Author: Crossfire

Eastpak, Vans, Side One Dummy Records and The Agency Group are hitting you with a tour for 2006 after the success of last year’s tour.

The tour, which will feature the likes of Gogol Bordello, Bedouin Soundclash, Disco Ensemble and Danko Jones will rock from October 31st and will travel all over europe from the UK to Belgium to Spain.

The dates are:

October 31st – Leeds Met
November 1st – Glasgow Barrowlands
November 2nd – Birmgingham Academy
November 3rd – Manchester Academy
November 4th – Brixton Academy
November 6th – Brighton Dome
November 8th – Cologne Ewerk
November 9th – Brussels AB
November 10th – Filederstadt/Stuttgart Filharmonie
November 11th – Paris Le Trabendo
November 12th – Bordeaux BT59
November 13th – Madrid Heineken
November 14th – Barcelona Apollo
November 16th – Milan Alcatraz
November 17th – Bologna New Estragon
November 18th – Zurich Xtra
November 19th – Vienna Gasometer
November 21st – Wiesbaden Schlachthof
November 22nd – Berlin Coumbia Halle
November 23rd – Hamburg Docks
November 25th – Gothenburg Chalmers

For all the info, check out www.antidotetour.com and www.eastpak.com

Prague’s ever-successful skate comp the Mystic Cup has been and gone and it was yet another wild run for all those involved. Always a favourite among the Brazilian contingent, did this year ring like a second coming for the natural Born Skaters from the southern hemisphere. Those in attendance thought so. Another sweet surprise was the ladies comp which saw some serious heat coming from the likes of Evelien Bouillart (rumoured to be getting a model on Etnies in the near fture!) and young Lacey Baker from the States.
Here are the results:

Mens Street

1. Ricardo Oliveira Porva – Brazil – $4,000
2. Daniel Vieira – Brazil – $2,500
3. Ronnie Creager – USA – $1,500
4. Austin Seaholm – USA – $1,000
5. Bastien Salabanzi – France – $800
6. Tomas Vintr -Czech Republic – $700
7. Jefferson Santos – Brazil – $600
8. Tony Trujillo – USA – $500
9. Ruben Rodrigues – Portugal – $400
10. Fabio Sleiman – Brazil – $350

Womens Street

1. Lacey Baker – USA – $1,000
2. Evelien Bouilliart – Belgium – $600
3. Lauren Perkins – USA – $400

Vert

1. Rune Glifberg – Denmark – $4,000
2. Mathias Ringstrom – Sweden – $2,500
3. Terence Bougdour – France – $1,500
4. Sandro Dias – Brazil – $1,000
5. Jussi Korhonen – Finland – $800

Best trick

1. Bastien Salabanzi Nosegrind to Backlipslide down the rail $500
2. Chris Pfanner Backside 180 kickflip to melon over pyramid to flat $300
3. Ondrej Leskoviansky Krooked grind tailgrab down the rail $200
4. Evelien Bouillart Feeble grind the big rail $150
5. Phillip Shuster Wally 360 flip $100

Here’s the footage:

Friday
Saturday
Sunday

*Warning* Some files are pretty big!

Damn! This year’s Wild in the Streets event went global with skaters coming together and shredding their neighbourhoods and city center all over the place.

Check out Emerica’s website dedicated to this major skate event that works hard and raising awareness of skateboarding in the world, and strengthening skater unity:

www.emericawildinthestreets.com

If you got Wild in the Streets let them know about it!

Just so you know, Emerica’s initiative had kids from all over Poland, Chile, Italy, Great Britain, France and Canada (to name a few) burning urethane in the name of fun!

Crossfire warned you about this German wunderkind a while back, remember? Check out Panorama a Berlin scene video that dropped a few years ago and watch what Willow can do. Well, the Flip squad spotted Willow and knew he was fit for the team, so it’s goodbye Alis and hello Flip.

www.flipskateboards.com

Photo by Alexis Zavialoff

A young Frenchman spent many a night dreaming about ‘Back to the Future‘ and why he couldn’t ollie properly ( He even admits a slight penchant for fruit-booting!), when lightning struck and the concept of a Magnetic board became a reality.

Basically the 4size boards come with a pair of shoes that have permanent magnets placed within the soles. You can now leap and bound without the fear that the board won’t stick to your feet. It hasn’t been explained how the sticky board might flip, but we’re guessing the inventor never got that far before cheating a bit. In any case, with these now available, and rumours of Chinese hover boards, it won’t be long before Marty McFly gets that pro-model into the skateshops!

For info and pictures click here and go to the Magneticsk8 menu: perso.orange.fr/4size/4size/indexFlash.html

For a demo tape watch this.

Official East Coast powerhouse, Aaron Suski has just joined the ranks of the premier East Coast company, Zoo York .

Check back to Crossfire soon for an interview with Aaron’s new team mate, Brandon Westgate.

Do you manage to eat it every time you go skating? Had enough of scars and scabs? Want FREE shoes and albums for your troubles? Well you just came to right place.

This month here at Crossfire we are holding a best slam comp with the band Angels and Airwaves to find the best slam on video.

All you have to do is host your clips on Putfile or YouTube and then send your link to the best slam you have on film, then the winner will have their footage ont he homepage of this site and also receive a copy of the new album and a pair of Macbeth Shoes.

Click thought to www.avacrossfirecomp.com to upload your footage and be quick!