As the rain falls in the UK for the next couple of months indoor skateparks are preparing for the annual skate hibernation.
Skaterham in Surrey are prepared and have whipped up a brand new 5ft spine for you to shred courtesy of dbw and the local crew.
AD has also inked some fresh art in the park that you can see here. Get down there.
The best footage throughout 2008 from Skate Perception was released a couple of weeks back. We will save their server with this embed of fantastic footage or click here for better quality.
Blackbox threw their first trade show and the evidence is shocking!
The man with arguably the highest pop in worldwide skateboarding has upped the ante on DVS this week. Check out this banging montage of amazing footage of Cliché’s Andrew Brophy below.
If you ever wondered what went on during the afternoon at the at the Nomad Skateboards Spanish warehouse then here’s your answer…
Be warned: if your knowledge of French electronic duo Justice goes no further than the ubiquitous, Simian-sampling ‘We Are Your Friends‘, then the delights on offer here will be something of a surprise (to say the least). In the live setting, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay are not so much DJs as mad sonic scientists, gleefully splicing and re-wiring their repertoire into one of the most visceral live experiences since prime-era Prodigy, with many a gibbering, sweat-soaked, adrenalised crowd standing testament to this.
My turn came at this year’s Benicassim festival in eastern Spain, and if you’ve been lucky enough to see these guys over the past year, then the live CD (recorded in San Francisco) will bring back some fond memories. ‘Phantom‘ is distorted almost to the point of sheer sonic warfare (and then returns for a second strike towards the end of the set), ‘Two Minutes To Midnight‘ is hypnotically refined over seven-odd minutes, and the aforementioned ‘We Are Your Friends‘ is only briefly recognisable in its original form before industrial-strength riffs gatecrash the party (courtesy of Ministry’s ‘Just One Fix‘). Awesome.
There’s also the rather excellent bonus of a DVD that chronicles the band’s brief (but eventful US tour) in March last year. To summarise: Gaspard, Xavier, a gun-obsessed tour manager, a philosophical bus driver, a Las Vegas wedding, loads of excited fans, alcohol, extensive partying, police…and plenty more besides. Check it out for yourself, and get your ears around ‘DVNO’ on the link above
Alex Gosman.
Get your dice out and your money ready…
Busy filming for one of the most anticipated releases of 2009, Geoff Rowley has taken time out of his busy schedule of jumping between ridiculously high containers and risking life and limb for your entertainment to put his name to another in a long line of signature urethane from Ricta.
These 52mm Chrome Cores come crafted from Ricta’s White Lightening Urethane which claims to be more resistant to flat spotting than regular wheels. Initially I was skeptical, as regardless what anyone tells you, every wheel will flatspot eventually and THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ‘UNFLATSPOTABLE’ WHEEL. However, I was pleasantly surprised.
I’m not the heaviest in the park and I have been known to skid round the last few degrees on almost all the tricks I try but the last few weeks I have been skating them they have held up really well. This included coming out unscathed from learning rad spins and slipping out of laybacks on wood and concrete ramps which usually kills wheels and gives you the dreaded machine gun effect the next time you drop in.
All in all they are good hard wheels that look like they will last. I had a hard time getting speed out of them on larger ramps and some old dudes pointed and laughed when I skated Big Woody’s bowl in Blackpool but that’s to be expected as their 52mms are probably more at home on a street board but overall they are worth a few of your hard earned pennies and their jazzy Dark Blue cores make for a more interesting set up than the plain white deals you’re probably rocking at the minute.
Go to www.ricta.com for more.
8/10 (losing a couple of points for size, 54 and I’d be all over em)
Dickfingers
YEAH YEAH YEAHS have revealed the title of their forthcoming studio album “It’s Blitz” on their website www.yeahyeahyeahs.com Release date to be announced soon.
Ane Brun is a singer that should be on your radar if you like to chill. This Norwegian has delivered an incredible album titled ‘Changing Of The Seasons‘, recorded at Atlantis Studio in Stockholm with producer Valgeir Sigurdsson. It’s out on February 3rd, check out the Treehouse video below.