The ongoing and very sad battle that Brighton’s skateboarders are involved in is reaching boiling point as the council there have stuck a cog in their plans of redevelopment by insisting they move into a different area within the park. This has received much opposition from locals as a green area that has been chosen for the new build will obviously be bulldozed and concreted over. The main problems are highlighted here in this recent article by local paper The Argus
View the recent information below and do your bit to secure the future of Brighton’s skate scene and make sure that the locals there get a skatepark at least the same size as the existing area. This city deserves a World class skatepark and nothing less.
The Essex skate scene has unleashed the first dagger to alert skateboarders that this year’s Lords of the Swords skate video comp is set to run on the weekend of 25th August!
Last year, 9 teams put in the effort to shred various spots, tick the boxes on tough challenges and film their edits as best possible at various Essex street spots, parks and more. Over the bank holiday weekend of 25th and 26th of August, the scene down there will be on the road and we will be covering the updates as they drop and of course, we will bring you the all of the videos for you to vote a winner.
Watch last year’s videos here and get hyped on what’s coming.
On Friday night the Birmingham and Black Country skate scene were treated to the the latest visual offering from the cult like Gnargore crew entitled ‘Kickflip and Friends’. Before the video was played the 180+ skaters got to have an insight into Tommy D’s Spread Eagle project with a tour diary. Typically for a Gnargore premiere it was rowdy as hell so it was hard to tell what was being said on the screen, but I’m definitely gonna be watching this again when it’s on the internet. Once that was done with some cheering we moved on to the main event. With the standard of skating higher than most expected and some legit production it’s a video that surprised most.
The premiere had some great sponsors for the event who were more than generous donating product to give out. 20 minutes of prize giving to lucky raffle ticket holders followed the screening before the Crown pub was taken over for good vibes and plenty of beer.
Thanks to everyone who came down and made it great. The video is now up for sale at www.gnargore.bigcartel.com and will also be available from Ideal skateshop in Birmingham in the days to follow!
Go Skateboarding Day is here once again so if you are planning to skate today, here’s a few options of events and get togethers that have been made public this year. There will be plenty more so if you have plans in your local area, feel free to list them below in the comments for others to see. Click on the red links for more info where possible and feel free to send your photos and footage to us here if you would like your sessions seen on Crossfire.
Here’s what’s on our radar:
Parlour Skateshop and Lakai Shoes have hooked up for a cruise across London from Mile End to Old Street hitting up 7 spots kicking off at 4.30pm. The first 50 people will receive FREE Lakai tees.
There is also an early morning roll in the bowl at Victoria park, East London planned from 7am. ‘Bring your own breakfast’. I wonder if anyone actually made that one. Shots of sugar puffs on the coping please.
Bay Sixty 6 Skatepark will have their final jam before the refit down here in London tonight from 4.30pm. Nike team riders Sean Malto, Youness Amrani, Lewis Marnell and Wieger Van Wageningen, alongside Fernando Bramsmark, Tim Zom, Chris Jones, Neil Smith, Daniel Kinloch, Joey Pressey and Korahn Gayle will be there for a session. They will also be hitting up spots around London during the day. Keep an eye on the Nikesb twitter to find out where and we will see you here later.
Ramp City Skatepark in Blackpool have a free session planned from 6.30-10pm. It’s also their 10th Anniversary jam, so celebrate this huge milestone of supporting their local scene and get down there to skate.
The Works Skatepark in Leeds have a session planned. Phone the park as their flyer says this is happneing on June 23rd, not today but they have the mini ramp in the yard all up and running, a BBQ going on all day too. For everyone who turns up to our event they also go a Works Go Skate Day t-shirt.
The Space in North Berwick, Scotland have £1 skate sessions from 10am-2pm and 6pm-10pm.
Chichester skateboarders have a get together planned starting at Chichester Skatepark from 4pm, followed by a game of S.K.A.T.E at their multi-storey car park where a death race will take place.
Guildford’s Skateboards have planned a Hill Bomb.
Newquay’s locals are meeting near the bus station to skate various spots in the area.
Worthing’s skateboarders have planned a meet up at Homefield Park at 4pm for an hour session followed by street cruise that will lead to the pier for a game of S.K.A.T.E.
In London, Supra team riders and Slam City Skates staff have teamed up at the shop from 4.30pm and will skate street down to Kennington and give out prizes.
Telford and Wrekin locals will meet up at Telford Magistrates Courts for street sessions localy.
In Southend, there will be a meet at the seafront.
In Peterborough, there’s a session planned at the Meethill Skatepark.
HAVE FUN AND LIST YOUR LOCAL SESSIONS IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.
The good folk at Crayon Skateboards have announced the welcome of Liverpool’s Andy ‘Evs’ Evans to their full team today (not to be confused with Brighton skate flick maker of the same name). Expect a welcome edit next month when this all ‘calm’s down’.
“When I started Freeling a year ago, my main goal was to inspire people to be better than themselves. This film isn’t just about skateboarding, it’s about being strong enough to go against the current. In order to do great things, you must “get out of the box” and go for it. This film is my way of saying, skateboarding has shaped me into the kid that did that exactly. Enjoy the film and I hope everyone, one day, will see the bigger picture. Thank you.” Andrew Lovgren
Blueprint Skateboards are about to roll out a new series into your local skater owned shop this week. Artist Mark Ward came up with the new Big Smoke deck series and wheels for pro riders Shier, Smith, Murawski, Jensen and Brady.
The wheels are new and improved Blurethane shape and urethane. Order one from your local store.
Fancy splashing out on a piece of art that you ‘wood’ want to keep for life? The Girl Skateboard company have rolled out one off original Girl sculpture made by Hershel Baltrotsky, a snip at $300. This collectable art piece is 23″ x 10.5″ and on sale today from the Art Dump store.
Planing on visiting New York soon? If so, make sure you hit up the new improved LES Skatepark that opens this Thursday in Chinatown. It looks amazing. It can be found on Monroe Street under the Manhattan Bridge.
David Reyes is welcomed to the Eswic team this week with some fresh footage alongside team mates Leo Romero, Ed Templeton, Cairo Foster, James Hardy, Stevie Perez and Dakota Servold.
The Essex skate scene has unleashed the first dagger to alert skateboarders that this year’s Lords of the Swords skate video comp is set to run on the weekend of 25th August!
David Reyes is welcomed to the Eswic team this week with some fresh footage alongside team mates Leo Romero, Ed Templeton, Cairo Foster, James Hardy, Stevie Perez and Dakota Servold.