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“I’m quite interested in fashion, drawing, and girls.” Ben Nordberg shares his skate prodigy tips with Topman this week.
This shit is indeed kray. Callum Loomes has put so many web edits together over the last 3 years that if you searched this site you could fill an afternoon of entertainment featuring the Leicester and Notts scenes and way beyond under the Get Lesta moniker. It’s healthy to see that a full length is almost complete and scheduled to premiere at the Boardroom Skatepark on Friday October 26th where the full length What’s Cookin’ will all be revealed.
Check the trailer and expect sections from Kelley Dawson, Joe Marks, Will Golding, Timmy Garbett, Shehzad Jaffer, Mike Simons, Eric Thomas, Luke McManus, Sam Taylor and Kris Vile.
This is the most tragic news you will ever read on here coming straight from the blog of the Skateistan camp in Afghanistan. Our thoughts go out to all of the people connected with the project, family and friends as this news is totally unjust and heart breaking to even write on here today.
“On the morning of Saturday September 8th a suicide attack in Kabul claimed the lives of a number of young Afghans. The bomb was detonated outside of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) HQ, where many of the street working children of Kabul sell trinkets, scarves and chewing gum to help support their families.”
“We are very sad to learn that of the six young children confirmed to have passed away, four of them were students, volunteers and youth leaders at Skateistan, who were well-loved and well-known faces for the entire team in Kabul. It is therefore with great pain and heavy hearts that we share our memories of children who were not just victims of senseless violence, but also beautiful human beings who will never be forgotten by their teachers, peers, co-workers, students, friends or family.
Read the full story here.
Photo: Mohammad Eeza (age 13, left)– As one of the original Skateistan students, Eeza joined lessons at the Mekroyan fountain in 2009 before the skatepark was built, along with his younger brother Subhanullah. His teachers remember him as an enthusiastic and keen young student at Skateistan.
The brand new Bay Sixty 6 Skatepark is opening this Saturday 15th September with what looks to be a memorable event that will see the Nike SB team in attendance to open her with a bang.
Justin Brock, Wieger Van Wageningen, Theotis Beasley, Sean Malto, Fernando Bramsmark, Korahn Gayle, Neil Smith, Chris Jones, Jak Pietryga, Joey Pressey, Daniel Kinloch are all confirmed to skate the park on the opening day.
in related news Kyron Davis who learnt to skate at BaySixty6 after school is now on Nike SB. Check out Wieger Van Wageningen in this clip filmed last week at the park and look forward to this weekend.
Click here to see the transformation of the skatepark from the day the first ramps were demolished until now in our ongoing feature.
BaySixty6 re-opening Times:
Free public skate session: Saturday 15th September, 3.00 – 8.00pm
Nike Skateboarding team demo: Saturday 15th September, 5.00 – 7.00pm
General public reopening: Sunday 16th September (charges apply)
In honor of DGK’s new Josh Kalis and Stevie Williams Love Park decks, DGK decided to interview Mike Blabac and Bill Strobeck who were highly instrumental in documenting that era. This video pretty much sums how raw the Josh and Stevie combo at Love was better than anything else.
Jeff Grosso dedicates his Loveletters to those who have died across the 30 years that he has been skating.
Chaos aficionado and all round top skater, Matt Pritchard had to check himself into a Swedish hospital this weekend and cancel European shows due to a serious injury. Before you start thinking that this could probably been caused by him nailing his knackers the wrong way to a table, a new tattoo on his leg managed to get badly infected and swelled up leaving him in serious pain following his latest test in the Iron Man challenge.
Full story here but if you are reading this Matt, get well soon from all here at Crossfire.
The hallowed spine ramp at Meadow Lane, Oxford gets torn to pieces by a 20 tonne digger to make way for the new skate park. Somtimes you have to take the pain to move your local spot forward. Wheelscape will make hearts and minds feel much better very soon. Scroll down the page for the new plans.
James Harris captured the highlights from the annual “Big Three” Competition at the Lloyds Amphitheatre this weekend. Korahn Gayle took the honours again and £1000 for his NBD skills. Press play to catch up on what went down with skating from Shaun Currie, Jason Lewer, Josh Arnott, Caradog Emanuel, Sean Smith, Pete Adams, Ollie Lock, Phil Parker, Korahn and many more.
Lloyds Big Three Competition 2012 from James Harris on Vimeo.