I'm shakin’, I'm shakin’

Have you ever tried using a Rammax in a flatbottom with about 80cm of dirt/stones on a 1m diameter metall water pipe underneath? I did, and it feels like a permanent earthquake. So today had a lot of good vibrations … haha!


Thanks to Rupert Schneider for helping me out with this machine!


An important helping hand will arrive tomorrow, Nick from Rawstudio is coming over from London to help for a couple of days … yeah!

a fast day of diggin'

Wow, what a day. Thanks to my man Fritz aka. Bagger Freak we had a big day today. 12h diggin' on site, and it was totally worth it – the first time the construction site looks like a project, not a flat space!


We managed to get down the basic shape of the mould (or bowl - whatever suits you better) and if everything works in that pace – fair enough ;-)


And thanks a load to Jürgen Grüßer for helping us up with the digger (not even mentioning the free Diesel here!) and Christian Ebner from Bauhof Radstadt for his support – very important helping hand!

trucks full of dirt

After a day of cleaning the site (bushes, trees, trunks) I got the some loads of back-dirt. We'll use that material next week to set up the basic shape for the bowl, before getting the base isolation in …

Thanks to Reiter Erdbau and Baumeister Heigl vor supplying the project!

First bowl layout, you get the idea

Ok, delays are always up in the air, thanks to a busy July in Vienna I just started with getting the timerable straight. So the last weekend was the next step, cutting down some bushes and trees, and painting the outlines to check if everything will work out dimension-wise.


Talked to a load of people the last days about material, fixing helping hands etc, and it looks as if we can really start soon!

Project started!

Finally, about 1 year after the first idea, we started in Radstadt. The site is now getting cleared for us to start with the bowl. First steps include a lot of dirt, and we will see how this all turns out ;-)

A lemming named Kirk Rebellion

Honestly, I have no clue why I started to draw lemmings, but over the years the lemming turned into my signature character. Different versions like the dead lemming or robotic ones can be found, and the most importent: he turned into my alter ego for various reasons.


Kirk Rebellion is an anagram. Like Mr. Mojo Risin' or Dan Abnormal he's a synonym/alter ego, and the name is a homage to punk movement/subculture (did someone mention Sid Vicious?)

Basically, Kirk Rebellion is just another lemming – with attitude! A symbol for DIY but still a nice guy … well, in my book he is!

And Kirk started to appear on products like skatedecks (Adhoc Decks), goggles/shades (Gloryfy) anc clothing (Untho).

a looooong break

… ok, project delayed …

First, the long winter wouldn't allow to start as planed (I had go skateboarding day in mind for a first session).


Then we had further problems on location, as the choosen spot (additional space for the Skatepark in Radstadt) needs a new pipeline for the small river – and getting this signed off still takes more time :(

Plus the recession doesn't really help in getting some additional sponsors hooked on the project.