The new skatepark in Market Harborough that we saw under construction a while back whilst getting the train to skate Nottingham is open and looks worthy of a shred. Built by the good fellas of Maverick the new park replaces the legendary concrete spot that has seen some amazing sessions over the years with new, exciting transitions and lines.
Watch our good friend Jono roll round and show you its curves from this weekend and let us know what the park is like in the comments below if you have skated it.
You can find this at Bellfields Recreation Ground, Bellfields Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8AB. Click here for a map.
Chocolate Team riders visited Central America for some demos recently. Watch the outcome featuring Chico Brenes, Stevie Perez, Elijah Berle, Raven Tershy, Vincent Alvarez, Kenny Anderson, Brian Anderson, Cory Kennedy and Rick McCrank in Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica.
The Gnargore lads from the West Midlands are back with another scene video this summer called Kickflip and and Friends scheduled to premiere on June 22nd at the Custard Factory cinema in Birmingham. A new pocket cam video blog has appeared over the weekend
Superdead’s Chris Oliver was invited to DC Embassy for a session to get amongst it with the best of Europe. Watch the full session here and get voting for the UK contingent tomorrow. Click his ginger locks for the footage.
The time is nearing when a significant contingent of English punk fans will de-camp to Meerhout in Belgium for Europe’s premier punk festival GROEZROCK.
Scheduled for the end of April, the event will see the cream of the crop descend on a field in the sleepy village of Meerhout once more. A mixture of old-school punk stalwarts (including Rancid), re-united greats (including Refused) and up-and-coming buzz bands (including The Menzingers) will play on a number of stage over two days.
Having become regular attendees of the festival, Winegums is excited to get over there again this year. Here is the Crossfire rundown of some top picks at the festival. It’s pretty hard to narrow them down, mind.
28th APRIL
Yellowcard
Currently working on a new album, Yellowcard make a welcome return to Europe for select performances this Spring, Groezrock being one of them. Bouncy, violin-embellished pop-punk to get everyone singing along.
Lifetime
Reformed hardcore legends will be bringing the old-skool to Groezrock this year. Expect stage diving and lots of it.
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Consistently legendary in their festival performances, let’s hope this particular set is lacking in human shit.
Set Your Goals
Best served with sunshine, Set Your Goals’ unique dual-vocalled brand of pop-punk will hopefully bring out the good weather in Belgium this time around.
None More Black
Continuing Groezrock’s theme of booking cult acts on their inimitable bill, None More Black will be showcasing frontman Jason Shevchuk’s unique gruff vocals leading punk rock fun for festival-goers across the event.
The Wonder Years
Literary references and wry autobiographical anecdotes abound in your average Wonder Years set but you can count on their delivery being anything but average. The most fun of fun pop-punk bands. Without the dumb lyrics.
Gallows
Now on the road with new vocalist Wade McNeil, formerly of Alexisonfire fame, Gallows will serve up their usual vigorous 1-2 punch of rock and roll hardcore, no doubt.
I Am The Avalanche
Following the release of last year’s astonishingly brilliant ‘Avalanche United’, I Am The Avalanche continue their campaign to play in Europe as much as humanly possible with their Groezrock slot. Get ready for fists in the air and rousing singalongs.
The Menzingers
Having just released their critically lauded album ‘On The Impossible Past’, The Menzingers have a lot to live up to. We’re convinced their live set at Groezrock will be the perfect festival event.
29th APRIL
Refused
What can we say? One of the comebacks of the year, this is surely the most highly anticipated set of the festival. When those first notes of New Noise ring out, all hell is going to break loose.
Thrice
Sadly this will be their last turn on European soil as the band announced their decision to call it quits at the end of last year. Make sure you don’t miss out on seeing one of the best bands to emerge in the last decade.
Gorilla Biscuits
More classic hardcore on the bill here, these guys are sure to be a popular draw of the festival! “Let’s Start Today” please.
Hot Water Music
With an amazing new album on the way, HWM will undoubtedly be premiering new material but you can be sure they’ll be bringing out the classics too. Maybe even that Bouncing Souls cover that they pulled out at Reading fest last year?
The Bronx
The Bronx never ever disappoint. 100 % always a must see band for optimal smiles and party potential.
The Dangerous Summer
For something rather more mellow, head to The Dangerous Summer’s set. You’ll find expertly crafted melodies oozing with heartfelt sentiment.
It’s been another busy week out there so here’s the round up of the highlights.
Firstly, the winter video comp has over 4000 votes. Have you voted yet? There are 12 edits here to watch, get stuck in.
The best edits of the last week in news start on home soil with the Death team and friends shredding a mini ramp and Dicks bowl. The San Homies edit saw Marc Sucui, Raemers and more feature in an amazing montage. John Rattray’s edit of Joe Pease made the homepage and is my personal favourite whilst Albert Nyberg blew up the Embassy with some incredible skating. Will he go through on the 24th April? There will be a vote there too.
Ice T and Ishod Wair collab’d for Real on a new deck run this week whilst Fos had Jason Dill in the studio for some more music and banter. Rob Smith has been hanging out in LA. His photo blog feature got bigger as of yesterday and did his tattoo collection.
New UK skatepark designs have dominated this week’s news with The Level in Brighton releasing whopping plans for the future. Guildford’s Stoke Park will be resurrected down in Surrey with a new layout from Wheelscape and Saffron Walden’s faultless Dreamland built park has raised eyebrows this week with a monster snake run mock up. Debate them all in the comments sections below the designs.
The European branch of DC spent some time in the Canary Islands and came back with an edit. Watch Madars Apse, Jatta, Wes Kremer and Antony Lopez in this new clip.
The locals of Saffron Walden are salivating over the prospect of the current park being extended in the future. The images below are the very first thoughts from Billy Coulon from Evergreen Skateparks in the US, one of the original Dreamland team who built the existing park.
Let us know you thoughts on the rough sketch as in idea so that the people behind One Minet Park can read them.
Chocolate Team riders visited Central America for some demos recently. Watch the outcome featuring Chico Brenes, Stevie Perez, Elijah Berle, Raven Tershy, Vincent Alvarez, Kenny Anderson, Brian Anderson, Cory Kennedy and Rick McCrank in Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica.
The time is nearing when a significant contingent of English punk fans will de-camp to Meerhout in Belgium for Europe’s premier punk festival 
Ben Loates has the most watched trick online this week. Or will have. Captured by David Loy.
It’s been another busy week out there so here’s the round up of the highlights.
The European branch of DC spent some time in the Canary Islands and came back with an edit. Watch Madars Apse, Jatta, Wes Kremer and Antony Lopez in this new clip.
Get inspired and start planning a local new skate spot. Anti-Hero’s Tony Miorana leads the way in this latest video blog.
