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Thanks for a Wonderful Sensational Football 2013

Roskilde music festival 2013 is over, woufff what a cool week  – we had some amazing Sensational Football days together with Roskilde festival and hummel, our amazing sponsors who created orange karma, a platform where we together try to put action behind the words; United to change the world through sport and music. So last week 120 totally wonderful female teams play football, 600 games in 3 days, 172 volunteers/friends  created a magical atmosphere around the players. 50 female asylum seekers played ball and music. The diversity of what we did can be seen in the pictures here 

And of course big love to all  all the awesome sponsors who gave us so many cool products we could hand out for amazing safes, fantastic goals ect, we can’t even start to thank you enough for all the love and effort. Thank you, thank you. 

We can’t wait to see all of you again in 2014 for another game of Sensational Football!!!

All the Sponsors 2013

Day 3: Love, karma and big prizes

After three days of sensational football at Roskilde Festival it was time to find the winners and to give away prizes to the many fantastic teams that have taken our amazing football tournament to a new level.

Team ‘Rhodondendon Blomst’ won the tournament with impressing wins against very good teams and ended with a win against ‘Team Ethnic’ in the final.

But perhaps more importantly the many teams with creative costumes, cool songs, cheering crowds and lots of karma were celebrated with big prizes.

‘Nun Stop’ took the karma prize and were celebrated by Christian Stadil – the founder of Hummel. ‘Ni kilo dynamit’ won the Sensational prize and a 35.000 thousand travel voucher.

A BIG THANK YOU to all the participating teams, our wonderful partners and all the lovely people at Roskilde Festival 2013, who have contributed to a fantastic three day celebration.

All the Winners

Asylum United at Sensational Football 2013

 

Four fantastisk Asylum United teams played in Sensational Football Day 2 at Roskilde Festival 2013.

The teams played their own small tournament and contributed with with big smiles, sincere celebration and beautiful football.

The Asylum United-women live at Danish asylum centres and are trained in football once a week by volunteer women from all over the country. Some of the women have never done sports before and never played football before, but they love the game and being active.

‘United to change the world through sports and music’ is the mindset of the Asylum United-project and their participation in the Sensational Football Tournament. Today was the visible example of what is actually possible to achieve, when enough people contribute with eager and good spirit to do something good for others.

A big thank you to the wonderful crowds at the stands, which celebrated our Asylum United-women with style and a lot of love.

Tomorrow we’re ready for the final day of the Sensational Football Tournament with more amazing teams and the big final.

Roskilde Festival – Day 1

Spice Girls, Pussy Riot and Superwoman.

They were all present and ready to play footie and kick some asses at Sensational Football Day 1 at Roskilde Festival 2013.

40 teams participated in the tournament’s first day. Creative costumes and cheerful crowds ensured a fantastic atmosphere with plenty of love and karma.

In the final Team Ethnic and Krydderdåserne fought beautifully for the win. The girls from Team Ethnic took the win with a 1-0-victory and celebrated it with style.

Team Ethnic consists of coaches form Asylum United and tomorrow they’ll be ready to cheer for their women from Jelling Asylum Centre, when they play against women from other asylum centres.

Come and play, cheer and have fun again tomorrow when we do it all again at Game City West at Roskilde Festival from 1 pm – 7 pm.

Introducing our Official ELITE FOOTBALL CAMP Ball

We have made a collaboration with Elite Football Camp and made a custom made Sensational 1 football for their camp this year and the love it and we love them for supporting us.!

On sunday the introduced the football with the following comment:

“Introducing our new exclusive custom made Official ELITE FOOTBALL CAMP Ball

It should have been a BIG surprise at Camp start, But we are totally exited and so proud we had to show it today. The ball is made in collaboration with Sensational 1”.

www.facebook.com/elitefootballcamp // www.elitefootballcamp.dk

It is so awesome to follow the growing support and enjoyment of the girls who play with it and the clubs adapting the football into their practice. And we work hard to keep developing, testing and design the Sensational 1 and look forward to watch it spread through the world and helping women’s football/soccer becoming faster and healthier.

