The brand new Blueprint Skateboards team has been announced today. Pro riders are Mike York, (we never saw that one coming) and Ignatio Morata and ams are Luke Hampton, Josh Love, Cameron Wetzler, Marcuss Carr. You can see their new deck range here.
Ex- Blueprint riders Paul Shier and Nick Jensen announced their new team and skateboard company today too. Read about their new venture here.
This team video dropped today and we have to say that it’s one of the weirdest three minutes you will see this year. Everything BP built over so many years is now something completely different. The music in this edit says it all.
Insane is back! The original, the best! Ged Wells launched Insane back in 1984 and has returned with that classic strawberry logo that made it so famous back in the day. Pick yourself up a one-of-a-kind Insane Classic Mug this week. It comes packaged in a hand screen printed Strawberry repeat presentation box and sealed and delivered by Ged himself.
Paul Shier and Nick Jensen’s new skateboard company has been revealed as Isle Skateboards today. Chris Jones is their 6th and final rider alongside previously announced team riders Sylvain Tognelli (who is pro), Jon Nguyen and Tom Knox.
In an interview today Nick Jensen explains the meaning of the name Isle: “We are thinking of it in terms of an independent piece of land that is related to a larger part. In the way that each skater has their own uniqueness that relates to the team as a whole…”
Download their Spring/Summer 2013 lookbook here and take in what’s in your local skate shop this Spring.
Online streaming rights have been picked up for the Skateopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy movie today. This movie is one of the gnarliest tales about a skate commune in Ohio run by the one and only Brewce Martin. This is a must watch so get the teas on and get ready for total anarchy.
Dephect’s Curtis Jehsta ends the week with three minutes of skating in Barcelona. Press play for a journey around the city under blue skies. It’s coming soon UK, soon.
James Harris released a bench session with Nicky Howells, Andy Coleman, Jason Lewer, Josh Arnott, Ian Devine and Brownie at College Green in Bristol overnight. Perfect Blues is out now.
Welcome to The Men‘s first promo video for their latest single “I Saw Her Face“. It’s an old school affair and does a cracking job of introducing you to the new sound they have rolled out on their latest album.
the album is called ‘New Moon’ and we managed to pick it up at their live show this week so expect a review soon. Oh, and before you click play, don’t expect anything like what’s on ‘Leave Home’, this lot are like Ween and on the move soundwise like nobody else out there right now.
It’s been a while since we have plugged Witchcraft Skateboards on here so here’s the footage to fill the gap. Arbel Samsonov has footage filmed on HI-8 online today filmed at various bowls, street spots, vert holes and more.
The Men / Parquet Courts
The Relentless Garage, London
March 19th
New York quartet Parquet Courts are creating quite a healthy little buzz for themselves at the moment and it’s not hard to see why. They were the ‘band everyone was talking about’ at SXSW this year and tonight they face a crammed to capacity Garage as they swagger out onstage to confront a London crowd eager to see what all the fuss is about. And they take it calmly in their stride. Parquet Courts are effortlessly cool, brooding with a Velvet Underground menace, a spiky Mark E Smith snarl and wailing Pavement-esque out of tune guitars, they are minimal, jagged and have some excellent songs hidden amongst the noise and snarl. You’re going to be hearing a lot from this band this year.
Whilst Parquet Courts are rigid and tight, The Men couldn’t be set further apart. The Men are lose, raw, wild, explosive and all over the fucking place. In short, The Men are utterly life-affirming and incredibly exciting to watch. Live, like their recorded output, they swerve wildly from and between abrasive noise punk, Neil Young country-tinged rock, wild psychedelia, melodic grunge and everything in between. The Men pay no heed to rules. This is music flowing freely for a multitude of influences. They’re like the 13th Floor Elevators meets Spacemen 3 meets The Wipers meets Mudhoney meets Neil Young meets Black Flag and it sounds so good it makes you want to hold your breath and detonate. The Men are utterly thrilling. Grab the first chance you get to see them live.