UWS news of the week: Mark Frolich, Egoitz Bijueska, Alex Donnachie, the 2025 Streetboard World Champions and a very awaited comeback: Ohlay Brand’s Instagram account.
This kid is on fire! Egoitz Bijueska, 3rd place at Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert in Salt Lake City. Gui Khury finished with the gold medal and Justin Daniel Kamanakai Sánchez took home the silver medal.
This year, Alex Donnachie has been tearing up the streets for eight months and in five countries, a journey you can also enjoy in the latest BSD EDIT.
Last weekend, from July 19th to 20th, 2025, the Area51 skatepark in Eindhoven, Netherlands, became the world epicenter of streetboarding.
In the men’s category, Germany’s Thomas Kienle took the Bowl crown, demonstrating technical mastery and impeccable style, whit Spain’s David La Rotta and Germany’s Mario Kurrle joining him in the podium. Kurrle, meanwhile, shone in the Street category, taking gold ahead of Bernat Pomerol (Spain) and Ismael Calvo (Chile). In the Air & Style category, David La Rotta took the victory, followed by Alex Villanueva (Spain) and Peter Bor (Hungary).
Among the women, Germany’s Kerstin Laib won the Bowl, accompanied by Sofía De Los Angeles Chaile (Argentina) and Francesca López (Chile). In Street, Chaile took gold, relegating Laib to second place and Carlotta Teckentrup (Germany) to third.
In the junior division, Argentine Gaston Bertello went back-to-back champion, sweeping both Bowl and Street, with Germans Leon Baschus-Hiergeist and Erik Reichenbach completing the podium.
On June 18, 2025, Instagram suspended OHLAY Brand’s main account for 180 days, citing a violation of “account integrity” policy… BUT THEY ARE BACK!
Mark Frölich has been skating all over Europe for many years, so it was about time he was featured in Morphium Skateboards, who welcomes him in a 8 minute long video.
