SLS (Street League Skateboarding) Paris @ Stade Roland Garros, Paris (France) – photorecap

SLS (Street League Skateboarding) Paris @ Stade Roland Garros, Paris (France) – photorecap

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Boresso Trail Jam Vol.4 @ Boresso Orto Lazzareto, (Vr) – photorecap

Boresso Trail Jam Vol.4 @ Boresso Orto Lazzareto, (Vr) – photorecap

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Slug Fest @ Rock Planet, Pinarella di Cervia (Ra) – photorecap

Slug Fest @ Rock Planet, Pinarella di Cervia (Ra) – photorecap

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Oltrezona @ Garage Club Baladin, San Donà di Piave (Ve) – photorecap

Oltrezona @ Garage Club Baladin, San Donà di Piave (Ve) – photorecap

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Built To Blast x MIAMI @ Circolo Magnolia, Segrate (Mi) – photorecap

Built To Blast x MIAMI @ Circolo Magnolia, Segrate (Mi) – photorecap

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Punkdeka Festival 2026 @ Circolo Magnolia, Segrate (Mi) – photorecap

Punkdeka Festival 2026 @ Circolo Magnolia, Segrate (Mi) – photorecap

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Margini Fest 5 @ Giardino degli Arcieri, Grosseto – photorecap

Margini Fest 5 @ Giardino degli Arcieri, Grosseto – photorecap

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Fair Trails: da tre salti a un progetto che cresce insieme a chi lo costruisce

Ci sono posti che nascono semplicemente perché qualcuno decide di scavare della terra. E poi ci sono posti che, nel tempo, diventano qualcosa di molto più grande.

Il Fair Trails appartiene decisamente alla seconda categoria. La storia comincia circa quindici anni fa, quando Alberto Taro, spinto dalla passione per la BMX e dalla voglia di avere un posto dove poter imparare, provare e perfezionare nuovi trick, realizza una piccola linea composta da appena tre salti.

Niente di particolarmente ambizioso, almeno sulla carta. Ma è proprio da lì che inizia tutto.

Negli anni Alberto comincia a sviluppare una conoscenza sempre maggiore del trail building. Scavare, modellare, capire le traiettorie, interpretare la velocità e soprattutto imparare a costruire qualcosa che permetta a chi gira di migliorarsi. La linea cresce insieme alla sua esperienza, fino a trasformarsi in un vero e proprio playground articolato su più livelli.

Oggi il Fair Trails propone tre linee progressive per difficoltà, con salti di diverse tipologie, qualche gap e diversi transfer. Un’evoluzione che racconta bene anche il percorso fatto dal suo creatore. Perché nel frattempo quella che era nata come una passione è diventata un mestiere.

Negli ultimi anni Alberto ha portato il suo lavoro ben oltre il proprio trail, viaggiando in Italia e nel mondo per costruire pump track, trail e linee dedicate alla mountain bike. Un’attività che porta avanti anche insieme al fratello minore e che gli ha permesso di accumulare un bagaglio tecnico e una sensibilità costruttiva che oggi sono evidenti nel Fair Trails.

Dopo diversi anni è arrivato anche il momento di cambiare casa. Il trail è stato ricostruito in una nuova location, dando vita a una struttura completamente nuova, ma mantenendo intatta l’idea originale: creare uno spazio dove poter girare, divertirsi e soprattutto progredire. L’evento di presentazione è stata l’occasione per vedere finalmente le nuove linee prendere vita sotto le ruote dei ragazzi presenti. Una giornata fatta di riding, prove, trick e qualche inevitabile tentativo andato meno bene del previsto. Ma è proprio questo il senso di un posto del genere: provare qualcosa che non si è ancora capaci di fare, cadere, capire cosa è andato storto e riprovarci.

Guardando il Fair Trails oggi è difficile pensare a quei primi tre salti. Eppure è proprio da lì che bisogna partire per capire cosa rappresenta questa struttura. Non è soltanto il risultato di anni di lavoro sulla terra. È la fotografia di un percorso personale, quello di Alberto, e della sua evoluzione da rider con la necessità di trovare un posto dove allenarsi a trail builder capace di trasformare quella stessa necessità in un lavoro.

