Lakai cruised into Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City in Canada and get rocky with a tight crew consisting of Marc Johnson, Rick McCrank, Stevie Perez, Rick Howard, Jon Sciano alongside local reps Ty Peterson, Will Marshall and Pat O’Rourke.
Enjoy this.
WKND Skateboards continue their video steez with welcoming Taylor Caruso to their newly formed team.
“Big Dahg” gets WLCMD.
Have some more with full fat:
Ph: Mike Burnett
Thrasher’s round up of the insane finals from this year’s Vans invitational event on Huntington Beach in Cali will not disappoint. Non-stop hammers went down!
Vert don Renton Millar has started a petition to get rid of the people who govern the SBA in Australia after finding out that Skateboarding Australia is actually run by Rollerskaters. In an effort to take skateboarding out of these hands please help Renton by reading the info below and signing this petition.
AUSTRALIAN SKATEBOARDING NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
Not many people realise that the people who govern Skateboarding in Australia are Rollerskaters!
Yes, Rollerskaters.
A Rollerskating Organisation called Skate Australia gets the Federal funding for “Roller Sports” in Australia and decides how much to divide between Artistic Rollerskating, Inline Speed Skating, Inline Hockey, Roller Derby and Skateboarding.
Sometime ago the Roller Skating Organisation started a private company called Skateboarding Australia (SBA). Many people believe SBA is skateboardings stand alone governing body.
That is not true. SBA is a PRIVATE COMPANY owned by the Roller Skate Organisation (This is verified easily by looking up their Australian Business Number).
Recently the Roller Skating Organisation widely advertised a National series sponsored by Nike where the winner of the series got $10,000 and a trip to the Tampa Am. They did six qualifiers, and then cancelled the last two qualifiers and final. They didn’t compensate the kids that had qualified, and didn’t give out the tickets to Tampa, or the final prize money.
Yet multiple types of Roller Skating not only got National Contests, but also sent teams to represent Australia in Europe for World Championships!
Skateboarding doesn’t even get a Completed National Series and no official Australian Champion.
WE NEED CHANGE.
The Australian Sports Commission needs to recognise that Skateboarding needs to stand alone from all other sports.
I have started a petition. Please sign it!! PLEASE SHARE!!
SKATEBOARDING IN AUSTRALIA NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
Maybe it’s in the air that circulates Seattle’s creative city or just the fact that Jordan Sanchez can shred the roughest spots with the most quirky tricks. Whatever it is this takes Skate Edit of the Week and reeks of FUN.
As you may remember from our interview with the illustrator himself, the incredible art of Godmachine is essential in our lives here and a prize asset to the UK art scene.
Stoked to hear that he is releasing a book covering 7 years of art. Pick this up from here and enjoy this amazing trailer by Christian Hart! It’s a must have.
Every second of this part screams East Coast skating. Rolling down the middle of the street, hopping onto sidewalks, never-seen spots, hot summers, chilly days. Kevin Coakley smashes it.
Self filmed and still taking a decent slam for the cause, the one and only Mark Gonzales is back with new footage.
“It’s a fly way skateboard helmet from the 1970’s
Turban and what would seem like some kinda statement
Not shore though
You been huver”
Swiss for life…
Summer holidays just got way more interesting thanks to Red Bull who have delivered bags of concrete and tools to 17 independent UK skate shops this week for you to go and pick up for free and build your own DIY skate spot.
The best spot built over the next 2 months will be judged by an expert panel and the winning crew will receive a free skate trip to Bulgaria. Note that the winning crew is said to be made up of no more than 3 people.
Check the list below to see if your local skateshop has been delivered the goods and get planning. Once you have built your spot, you need to send photos to DIY@uk.redbull.com to enter.
The competition will be running from July 25th September 25th after which the DIY Tour will take place between 4-8th October (TBC). The top spots will get a visit from a team of top skaters, giving the crews the opportunity to ride the spot they have created with some of the top UK skaters.
More information can be found at www.redbull.co.uk/DIY
Participating skate shops include:
Level Skateboards in Brighton
Native Skate Store in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Welcome Skate Store in Leeds
Parlour in London
Ideal in Birmingham
Focus in Edinburgh
Freestyle in Newport
Skate Pharmacy in Margate
Note in Manchester
SS20 in Oxford
Fifty Fifty in Bristol
Big Woody’s in Blackpool
Bored Skateshack in Cornwall
Endemic in Huddersfield
Decimal in Cirencester
Red Bull’s Korahn Gayle said ”This is such a good opportunity for crews to build a spot for all their friends to skate! They can put in all the obstacles that they love to skate and to do it with a load of mates would be a perfect project for the summer, which could be topped off with an amazing trip to Bulgaria.
Ph: The legendary Big Brother mag
If you have never before come across the skateboarding world of Simon Woodstock then prepare yourself for a treat. Back in the 90s Woodstock was a legend known for clowning about and making skateboarding hilariously fun at the same time of pushing it forwards on random self made decks and in the most bizarre places.
This month, Death Skateboards have honoured Simon with a guest deck alongside long time friend and Death lifer Dan Cates. Enjoy this documentary on his world and look out for his deck in your local skate shop.