This year’s Crossfire Xmas Jam will celebrate its 10th Anniversary at BaySixty6 skatepark on Saturday December 15th. Expect a full day of the best skateboarding in the UK to celebrate a decade of bringing the skate scene together in the cold winter months.
Guest teams and the full schedule will be announced very soon, but for now, put the date in your dairy and look forward to a seriously fun day out in the capital.
We will see you at the all-new Bay66 for the Crossfire Halloween Massacre on Saturday 27th October which will feature an all day open jam in the new park and a Zombie Bowl Comp- the very first bowl session that the bay will receive since it re-opened.
It was 5 years ago that most of the people present tonight last stepped through the doors of the Trinity Pub. I’m pretty sure a police car was stolen, broken bottles were awash on the floors, punk rock throttled the speakers and the Death family unleashed the killer DVD,’Better Than Life’. Since then, a lot has changed. As Zorlac said in his opening speech tonight: “…some good shit and bad shit has gone down in between”. Tonight though, is all about one great feat: The unveiling of ‘Ordinary Madness’.
Mark Nicolson and Jake Shunt amongst others have worked hard to get this new Death Skateboards film out. The new wave of ams are getting better and better, making the pro’s up their game to keep their names on the wood.
Tonight in Harrow, most of the team are present and many of them annihilated by the end of the night. Even Richie Jackson, Matt Pennington and Patrick Melcher were in attendance straight off of flights from across the pond. This crew make a lot of effort and as a result, make a lot of others happy with very little politics or skateboard industry bullshit. You get what you see and you are either in our you’re out with Death, and that is to be commended.
Big shouts to all involved including Monster who provided the liquour, Wonk Unit and Meansteed, the two bands that played on the night and all who turned up to see the good ship Death sail once again. Other premiere dates and demos can be found here.
Zorlac opens proceedings…
Even Richie Jackson jetted in from across the pond!
It’s all down to these lads…
The party started….
Yep, Stalker was on fire…
Adam Moss practised his porno moves…
Rob Smith turned up as the Green Cross Code bloke from the 70’s…
The Welsh were there in force as usual.
Benson and Bain. Legends together.
Styley and Moggins ponder whose section was best.
Is that Steve Crawford peeping through the gap?
Matt Pritchard loves Pickle Porter’s.
Dinosaur Pile Up?
Brighton were in the house.
Wonk Unit punked it.
And some…
Zorlac unleashed his new Death extra-hand, shoulder jewellery.
This was the third shot I had to take from this lot!
Richie Jackson after 6 pints of Stella.
The OG’s.
Blog that you little biatch!
The smell of Sheffield was in the air.
Melcher was ready to box Denver’s Matt Pennington – btw, he’s a fucking ripper!
Snuff photo…
Nowik was in the house!
Meansteed rocked the bar.
“Hey You!”
“Clap like you are at Wembley!”
Steak’s face says it all. Meansteed ripped.
It was so emotional that these punks swapped tongues.
Zorlac was in fine form!
Essex represented!
The tattooists were out too!
The Trinity owner should receive medals for allowing this to happen.
Good to hear that Mike’s injury is on the mend.
Tamar!
ORDER IT FROM YOUR LOCAL SKATE SHOP TODAY AND LOOK OUT FOR A FULL FEATURE WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM DISCUSSING THE MAKING OF ‘ORDINARY MADNESS’ ON HERE VERY SOON.
Following the premiere of the new Death Skateboards movie ‘Ordinary Madness’, the Death family have released three new pro decks this week, all made from strong, 7-ply Canadian maple. Rob Smith’s new Wonderland deck comes in at 8″, Benson has a brand new 8.25″ beast and Boots rolls out his latest Blob III. These are all available from your local skate shop right now.
As lines go, this one is Robbie Fowler size. John Getz rolls out line of the week without a doubt. Treflip lateflip and hardflip lateflip madness explained by filmer Nigel Alexander.
The hangovers will be on an 8+ this morning across Harrow following the filth and the fury that is tradition amongst the Death Skateboards fam on premiere night. Due to demand, their brand new ‘Ordinary Madness‘ film outed itself across 5 screens at the Trinity, screening to a packed house that was full of faces, new and old, including most of the am and pro teams, liggers, locals, punks and beautiful degenerates.
The night was messy, the film was ace, look out for a gallery feature at some point today but lastly – well done to Zorlac, Mark Nicolson and Jake Shunt for working their arses off for the last 5 years to unleash this one.
Look out for various team riders and the film on tour at the following dates:
Put the 5th of November in your dairy if you are a fan of Patrick Wallner’s travel edits. ‘Meet the Stans’ documents the journey of a group of various skateboarders traveling along the ancient Silk Road traversing China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
On the road were Dave Bachinsky, Jimmy McDonald, Laurence Keefe, Dan Zvereff, Stas Provotorov, Gosha Konyshev, Walker Ryan, Kenny Reed and Michael Mackrodt. The results should be a must see.
Enjoy this trailer for now and we will bring you the full feature once it’s live.
The Converse team hit up in Malmö in Sweden and came back with some great footy. Watch this edit featuring Paul Grund, Remy Taveira, Kevin Rrodrigues and Michel Mahringer by Ludovic Azemar.
Herbal Skateboards have released an 18 munite promo this week featuring their team made up of Marcus Payne, Cam Butterworth, Marc SA Carter, Jack Penny and Lloyd Mcleggon. Get the teas on.
The South Coast has yet another skateboard video premiere to cherish this year as Drawing Boards have announced that their much anticipated premiere of ‘Draw The Line’ will be showing on Friday December 14th, the night before the Crossfire Xmas Jam.
This debut full length put together by AD McEvoy and Liam Teague will be shown at the Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Parade Brighton, with parts from Jerry Wilson, Matt Hill, Liam Teague, Elliot Rowe, Jak Tonge, Isaac Miller and newly recruited South African rider Dylan VD Merwe with footage filmed throughout the UK, Czech Republic, Barcelona and Berlin.
Tickets are £4 from Push Skateshop, BYC and Skaterham. Get on it.
This seems to be the week that keeps giving in terms of amazing skate footage. The Diamond Bowl gets ravaged by Raven Tershy, Vincent Alvarez, Rick McCrank, Scott Johnston, Robbie Russo, Elijah Berle, Eric Koston and more.
This year’s Crossfire Xmas Jam will celebrate its 10th Anniversary at BaySixty6 skatepark on Saturday December 15th. Expect a full day of the best skateboarding in the UK to celebrate a decade of bringing the skate scene together in the cold winter months. 
As lines go, this one is Robbie Fowler size. John Getz rolls out line of the week without a doubt. Treflip lateflip and hardflip lateflip madness explained by filmer Nigel Alexander.
The Converse team hit up in Malmö in Sweden and came back with some great footy. Watch this edit featuring Paul Grund, Remy Taveira, Kevin Rrodrigues and Michel Mahringer by Ludovic Azemar.
This seems to be the week that keeps giving in terms of amazing skate footage. The Diamond Bowl gets ravaged by Raven Tershy, Vincent Alvarez, Rick McCrank, Scott Johnston, Robbie Russo, Elijah Berle, Eric Koston and more.