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La noche de Ray Barbee en Madrid<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ray Barbee \u2014 When Skateboarding Turns Into Music<\/h1><\/div>

Same flow, different stage<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ray Barbee in Madrid, Spain:<\/p><\/div>

As part of the Moments Festival, Ray Barbee\u2019s night at El S\u00f3tano (Madrid) was more than a concert \u2014 it felt like a skate session without a board.<\/strong>Under warm lights and a close crowd, Ray turned the stage into a space where music, art and skate blended together \u2014 a flowing line of beats rising and falling like his no complies<\/em> in that legendary Ban This<\/em> part for Powell Peralta.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Listening to <\/strong>Ray Barbee in Madrid, Spain<\/h2><\/div>

Music, style and grace \u2014 all with the same smile as always.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n

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30 years later, Ray again<\/strong> <\/h2>

On October 16th, we headed to Madrid to see Ray Barbee live. Antonio and I wandered through La Latina with two boards under our arms, on our way to El S\u00f3tano, talking \u2014of course\u2014 about Barbee\u2019s timeless style, the one that\u2019s been with us our whole lives.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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EL SOTANO: <\/strong>Calle de las Maldonadas 6,Centro District, 28005 \u2014 Madrid, Spain<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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More than thirty years ago, long before we even met, we were already admiring Ray Barbee\u2019s lines \u2014 his style, his class, and that flow<\/em> that\u2019s still one of a kind.<\/mark><\/mark><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Even today, at almost 50, we still try to pull off that full line from Ban This by Powell Peralta.<\/em>As we got closer to the venue, we started seeing familiar faces \u2014 people I vaguely recognized from skateparks, the old Escombro D.I.Y.<\/em>, or random sessions shared over the years. Skaters from another time, still here, still rolling.Antonio and I were the first ones in. There was no line, which honestly surprised me, considering what Ray means to all of us. We went down to the basement. The room was small, lit in blue neon \u2014 more like an after-hours club than a place to host someone like Ray Barbee, knowing the kind of music he plays.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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There he was.
Musician, photographer, skater.
Standing alone in the middle of the basement \u2014 shy, smiling,
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The other day someone asked me:<\/span>

\u201cWhat was your first impression ?\u201d<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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What struck me the most, oddly enough, was his height. Not because he\u2019s particularly tall, but because in my head he was still that smiling kid, stringing tricks together with the same effortless lightness as always. Like many who stopped skating for a few years, I missed his adult era as a skater \u2014 seeing him there made me realize how much time had passed.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s Memory Screen: Ray Barbee<\/em> for you.<\/h2><\/div>

A video by Freeskatemag<\/a> that revisits many stages of his skate journey \u2014 in case you\u2019ve got that same debt to settle.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Before the show, Ray Barbee signed a couple of boards for the Nosebonk Crew at El S\u00f3tano.
A calm, grounded person \u2014 few words, plenty of warmth. It was an honor.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ray Barbee with Erik Ziegler and Antonio \u2014 part of the Nosebonk Crew \u2014 after the concert at El S\u00f3tano.
More than 30 years still trying to copy his no comply<\/em> line.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Starting the conversation<\/strong> with Ray Barbee <\/h2><\/div>

Before the show, Ray Barbee signed a couple of boards for the Nosebonk Crew at El S\u00f3tano. A calm, humble person \u2014 few words, plenty of presence. It was an honor. He asked about the models, one a reissue, the other a newer one.We told him we still skate, almost 50 now, and that every now and then we revisit his line from the video, trying to land it again. Trying not to sound too groupie<\/em>, I couldn\u2019t help thinking how surreal it must be to see your skating still inspiring people after more than thirty years.We made an effort not to stay stuck on skate talk \u2014 we were there for his music.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you only know him through skateboarding, don\u2019t hesitate to listen to his music. For me, it often plays in the background while I\u2019m creating, designing, or shaping ideas for Nosebonk. His sound helps, inspires, and puts me in that looped, focused state where everything flows \u2014 like sonic skateboarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n