Ryuhei Kitazume 'Meet You There'
We have to assume you've been keeping up with the releases of the frankly amazing Lenz III parts on Thrasher over recent weeks; Japan is producing some of the most exciting competition skaters in the world right now and so it stands to reason that its home grown street rippers are pushing video parts to insane new levels too.
King amongst this new breed is Ryuhei Kitazume, the Crown Prince of Sega Mae, who grew up under the auspices of legends like Koichi ‘Zizow’ Kitamura, Soichiro Nakajima, Yoshiaki Toeda and Junya Fire. Fresh from his Tightbooth part dropping in early Feb, Ryuhei returns with a Barcelona centric part for Free magazine, showing the world that the power of Japanese tech translates just as well to the granite of the Catalonian capital.
For anyone keen to see where skateboarding is headed over the next few years, this is essential viewing; nobody is doing it like the cream of Japan are and with every video release it becomes even more of a pleasure to witness skateboarding being taken to higher and higher levels!