The end of one adventure. The dawn of a new dimension. The latest NUIT DE LA GLISSE recaps on 10 years of amazing adventures from the four corners of the globe in search of the perfect moment in 3D.
This year Nuit de la Glisse is exploring a new dimension, depth. Three-dimensional space has finally arrived to enhance the adventure, taking our audience deeper into the action and allowing them to share the riders’ sensations.
Over the last two years, the Nuit de la Glisse team has endeavoured to incorporate 3D technology into their extreme film shoots. This has required developing a whole new camera and acquiring new techniques for Thierry Donard and his team of cameramen, editors and producers.
Faced with a European winter with scarcely any snow, the team had to gamble, setting off in search of the white gold in one of the most isolated places on the planet: the far west of Greenland. “Faces of over 2500ft vertical drop, glaciers as far as the eye can see, surrounded by awe-inspiring mountains, an environment spared of any human presence, volatile weather conditions, that’s where we found the focus of our search,” recounts Thierry Donard.
Isolated for several days while navigating through the icebergs, the shoot encapsulated the daily challenges of trying to blend ultra-modern cinematographic techniques with hazardous conditions. The trailer, presented to the Congrès des Exploitants du Cinéma at the Festival de Cannes was met with admiration from 3D cinema professionals.
Alongside this shoot, Nuit de la Glisse 2011 will showcase many other 3D sequences such as downhill mountain biking from the Lapierre Team in Chamonix, street skateboarding in Annecy from Joris Brichet, wingsuiting and speed riding through the Mont Blanc massif from the best that this world has to offer and big wave surfing from Garrett McNamara eyeing up the biggest wave ever surfed in Portugal.
To mark this 3D technological revolution and to transport the audience from the past into the future, this latest edition will recap on the most amazing moments of the last ten years. The first 30 minutes of the film are a dedication to 20 hours of archives that celebrates the best of the Nuit de la Glisse action before diving into a new era of extreme sports.
From now on, the audience will reside at the heart of the action, sharing the sensations felt by the best extreme sports athletes in the world through 3D technology
A Summer Snippet
Ciarán Hughes has cleared out the vault once again, coming through with a savage “Summer Snippet” filmed all around Dublin.
Check it out now for fresh footage from the likes of Michael Fitzpatrick, Snowy Brew, Anthony Thornberry, Scott Keegan and Gav Coughlan.
Torey Pudwill's Big Bang video
On the 4th of July Plan B will be releasing Torey Pudwill's Big Bang video as a free download via Thrashermagazine.com, If you've seen the
teaser trailers you will know how good this is going to be!!!
Belfast Bridges Skatepark
After years of hard campaigning by too many people to mention, Belfast`s first skatepark is now open. The official launch date is on
Thursday 7th July from 12-2pm, this is for all the officials from the EU, BCC and BUS etc. Good work guys, great to see some concrete up north.
Sony PS3 network was recently hacked and customer account details were taken on them. Wreckless would like to point out some facts about
our online card payment system on our website.
Wreckless use a company called Realex Payments to handle to card processing transactions. they in turn have a merchant account with AIB bank Ireland.
Corporate Clients they work with include AerLingus, Vodafone, Aviva and Quinn Direct.
Realex Payments is a leading European online payment gateway, providing a range of payment processing services for businesses selling online. The company has experienced year on year growth since its foundation in 2000. It is currently expanding both its product set and the regions into which it sells, and currently has over 85 staff.
The Company’s head office is in Monkstown, Co Dublin with offices in London and Paris. Further European offices are planned to open in 2011. Clients include Vodafone, Virgin Atlantic, Aer Lingus, Motortax.ie, Party Poker and Cryptologic.
Colm Lyon is Founder and CEO of Realex Payments. He is highly regarded as one of the foremost innovation leaders in the online payment processing business. His career has spanned almost twenty five years in payment related businesses, starting with fourteen years in the financial service sector. Colm is a regular industry speaker and in 2009 he was awarded the Internet Hero Award at the Golden Spider Awards for his contribution to the Irish Internet Industry.
Wicklow Skatepark petition
Petition to get a skate park in Wicklow Town, head over and join them in their quest.
Recently, Bogginzine interviewed Wayne Gallagher; "You all know Wayne Gallagher, he’s a top chap. he’s been at the forefront of stylish skateboarding in
Ireland since the early 90s; he has successfully run his own brand Boarderco for the past 11 years, had his mug in every skate mag and is
a much respected worldwide as a skateboarder and businessman. Today he works in Dublin for a major distributor, continues to hold down a
rad team at Boarderco and giving it plenty on his board. Ripping and repping….."
The Rolling Collins
Remember back ihn july of this year when Al Collins skated 865km from Ireland's most Southerly tip, Mizen Head to Malin Head,
Ireland's most Northerly point, in 11 consecutive days?
Well Philip Evans was there to document the whole colassal journey.
Here's the trailer for "The Rolling Collins"- a documentary I'm putting together about Al Collin's epic 11 day 865km skate
from Mizen Head to Malin Head. Al's efforts raised an amazing total of €13,862 for Muscular Dystrophy Ireland, like woah!
Sidewalk Magazine and other jobs, this photographer and sharp shooter takes some very good photos, check his website to see his work. Keep your eyes peeled for
some Irish lads doing silly stuff on skateboards
Thanks to all who voted for us. We are delighted to have been listed in 2 categories: Best Sports Site + Best eCommerce / Services Website.
