The first video entry for Transworld’s ever mind-blowing Skate and Create competition is now available to view on the Transworld site.
Adidas kick things off in style with the Matt Irving directed Light, Shape, Colour. As expected, the filming, editing and skateboarding are all an otherworldly standard. Nestor Judkins, Dennis Busenitz, Lem Villemin, Benny Fairfax, Jake Donnelly and the Gonz all kill it in front of Dan Wolfe’s lens.
Check over here and get hyped for tomorrow’s instalment.
Scott Magill posted up another ten tricks to add to your list of quick edits to watch this morning.
Here we see Taylor Oakley take on the new Cardiff Bay Barrage plaza for Who Clothing.
On Friday 13th French gave us the lowdown on his series of exhibitions that started off over the weekend in Brisbane and Sydney. Read words with him to hear about the shows he’s putting on in between skating with the Passport crew and to have a look at those awesome Withcraft beer koozees.
You down under then sport?
Yeah man, Brisbane. Just hung the show, chillin’ now because no one’s skating tonight so I’m going to the pub later.
It’s winter there right?
Yeah, so cold. Well it’s 18°C so not cold! Hahaha!
So what’s cooking out there?
One show in Brisbane and another in Sydney last Saturday with The Gonz, Ed Templeton and so on: check it. I had one at Nine Lives on Friday with Murdoch Stafford too.
How much stuff did you ship over there?
I had thirteen pieces for the Friday 13th show, five screen prints and twelve for the Sydney show.
How did this all hook up and were the organisers aware of exactly what was being taken over to be hung?
Joe, the curator of Disorder Disorder paid for my flight to Brisbane and also hooked up the two other shows. He asked me to make eight new horror and gore works for his show, including new Creature graphics, so he saw all of those beforehand. The theme for Nine Lives was anything with skulls, so I just kept making work for it. The one in Sydney is a mix of new and recent drawings, they know what they are getting.
New Creature graphics?
Yeah. It’s just decks but it’s super new. Not allowed to show the finished stuff though but the drawing is in the show. One’s a Hitz pro model.
Monster Gallery present Draw with French, Stefan Marx and Marcus Oakley
What’s the main difference in the Australian art scene compared to Europe?
Aussies seem switch on to bullshit and don’t take any. People seem to like what they like, it’s rad. Because the scenes are smaller, people are more stoked to have art shows and meet people. It’s really a close-knit thing.
What about the homegrown artists out there?
The metal and record sleeve stuff is great, like Glen Smith and Murdoch Stafford who lives in Brisbane, he’s rad.
So, I take it you are hooked up and shredding too?
Yeah, I have a good crew of friends in both cities. We skate all day around putting up shows and drink all night.
What are the local spots like?
Brisbane’s epic for parks and street and so is Sydney. Skated a pool under this guy Rob’s house, he makes all the parks and this pool is insane, pool coping and super tight. Apparently it’s super rare to get to skate it.
What’s your involvement with the Midsomer Norton park?
I did the boards and shirts for the opening this weekend. Rad, huh?
Yeah, the park needs a session and soon. So you been hanging with the Passport crew?
Yeah the Panthers. They rule and are really good guys, the riders are amazing, it’s like Aussie Cliché but better. So, I’ve been hanging with those guys and my friend Sonny Day in Sydney. He and his Mrs do this. He’s down for beers and BBQs, so good.
I take it you are leaving a trail of Witchcraft on your travels?
Hahahaah! Yeah stickers, shirts and beer koozee’s… the new boards are being made in America right now.
New series?
Yeah, all new, four boards at 8.75″.
Do you only make decks for people with massive feet?
8.125” is small though right?!
You should make chariot slaying wheels that can cut people up. I would buy them…
Hahaha! I’ll speak to the factory…
Keep up to date with French at www.funeralfrench.blogspot.com
Andy Rayner recently went to Hull with the northern skateboarding machine Paul Regan. Filming a few bits swiftly turned into a day in the life style section with full Muska style all-in-one day bangers.
Check it out below and try to conceive filming all that in one day…
Portrait: Richard Chung
20th Century Fox
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It has been a while since Tom Cruise graced us with his presence on the big screen, at least in something half enjoyable to watch. With his new action comedy Knight and Day, it is as though he had never been away, reverting back to the days he stunned onlookers with his Mission Impossible stunts.
In this escapist fantasy plot, we follow the adventures of Roy (Cruise) and June (Cameron Diaz), who after literally bumping into each other at the airport, go through a series of crashes (aeroplanes to cars), gun fire and close escapes while Roy attempts to protect a continuous energy battery called the Zephyr and its maker, a genius young inventor, from his own team.
