Bath’s Ben Nordberg has spent a month in and out of the Berrics filming a full Recruit section in the park that is scheduled for May 11th. Clickety click to watch the preview.
Author: Zac
As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis has been arrested this week after allegedly trying to hire an undercover detective he believed was a hit man to take out his estranged wife Meggan Lambesis. The Christian lead singer had filed for divorce back in September.
The band made a statement overnight on what must be a very difficult situation.
“To our fans,
As we post this, the legal process is taking its course and we have no more information than you do. There are many unanswered questions, and the situation will become clearer in the coming days and weeks. We’ll keep you informed as best we can.
Our thoughts right now are with Tim, his family, and with everyone else affected by this terrible situation – and with our fans, whom we love and draw strength from.
Thank you for understanding, and as always, for your support of As I Lay Dying.
– Jordan, Nick, Phil, and Josh”
A story has emerged stating a religious nut has taken a serious kick-in from Metal fans this week following the death of former guitarist and Slayer founder Jeff Hanneman.
Allegedly Religious blogger Manfred Peregrine had tweeted that he was going to picket Hanneman’s wake and the burial of his body alongside other faith members. His outbursts apparently caused much offense which led to the Christian right wing protester hospitalised after a savage attack by Slayer fans.
It is reported today that he suffered “several broken bones, a concussion and …a pole shoved in his ass”. Hmmmnn…
Never fuck with Slayer fans and don’t believe the hype.
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Save Southbank Weekend
The bank holiday weekend of May 2013 will always be remembered as Save Southbank’s due to the phenomenal effort involved to keep the flame alive. This came from locals who worked tirelessly to organise the event, the many skaters that have spent hours sessioning the banks there over the last 40 years and passers-by showing their support for our scene at the Undercroft throughout this three day session.
If for some unique reason you have missed what is going on, catch up with the relocation plans that skateboarders have been proposed here and then catch up on a Q&A session with the answers here. In a nut shell, skateboarders feel short changed by the the fact that the skatepark will be knocked down to make way for more retail units due to a huge investment into rebuilding the area in 2014. It is clear that the Southbank Centre look to cash in on what is definitely a prime location which means relocating skateboarders to a new spot under the Hungerford Bridge.
This event to highlight this news was graced by the sun’s rays beaming across the Thames whilst the stereo pumped out tunes to a game of S.K.A.T.E. All heads were held high and most importantly, everyone was there for each other from all sides of the scene. Chewy Cannon was one of many who dedicated a lot of time into the organisation of the weekend. His arms are probably no longer functioning after 72 hours of holding that huge megaphone, but he also found time to douse the new blocks that Chris Oliver and friends had spent time building with his switch skills whilst hitting every wall in sight. These blocks were sessioned hard all weekend by many as you will see in the gallery shots below, and are now added to the many other creatively built objects that have changed the landscape down there allowing new tricks to enter the history books.
This feature is short and for those who live too far away to be present in such an important movement for British skateboarding. If you managed to make time in your busy schedule to put a face in the door this weekend, then our hats are off to you. If you didn’t, take in what you missed and thank the people involved for getting to the heart of the matter and doing something positive, rather than watching it all from Facebook or writing negative blog posts on why people should give up the fight and just take it on the chin.
This is phase one. Do your bit and let everyone know that skateboarders would like their home to stay exactly where it is. We do not need another burger or coffee joint at the Southbank, we don’t need another concrete skatepark built in a new location either, we would just like to take SB back to its roots, clean it up and protect its incredible history. Hopefully, someone, somewhere will one day realise that this shared space means so much to so many people and that the magic created here will never be replicated anywhere else.
Have your say by completing this short survey that conveniently doesn’t mention skateboarders. Over 27,000 signatures had been logged by Saturday afternoon, share/like this feature and ask friends to get involved.
Big thanks to all involved in running this event all weekend, Dan Joyce who filmed these clips below, Session Noisses on the beats, and Gorm (B&W) and Maksim Kalanep for the use of their photos here alongside some of our own.
Visit www.longlivesouthbank.com for all info.
Zac
Enjoy some skating and an overview from Saturday’s event:
Henry Edwards-Wood discusses how this all came together in this short interview shot on Saturday:
The Onion have a hilarious article online this week stating that not one trick has been landed by amateur skateboarders in the last 12 years.
“The report confirmed that not a single ollie, nollie, kickturn, heelflip, frontside 180, backside 180, or fakie has been landed in over a decade. In addition, 100 percent of handrail grinds resulted in subjects landing on their shoulders while nearby acquaintances laughed at them.”
If you have a spare 3 minutes of downtime and need cheering up today, this is for you.
Footage from the Vans Spring Classic comp in Italy has been released overnight. The UK’s Ewen Bower, Josh Young, Chroliver, Ross McGouran and many more were involved in this mini ramp comp on the beach on what looks to be the most fun ramp built yet.
Denmark’s Dannie Carlsen took 3000EUR for overall winning steez with a half-cab blunt 360 flip out and much more. Remember him from our Halloween Massacre last year?, Dutch Champ, Daan Vanderlinden’s frontside nosegrind down the spine also took money, alongide Chris Gregson’s frontside flip disaster backside revert and a frontside noseblunt backside revert from Mason Merlino, Aurelien Giraud and Ivan Federico.
1st Place – Dannie Carlson
2nd Place – Aurelian Giraud
3rd Place Ivan Federico
4th Place – Mason Merlino
5th Place – Chris Gregson
6th Place Vanderlinden
7th Place – Trevor Johnson
8th Place Ross McGouran
9th Place – Danny Leon
10th Place – Josh Young
11th Place – Ewen Bower
12th Place – Juan Antonio Centenro
The mighty Shellac are said to have recorded a new album and are awaiting plans for release. Their 5th album will be made up of “eight or nine songs” and put together over the last seven years. It was 6 years ago that they last blew the cobwebs from our ears so expect more intense tracks with a sick production as usual from Steve Albini and co.
Who knows what label this will come out on now that Touch and Go has been wrapped up, maybe it will be a free download? Check out a fresh interview right here.
A limited run of these tees from Science skateboards have been launched this week. The design is Sam Taylor’s illustration backing the Save Southbank campaign and can be picked up from here.
As Beach parks go, St Kilda’s newest down under looks incredible. Watch the UK’s Sam Beckett, Glifberg, Koston, Caples, Corbin Harris and many more open the park here.
Ash Hall‘s full section from the Perfect Blues DVD has been released to web this weekend. Have you picked up a copy of this yet?