La qualità delle nuove linee parla da sola. Curve, salti e transizioni sono costruiti con una precisione che arriva dall’esperienza accumulata negli anni, ma senza perdere quella componente fondamentale che sta all’origine di tutto: la voglia di andare in bici. Ed è forse questa la cosa più interessante del Fair Trails. Dietro alla terra, ai salti e ai gap non c’è soltanto la ricerca della linea perfetta. C’è una filosofia semplice: costruire un luogo che permetta alle persone di divertirsi e, allo stesso tempo, di diventare rider migliori.

Il nuovo Fair Trails è quindi molto più di una nuova struttura. È un progetto che continua a crescere, proprio come è cresciuto Alberto. E la sua storia, probabilmente, è ancora lontana dall’essere arrivata all’ultimo capitolo.

(Testo e fotografie di Marco Mattu @marco.m_photo)

Italian Party 2026 @ Piattaforma, Umbertide (Pg) – photorecap

Italian Party 2026 @ Piattaforma, Umbertide (Pg) – photorecap

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Bay Fest Day Three @ BekyBay, Bellaria – Igea Marina (Rimini) – photorecap

BayFest Day Three @ BekyBay, Bellaria – Igea Marina (Rimini) – photorecap

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Bay Fest Day Two @ BekyBay, Bellaria – Igea Marina (Rimini) – photorecap

BayFest Day Two @ BekyBay, Bellaria – Igea Marina (Rimini) – photorecap

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Bay Fest Day One @ BekyBay, Bellaria – Igea Marina (Rimini) – photorecap

BayFest Day One @ BekyBay, Bellaria – Igea Marina (Rimini) – photorecap

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Looking Somewhere Else / CPH BTZ

I was on my way to Bayonne for work, leaving my studio in Hossegor after a first failed departure while waiting for a package to be delivered.

I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to stop by the event in Biarritz. I’m not really involved in skate events anymore. But the idea of catching up with friends from around France, Italy, the US, and all over Europe, people I hadn’t seen in a while, was enough to convince me.

For different reasons, this year hasn’t been easy. Back in March, all my cameras were stolen. Since then, I’ve had to adapt both my vision and the way I work. I made the difficult decision to sell the last film camera that survived the robbery, a camera I truly loved, but couldn’t justify keeping as my only film body, and swapped it for a small Leica digital compact.

Even though I wasn’t particularly excited about photographing another skate event, it felt like the perfect opportunity to test the little camera.

No obligations. No commission. Just shooting for myself. I arrived early, while the crew was still setting everything up. I parked the van and immediately ran into friends arriving from Italy, the US, and all around France and Europe.

The hype was already there. Young skaters whose names I barely know these days started destroying the massive wave built for the event. It became obvious pretty quickly that we were about to watch a snowboard contest on wheels.

While chatting and getting familiar with the new camera, I took my first few photos.

Almost instantly, my brain slipped back into twenty years of memories, running from spot to spot, chasing every trick, dodging runaway boards after heavy slams, trying not to stand in the wrong place.

I switched the camera off. I simply wasn’t interested in photographing it anymore. My eyes are looking for different subjects these days. I was happy just watching the session, and already convinced by the camera after those first few frames.

A few local friends invited me for a “staff beer.” On the way back, I naturally drifted away from the crowd until I found myself under the roof of the Cité de l’Océan, where the giant wave and bowl hang beneath the museum’s remarkable architecture.

There it was. Lines. Architecture. Peace. A beer. And a new little camera.

The skaters never stopped flying, even before the official contest had started, constantly moving obstacles around the big jump. I had found my spot. Tiny silhouettes floating more than five metres above the ground, framed by concrete lines, geometry and shadows.

The final madness happened on top of the wave, and I almost missed it while trying to charge my camera battery in the van. Years ago, I filmed there with Dustin Dollin, who wanted to kickflip into those insane brick waves. Unfortunately, it never happened. More recently, a few tricks have gone down there. Hugo Wrestling getting pushed by a scooter into a nosepick was one of them. Mental. Clément Le Gall made an incredible photograph from that spot.

Throughout the day, one skater had already caught my attention: a 15-year-old Brazilian kid wearing a Metallica T-shirt, flying higher than everyone else. When I realised he was about to flip into the wave, I knew I had to find a position for at least one photograph, assuming my camera would stay alive long enough. By the time I got there, the madness had already started.

From a distance I could see exactly what was happening, but I also knew I wouldn’t find a good angle buried in the crowd. Besides, because of Miguelle’s stance, shooting straight in front of the curved wave would completely flatten the perspective.

