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A look at the Russian Scene We've already brought you the Vika interview with links to a Pal Pal interview and an article from 2004 originally featured in ATBmag, but with so much goodness going on in the Russian scene - from their incredible street riding to the Pavel Dunaev double back flip at last years Fat Face Night Air - we thought it would only be right if we brought you a collection of links to articles covering what�s been going in Russia in the last couple of years. And of course a Russia feature wouldn�t be complete without links to some of their video trailers, plus a couple galleries. For an added treat we also have an hi-res link (you will need an mp4 player) to a trailer for the latest offering, Still Friends. 2005 kicked off with the premiere of their first DVD 8 Inchezzz and then the Panasonic Freestyle Event in the middle of a huge trade market in Moscow. The Russians then took their first trip to Devon for the first Fat Face Night Air, then travelled on to the rest of Eastern Europe and Russia for comps, filming and meeting new riders, before ending the year with the first girl front flip in competition. 2006 started off with riders searching the city for perfect rails and grinds, inspired by the release of their next DVD Dirty Free. The summer then got off to a good start with international riders flying from the UK and America for the Panasonic Freestyle, before the Russian riders spent the rest of the summer travelling round Europe riding and competing. They then rounded off the year with a comp, which was about as underground as you can get. Last year as well visiting the UK again for the Fatface Night and various other comps and mountainboarding jams across Europe they also released their third DVD That wasn't it as for the first time a group of riders from Ekaterinburg put out another DVD called Siberian Ragga. Up until then all the other DVD releases were produced by the Pruziny team, who are based in and around Moscow. Well, we are almost half way though 2008 and the Russia scene has already had plenty of things happen. They started the year with big indoor Jam session at an exhibition of interactive entertainment, IGRONAVTIKA 2008. This was also the first event of the Cup Of Russia national series consisting of 5 events across the Russia Federation, which ends in autumn at the Adrenalin Games in Moscow. At the end April there was the premiere for their forth DVD Still Friends, featuring the riders from across Russia plus a guest appearance from AJ Lawson. The DVD has footage shot in the UK, Cyprus, Poland and of course all their favourite spots from around Russia.
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