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Deathrace 2006

This is another call to all dare-devils who wish to take part in the annual Deathrace at Ramp City in Blackpool. Fine tune your bearings, sand down your rails and apply speed stripes to your graphics because this year’s event is going to be fast and gnarly!

Bob Sanderson will cajole and condescend all participants as they try and avoid all the traps and pitfalls that are dotted around the course. Evel Knievel outfits, booze and metal heads are mandatory. Make the date December 2nd 6pm till midnight.

www.rampcitywsa.co.uk

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Smells like Death

Want to see something creative done on a skateboard? A harsh spot taking a thrashing? A fat bloke get his cock out..? Then save your pennies for the new Death video.

Zorlac and the boys are hard at work at digitalising their lives for your viewing pleasure and the displeasure of the Blue Rinse Brigade. Plus, in case you were sleeping under a rock, you might want to know that Richie Jackson and Patrick Melcher will be clocking in full parts as the latest Death pros!

Speaking of pros, Ricky Oyola’s guest model is very rare with only 500 models spread across the globe, so get one while stock exists! Expect a wider Melcher board to hit the shelves soon at 8.25 inches.

Finally, good minds think alike and Richie and Zorlac took the new UK Consolidated riders Ben Raemers and Ollie Tyreman for a mini Consolidated/Death tour of Northern California.

www.deathskateboards.com

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Yama droppin’ hammers

Feel free to get out the Ferrero Rocher and greet the Yama Skateboard team as they cruise around London and Southern England next week for an unofficial UK tour.

These guys- Ferit Batir, Muki Rustig, David ‘Roest’ Martelleur, Chris Pfanner… are seriously bad-ass on boards, and good beer buddies off them, so expect some serious hammers to drop with Yama!

www.yamaskateboards.com

Photo: Basile.

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Jackass 2 Premieres in London

Myself and 2P just attended the Jackass premier in town and i must admit, i was invited there and was thinking it was gonna be wack, but the film had us laughing all the way to the ventolin inhalers, it’s fucking hilarious!

Bam and the boys have made another shocking movie but this one will make you wince, laugh, cry, and shit your pants all at the same time.

What spawned from Big Brother in 1999 has mutated into a worldwide freak show propelled by MTV’s stunt series over the years and Jackass 2 showcases the entire crew on point with Knoxville annihilated in a bullring, Spike Jonze dressed as a 90 year old woman with her low slung baps out on the street, Steve O as human bait for mako sharks and horse cum drinking, Erehn Gheyey completing the loop on a mini motorcycle, Preston Laceys fart chamber, We Man’s electric chair and shitloads more. You cant really explain it in words, it just rolls and rolls and even if you are over this whole thing, once it begins you cant help but laugh your ass off.

Knoxville almost gets killed on a rocket launch into a lake as the cylinder ble w a whole the size of your handand Ryan Dunn who is knocked out from a stunt buzzer also was heavily damaged from a horsebolting stunt. Rumour has it that he was allegedly jolted so harshly that he has actually suffered a bloodclot in his heart that could be life threatening, hence his absence from the premier and the big question mark over the editing of a third movie – even though there is apparently loads of footage left over from the last 6 months of filming.

The afterparty at the Sin Club on Charing Cross Road served free cocktails all night where a host of really sad c-list celebrities from Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island were seen mingling amongst London’s press brigade and hangers-on. Knoxville was spotted leaving the club gingerly at midnight with his bouncer, obviously in need of horse cum. The search continues whilst Erin Gheyey takes the mantle as the pube beard wearing armed terrorist that got served in a gag that was reversed and made the show.

Go see this film if you are bored one night as it will have you in stitches whatever you may think of their stunts and pranks these days.

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New Deerhoof album and tour

San Fran’s finest, Deerhoof, have just completed their new album, Friend Opportunity and will be releasing it in January of next year.

In addition to this they will be touring with The Flaming Lips and will also be palying at the Nightmare Before Christmas Festival, which is being curated by Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth. The tour dates are:

November [with Flaming Lips]

5th – Bournemouth, BIC
6th – Manchester Apollo
8th – Blackpool Empress Ballroom
9th – Birmingham NIA

December

8th-10th – Minehead All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival

www.myspace.com/deerhoof

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Fatboy Slim plans New Year’s party

Fatboy Slim is apparently planning a new beach party in Brighton for New Year’s this year.

He had previously been banned from holding another event, after his 2002 party attracted 250,000 instead of the expected 60,000. During that night, a woman fell to her death and the emergency services were stalled due to the crowded streets.

Fatboy Slim can now reportedly come back to the beach but only with 20,000 people in attendance for the event called Big Beach Boutique 3. It’ll be ticket entrance only and will be restricted to those with a local postcode.

www.fatboyslim.net

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YouTube takes videos down

Viacom have become the latest media company to tell YouTube to remove copyrighted content from the site.

Reports are that YouTube have gone through their entire site, removing segments from Comedy Central [owned by Viacom], which includes Jon Stewart’s Daily Show and South Park.

YouTube and Viacom have yet to comment but seeing as Viacom own MTV and VH1, it could be a hefty job to take the videos down.

www.youtube.com

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MCR Tour Dates

The My Chemical Romance monster is tearing through some Arena dates next year. The dates are:

March:

10th – Plymouth Pavilions
21st – Brighton Centre
22nd – Birmingham NIA
24th – Manchester MEN Arena
25th – Cardiff Arena
26th – Nottingham Arena
27th – Glasgow SECC
29th – London Wembley Arena

www.mychemicalromance.com

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Wörgl Bowl opening footy

Just to prove that the Austrian Wörgl bowl is fully functional and ready to rip, the boys from Muckefest held the Pluto comp on October 7-8th for the opening and a healthy handful of European Thrashers turned up to skate and celebrate.

Despite the weather being shit on the Saturday, it was all sunshine on the Sunday, and things went right off the Richter scale. It was a tough call, but these were the final results:

1. Anders Tellen (Photo c/o Michael Dragaschnig)
2. Stefan Atzl
3. Roman Astleitner / David Margreiter
5. David Martelleur
6. Thilo Nawrocki
7. Ferit Batir
8. Matthias Trobos

Peep the footage here or here, and pictures c/o www.skatethecradle.com

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Daewon SOTY

Thrasher have announced their latest Skater of the Year and they couldn’t have hit the nail on the head any harder- Daewon Song!

How many video parts? How many spots? And how many trick combinations??? Here’s a sweet appetizer from Thrasher before a full SOTY part drops.

www.thrashermagazine.com