So once again: stop, think, move. I walked away from everyone, moving to the left side of the obstacle. There wasn’t much physical space because of the museum entrance and surrounding walls. Eventually I found myself well outside the crowd, far from the building. It reminded me that every time I drove past that place, I’d imagined photographing the structure from that exact distance. I’d just never had the chance. Besides, my 400mm was gone anyway.

I also figured it was more or less the same angle Clément had once used. It felt safe. Three frames later, the battery died. I thought it was over. I assumed Miguelle’s energy was gone too. I remembered what it felt like to be fifteen years old, possessed to skate, skating for hours without ever getting tired.

And in that atmosphere, during that event, I knew that kickflip was going to happen sooner or later. I’m just glad I got to witness it with my own eyes instead of through a viewfinder. For once. After twenty years behind a camera.

Alberto Scattolin

Photography © Alberto Scattolin

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STONE ISLAND THE CALM AND THE CHAOS

THE CALM AND THE CHAOS is a new creative project from Stone Island that explores the hardcore and metalcore scenes, some of contemporary culture’s most enduring independent communities.

Rather than documenting a musical genre, the project examines the values of authenticity, commitment and collective identity that have enabled the hardcore scene to remain culturally uncompromised across generations.

In doing so, it reflects the same spirit of continuous evolution and uncompromising integrity that has long defined Stone Island’s own culture of research. The relationship between music, identity and style has always been integral to Stone Island’s cultural universe.

Through THE CALM AND THE CHAOS, the brand continues its exploration of communities whose values resonate with its own philosophy of experimentation, authenticity and continual evolution.

The project traces the enduring dialogue between American and British hardcore scenes through the friendship and creative exchange between Justice Tripp of Trapped Under Ice and Angel Du$t, and Graham Sayle of High Vis, relationships that have shaped successive generations of the movement and continue today through artists including Isaac Hale of Knocked Loose and Austin Sparkman of Haywire 617.

For this project, photographer and director Isaac Lamb spent over six months travelling across Europe and North America immersing himself within the community to document hardcore in its various incarnations with bands including High Vis, Angel Du$t, Knocked Loose and Haywire 617, capturing not only the intensity of live performance but also the quieter moments between tours, rehearsals and everyday life. The resulting body of work explores the duality that gives the project its name: the calm and the chaos.

Rather than styling its subjects, the project reflects the way Stone Island has become part of the lived visual language of this community over decades. The musicians are photographed wearing a mix of current and vintage Stone Island garments selected from their own wardrobes alongside carefully sourced archival pieces, including a 1987 Tela Stella reversible jacket worn by Graham Sayle of High Vis, a 1984 treated denim chore jacket worn by Justice Tripp of Angel Du$t, and a 1991 Ice Camouflage bomber jacket worn by Tommy of Haywire.

These archival garments were provided by noted Stone Island collector Archie Maher. Alongside the studio photography and video campaign, the project culminates in an eponymous tour book, released in September 2027. Shot on 35mm film, its documentary approach captures performers and audiences with equal intimacy, preserving moments of intensity, vulnerability and camaraderie with the same honesty that characterises the music itself. Rather than celebrating performance alone, the publication reveals the human relationships that exist beyond the stage.

The project builds on Stone Island’s previous collaboration with the hardcore community, which featured Isaac Hale, guitarist of Knocked Loose, in the Autumn/Winter ’025–‘026 Community as a Form of Research project wearing Nylon REPS-TC Corrosion Treatment and Ripstop Light HT Nylon. In THE CALM AND THE CHAOS, this dialogue continues through a custom Stone Island vest, reinforcing an ongoing relationship with a community whose independent spirit and enduring authenticity closely reflect the brand’s own values.

Shooting credits: @Stoneisland
Photography + Creative Direction: Isaac Lamb @isaaac.co.uk
Styling: Arco Maher @arco_maher

About Stone Island Sound
Stone Island Sound is the music-focused expression of Stone Island’s culture of research. Built around the philosophy of Sound as a Form of Research, it explores artists, communities and creative movements whose work reflects the brand’s enduring commitment to experimentation, authenticity and continual evolution. Through recordings, live performances, publications and collaborative projects, Stone Island Sound approaches music not simply as performance, but as a means of documenting contemporary culture and the communities that shape it.