Plain Festival at La Plata, Argentina

Argentina is a beautiful country full of different places to race and explore.
But Buenos Aires, the capital city, has a surface that´s almost plain all the time…

By Barbara Britvin – CHECK OUT HER OFFICIAL PAGE HERE

There are some spots where you can do some slidding but just one or two blocks long, so this last weekend we had in a place called La Plata, a huge festival called the Plain Festival.

Riders from La Plata decided to make up an event on sunday were people Could have fun and race but in a place that has no inclination at all. So they built up some ramps and obstacles and the show began!

Around 250 people came to watch, race and spend the day. On sunday the day was coludy, with fog and cold, but suddenly the fog went away and per moments the clouds left making a hot humid climate for everyone. At the begging with all the wet floor riders were all dirty and wet, falling all the time and we saw funny and not that funny accidents.

Ambulances were there and made their work perfect assisting everyone that got hurt by the adrenaline of the circuit.
They separated everyone in different categories: Open, Junior, Amateur and Ladies. Take a look to the pics cause there´s nothing more to say.

Pics where taken by me (Barbara Britvin) and my photographer friend Macu Bustamante.

Dan Pape

Dan has been connected to the lifeblood of downhill skateboarding for over a decade now. In 2009, he received a credit with National Geographic for his creation, The Fellowship of the Bearing. His 13 minute version of the film went on Banff’s “Radical Reels” World Tour. He often mentions that his #1 goal was is to create stoke in the longboarding industry. In 2010 he started a School for Kids so that they could learn how to ride safe before Co-Founding Skate[Slate]. He has dedicated a ton of time helping riders and the industry get to the next level.