Every year we make the trip down to see Bummer, Ewen and the boys of Boscome Bay down in Bournemouth and this year was no exception. They have a good crew at Kings Park and they are known as the No Gain No Pain crew – basically they are up for a bloody good time and this latest video edit should tell you everyhting. Look out for their full length Just Another Day coming in 2010.
DVS have dropped a making of their Transworld Skate and Create video comp entry. The comp may have been 3 weeks back but the way this is put together is well worth the wait. Enjoy.
Friday 2nd October 2009
Words Niall Neeson
Pic right: Haslam Switch Crail on the midi by Matthew Rehm.
Having weathered an economic storm which saw them cut most of their impressive European roster adrift, Globe return to the shores of our continent on a whistle- stop tour of Europes’s major skating hotspots in October.
Last week the squad- consisting of Chris Haslam, Rodney Mullen (not skating, at least on the London leg), Canadian uber- am Ryan DeCenzo and the retained Euro riders, Finland’s Eero Anttila and Austria’s Philipp Schuster– held an impromptu demo at London’s Bay 66 skatepark.
300 quick witted souls bore witness to Haslam’s hirsute switch flip blunts before the jamboree headed to Madrid for a signing at Borja Santiago’s rather wonderful Welcome Skateshop which was mobbed by keen young dudes prior to a demo for the faithful.
Madrid came and went as the crew next descended on Lyon for a street session before a third demo in the nearby city of Grenoble, which was equally mobbed, before the final destination of Berlin, where the Skatehalles park was the location for a final demo prior to what must surely be a well- deserved rest for Haslam and his cohorts.
Ryan DeCenzo gets his nose wet on the new rail. Xmas Jam comp incoming…
Check out the edit from the Demo here thanks to Alan Christensen:
And if that got you excited, here’s a round- up of the latest goings-on from Fresh Blood recipient DeCenzo:
This album is going to rip you apart. We have it here at Crossfire HQ and it’s the heaviest, most gnarly record on the stereo right now and will take some serious beating to knock it off. Watch the video for Axe To Fall right here and weep. The album drops on October 20th.
The etnies Euro Recognition-tour may be over but they left behind the evidence.Watch the demo footage with Sean Malto, Ryan Sheckler, Tyler Bledsoe, Jose Rojo, Willow, Kyle Leeper, Mikey Taylor, Julian Furones, Davis Torgerson, Axel Cruysberghs and Tuukka Korhonen.
etnies Euro Recognition tour demo footage from etnies europe on Vimeo.
It’s not often you get a chance to skate your local Museum. On this occasion, the Matix team with Pudwill, Anderson, Karr, Murowski, McDonald, Akers and Nguyen came up trumps at the St Louis City Museum in the mid west of Missouri.
What do you do when you arrive at Heathrow from LA? Chuck a fart at your best mate when he’s just waking up of course. Here’s a teaser for the Gang of Fourstar edit from the Fourstar Clothing UK tour, look out for it soon.
The title Surviving Evil describes the entire plot of the film. But just what evil, isn’t revealed straight away. The opening alone to this film is startling so just imagine how much more alarming it could become as the story develops. Let me set the scene – a woman in childbirth, rain pouring, thundering and lightening clapping. Suddenly a hand breaks through the thatched roof and everyone begins running for their lives while a creature slices and dices body parts.
The story revolves around a group of TV documentary makers who travel to an island near the Philippians, to make a series called ‘Surviving the wilderness with Seb Beazley’. While there, two of the crew are familiar with myths and legends of the Island; one such includes flesh-eating creatures that dwell on the island who have a particular taste for pregnant women. As the crew set out to find natives of the Island, they come across such creatures and the fight for salvation begins.
