

Karabo Mooki

Photography Exhibition

CONNECT Skaturbanism festival is proud to present a public exhibition by South African photographer Karabo Mooki as part of its 2026 edition.

Karabo Mooki is a documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary youth culture in South Africa. Through an intimate and honest visual language, he documents underrepresented communities and examines the intersections of race, class and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. His photography gives visibility to stories that are too often overlooked, capturing both everyday life and powerful moments of collective resilience.

Presented at CONNECT, this series focuses on a community of Black women skateboarders who have turned skateboarding into a space of solidarity, self-expression and resistance. In a country still shaped by the legacies of apartheid and gender-based violence, these photographs reveal how skateboarding can reclaim public space and create new forms of belonging.

By bringing these stories into the public realm, the exhibition reflects CONNECT’s ambition to explore skateboarding as a cultural, social and urban practice.

Karabo Mooki

Karabo Mooki is a South African documentary photographer whose work explores contemporary youth culture in South Africa. Through an intimate and honest visual language, he documents underrepresented communities and examines the intersections of race, class and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. His photography gives visibility to stories that are too often overlooked, capturing both everyday life and powerful moments of collective resilience.