
Birdhouse badman Ben Raybourn absolutely rips on all terrain in this new Thrasher edit. What a way to end a week.

Birdhouse badman Ben Raybourn absolutely rips on all terrain in this new Thrasher edit. What a way to end a week.
Shot and edited by Wes Van Heest, this upbeat 37 minute long player titld In Crust We Trust was filmed across spots in New Jersey with the Stimulus and Stay Stackin’ crews. One for the weekend that comes with a great soundtrack too.
Frenchman Victor Pellegrin has been announced as an official Vans Europe pro team rider this morning. Watch his welcome edit here.
Footage of Chocolate’s Vincent Alvarez in super slomo has been posted to web by one of the filmers working with Ty Evans this week.
Tom Knox has been announced in Paul Shier and Nick Jensen‘s plans this morning as part of their new skateboard company that will be unleashed very soon. Right now, the project name is being kept under lock and key, but it looks likely that three more team riders will be announced over the next month. Who will be next?


Flip Skateboards rolled out a sick new deck series this morning featuring the artwork of New York graphic artist/illustrator Jon Contino. Watch this video and have a closer look at how his sterling work has graced the decks of their pro team with art direction from Jeremy Fox.
Flip x Jon Contino Collab from FLIP SKATEBOARDS on Vimeo.




The Melvins have announced that they will be visiting London in May to play two nights at Brixton Electric. The first night on Sunday 19th May will see the band perform ‘Lysol’ and ‘Houdini’ albums in their entirety followed by a night of ‘Bullhead’ and ‘Stoner Witch’ the following night on Monday 20 May.
Tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 1st March and are available from livenation or ticketmaster.
The band are set to release a covers album on April 29th titled ‘Everybody Loves Sausages’ via Ipecac Recordings with sludge versions of Queen’s ‘Best Friend’, The Kinks’ ‘Attitude’ and Roxy Music’s ‘In Every Dream Home’.
Visit www.themelvins.net for more info.
Volcom are the latest brand to enter the footwear market this week and have launched a series of what look to be skate and lifestyle models for men and women with Puma’s help for you to have a gander at. There’s no doubt that if they are on par with the quality of their clothing range then these should be fantastic. The proof is in the pudding though so look out for them on your travels once they are in the public domain and in the meantime check out this preview.

Harry Lintell got a session in at BaySixty6 this month.
Matt Ransom has some raw unseen footage online today courtesy of Al Hodgson’s hard drive clean out. This was shot for the ‘South’ video by Max King a couple years ago that never materialised, so enjoy it whilst it escapes to web.