There are some scenes that are likely to startle you. Roasted hands fall from the treetops, rotting corpses, falling dead bodies of young children and individuals getting ripped to shreds. At first there is a sense of mystery surrounding the creatures. They can be heard moving and rustling through the treetops since the jungle is “throbbing with life,” then glimpses of them can be seen, such as the image on the camera and then they make themselves known. When they do the images of the creatures is horrendous. You remember the evolution process, the theory that we all evolved form ape like creates, well these guys never evolved to the human status as we did. They became savage, vampire like creatures that have a taste for blood and flesh. They have developed wings and have the ability to transform into other beings. Within the beautiful scenery of a beach island, there are some areas in which these creatures live that are surrounded by bloody vines.
Surviving Evil is certainly not for the squeamish. But if you are an admirer of all things gross and disgusting, then Surviving Evil may be your new favourite movie.
Michelle Moore
Baker – Shake Junt 8”
The Baker Boys are never far off the scene with other projects in camel, there’s always something brewing and it’s normally a funny spin off or something non serious. I’ve never heard about this shake junting myself, but I’m older than you and skate 8” boards because I like them, not because everyone else does!
This board is pretty much as street as you get and I love the graphic, the green and gold reminds me of my local 7-11 corner shop where I spent most of my misled youth wasting my money on Street Fighter and Contra…money that tended to come from my moms wallet without her full consent. She knew what I was up too, but I guess she also knew I wasn’t spending it on heroin, this was a fix, but one with much less harmful consequences.
The overall shape is slightly sharpish, the nose and tail is not quite as round as I generally like my boards, but I don’t punch a gift horse, ever! I’m about 4-5 weeks in now and to be honest, I don’t even remember why I love a rounded nose and tail so much, it’s pure aesthetics and means less than you think! I’ve enjoyed this board just as much as any other board before it and I do think this deck has a good flip on it, it really scoops well, a quick flick and before you know it, it’s back under your waffle. Concave is slightly flattish, but I put that down to being more of a street nature.
Holla ya mums and beg your fathers, a Baker board is never a bad purchase, they’re good boards, an independent force and I also heard that 10% of all final purchases go to a rehabilitation centre somewhere in the Nevada Dessert which helps to bring skateboarders in despair get straightened out and back on their feet.
www.bakerskateboards.com for more.
Johnny Thunders
Imagine a world where every one tells the truth. Questions such as ‘do I look fat in this’, ‘do you find me attractive’ and a few other more personal questions (men we won’t say them) are all responded with the truth, no matter how honest the response is.
When it comes to The Invention of Lying, the truth begins right form the opening credits with a voice over from Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) where he explains the ENTIRE plot line before any one has said a word. When Mark discovers he can say things that are not what they are, i.e. lies, he is opened to a whole new world of thinking.
Like many people, the first thing that comes to mind would be to benefit yourself like getting your hands on money and romance. However he soon realises he can do good in the world with his lies. Through his fabrication of the truth he makes a difference in peoples lives. In some ways his lying is good; he withdraws money from the bank for a homeless man, makes a few OAP’s happier with his words and generally puts a smile on the faces of those around him and gives them hope. Things get a little heated however when one small lie to his mother about what life is like after death creates a worldwide question over the situation.
The only real concern is the fact that no matter how funny the truth can be it seems sometimes people say things that are actually not necessary; such as they don’t want to go to work when no one has even asked them a question. The idea that films in this world of truth are based on screen plays written by Mark and Brad Kessier (Rob Lowe) and based actual events, since there is no lying there is no fiction, is an interesting line of thought. Things like the Industrial Revolution and the Black Plague are what the so-called films are based on – so it is much like watching the discovery channel all the time.
Gervais is an incredible English actor and the film wouldn’t have been the same with anyone else as the lead role. He has this natural quirk about him, a hilarious nature without even meaning to be; he is a true comic. Rob Lowe is also a very good supporting role and Gervais is able to bounce off of the character to create humour. The small role by Edward Norton as cop is also beneficial to the film. Comedy is what Ricky Gervais was made to do and with such a great personality leading the way, as well as a great storyline and supporting roles, The Invention of Lying will likely have you cheerful chuckling.
Michelle Moore