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Sep 22, 2011 at 12:58

2011-09-22

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Ruben Alcantara: The Lost Bowl

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There's no denying that Ruben Alcantara is a true legend with a passion so big for BMX. He reached out to us and let us in on a video he's been working on with friends from Portugal. Without giving away too much, Ruben and his friends stumbled upon "The Lost Park" in the middle of nowhere in a small town in Portugal. Check it! All credits given to FoxHead

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LittleB (Sep 22, 2011 at 18:42)

imagine if dugan went there...

DHr4life (Oct 3, 2011 at 20:38)

holy crap that would be god like.....

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Brad1230 (Sep 22, 2011 at 13:50)

WHO BUILD IT?!?!?!?! WHY??? im so confused....it was like an acient bowl in the MOUNTAINS?!?!?!?!?!?!

Riskax (Sep 22, 2011 at 14:35)

is not in the mountains, the mountain that u see in the clip, is the Serra da estrela (in Portuguese), the park is at the bottom of the mountain, they come from Spain, that's why they go down the moun...

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tornateo (Sep 22, 2011 at 14:02)

I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to stumble across something this amazing! I wonder how much work it took to clear rubbish from it though, I doubt it was that clean when the found it Wink

. VOD!

Riskax (Sep 22, 2011 at 14:49)

it's always clean, "we" the streeters, go there every month, we keep it clean Smile

tornateo (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:29)

@ Riskax: Was it built for BMX/Skateboarders or was it for holding water or something? Regardless it's awesome!!!

Riskax (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:32)

built for BMX/Sk8

Riskax (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:44)

i think

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Andrehormigo (Sep 22, 2011 at 13:18)

isto é VOD ! Salute

jaybake (Sep 24, 2011 at 13:42)

All I understood was VOD so im givin you props

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radicalrucks (Dec 16, 2011 at 16:15)

Would love to ride that wonderful place. OK for outsiders to enjoy that concrete? Its my new adventure. Thank you for sharing the Lost park. A true amazing piece of transition for Bike and Skateboard. And thank you Ruben for sharing your runs with us all. The future is among us.

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kavaka (Oct 2, 2011 at 7:16)

The park is in a good location for us because we don´t have any bike park close to us and this is the only thing we have here but that park is really mad and bad built. there are lot´s of spots there that doesn´t make any sence.but we are thanks to receive some bmx guys in here because it´s very rare in here and we wold like to receive even more in the future...this is a very dificult sport to practice in this country.
Love BMX

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ukbmxerhu14 (Sep 23, 2011 at 4:02)

can anyone post up a link of a map from google maps with the skate park pinned of or any other kind of map? thanks

Riskax (Sep 23, 2011 at 8:04)

i can =P

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nikoniko (Sep 23, 2011 at 6:57)

Amazing story and great riding!
This looks like a rad bowl in the middle of a small city!
Awesome!

RidEOn!

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theheckler (Sep 22, 2011 at 21:31)

this is unbelievably siiick

deserves POD soooo hard.

Riskax (Sep 25, 2011 at 8:41)

ain? POD? it's VOD not POD, POD is for photos

theheckler (Sep 25, 2011 at 9:09)

i may have meant VOD....

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thepwnstar39 (Oct 15, 2011 at 20:17)

this has some serious epic nature about it, the scale of that bowl is mindblowing, and the location! oh my god.

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vegasbitch35 (Sep 22, 2011 at 21:06)

VOD great video!

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Loucas (Sep 22, 2011 at 13:28)

VOD

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MONSTERAIR (Sep 22, 2011 at 14:23)

wow

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Mr-Penny (Dec 19, 2011 at 15:04)

This looks so sweet.

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Andrevag (Sep 22, 2011 at 13:11)

Eish brutal :o ta muita fixe favs ja Smile

Riskax (Sep 22, 2011 at 14:36)

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mtz666 (Sep 22, 2011 at 14:03)

VOD

IanHylands Mod Plus (Sep 22, 2011 at 14:23)

I wonder if they were confused by the name of the park, or if they just tried to confuse people watching... Belmonte Skate Park in Portugal isn't in the town of Belmonte, it's in a town a little ways away.

Riskax (Sep 22, 2011 at 14:33)

Ian, i live 5 miles from this little "town" Belmonte, and the park is named as Belmonte Skate Park, they are Spanish, that's why they call it that.

IanHylands Mod Plus (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:13)

Yes but is the park not actually in Guarda? This is what I was told...

amnha (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:17)

Ian, make this go VOD to be one of the firsts portuguese VODs Big Grin

mtz666 (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:28)

ian it isn't in guarda, it's in belmonte, guarda's bike park it's a pourpose built park, yhis i think was originally a water deposit thats gone unused and they cleaned it up so they could use it

Riskax (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:29)

Ian the park is in Belmonte, but Belmonte is a part of Guarda, is like a state

tornateo (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:30)

@mtz666, that makes sense, but what a perfect park eh?!!!

Riskax (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:37)

mtz the park is old, i don't think it was made of that

mtz666 (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:49)

yeah it's exactly that, bmx as we know it isn't all that recent, i dont think it was built from scratch, at least part of that was reused

Riskax (Sep 22, 2011 at 15:50)

one thing i know, it's so clean, no graffiti, just cement *-*

IanHylands Mod Plus (Sep 22, 2011 at 21:46)

Ok, that makes sense then that the Belmonte park is in 'Guarda' if Belmonte is a part of Guarda... This is very definitely a purpose built skate/bmx park, it has oververt sections and rails etc. and that full pipe looks beautiful!

Riskax (Sep 23, 2011 at 8:06)

yeah it looks, and the size of the pool is jumangus Smile

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vegasbitch35 (Sep 22, 2011 at 21:06)

VOD great video!

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finn123 (Sep 25, 2011 at 4:03)

i want his accent.

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