20 and 21 April 2024. Habibi x OFFSET at P7 Arena, Media One Hotel. A car show that let skateboarding in, two days of cars, street culture and skating. Thanks to everyone that rolled through and put it down.
The edit
The photos
Photos: Maysam Faraj
The Benz
The organisers brought in a Mercedes E63 AMG that was beyond repair and on its way to the scrapper. For one weekend it became a graffiti canvas and a skate obstacle.
The internet had thoughts
A clip of the car posted by @kaizxnmedia went viral: over 400,000 likes and nearly 4,000 comments. Car people around the world were heartbroken. Some said it hurt more than a breakup, some said they'd started hating skaters, and plenty were asking why. The filmer pinned a reply explaining that the car was already headed for scrap, but that didn't stop the comments.
Contentious, to say the least.
The year after, we went back: OFFSET 2025.
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