The film is packed with high-energy action from car and motorbikes chases, aeroplanes and helicopters racing through the air to gun fire and Cruise enlightening us with some of his fighting skills. The interweaving of comedy though all the action is what makes it so enjoyable. Cruise’s character is especially witty when preparing June for another get away. Diaz’s character is a little more comical when her romantic feelings advance and when her fright kicks in. It is this combination of action, comedy and romance that separate Knight and Day from previous films attempting this. With the tremendous on screen relationship between Cruise and Diaz, things are even better.
The film changed lead cast members a number of times while in production. Adam Sandler, Gerard Butler and Chris Tucker were mentioned for the lead of Roy and Eva Mendes in talks about portraying the character of June. However, if you seriously sit back and watch the interaction and the chemistry at work between Diaz and Cruise, you will understand there were no two better to make the situation an enjoyable and at times hilarious watch.
Knight and Day is not perfect, but no where near as horrid as reviews from America have made it out to be. Although it may have bombed at the US box office, it will not have the same outcome in the UK. It is an original movie, aimed for adults with comedy, action and a little bit of romance. This is one of Cruise’s finest performances in a long time and exactly the film he needed to re-boot his career. With Mission Impossible IV in the works, look set to be seeing a lot more of this man in the near future.
Michelle Moore
Evidence is about to make his triumphant return.
The Dilated Peoples MC, who is releasing his new album Cats & Dogs on Rhymesayers, will drop the video to his new track To Be Continued… next week and has put a teaser online.
Awesome rollercoasters and awesome graphics and at the end a [genuinely] awesome beat. Get the candy floss out.
Atmosphere have leaked a new track.
The song, To All My Friends, is the soundtrack to their upcoming American tour and was played at the Soundset Festival earlier this year.
Super mellow and brilliant as always, keep your eyes out for more releases in the not too distant.
The fifth video entry of Dan Cintra’s Manchester based ‘Bloggatron‘ series surfaced a few days ago.
Irie’tron sees Cintra’s lens focus on Fred Gall, Ryan Lay and more as the Ipath team take on Central Skatepark, as well as some fun sessions at Mac bumps and Platt Fields.
Check it out below.
Bloggatron 5- The Irie’Tron from Dan Cintra on Vimeo.
Over the weekend, Hamburg’s Red Light District hosted the European Vans Downtown Showdown which once again saw some of the continent’s best skate teams battle it out on creative terrain built by the team’s themselves.
The Cliché obstacle took inspiration from Hamburg’s poledancers and the bank/round rail was the first session of the day. Phil Zwijsen started as he meant to carry on – by winning.
Cliché Obstacle
1st – Phil Zwijsen
2nd – Chris Oliver
3rd – Hugo Liard
Next up was Element’s obstacle. Their ‘oil spill’ didn’t cause too much environmental damage but Phil Zwijsen again proved to be the damaja with it comes to shredding up the custom made turf.
Element Obstacle
1st – Phil Zwijsen
2nd – Samu Karvonen
3rd – Ross McGouran
Rather than going the typical route, Death’s obstacle was instead an amalgamation of their favourite spots throughout Europe and was dubbed ‘The Pirate Spot’. Sam Partaix destroyed this and earned his position as the day’s Best Pro.
Ross McGouran goes frontside over the Antiz monster
Death Obstacle
1st – Sam Partaix
2nd – Michael Mackrodt
3rd – Guillaume Mocquin
Antiz constructed a mythical monster to take over Hamburg for the final obstacle. Transition tamers like Ross McGouran and Guillaume Mocquin stole the show here.
Antiz Obstacle
1st – Guillaume Mocquin
2nd – Ross McGouran
3rd – Sam Partaix
The results from the entire day were as follows…
Best Pro – Sam Partaix
Best Am – Phil Zwijsen
Monster’s Most Pirate Skater – Guillaume Mocquin
Overall Team Results
1st – Element Europe
2nd – Antiz Skateboards
3rd – Blind Europe
Stay tuned for videos from the day as they surface…
Leeds rock four-piece Pulled Apart By Horses have recently posted online their great new video for High Five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive.
Directed by Bob Harlow, expect a lot of smashed instruments and smoke as the band don their recognisable halloween costumes and lurk in derelict buildings and empty swimming pools. Standardly awesome stuff from the group.
Check out the video below, you can pick up their self-titled album in stores now through Transgressive Records.