The Tyrolean sled shredders of Wörgl, Austria, have been very busy (last night 4am!) finishing off their beautiful bowl in order to baptise it with a big contest on 7th October.
There’s €2000 up for grabs and a ton of fun to be had with these guys and their new baby. Good job lads!
Think New York, and you’re probably thinking Harold Hunter. This Big Apple legend died in February of this year, but the memory lives on. Just before Harold passed away, a very limited edition New Era hat with his initials emblazoned and embossed on the front was due for release. Well, now the cap is available with all proceeds going to charity.
Seeing how Harold was best known for enjoying a good party, there will be not one but two events to remember him by. Firstly on October 7th in Chinatown Park under the Manhattan Bridge, a Skate for H jam will go off with all the Big Apple skaters in attendance, as well as numerous top New York DJs. Then on October 8th RB Umali will premiere his 25 minute long unreleased footage video Legends never die video of Harold Hunter at the KCDC skateshop in Brooklyn.
For exact info check this.
Brian Lotti’s sick movie 1st And Hope will be dropping this week thanks to the guys at Studio 411.
The film consists of a journey through the Los Angeles landscape following the likes of Kenny Anderson, Eric Dressen, Ray Barbee and more.
Watch the trailer here.
Swooped up in the fervour of signature trucks, British Danny Brady joins in on the fun thanks to Venture Trucks.
On a British side note, rumours are spreading about a second First Broadcast from the digital eye of Blueprint darkman, Dan Magee…?
The majority of heroin addicts have always mentioned that doing the drug itself is like being wrapped in cotton wool and once the come down takes effect, your body suffers the withdrawal symptoms and needs to be refilled quickly to endure the pleasure of the highs on offer once indulged.
Brightblack Morning Light fronted by the laid back vocal skills of Nathan Shineywater and the divine intervention of best friend Rachael Hughes is simply herion in music form that if played once, will trap you into an aural paradise that seems to slowly melt your inner system. This record is by far the most baked record you will hear this year, in fact so laid back that the composers are alleged to not even have a fixed address and instead reside in tents in the wilderness of Humboldt County, CA.
The music itself is based around soft keyboard riffs, drugged-out reverbed vocals, trumpets, fantastic percussion and slide guitars that all blend to make an ethereal soundscape that can only be described as pure bliss. Although tracks such as ‘Everybody Daylight’, ‘Friend of Time’, ‘Fry Bread’ and ‘Black Feather Wishes Rise’ stand out, the entire album has this cosmic energy that encapsulates you so much that it’s one of those albums that you have to hear from start to finish to get the full effect.
This album is a must if you like to relax and also is sensual enough to have on when you spend some love time with your favourite squeeze. Music is the best drug known to man, go pick this up, it’s out now.
See them live at the follwoing dates:
OCTOBER
Fri 20 Glasgow ABC
Sat 21 Manchester Night and Day
Sun 22 Birmingham GLEE CLUB
Mon 23 Cambridge Junction
Tue 24 Brighton KOMEDIA
Wed 25 London SCALA
Unfortunately, Jean-Marc Soulet has parted ways with Element Europe.
However, the US team looks like it’s still growing with with the addition of Chad Tim Tim, Levi Brown, Jimmy Lannon and Mike Barker to the group.
DVS are out to sell some sweet kicks with their new Photographer series that’s shipping out to shops right now. Shoes will feature some of the amazing work and images captured by some of skateboarding’s finest shutter bugs – Giovanni Reda, Gabe Morford, Atiba Jefferson…
According to a certain French fashion guru, there’s a T-Shirt in the series with a photo of The Game taken by Atiba Jefferson. It turns out The Game doesn’t want his image used on some random skate goods, so expect to find a few on e-bay soon.
Manchester Academy 3
24.09.06
Those Swedes are a funny bunch aren’t they? What with all their Ikea and Volvos, any race that counts rotten fish as a delicacy has to be a bit weird. Still, all that rotten fish must be good for something as Sweden keep throwing out some of the best talent around in metal today and tonight, Academy 3 plays host to one of the much loved and much admired bands of the genre, Soilwork.
There is a sense of longing in the air as the fans have been waiting nigh on a year to see the group they so clearly adore after the bands unexpected no-show at this years Download festival, so it’s no wonder they are getting restless. Made up of mostly blokes, the decidedly hairy crowd raise their fists and with chants of “Soilwork, Soilwork” the opening bars of Stabbing The Drama blast through the room juggernaut style.
As Bjorn Stirds vocals kick in it’s obvious that the sound quality is as horrendous as the smell of sweat dripping off beards. It’s a problem which dogs the band all night, which is a bugger, because apart from this fact, Soilwork are on fire. No one really seems to care mind, and the crowd fill in where Stirds voice can’t be heard. It’s a gloriously fractured performance with tracks coming from Natural Born Chaos, Stabbing The Drama, Figure Number Five and Steel Bath Suicide to create a just about perfect setlist.
The band are immensely watchable and towards the tail end of their night, they steamroll into ‘As We Speak’ with a near-unbearable intensity which leaves revellers in awe. Wrapping it all up with a white hot rendition of ‘Follow The Hollow’ to near euphoric cheers, the wait seemed absolutely worth every minute. Amazing, all consuming stuff.
Creeping on the come up, Ronson Lambert looks like he might be a steady competitor for rookie of the year: Internet media hype, two flawless video parts, an amateur position on the exclusive Plan B squad and now another new sponsor, Silver Trucks.
Ronson joins heavy hitters Paul Rodriguez, Brandon Biebel, Nyjah Huston, Josh Kalis, Ryan Sheckler and Rob Dyrdek. Peep this link for footage of the street technician – especially the last trick!
Sole Tech (home of Etnies, Es, Emerica, Altamont and Thirty Two) are proud to announce their acquisition of the UK distribution outfit A Four.
By securing this deal, riders and businesses can work directly instead of passing through various middlemen (the bane of most companies, their riders and the distributors), and run an even better service. A Four Distribution are one of the UK’s best, with some of the coolest people on board to deal with in the UK, now watch them get even better…
In related news, Etnies are about to release a collaboration shoe with fables London skateshop Slam City Skates to celebrate the two business’ 20 years of operation.
Click here to see them on the Slam site.