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Bookworms

Surprisingly enough, some skaters can actually read and write! Harmony rider and Scottish ruler, Jaime Bolland has teamed up with his mate Inga Streich to compose My llama for a dromedary.

Seeing as the book has only just come out, and we at Crossfire don’t know how to read, we’ll have to explain it’s contents as “a journey through fragments of secular everyday life.The constant switch between the two authors – and consequently their viewpoints as well as their adopted forms of expression in text and image – takes shape as a suggestive juxtaposition that encourages individual interpretation.” (Cheers Inga!)

My llama for a dromedary will have a launch in Glasgow on November 17th at Where the monkey Sleeps from 7.30pm Live music and drinks for all!

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Skateboarding Product Reviews

Element Cannon Trousers

10 November 2006

Someone said to me the other day “…how is it possible to review a pair of trousers?!” so i replied ” just like this, it’s easy…..”

You see Element Clothing make it easy for me because almost everything that they make has quality control and the bods who design and assign the budgets spend their dough on quality fabrics. They also know that if they start to farm out crap gear, their reputation will be shot to pieces and no brand leader needs that sort of grief do they?

I needed some strides to skate in and cheekily asked their PR darling for a pair of these Cannons, put it this way the beers are on me love! These beauties are called ‘pants‘ in the USA but over here in blighty we like to call them ‘trousers‘ as pants in English means ‘rubbish‘, the complete opposite of what these baby’s are all about.

They are not tight fit so you can skate in the comfort that your crown jewels won’t be crushed to death when you attempt a bigspin – made possible by the 2% elastane that is mixed in with 98% cotton.

These slacks are comfortable and the fabric should be able to take some knocks along the way, go try them out this winter if you are not looking to skate in your Y-fronts this Xmas.

More at www.elementskateboards.com

4/5

Chuck Bangers

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Music News

The Infinite Monkey Project

T9, the company that are responsible for the majority of the predictive text software, have set up The Infinite Monkey Project. T9 have brought in artists from around Europe to try and create a song via the Infinite Monkey theory – “Due to the nature of infinity, a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard will almost surely eventually type every book in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France” – with the public being the monkeys to create the lyrics of a song.

The concept is to get anyone to send one word, any word, that you want on a song, which will then be collectived and any grammatically correct sentences are formed, they’ll be shortlisted for the final track. When the artists have enough content, they’ll produce their final song for download release.

www.infinitemonkeyproject.com

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Skateboarding News

411VM- Who’s Chico?

Heeeeyyyy Chico man…!

41VM just keeps getting better. The new formats work well with a focus on quality not quantity, and that’s why Issue 14.4 is a banger.

Andre Genovesi, DVS in South America, Robert Lopez-Mont, and of course Mr. Chico Brenes: Quality over quantity in action. Out now!

www.411vm.com

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Skateboarding News

New UK Shoe company- Mcarta

The skate shoe market is based 97% in the USA, leaving the remaining 3% split between South America, Europe and Asia? Obviously competition is fierce for those 3% but the United Kingdom now has a strong contender in the shape of newcomer Mcarta Shoes.

The name comes from the disputable first bill of Human Rights that placed everyone on the same level – the Magna Carta. The influence is the juxtaposition of modern landscapes and Nature.

The end result is some good looking kicks. Models include the Surety (pictured), the Levy, the Charter, the Liberties, as well as jeans, tops and jackets. Reps are currently roaming around Ye Olde Englande so keep your eyes peeled for pairs hitting stores right now.

www.mcarta.co.uk

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Skateboarding News

Toy Machine premiere

First Unabomber, and now Toy Machine – Is London getting the cold shoulder inre: video premieres? Who cares anyway. All you need to know is that the brand new video from Ed Templeton and the boys, Suffer The Joy, is premiering in Leeds at the Faversham on Sunday November 12th from 8pm (showing at 9pm) for free. Boom!

www.toymachine.com

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Skateboarding Product Reviews

Globe – Clash Shoe

7th November 2006 www.globe.tv

Punk rock shoes. No, come back! It’s not as ludicrous as it sounds.

Why shouldn’t punk bands have their own line in branded shoes? Punk rock is street music after all and where do you put your feet when you’re out and about? That’s right baby, on the damn street.

The Misfits, Sex Pistols and The Descendents have all recently had their logos splattered all over shoes and now it’s the turn of possibly the greatest punk rock band of them all, The Clash. Globe have issued the world’s first Clash shoe – a stylish looking old-school skateboarding shoe with soft tricot linings for extra comfort. And they give you primal ankle support with high cut internal tongue stabilizers. I should get some of those for my bike…

Screw the technical jargon, however, let’s get to the important stuff. These shoes look damn cool! The Clash logo is actually quite subtle on the design, appearing on the tongue, inside the shoe and in small on the side but not emblazoned in big letters all over the shoes in cheesy colours. Better still, it’s nice that the designers understand that one of the most important things about The Clash was their rousing and inspirational lyrics. A verse from the classic ‘London Calling‘ is transcribed on the side as a reminder of the sadly departed Joe Strummer’s lyrical genius.

In all, this is a comfortable and stylish shoe that any true punk should be proud to wear. One thing’s for sure, Strummer would have wanted a pair this Xmas….

4/5

Sherry

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Skateboarding News

Ballz out!

If you don’t know already, top styler JB Gillet (Photo. Oli Bartok) opened his own skateshop with his mate Nico in Lyon, France. The shop’s called Ballz Out! , stocking nothing but the smoothest threads and sickest sleds. Not passing through Lyon anytime soon? No problem- Just click here to visit their website!

Thanks to Cliché for the sequence.

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Skateboarding News

What is The Turf?

Two recognizable heads from the Crailtap basecamp – Mike York and Bob Kronbauer – are said to have started a new skate company straight out of Los Angeles: The Turf.

As of yet no team has been announced, but we can assure you that style is of the essence.

www.crailtap.com

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Tom Harrison on The Harmony

Yeah, well the title pretty much wraps the news up – Tom Harrison rides for The Harmony now.

Sweet as a nut, that Tom. Peep his skills here .

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