Krooked’s Mark Gonzales hit the road this year and spent some time in Europe.
His new video blog from Paris dropped online overnight so enjoy Gonz Dancing from one of skateboarding’s most animated characters.
Author: Zac
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The Skints
‘PART AND PARCEL’
(Bomber Music)
Four school friends from East London with a shared love of traditional ska, reggae and punk, The Skints delivered a great (and, alas, underrated) debut in 2010’s ‘Live, Breathe, Build, Believe’. ‘Part And Parcel’, though, is a record that won’t be so easily brushed aside – mainly because it’s just too damn good.
They band have come a long way in the last two years, now placing more emphasis on reggae and less on ska-punk. However, the gritty edges haven’t been smoothed over, and the delivery is still razor-sharp; witness singer/guitarist Joshua Waters Rudge’ dazzlingly fast flow on ‘Live East, Die Young’, a catchy yet downbeat tale of local folks who took a few wrong turnings in life and paid the price.
That said, ‘Part And Parcel’ is not all tales of troubled times. Co-vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Marcia Richards deservedly takes centre stage more often, lending her soulful tones to ‘Ring Ring’, a love song laden with tinkling piano and trebly, sctatchy guitar straight out of the ‘60s. Elsewhere, the sweet harmonies and choruses of ‘Lay You Down’ and ‘Can’t Take No More’ will lodge themselves in your head – and you’ll be grateful.
Just like Capdown and The King Blues before them, The Skints are the latest in a long line of great British bands providing a strong message for the mind and a beat for the feet. In particular, if ‘Rub-A-Dub (DoneKnow)’ doesn’t get you dancing, youd be well advised to check your pulse.
‘Part And Parcel’ may owe a lot of its inspiration to the best of Jamaican music, but this is unmistakeably a London record, and easily a contender for one of the best of 2012. The band will be doing a full UK tour in October, and will play several gigs /festivals/other bits n’ bobs in the meantime – check www.theskints.co.uk for more info.
Alex Gosman
Here’s a sneak pic of the new decks that Polar are about to release soon, great graphics by Mr Jakke.
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Creature welcome Willis Kimbel
Creature have a new fiend on their team this week and welcome Willis Kimbel with this new video edit. Get stuck in.
Ben Nordberg has his first full section for Flip Skateboards online today, and it was definitely worth the wait. Click on the below play button to enjoy a fantastic 3 minute section of Bath’s most consistent skater edited by James Gardner. Amazing stuff.
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Slappy Endings
It’s becoming a curb filled week so far. Rob Harris from the Green Diamond has a contender for Edit of the Week with this short film made to remember the good times from a favourite spot named Slappy Cove. Enjoy this tribute celebrating a menagerie of other curbs, both large and small. Go wax a curb and get a session going today.
The Live Bar in Truro, Cornwall has been decided as the host of DC’s ‘Where EU At?’ premiere on June 2nd. See below for details. It will also be online on Friday 15th at the DC website if you can’t make the screening. Put it in your diary.
After 15 years of steering the ship creatively at Blueprint Skateboards, Dan Magee officially left the company last night to persue his career in film. Posting on this on his instagram acount last night, he said:
“A few years ago, I decide to invest a skate business, that I felt would secure my future working in skateboarding and help push Blueprint & its riders forward. Ironically, certain events meant this investment had the opposite effect of my original intentions. As a result, I was not able to work on Blueprint with the same passion I used to have. Although this transition has been ongoing over the past two years, recent events have helped me to decide that it’s time to officially move on from my 15 years as Creative Director at Blueprint and concentrate on ‘the day job’. Thanks and respect to all those who have been involved with Blueprint along the way and all those that had my back when I needed it. Thanks to Paul Shier who continues to run the brand, as he has during my last couple of years on ‘hiatus’. I still hope to film, work in and be involved with skateboarding on a freelance and personal level for years to come.” – Dan Magee
Photo: CN
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Nike SB skate Taiwan
Justin Brock, Youness Amrani and Wieger Van Wageningen traveled to Taiwan with Nike SB’s European riders Marek Zaprazny and Daniel Lebron. They got down to it alright, watch this.
Bristol’s 5050 shop mini ramp gets smoked and blunted by Danny Wainwright in this trippy West Country edit. Look out for a treat at the end too.