 

Sensational Program Roskilde 2013

Loading everything into 2 big trucks tomorrow. Getting ready for Roskilde festival. Yeahaa. This is what we will be doing this year;-)

Sunday: Movie night: Kl. 20.00: “Searching for Sugarman” // Kl. 22.00: “The Princess and The Frog”  our bar will be open and you can come hang at the fields and watch a film

Monday Football: Sensational Football kl. 12.00 – 19.00 – 40 teams will play

Monday Movie night: Kl. 20.00: “Maradona”  //  Kl. 22.00: “Brave”

Tuesday Football: Sensational Football kl. 12.00 – 19.00

Wednesday football:  Sensational Football kl. 12.00 – 19.00 // After Party 

All days you can do:

Beer-Pong

  • Kl. 13.00-16.00: Old School Beer-Pong
  • Kl. 16.00-18.00:Captain Hook
  • Kl. 18.00-19.00:Russian Roulette

Crossfit kl. 10.45-11.30: A morning workout for everybody.. Boys and girls are super welcome

Massage kl. 13.00-20.00: 10 min massage for 20 kr, – Everything goes to the Asylum project

Nail and Hair – Asylum tent from kl. 13.00-18.00: 20 kr for nail or hair done by the Asylum women – Everything goes to the Asylum project.

Gamblers Launch: Gamble on your favorite team

Asyl Baren: We will be serving drinks in the name of Asylum

Bonfire from kl 15.00-19.00: We will set up a fire place where you can roast bananas, marshmallows and “Snobrød”.

Everything else: Music container, Football, hummel shop, soft pillows and fussball tables.

Thursday: Building the wall for the Wall “MUR” Tournament from kl. 13.00-16.00

Saturday: Playing the wall-tournament from 12.00 to 14.00 – Sign-up from kl. 11.30

Party at Roskilde

Wall-Ball a.k.a ”Mur” competition

The “Mur”- Competition brings back memories from the schoolyard. The game of “Mur” is a very simple game where the competitors take turns kicking the ball up against a wall, until someone misses.

This year, we have built a huge box consisting of four independent walls.

The “Mur”-Competition will consist of three disciplines. 1.The Classic “Mur” 2. Shooting power 3. Accuracy shooting.

To participate in the “Mur”-Competition, you have to gather a team of 4 players (2 boys and 2 girls). Then you have to decide, who will participate in each of the three disciplines. Each player can only participate in one of the disciplines, so choose wisely. Two players shall play classic “Mur” and the others will take a wall each.

On each of the walls your team will collect points for your final score. At the end of the competition; we will see which team who collected the most points.

So invite all of your friends at the festival and have them come cheer for your team, and help us create a fantastic old school, schoolyard atmosphere.

LOGIK & CO will build the wall on Thursday July 4. We invite you and all of your friends to come join us hang out and watch ART REBELS paint it BEAUTIFUL.

The “Mur”-Competition will take place on Saturday 6. July from kl.12- 14

ArtRebels create an art football for our asylum project

On June 5th we released the ARTREBEL football, designed by artist group, Art Rebels.

“Sensational is put in the world to create cool footballs for women. We are ecstatic with the ArtRebels-ball that we want to sleep with them at night. So people can decide whether they will use it as a football, art piece or cuddly toys.”

 The proceeds will go to Asylum United project, which is soccer practice for women in Red Cross refugee camps, and a project Sensational is the motive power for. 

ArtRebels,  donated the design for the Sensational art ball: “Asylum United is a unique initiative and ArtRebels are happy to support the project with a football design. We have great respect for the people behind Asylum United and for the volunteers who are making a difference for women in the asylum camps. We are proud to contribute to it and it’s a great feeling to be part of . ” says Simon Caspersen, Project Manager at ArtRebels who designed the ball with designer Frederik Dollerup.

Asylum United has existed for eighteen months and consists of weekly football training with volunteer coaches and annual camps for women in asylum camps under the Red Cross. The project is supported by hummel and Roskilde Festival and is part of the concept, Orange Karma. Several of the teams from Asylum United will play at Roskilde Festival together with us and the other 120 women team who play at our Sensational Football tournament july 1-3.

You can buy the ARTrebel ball here.

10 year anniversary and design competition – join us!

Will you help us make a special anniversary design for our football? It is the 4th year, we are playing at Roskilde Music Festival in collaboration with Hummel and Roskilde Festival. It's our 10th year anniversary with Soccer in the streets and hummel has been our partner from the very beginning.

