The Fourstar team came to the UK and Europe this summer and ripped as much as they could due to the wet weather stopping play as usual. Check out this Gang of Fourstar tour trailer as a preview of what’s to come online from www.fourstarclothing.com
Another Ruffhousing event has been announced in London.
The free night will take place at Marketplace in central London from 8pm and features the line-up below:
The Heatwave (Soul Jazz)
Alexander Nut (Rinse FM)
Reecha (Dirty Canvas)
FACT magazine DJs
Flip rider Axel Cruysberghs cleaned up with a win in the street comp at this years Etnies ESC event and also took first spot in the mini ramp comp this weekend.
The Belgian is having one of the best year’s to date as his skating does the talking everywhere he goes. Look out for footage soon.
Results:
Street
1st Axel Cruysberghs (BE)
2nd Phil Zwijssen (BE)
3rd Sven Kilcheman (CH)
Mini Ramp
1st Axel Cruysberghs (BE)
2nd Micky Iglesias (CH)
3rd Julian Dijkman (BE)
Girls
1st Candy Jacobs (NL)
2nd Sabrina Goggel (GER)
3rd Ianire Elorriaga (ES)
Only a few weeks after busting out a 900′ at the Maloof Money Cup, 18 year old Alex Perelson flew into the UK and swept the Vert Comp at this years Boardmasters Festival down in Newquay.
In front of a packed crowd, the creme of British vert skating got down to business making this year’s comp one to remember. UK shredders Sam Beckett and Sam Bosworth both got the West Country rocking after their winning runs at the X-Games am comp a week ago. Terrance Bougdour and French compadre Joris Brichet also laid it down but Perelson continued the summer of his life and went home with £3500 in the bank.
Swedish ripper Pontus Alv has a new shoe coming out on Emerica this month, his first for the Soletech brand after riding their shoes for years. Watch this video below for the full spiel.
Short video about Pontus Alv – shoe out now! from Emerica Europe on Vimeo.
Last week saw some rap drama as Joe Budden got hit in the face.
The rapper was apparently hit by one of Raekwon’s entourage at the Rock The Bells festival after an altercation. However, sources quote the Wu Tang rapper as saying “Yo, on my children, no one was supposed to get touched, dude got jumpy, touched him, shouldn’ta happened, that was not my intention.”
Check out Budden’s video from after the punch, complete with ice-pack.
Willy DeVille has died.
The founder of Mink DeVille, who were on of the most lauded punk bands of the late 70s, passed away last week after losing his fight against pancreatic cancer. A spokesperson said:”The rock world has lost another one of its influential pioneers.”
Crystal Castles saw a festival shut down during their set at the weekend.
The Hard Festival in LA was closed after fans began jumping from the stands to the floor as the 17,000 capacity crowd at the all night party were shuttled out by riot police.The festival commented “We are terribly sorry. Inglewood PD made the decision to shut down the event tonight much to our astonishment and yours. There are many questions to answer, rest assured you will not be left hanging. Please get back soon. The show must go on…”
Here’s the latest web promo from Wheelscape skateparks who are out there pushing the need for freeform skatepaprks as opposed to those nasty precast concrete parks. This clip features Tom Crowe and Jeremy Donaldson plus the UKSA’s Kevin Parrott explains why 2 inches makes a difference.
It’s not often you get to look inside of the Flip Skateboards set up but watch this video shot in the Flip offices with skating from Rowley, Lopez, Apples and more at the Volcom Park. Flip have also released a brand new trailer that went up last night at the Berrics exclusively. Click here to watch Gonzales destroy your life as ‘Extremely Sorry’ gets closer to release day by day.
Maestro Knows – Episode 3 (Geoff Rowley) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.