The world of Frank Kunert‘s photography is a miniature world where anything happens. Whilst looking through his lens recently, we found this Tennis Halfpipe. Take it in and then scout out his Small World‘s, they are fascinating.
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I have no idea how Ben Nordberg managed to sign up for this one, but Princess Daffodil here gets brunched by Jimmy Arrighi alright.
You know that coming into a page with a headline line this is only going to end in good times. Sit back and watch some lush new footage of Bristol’s finest Korahn Gayle, who takes out local spots in style for Fifty Fifty summer edit filmed and edited by George Nevin with additional filming by Louis Gane, Rich Smith and Phil Parker.
Visit them here.
FIFTY FIFTY SUMMER ’13 – KORAHN GAYLE from FIFTY FIFTY STORE on Vimeo.
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Element Europe ‘Hold It Down’
Skateboarding has a great quality to it which is innovation and change. Why it doesn’t compare to most sports is because it doesn’t have any rules or governing bodies that dictate winners and losers and classify everybody into leader boards and leagues. Well, actually there is some of that in skateboarding but it’s best left ignored. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that skaters will naturally progress and this progression moves in tangents. At one end you’ll have the simple but gnarly skaters, whilst at another you’ll have the technical wizards and in between everything you have style. Older generations have always been aware that times were a-changing but I think we can safely say that times have changed but only for the better.
Element have been supporting European skateboarding for quite a while now and even if the riders from the old continent don’t necessarily have their names screened onto the decks they ride, their actions speak louder than the words the much sought after vinyl transfers could provide. Nassim Guammaz, Karsten Kleppan, Ross McGouran, Madars Apse, Phil Zwijsen, Michael Mackrodt, Jarne Verbruggen, Ruben Rodrigues and Guillaume Mocquin are all great skaters. You won’t be disappointed by what you see in their new feature length web video ‘Hold it Down‘.
Here are a few reasons why the guys in this video are worth 24 minutes of your attention deficit disordered lives:
Karsten Klappens manages to take every single spot that could have had real potential and makes it a reality. Example: that curved ledge would be great to skate but there are two great walls stick out at either end. No problem for Karsten, he’ll just pop over and pop right out.
Ross McGouran (above) is a very gnarly pint size bastard who’s not afraid to fling himself far and wide in the pursuit of happiness.
Madars Apse and Phil Zwijsen share a part that combines Madars’ laid back approach to Phil’s. Jarne Verbruggen is a perfect example of today’s generation that can annihilate anything that sits in their path. Big transfers, a bit of ledge flippery and applying old tricks to new heights makes Jarne really fun to watch.
Nassim Guammaz (above) definitely chomps more than a fair share of rails in his part but when you see how easy he makes it look, you’ll be wondering why you don’t have a go yourself.
Check the credits for a straight and simple thanks to Mark Gonzales, John Cardiel and Pontus Alv. That list might sound way too easy command street cred among viewers, but when you see the talent and approach a lot of the skaters have you can see that those three legends are the real inspiration and thankfully so.
Ralph Lloyd-Davis
The PIL boxset that has just been released pulled up a rather interesting interview with John Lydon. Allegedly this was recorded by the BBC but never aired back in 1978 when the interview was broadcast, where the Sex Pistols frontman discusses his take on how Jimmy Savile was a total wrong-un and was on his personal hit list.
It seems that Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger was also on Lydon’s kill list. This interview is a must listen. Press play.
Element Europe have finally rolled out their full new video ‘Hold It Down‘ today with new sections from Nassim Guammaz, Karsten Kleppan, Ross McGouran plus Madars Apse, Phil Zwijsen, Michael Mackrodt, Ruben Rodrigues and Guillaume Mocquin.
Get this one stoked up for when you have 24 minutes spare and read our review of this flick here.
The launch of a new skate park built in the Northamptonshire town of Daventry is coming this weekend. After many hard years of meetings, petitioning and fundraising, the £135,000 project is finally going ahead, to the relief of many of the local crews of skaters.
Designed by Wheelscape, we know this park is going to be a cracker, as they have previously delivered with such great parks as the Radlands Plaza in Northampton, Victoria Park in London and the scooter-unfriendly Oxford Wheels Project park to name a few.
The park features a stair set with a rail and hubba, manual pad, pyramid bank, a step up and what looks like a killer selection of quarter-pipes and other transitional elements. The design received plenty of input from locals, which can be seen from the tribute to the brick ‘Volcano’ in this design.
The park will open officially this Saturday July 13th between midday and 2pm at New Street Recreational Ground, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4BT
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A new London based skate video formely known as the Grey video has taken its first dip onto the web this morning. The Eleventh Hour production, filmed and edited by Jacob Harris, will have footage of Nick Jensen, Luka Pinto, Tom Knox, Kevin Lowry, Sylvain Tognelli, Arthur Derrien, Daniel Clarke and Chris Jones, plus many more filmed over the last year.
This is the first of 4 trailers, this debut features Lowry on the line. Look out for more soon.
Cian Eades and Gav Coughlan join a host of Spanish and Texan skaters on this new Texalona friends edit today. The full production was put together by Jordan Standley mixing the two worlds together. Watch the trailer below for more.
It does what it says on the tin. 15 tricks with the Barrier Kult warrior ahead of the Heroin ‘Video Nasty’ DVD hitting your local skate shop this month. Get hyped.