RIDING A SAND CASTLE IN RUSSIA. Backstage by TAKOE

Jun 01, 2018

Written by Bart de Jong

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Four hundred tons of sand and water, frozen to almost concrete-like levels of hardness. This was the material chosen to construct a giant skatepark castle on the shores of Lake Ladoga in north-west Russia. The unusual playground was the brainchild of Kostya Andreev and Irek Rizaev.

Riders: Irek Rizaev, Kostya Andreev

Director: Anton Zemljakow
Producer: Anton Dudin
Directors of Photography: Alexey Gurov, Ivan Andrianov
Aerial Filming: Anton Elchaninov, Vladislav Novikov
Edit: Alexey Gurov
Sound Design: Nikolay Ishkhanov
Colourist: Dmitry Koryanov
Key Grip: Alexey Meshanenko
Backstage: Alexander Lyubimov, Konstantin Zaplava

Builders: Ivan Boroda, Alexander Belevskiy, Arkasha Safronov
Project Manager: Vadim Shevchenko
Athlete Team Manager: Boris Karkachev
Photographers: Denis Klero, Pavel Sukhorukov