Will you help us make a special anniversary design for our football? It is the 4th year, we are playing at Roskilde Music Festival in collaboration with Hummel and Roskilde Festival. It’s our 10th year anniversary with Soccer in the streets and hummel has been our partner from the very beginning.

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Red Cross

One year ago we started weekly soccer practice at Red Cross Refugee camps. It has been an amazing journey. Suddenly we understand how difficult it is to have very little influence on your own life. We try to motivate, be friends, help build network and shape them into strong players.  Mildred one of our players have teamed up with an elite goalkeeper coach to learn how to be the best goalkeeper she can.. taking some control, keeping her sane and giving her skills that can be used anywhere. we are extremely proud of our players.

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR NEW YEARS CUP

Lærke and Majken in New York talking to people about doing Sensational street soccer in the states. There are so many brilliant places it could be done, and people really get it.. they also really cherish our work making ASYLUM UNITED – the first women’s refugee league in Denmark 2013. Many of you met the girls from FC Kongelunden, the first refugee team at Roskilde festival this summer. Next Sensational new years tournament is January 12th, and here you will have a chance to play against 4 asylum teams. Sign up your team and come support and have some fun with us. Lots of cool chicks and cool prices.

Signup here

“Watch the Kongelunden women have fun at Roskilde festival.. Thanks to all of you who were there and made this a memorable day for them.”

Today the bus for the Afghan women’s team reached the Iraq border

12 days ago we sent a bus from Denmark to Afghanistan for the Afghan national women’s soccer team. Hopefully making it safer for them to transport to and from practice and games. A bus that danish players have collected money for.  Today it reached the boarder to Iraq.. this is an extremely complicated journey.. my heart is with everybody taking the time to make this possible.. united to change.. I feel blessed but also concerned.

Sensational Sundays

Every sunday at 12 to 14 you can join us playing football in Fodboldfabrikken. Both men and women +17 can play. join our facebook group Sensational sundays. Its mostly games. good fun.. we are around 150 men and women in our group and – 30-40 people playing each sunday. 5v5 games. it costs 20 kr. you just show up the sundays you can..

Thanks for your support…

We would like to say Thank You for another great year at the Roskilde Festival with Sensational Football ..

Thanks to the 1,200 girls who played with us, thanks to the 15,000 spectators who helped create a great atmosphere, Thanks for all the great volunteers who made it all possible, thanks to the Danish Red Cross who lets us make a difference for women in the Danish asylum centers, thanks to the Roskilde Festival to make this project possible, Thank you to hummel for being with us for the 9th years, thanks to COVER who once again sat up the editorial team at the festival and helped to create a wonderful atmosphere with prizes and soft vibes from DJs, thanks to Meyer’s Kitchen to enrich us with great food, Thanks to Gajol for sharing sweet cases and joy to us all, Thanks to Atlantis Rejser for sending  the best dressed out in the world, thanks to Somersby for cold refreshments, Thanks for Distortion for inviting the winners to Distortion 2013, thanks to RICE for beautifying our baths, thanks to the Metroxpress and 24 Hours, thanks to Thomas Slosarich and Riffi Haddaoui to create a great atmosphere with narration and good humor, thanks to T-shirttrykkeren for creating some wonderful press on COVERS Tees, Thanks for the amazing gift sponsors Topshop, Less is more, Gund Briit, AIAIAI, Sephora, Ganni, Mads Norgaard, Spa supply / Murad, Weekday, havaianas, Mozz, wegabeauty / Cowshed, Munderinglkompaniet / fashion pool, Tushnelda Bloch, Superdry, OiSTER, Kerastase, Henny & mu, Soft Gallery, Won Hundred, White, Nué, Vibskov, Cofocco, Friis & Co, Nordisk Film, Tivoli, Kérastase / shu Uemura, pocket, Monki, Acne, Rudolf Care, Design Remix, David Andersen, hummel, Yvonne wife, Essie, Polhem, Maria Nila / Polhem, wood wood, Cheap Monday, Stadium Art Rebels, Muuto, Thanks to Manocrew, Stenfatt Transportation, Karriere Bar and all the others who helped make the days at Roskilde Festival, a celebration ..!