WOW, we are up against some stiff competition also, have you seen the amount of companies on this list in all the categories? Amazing how many great
sites are in this country of ours, Wreckless is proud to be part of it.
back to top
Waiting no more for images of the new Sunday 2011 BMX !. If last years bikes were anything to go by,
these will be magical also.
The phone has been riging of the hook on the 2011 Sunday Complete bikes so i thought we better post something to say,
when they will be available. You will see them in the early October.
more on their website....available to be pre-booked on on our site now
Wondering if I can ask a favour from all our friends on here help us out. Want to take on all the big heavyweights in sport in Ireland,
the GAA, football, rugby etc., all these sports that have major funding and coverage nationally. Skating is where its at. We are starting a campaign
to try to get Wreckless nominated for an award for Irelands top online sports shop here:
Can you please take the time to vote for us and share this with your friends and family. Sports website category.
Cheers everyone
Grant
Red Bull Photo exhibition
The World's Best Action and Adventure Sports Photography is coming to Ireland
The best 50 photos from nearly 23,000 action and adventure sports images that were entered into the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2010
will be displayed in Dublin, Ireland at a stunning unveiling exhibition from August 31 - September 11th 2010.
Wreckless has a direct link to the USA now and this is a sneak preview of the Zero product coming out later this year.
If you would like to order something specially for yourself, please let us know by Tuesday 31st August.
T+C: A deposit of 50% is required on all orders. Not all product shown is available from Zero.
Razors Ireland Tour 2010
Chaz, Scott, Conor, Donal and shit load of other Irish bladers turned up in Gorey on Friday afternoon for the first visit by the Razors team
supported by Kaltik riders. Goreyskatepark was hit first followed by the new ledges by the civic centre. Good times. Great sesh, good weather,
hammers down and the craic was had. The guys travelled back to Dublin that evening for the next 2 days to scout some Irish talent. Lets hope we see some Irish name appear soon on the european team
To take the pressure off you this Christmas this year, Wreckless has introduced a new way for you to pay and save for your
products over the coming months ahead. You can be guaranteed to have the products you want by placing a deposit on them and securing
them to avoid any disappointment later on. Please visit the Xmas savings category to open your account today and have that peace
of mind this christmas.
This July 10th Al Collins is embarking on a skate mission in aid of muscular dystrophy Ireland, leaving from Ireland's most southerly tip Mizen head and hopefully arriving 10 days
later in Ireland's most northerly tip, Malin head.
To lend your support you can donate by clicking here, join us on the road or spread the word about Al's mission and help raise money and awareness for muscular dystrophy Ireland.
Independent clothing, accessories and backpacks have just arrived and are available.
Making some serious quality productys since 1978, they are one of ther worlds most recognised brands in skateboarding.
REAL-ly good wood in stock
Roll forever - light, strong and lots of free stuff too!!!
Price reduction in Wreckless
April `10
We continue to be Irelands number 1 skate shop and our prices have become even lower again. Decks and skateboard wheels are now €5 cheaper and other items have been put on special offer too.
All the more savings for you, and choice as we have just had a delivery!
New products
New arrivals include Spitfire, Bones and Hubba wheels, Thunder trucks, Real, AWS, Flip and Element decks and a restock of other small products too. All going online as quickly as possible.
Too see all our new products , click the new products page here
New Wethepeople parts just arrived
March `10
Manufacturers page
All the brands and links to their pages on one page
Apologies needed, making us wait over 4 years, but its now in stock.
USD Throne Al Hooi
Our Irish Pro skaters new model is now available. In stock and ready to roll.
Hoffman completes 2010
These are the latest range from one of the best know BMX companies worlwide. Some are available this week and
others will be available in November for the christmas market. Preorders can be made on these now.
There are also beginners range available to us and an 18" bike. Please ask for more info.
To see the full BMX catalogue available from our top supplier, click this link here.
Please contact us if you see something you like and we can order it in for you this side of christmas.
We are doing a late spring clean, box full of old catalogues and posters going on a first come first served basis.
Come and grab some before they are all gone...
New Website
Céad Míle Fáilte!
This is our new website, and also our new online shop too. We have been putting in a lot of time in the background geting this up and running.
We hope you find it easier to use and navigate around, all the information on skating in Ireland and all the products you want will be
easier found. If you have any questions or would like any more information, please get in touch with us.
All new features are:
- New pages on DC, All Ireland Championships, Wethepeople 2010 BMX etc.
- New online shop
- New secure payment facility (Laser card / credit card payments via Realex Payments)
- New products
- New prices
- New offers
- Improved information
- Improved images
- Improved details
- Faster loading website
Available for pre ordering now is the new V2 Shima complete skate from Nimh.
New Events page!!!
Have you noticed the new page thats been added to the website? Look above and click into the events page to see
all the new events and competitions happening and some that have happened.
New postage calculator for international customers
All customers outside Ireland can now get the shipping rates for the cart contents.
Its based on weight and covers all european and rest of the world countries.
The very popular Fallen footwear has landed back in to the shop. Get your hands on them quick as they dont last long.
And where would Fallen be with Zerodecks?
Skyrunner Pro Jumping Stilts
boing...boing...boing...
These are the latest extreme craze to hit our shores and Wreckless is now an official distributor of the Skyrunner.
Jump 6ft + into the air, do backflips... forward flips over cars...
run at over 20 m/p/h...
Skyrunners combine the idea of spring shoes, stilts, and pogo sticks and takes it to a whole new level.
