Webshop Stone Quarries About us Menu HOME PRESS RED BULL AND LUNDHS BRING THE WORLD'S SKATE ELITE TO LARVIK NEWS Red Bull and Lundhs bring the world's skate elite to Larvik Led by Larvik’s own Didrik Galasso, the world’s skate elite gathered in Larvik last summer to make RedBull’s latest extreme sports film. Lundhs’ quarry in Tveidalen was transformed into the perfect playground for the world’s best skaters to create the film that is launching globally today, Friday 20th November. To create the perfect setting for the project, boulders were picked out by the Lundhs quarry team and rock walls were cut to create ramps for the skaters. The boulders were then processed into individual skatepark obstacles at Steinriket and installed back into the quarry. The location, the hard larvikite and the skaters’ ability to make the impossible possible, was the perfect fusion to create a truly spectacular film. Following the process from start to finish, the film shows the stone being cut out of the quarry, being shaped into skatepark obstacles and then being tested out by the skaters themselves. Photo below: A rock wall was cut into a ramp in the quarry so that the skaters would get enough speed. Here, Angelo Caro puts it to the test. Photo: Gaston Fransisco /Red Bull Torey Pudwill showing a flip wallride. Photo: Gaston Fransisco / Red Bull Shining a Global Light on Larvik and the Lundhs Real Stone Quarries Launching globally, the film and project will give Larvik and Lundhs Real Stone worldwide exposure – showing Larvik and the unique properties of larvikite in a new and extraordinary way. Angelo Caro is flying high! GALLERY Flying high Open gallery "It's extra fun to skate on larvikite, because it's very hard. It makes the board glide better." - Didrik Galasso. The World’s Best Test Lundhs Real Stone The global stars, including Larvik-born skater Didrik Galasso, put larvikite to the ultimate test by skating on the material in raw nature. Didrik has built up a big international profile as a skating pro through film projects and social media. He has 141,000 followers on Instagram and works full-time as a professional skateboarder thanks to contracts with Enjoi Skateboards and Nike. Torey Pudwill from the USA, Chris Haslam from Canada and Angelo Caro from Peru also joined Didrik for the filming. Photo below: Angelo Caro is doing a flip crooked on a larvikite obstacle. Didrik Galasso World Premiere at Bølgen The spectacular film will be released internationally on Friday 20 November on Red Bull TV and the world cinema premiere will take place in Larvik at Bølgen kulturhus on Friday 20 November at 16:30 and Sunday 22 November at 14:00. Viewings will be free of charge. About the Project The project was brought to life through the collaboration between Red Bull, Lundhs and Steinriket. It all started with Andreas Mogster, athlete manager for Red Bull in Norway, who is also from Larvik, wanting to gather the skate elite in his hometown. Having grown up skating in the town square on larvikite blocks, his idea was to create skatepark obstacles out of the material, adapted for the best skaters in the world. Lundhs thought the project was exciting and wanted to contribute. An important part of the project was to offer the skate elements back to the Larvik community to create a new skatepark in the town. It took a lot of work to manage the project and make it happen, first and foremost in terms of safety but also in terms of practicality. But with careful planning and management, the project became a reality and a success. All of the skatepark elements and obstacles that were created at Steinriket out of larvikite are now installed on Furumoa – the town square – to the delight of the local skaters. Photo below: Torey Pudwill from the USA is doing a frontside lipslide on larivkite stone. The obstacles were donated to Furumoa Skatepark. Photo: Red Bull PHOTOS TAKEN BY Gaston Fransisco / Red Bull Written by Janne Magnussen Last edited November 20, 2020 LATEST NEWS NEWS OCTOBER 01, 2020 Lundhs Real Stone is featured in Eventyrlig Oppussing NEWS JULY 01, 2020 Skate park in larvikite donated to the local community NEWS APRIL 29, 2020 New collaboration aims to boost natural stone for landscaping projects Contact Lundhs AS, Kanalgata 59 NO-3263 Larvik, Norway PHONE: +47 33 12 11 64 E-MAIL: info@lundhs.no Cookies Read about our Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and Cookies here.