He dresses in clowns outfits, he skates as much as he can underwater and he rides for Death Skateboards. Yep, Dan Cates is one of a kind here in the UK, so much so that rumours have washed into HQ that he also buys Hedgehogs for Xmas presents.
But it’s true, his missus Alex is now a proud owner of a spikey African Pygmy pet named Bramble. How sweet of him, maybe this new Cates will even get the beers in this year…or then again…
Rumour has it, Disney have asked legendary Christian Hosoi to design a series of limited edition decks and apparel.
With nothing officially confirmed yet, there could be a series of Hosoi inspired stuff featuring Mickey Mouse and other being released very soon. Keep your eyes peeled at www.hypebeast.com for insider knowledge.
The Tampa Am 2008 comp went off this weekend, with Darkstar’s Ryan Decenzo taking the topspot. If you didn’t get a chance to watch the hours of footage from the live podcast, the results are below:
Final Results
1. Ryan Decenzo
2. Ben Hatchell
3. Davis Torgerson
4. Felipe Gustavo
5. Vincent Alvarez
6. Chazz Ortiz
7. Chris Gregson
8. Shane O’Neill
9. Taylor Smith
10. Felipe Ortiz
11. Theotis Beasley
12. Chris Troy
Best Trick on Real Skateboards’ Bank to Wall
1. Vince del Valle – Kickflip frontside lipslide
2. David Gonzales – Kickflip backside noseblunt
3. Dave Bachinsky – Front blunt kickflip in
4. Vincent Alvarez – Switch alley oop lipslide
5. Marius Syvanen – Nollie alley oop 5-0
You can watch winner Ryan’s final run by clicking here, and visit www.skateparkoftampa.com for more.
The Heathen Skateboards family has had a few new members added recently, although don’t expect them to be getting a pro model anytime soon.
Congrats to Mark Burrows and his wife Katrina who have just had a baby girl. Also, Paul Rimmer and his wife are expecting a baby in March, so congrats to you too!
A new run of Heathen decks are on the way ready for the Spring, and in Rollersnakes news, Crossfire mate Zombie Stu is producing a tshirt graphic for them which will undoubtedly be shithot!
Geoff Kresge has rejoined Tiger Army.
The stand-up bass player performed with the band from 1999 to 2004 and has come back to the fray after the depature on good terms of Jeff Roffredo. The band are in the States on tour and will be hitting Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan on their world tour.
If you want to check them out in the UK, they’re playing a special one off show at the Mean Fiddler in London on April 2nd.
Thurston Moore is to score an adult film.
Extra Action (And Extra Hardcore) will hit the shops in March and was directed by Richard Kern who has also directed several Sonic Youth videos. The film is described as “documents 60 amateur women (unpretentious, unadorned and undressed) set to an original musical score by Thurston Moore.”
The tracklisting is:
‘The King Of Sex’
‘Pierce’
‘Scooter And Jinx’
‘Catholic’
‘Nazi’
‘Goodbye 42nd Street’
CSS are back in Brazil to record their new album.
The group are halfway through recording the album and are moving away from their electronic sound. Singer Lovefoxxx has stated that it will sound more raw and more live, adding that their last album sounded “more held back” than they planned. She finished by saying:
“We want to release the album quite soon,” Lovefoxxx said. “It’s never really worked before with producers and it’s taken too long. We need to work fast to deliver the album.”
Kidz In The Hall have announced details of their new album.
The In Crowd will be their first record since leaving Rawkus Records and will feature guest spots from Pusha T, The Cool Kids, Sean Price, Gym Class Heroes, Camp Lo, Wale and Little Brother’s Phonte. Check out the teaser for the album below:
The Sex Pistols might play their first new songs in almost 30 years this summer.
The band are headlining the Isle Of Wight Festival in June and have admitted they want to have some new songs to mark the occassion. Drummer Paul Cook said there was talk of new material but that there was a problem with getting around to it as Lydon and Jones are in the States and Matlock and Cook are in the UK saying:
“We might not pull together an album but hopefully there will be some new stuff in time for the summer.”
No Use For A Name are releasing their 10th album this year.
April 1st will see The Feel Good Record Of The Year released and it’ll contain 14 songs. It’s the first album since Keep Them Confused, though they did bring out a greatest hits album All The Best Songs last year.