The Emerica team flew into Europe this July to skate demos and spots in Germany, Norway and Finland and came back with some footage for you to wtch today.
Click below for an edit released today featuring Leo Romero, Brandon Westgate, Andrew Reynolds, Bryan Herman, Kevin ‘Spanky’ Long and Jerry Hsu, plus European team riders Eniz Fazliov, Tom Knox, Rob Maatman, Vladik Scholz and Helder Lima.
We are stoked to hear today that the hard working guys at Sidewalk Magazine have completed their full length video this week and have also announced UK premieres. The video itself will have sections from all of the UK’s upcoming talent including Ben Raemers, Harry Lintell, Conhuir Lynn, Nicky Howells, Barney Page, Tom Harrison and Sean Smith, alongside Mark Baines, Nick Remon, Ben Nordberg, Chris Jones, Denis Lynn and appearances from many, many more.
Get your tickets for these sorted as soon as possible as these first viewings are only 2 weeks away.
Saturday 17th September – CUC, Liverpool. 7pm. Pre-premiere session at New Bird from 4pm. Contact www.lostartshop.co.uk for further info
Thursday 22nd September – Prince Charles, London. 6pm. Limited tickets available from www.slamcity.com soon.
Saturday 1st October – T13 Skatepark, Belfast. Pre-premiere jam TBC – keep an eye on the www.bogginzine.com forum for updates.
There will be many more around the UK, so stay tuned to Sidewalk for details. Share these details on your facebook page from the link above.
Ealing Skatepark is finally open thanks to Freestyle finishing the build. The official opening jam event has been confirmed for Sunday 18th September and can be found north of Ealing Broadway, next to the Gurnell Leisure Centre on Ruislip Rd East and the nearest tube station is Perivale. Click here for google maps information and log the postcode, W13 0AL. All info about the day that will run from 10am can be found on the flyer below.
I’m sure it’s safe to say that you’ve all probably already seen the edits and highlights of the brilliant Vans Downtown Showdown skate event that was held in London in August this month. Instead of covering the event trick by trick, we decided to focus on an alternative view with the help of hardworking artist, French as he designed the artwork. So this video series will cover the Showdown itself, a guest pro interview and an insight into French’s daily life as part of our Day In The Life skate art series that will all make sense on Halloween this year.
In the first part of three episodes, we kick off the day in question at French’s gaff by waking up the Antiz guys and heading over to Spitalfields Market to see what went down. Be sure to tune in next week where we interviewed ‘The Mayor of the Piss Drunks’ and Vans pro Dustin Dollin.
Deathgrips are heading to the UK this month and you should not miss this as this project has been one of the most anticipated for a while. Check the dates and the new video for Known For It. Contender for new artist of the year here in the end of year polls for sure.
Sept 25 London(ATP presents)@XOYO
Sept 27-Manchester@ Islington Mill
Sept 28-Leeds(VICE presents) @Nation of Shopkeepers
Sept 29-Glasgow@ Captain’s Rest
Ugly Animals
Ipecac
Climbing out of those skin tight nylon body suits and into yet another punk vehicle, The Locust’s Justin Pearson and Gabe Serbain have been making waves in the hardcore scene with their new band; Retox. Joined by Michael Crain and Thor Dickey on guitar and bass respectively, Retox are a more straight-forward band than we’re perhaps used to from Pearson, but if anything it only goes to make this his most focussed and exciting venture in years.
With a self titled EP already under their belts, Ugly Animals is the band’s debut full length, although calling it that is arguably manipulating the facts. What we have here are a blistering eleven songs in thirteen minutes, tearing through your system with all the energy and swagger of their live show. It’s always a difficult task to capture this kind of riotous enthusiasm on record, but this brisk collection will have you reaching for the play button as soon its run through its modest duration.
The LP has something of Head Wound City feel to it, with Serbian behind the kit again delivering a controlled if still exhilarating performance. While the hooks may be somewhat difficult to pick out at first, with repeated listens this at first record really starts to take its pointed shape. Clocking in at under 15 minutes you’d be a fool not to check out Ugly Animals, which, for our money, is one of the essential hardcore releases of 2011.
Sleekly Lion.
Ipath have released a fantastic documentary on the life and times of long time skateboarder Matt Rodriguez this week. Sole Rebel discusses Matt’s history, the history of Ipath shoes and Matt’s new pro model.
Watch it here and take in where this wonderful company finds its message.
‘Crossfire’
Universal Republic
We hope you understand that we had to do this today. It’s so bad for so many amazing reasons that it deserves Tune of the Day.
They are back with a bang and they are still as awful as ever, Steel Panther‘s new album scheduled for October 18th titled “Ball’s Out” will be stuffed full of 80’s cock rock, so get a taste of what type of cheese they will be rolling down the same hill that hosts the Hollywood sign, with the first installment being ‘Crossfire’.
Jani Laitiala provides some serious entertainment with these Switch Bangers.
Andrew Reynolds won this year’s Maloof Money Cup that has just passed in the US. Watch a video of the Boss from the comp here.