We are looking forward to seeing you all again next year for another round of Sensational Football ..!

Go to www.facebook.com/sensationalfootball to see all the beautiful pictures and video from the tournament ..

A couple of videos…

Sensational Football at Roskilde music Festival 2012 – we had a blast and all of the girls participating made the three days unforgettable.. Here is the video to prove it:

 

Looking through the internet we have found a couple of videos from the tournament.. The first one up is this one with from the finals when the Celebrity team played against the Desperate Housewifes.. Wonderful game..!!

This one is made by hummel – Good vibes..

Asylbold – FC Kongelunden at Roskilde Festival…

Three month ago we started football practice with the women at the Women’s Asylum center in Kongelunden. Every week we have a bunch of cool women come onto the football field to learn and get better at football. On July 4th the FC Kongelunden will be joining us at the Sensational Football tournament at Roskilde Festival where they will be playing against some of the girls participating in the tournament. So come by the tournament in Game City West and meet and cheer on the women from FC Kongelunden.

Check out the wonderful video right here and the pictures on Facebook

Will you come support the Asylum women?

Inspiration…

We are looking into things that we would love to pack up into our Festival luggage and inspirational costumes for Sensational Street Soccer.. What is yours “Must Bring” this year and what are you gonna wear for the tournament?

Who does not have a soft spot for chocolate? We are thrilled to have Gajol and Toms group with us as sponsors once again and looking forward to give away 600 kg candy to all of you wonderful people who do cool stuff on the field.. So we want to use this opportunity to encourage you to be inspired by the Toms Family who are, well, just so sweet…

Getting the Festival Feeling on this sum me tuesday and we fell upon this mood pic with some wonderful stuff for the Festival backpack..

 

We love the magazine COVER and their amazing team of cool women who are gonna compete against you in the tournament.. This month they have made a sweet feature on the tournament on Roskilde Festival where they put some of their Team in relaxed cool soccer outfits..

 

it is never my fault but u never notice that ....

Don’t go with the flow.. A lot of awesome stuff that inspires the Festival Backpack.. Who won’t bring a pair of denim shorts and a chilled top…?

In 2007 there was a group multi-Color-Candy-Stribed-Hula girls who came an rocked the street with their skill with hula hoops .. Are we going to see any Hula Hoop Ladies ever again – we don’t know but you got to love their skill and outfits..!

Ohhhweeiii It’s summer outside and we are loving it.. And we are loving the Artist Novena Carmel’s Festival wear.. Need it for Roskilde..

 

Through out the years we have had some awesome teams of nuns – they have been utterly amusing and have had some great monks with the for support.. Might we just see a new group of Wonderful Nuns this year? “God Bless the Ball ..;)”

All inspired this Wednesday by Kristie MacDonald who was wearing a Ksubi t-shirt and sunglasses, a Lover skirt, a Pamela Love bracelet, and Mania Mania rings to a Festival.

Summer Calling

We are Missing the sun today – but we are sure we are gonna see it at Roskilde Festival and hope to jump in to these really pretty flowery shorts and mellow colors… Have a wonderful Weekend you all..

For the last two years we have had a group of Cat’s at Roskilde Festival and they are always popular.. But might we just see them this year as well – maybe in another color – Maybe like Garfield? Miawwwuuuuu..

 

Natasha Poly for DSquared2 Spring 2012 Campaign by Mert & Marcus

Who wouldn’t want to own a couple of Festival wear pieces from DSquared2….?

A Trip Down Memory Lane – The Cheerleaders from Das Büro in 2005.. Will there be any Cheerleaders at Roskilde?

 
 

Loving this Casual Festival wear.. The hole set or parts of it might just be a Must Bring..! (Tap the pic and see where to buy it all..)

 

Remember these wonderful Blue Ladies from Sensational in 2010 at Roskilde Festival..? Will we be seeing them again this year our is it a group of Lady Smurfs this year? Can’t wait to see the costumes you bring..!!

 

This outfit is definitely going in to our Festival Luggage.. Loving it.. The American Elle Magazine has a bunch of wonderful pic from the Coachella Festival for inspiration..!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful with a team of green delicious Ninja Turtle Ladies? We think this might be one of customs we haven’t seen at Roskilde yet..!! Any of you up for the challenge??