The UK weather forecast is looking good for skateboarders this week with temperatures moving close to 25′ by the weekend with only small chances of showers along the way.
Start planning your sessions for this weekend and pack that BBQ to take to the local park as a taste of summer is just round the corner people!
Here’s the London forecast for us down here, click the image to search out weather for your local area.
I-Path UK riders Eddie Belvedere, Harry Lintell, Adam Moss, Rob Smith and TeaBag all feature in this Scottish visit. Get your roots on here.
Today is the day to remember the great work of Ian Curtis, guitarist/vocalist of the classic band Joy Division who died 30 years ago today. In 1976, Curtis bumped into Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook whilst watching the Sex Pistols, the 3 started jamming with drummer Stephen Morris and formed one of the UK’s most memorable indie acts whose success rose to great heights instantly.
After signing to Tony Wilson’s Factory Records and releasing 3 albums they achieved cult status in the Manchester indie scene and far beyond until the day of May 18th 1980 when Curtis decided to commit suicide and was found hanging in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield and would have been 53 years old today. Look out for the launch of a new box set of 7inch singles that will be released in his honour.
RIP Ian Curtis- a British music legend.
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
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Fashawn recently put out a new video for his single Samsonite Man.
The track, which features rapper Blu and is produced by Exile, is taken from Fashawn’s album Boy Meets World which came out last year. It’s a summer banger, get the volume cranked.
London ripper Aaron Sweeney woke up €4000 better off this morning after winning the Volcom´s TXOTX mini-ramp comp that went down at Durango in the Basque Country this weekend.
By all accounts the skateboarding ripped as you can see from this rock-fakie by Sweeney on the ridiculous over-vert section that was built for this comp- obviously fueled by the lashings of apple cider that was allegedly on offer all weekend. Over 2000 people crammed in to watch the contest and bands, read the results below and look out for footage this week.
1º Aaron Sweeney 4000€
2º Alain Goikoetxea 1800€
3º Ivan Rivado 900€
4º Ibon Mariño 450€
5º Otavio 350€
6º Guillaume Mocquin 300€
7º Jaime de Lopegui 250€
8º Manuel Alvarez 200€
9º Jose Manuel Roura 150€
10º Xabi Elorriaga 100€
Best Trick. Manuel Alvarez: Frontside nosepick to fakie on the Stone for €500.
Manuel Palacios cruises his local park in today’s CLAN 010 clip. Look out for an interview with UK Clan rider Kris Vile on this very site when we re-launch.
MANUEL PALACIOS CLAN 010 from CLAN 010 on Vimeo.
Southsea’s Bored Skate Shop have released some winter offcuts of their local rippers for your enjoyment this weekend. They also have fresh threads for you in their new summer Look Book so follow your nose and have a butchers at what’s cooking down on the South Coast.
Our friends Pritchard, Dykie and Leo Sharp are all battling the open road in their quest to run from the top of the country to the bottom. The charity run is currently raising money for the Elodie Wilton appeal fund and the team are covering on average 33 miles a day but the boys are feeling it after 10 days, that’s for sure.
Get behind them with your support by donating here and feel their pain from this morning’s video blog post from their latest stop over on their 900 mile trip by foot.
Monday morning – stoked! from TCTV on Vimeo.
Toki Wright has released a new video against the shambolic laws in Arizona.
The essentially racist laws means police can stop and detain anyone that think might be an illegal immigrant. So, Toki took to the streets of Minneapolis and put together this protest video using the classic Public Enemy song. Check it out below:
Black Sabbath and Dio singer Ronnie James Dio has died.
The 67 year old lost his battle with stomach cancer with his wife Wendy announcing on his official site that he passed away at 7.45am. She continued:
“Many, many friends and family were able to say their private good-byes before he peacefully passed away. Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all. We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us.”
Dio was legendary and everyone at Crossfire will remember him and his work for a long, long time. R.I.P.