The Lifeblood team were in town throughout August and were taken to the Dartmoor fullpipes. Watch Mason Merlino, Kevin Kowalski, Cody Lockwood and Frank Faria getting dizzy thanks to Trawler and Ben Lawer.
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Watch Scale of Radness!
Carhartt and Lovenskate joined forces for a 10 days trip to the Isle of Man to celebrate the Scale of Radness! On board were Julian Furones, Igor Fardin, Rob Smith, Joe Gavin, Bertrand Trichet, Stu Smith, Andy Skillen, Alex Parton, Matt Ranson and Ewen Bower. Filmed and edited by Joe Gavin and additional filming by Rob Smith.
Kick off your week with David Gonzales‘ new full section that has more Bollocks than the Sex Pistols. This ridiculous six minutes of mayhem from Flip’s hammertime pro has the full monty, including doubles with none other than Christian Hosoi.
Press play for Possessed To Skate.
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Wake up to the news this morning that 13 video edits stuffed full of Essex pride are awaiting your vote for the annual Lords of the Swords vote. The votes are piling in right now. Don’t miss this one.
All of the teams involved have made it through to the finals of this year’s video comp and chosen by the amount of points they picked up from the book of challenges. As a result, there are 2 comps being voted for online this week. One with the the top 10 of the main LOTS comp and a pro comp with 3 teams, one winner.
Get yourself over here and watch an array of footage, some of them featuring the likes of Nick Remon, Alan Rushbrooke, Mikey Joyce, Carl Wilson and many more.
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Lords of the Swords 2012 vote!
The Essex skate scene spent a full weekend from the 24th-26th August skating all over their county to tick the boxes of many tasks set for this year’s skate video comp that is the one and only Lords of the Swords. Over 20 teams hit the road this year proving just how popular this comp has become.
These videos you see here are the nominated teams that are into the grande finale. To make it clear, 10 teams are in the main comp and 3 teams are in the Pro Comp. Yes, there will be two winners from this week’s chaos. Don’t forget to vote for both comps.
If you don’t know how this works then listen up, it’s very easy. Watch the videos below and vote for your favourite video edits by ‘liking’ them. The team video with the most’likes’ will be crowned Lords of the Swords 2012 on Saturday 29th September at 7pm. Sit back, watch the entertainment, share the videos online and get voting!
It is being reported in America this morning that Beastie Boy rapper Adam Yauch left a legacy to his love of skateboarding 2 months before he died in March this year and sketched the lyrics to the Beastie’s tune “Bodhisattva Vow” across 3 decks.
The one-off series comissioned by Bucky Lasek is said to be auctioned on November 29th alongside many other musicians that include Ben Harper, Paul McCartney and Tom Petty whose lyrics etched into decks will go on sale to raise money to build skateparks in low income areas across the pond for the Tony Hawk Foundation.
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Lords of the Swords gallery 2012
The local skate scene of Essex congregated for the Lords of the Swords film challenge a few weeks ago. The weather worked out, the teams registered their shit and hit the road with a booklet full of challenges. Next week we will bring you the video vote so one winner can pick up the honour and of course the most amazing trophy known to British skateboarding but for now, whilst the videos are uploading, enjoy some photos thanks to Kevin Broadbent.
The Team bags ready to be handed out.
D-Team getting there’s before the madness ahead.
And we’re off!
First tricks at the bar…
Mikey Joyce was still pissed from the night before and had to be carried for the team photo.
Mr Joyce seemed to have sobered up enough by the evening.
Filming going down at Silver End.
Essex’ very own Alex Diss doing what he does best (being a dick).
Charlie Munro gets stuck into Urbside.
Dumow Gap challenged by Mikey Joyce.
Dan Wisbeach gets down in Urbside.
A rare photo of Salmon skating with his clothes on.
Mikey Joyce completes another mission, over the doorway at RampRage.
VIDEOS WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK!
BaySixty6 Skatepark is now open and will host it’s first event on Saturday 29th September. The annual Nandos Xperimental jam will be held from 12-4pm, entry is £7 with free meals and skate comps during the afternoon alongside guest UK riders from various skate co’s.
Share the flyer here.
Jono Atkinson’s 2nd trailer for his nearly completed documentary “Over Ply Wood” went live last night. The documentary in the making tells some of the story of the history of skateboarding in Swansea, Wales over the years featuring many skaters who have shredded its many famous spots over the years.
Jono has spent the last few months interviewing all of the skaters involved in the film so expect some fantastic memoirs to come from this. We will bring you the full feature once he sends it all over.
Over Ply Wood 2nd trailer from Jono on Vimeo.
Fraser Clarke from Newcastle will be waking up to the news that he won the Guy Mariano signed Girl deck and new Lakai’s this morning. This is Fraser getting stuck into the coping, probably at his local concrete park.
Our latest comp is live and features a Death Skateboards package. Your photo could be here next month. Get in it, to win it.
