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Watch: Emerica Wild UNDER The Streets!

Earlier in the year, Emerica’s UK/Europe team hooked up with Dom Marley and Dan Magee for a hit and run skate mission in the London Underground.

‘Oh great, a couple of wallrides then…’, I’m sure a few of you have already spoken those words subconsciously at the thought of an underground edit. Well, you’re all in for a surprise with this one. Consider how everything done has gotta be first try too, this is stealth skateboarding at its best.

Watch below to see what a skate video directed by Hideo Kojima would look like as Tom Knox, Chris Ault, Rory Milanes, Rob Maatman and Eniz Fasilov mind the gap and shred the forbidden surfaces of the Big Smoke’s commuter inferno…

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Free Chilly Gonzales Minimix!

You’d think that after breaking the world record for the longest solo live performance, Canadian pianist Gonzales might take it easy the following year or something. Far from it, after adding ‘Chilly’ to his name he dropped the Daft Punk and Beyonce covering ‘Pianist Envy‘ mixtape in February, released one of our albums of the yearIvory Tower‘ and is now concluding another amazing year with this 5 minute minimix.

In the minimix, Gonzales effortlessly plays 30 songs (including Prince, The Clash, Dr. Dre, Nirvana, Michael Jackson) on the piano in the average amount of time it takes to make a cup of tea. So press play and make a brew now, then skip back and listen to it again while you drink it.

Chilly Gonzales – Five Minute Jukebox by bangonpr

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Watch: 4twentytwo at Revolution

4twentytwo have found shelter from the snow this month inside Revolution Skatepark and as a result knocked up this sweet little winter edit.

The edit features tasty bits and bobs from Michael Smith, Dan McCusker, Ben Wilks, James Brown, Max Christian, Adam Pau, Tim Prescott and Barnaby Fisher-Smith. Stay locked into the 4twentytwo blog for more.

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The Chrome Ball Yorkatron

Mike York is the latest to be given the thorough and rewarding Chrome Ball Incident interview treatment. Chops sat the much loved EMB/Pier 7 local down to talk about everything from the early days to his best Sheffey stories, to his favourite Keenan Milton memories to some interesting skateboard industry politics.

Click the amazing picture below to have read. It’s good stuff, as always.


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éS interview Kellen James

éS have posted an interview with the very rad Kellen James, complete with fresh pictures and footage on their website.

In the interview he talks about the new éS X SK8MAFIA collab, why burgundy colourways makes you hyped to look at your feet and his time in Barcelona. The pictures are dopalicious and the footage is super swish too.

Read the full piece here and enjoy the footage below.

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Yellowcard announce new album and tour

Following their two-year hiatus, breakthrough pop-punks Yellowcard have announced that they will be releasing their seventh studio album, titled ‘When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes‘ on March 21st 2011 through the revered indie label Hopeless Records.

The band have also announced that they will embark upon their first UK tour with All Time Low next year.

They play the following dates in March:

1st – Dublin, Olympia
3rd – Nottingham, Rock City
4th – Birmingham, 02 Academy
5th – Newport, Newport Centre
6th – Liverpool, Liverpool University
7th – Leeds, 02 Academy
9th – Glasgow, Barrowlands
10th – Newcastle, UK – O2 Academy Newcastle
11th – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo *SOLD OUT*
12th – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton *SOLD OUT*
13th – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton *Extra Added Date*

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The Descendents announce UK show

The Descendents have been confirmed to play London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on April 25th.

Following the announcement that the Californian band will play Belgian festival Groezrock two days earlier, The Descendents will also appear at a seemingly one-off date in London.

Tickets go on sale this Friday 17th December at 9AM. With no other scheduled UK performances these are likely to disappear fast, so sleeping on this would not be advised.

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Event: Works Xmas Jam – December 27th

The annual post-Xmas and much needed holiday calorie burner put on by The Works in Leeds is back this year and will be taking place on December 27th… giving all of you more than enough time to digest your sprouts first.

Doors are at noon and there will be comps throughout the day with plenty of prizes up for grabs and hard cash from Relentless too. Well worth the tenner entry we say. Peep the flyer and don’t make any other plans now…

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The Highbrow Company release limited deck

Behold readers, on the right of this page your eyes are currently focussed on the very first deck to come from Bristol’s The Highbrow Company, skater-owned and operated by self-proclaimed skateboarding/fartist, Mike O’Shea.

Only fifty of them have been made, probably because if the rumours are true that by simply carrying the deck a person is made instantly trendy then we could have an epidemic of trendy bastards across the UK on our hand if this wood was mass-produced.

Anyway, we think it looks great and you can pick one up for yourself here.

A very Highbrow video is currently in the making also. If you haven’t peeped the trailer that dropped earlier this year then have a gander below. It’s got Chris Jones, Owen Hopkins, Jason Lewer and plenty more awesome people involved.

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Gorillaz to release new album on Xmas Day

After much speculation, Damon Albarn of Gorillaz confirmed in an interview with Triple J that the album made – for the most part – entirely on an iPad will be called ‘The Fall‘ and will be given away for free on Christmas Day as part of the virtual band’s online advent calender.

While you’re here, watch and listen to ‘Doncamatic’ with Daley below because it’s frequently on repeat in Crossfire HQ and it’s bloody rad.