the aphrodite tour

Project Description

Nike asked SKATEISM to take their European women’s team on a tour of Greece, telling a story of young women on their first professional skateboarding tour in Europe

‘The temple of Nike stands high above the city of Athens, cast in a foreboding grey as thick black clouds chase summer out to sea. It’s November, and our team is clenching every muscle, praying that Greece holds on to its infamous sunshine for just ten more days. We’ve got places to be. The route is marked, from the capital up to Thessaloniki and back, stopping at some unexpected spots along the way – the sort of trip only the locals among us could lead. “We’re going to bomb Mount Olympus”, we announce over breakfast on day one, “so we have to pray to the Gods it won’t rain.”

The bad weather breaks, and we’re sopping wet, gunning it back to the hotel with our boards under our hoodies. In two days, we’ll all pile into the van and head north to Larissa. But the agenda says tomorrow we’re heading to Faliro, Athens by the sea, providing the rain disappears. We go to sleep wet but wake to the bluest sky, the sun bearing down between the buildings, drying everything within minutes. Off to the harbour then…’