The scooter problem in the UK has forced the skateboard community of Midsomer Norton to make a short documentary on the problem they are facing at their local park. Remember the build up to the opening jam back in August 2010 and the elation this skatepark gave the locals? It seems that this sentiment has long passed and has now been replaced with the words Death of their local skate park instead from this recent docu put together by Lewis Jelley.
The question is, what problems do you have at your local park and how do you tackle them? Is this problem just discipline based? Is the obvious answer actually teaching kids how to respect others around you at a skate park instead of just shouting at them? Is it a case of they are so young they don’t actually listen? How long will it be until there are hundreds of skaters at your park instead once these kids realise skateboards are actually the way forward. Will you still get a run when this happens? By building so many concrete parks are skateboarders naturally enjoying being pushed back into the streets where skateboarding belongs?
So many questions, but only you hold the answers.
Superdead Skateboards have released 2 videos this week from a recent trip to Bilbao. The first features Andy Scott, Eddie Belvedere, Harry Lintell, Denis Lynn, Nick Remon, Awadh Mohammed, Mark ‘Tbag’ Murray, Ben Rowles, Chris Barrett and Jirka Bulin skating parks, the second in the streets.
Check out the latest concrete parks built by Wheelscape in East Grinstead and Eastbourne as Russ Heideman, Matt Popek, Harry Slater Mckenzie and Matt ‘Boyo’ Williams session them for you.
Dagger Ditch gets rinsed by Lizard King, John B abd Phil Ladjanski for Lowcard. Looked like a fun session went down.
Swedish hardcore band Refused stole the show at Download festiival this weekend and announced that they will play UK gigs this August in London (12th) and Manchester (14th). Talking about the trip ahead, Refused say: “The Queen just had her Jubilee, Download’s happening this weekend and now we’re extremely happy to announce that we will be playing a couple of club shows in the UK in August. London and Manchester be ready. WE ARE NOT FUCKING DEAD.”
More fresh footage from John Rattray has dropped onto the Predatory Bird within the last week covering many aspects of skateboarding that goes down in his life. Sit back and enjoy more goodness from Scotland’s finest.
Quicksand reformed for a show in NY last week and ripped it up by all accounts. 
Ludo Azémar’s new film Color Your Memories has been released online this weekend. The 37 minute production shot over two years in European features Alex Richard, Sylvain Tognelli, Valentin Bauer, Guillaume Dulout, Sean Hanley and Remy Taveira. Get the teas on and press play.
Loving Max Schaaf’s bike stories in this recent clip…