A week ago, on Saturday, the 17th of October, ElManouch & Keke planned to go to Tàihú for some mountainbike. As there were 2 empty seats, Thibaut & I joined the trip, but for rollerskating

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两个周末之前（10月11日）我们三个人决定去浙江太子尖看一看这个地方怎么样。

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如果那个录像下载太慢，也可以在土豆网站看。也有高清晰版在Vimeo（已经河蟹了在中国。。。）
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尽管轮滑赛和小车赛的判决真的不公平，我还是挺喜欢这个比赛因为可以碰见很多朋友们已经好久时间没有玩跟他们

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中文

The emergence of the “ecocity” concept has been one of the most exciting trends in city design in recent years. As the idea gained traction and exposure, a string of ambitious ecocity projects were announced – intelligently designed ecological cities that would revolutionize the way we thought about the environments in which we dwell. However, one of the most famous and ambitious of these now seems doomed to forever remain on paper. What sank plans for China’s Dongtan ecocity?

The Idea: A Green Island off Shanghai

China is experiencing a massive migration from the countryside to cities; one projection sees 5 million new buildings being built in China over the next 20 years. With such an explosion of development on the horizon, some designers saw an opportunity to shape a sustainable design revolution from the ground up. Dongtan, a low-carbon city of half a million people on Chongming Island just off Shanghai, was supposed to be the opening shot of the revolution.

Here is how Arup, the company charged with coming up with the design for the city, described it back in 2005:

Dongtan will produce its own energy from wind, solar, bio-fuel and recycled city waste. Clean technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells will power public transport. A network of cycle and footpaths will help the city achieve close to zero vehicle emissions. Farmland within the Dongtan site will use organic farming methods to grow food.

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Apologies for publishing so late those pictures…
Anyway, the most important was that I sent on time -ie the day after our ride- a report to Clemens concerning our participation to the 6th 24skate edition

For us, in Shanghai, it was on Sunday, June 14th, earlyyy morning.

We’ve met at 3am in Shanghai downtown. Our 2 金杯 minivans (+ Ginger’s car) were packed with 21 riders!
I’m still astonished that so many people were ready for a ride starting at 4am and furthermore with a late notice from me (only 2 days before!). That’s great
Within these 21 people, we had 13 boys and 8 girls, 10 Chinese people and 11 foreigners (from France, Taiwan, Germany, Denmark, and Mexico).
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Justin Guariglia is a photographer who has been working in Asia since the mid-1990s, when he came to China as a student and developed an interest in Taoist and Buddhist philosophies. He spent several years getting to know the monks of the famed Shaolin Temple and last year published his first book of photography, “Shaolin: Temple of Zen” (noted in this WSJ story about the Shaolin monks).

“Planet Shanghai” is about a city that, on first glance, appears to embody the polar opposite of Zen tranquility. The book features some familiar images of Shanghai– the futuristic skylines, older buildings surrounded by piles of rubble and popular local snacks. But perhaps the most memorable images are the portraits of Shanghai’s people: in particular, the nearly fifty photos that capture the city’s unique “pajama culture”. Residents proudly wear their pajamas outdoors while shopping for groceries, picking out DVDs at the video store, walking their dogs, or just hanging out on a sidewalk chair.
 
 
It was a great birthday gift from my Chinese 老外 friends, assorted by a real pajama (almost the same as the one on the book’s cover!), a Tsingdao beer and a small stool seat.
In the future, it will let me remember that I’ve been a Shanghainese during many years  

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More than one month ago, City weekend magazine published an interview of one of our favorite crew member

And here is a copy of the online version:
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9 months later, it’s interesting to read it again…
 

 
 
Source:
Dealing with post-Olympic comedown depression
That’s Shanghai, September 2008

English

6月14日周日清晨：24小时轮滑全世界

这个活动是为了支持世界联合国儿童基金会。

活动初衷是：

任何直排或双排轮滑者可以在世界上任何一个地方轮滑，这样在整个24小时内可以有连续不断的轮滑活动进行着。 活动的目标是争取覆盖尽可能多的公里数，并为全球轮滑爱好者连结起一个纽带。 活动的另一个目的是支持联合国儿童基金会，该组织是联合国专为支持全球儿童事业设立的。

这次活动无参加费用，更多的信息请参考：

 
 
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A sunny day, on March 14th, 2009, at Chángzhōu skatepark (常州滑板公园)…

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