Nick Richards has put together a local edit from Welsh scene a year after the Cardiff Plaza was opened by Gravity featuring Jake Collins, Welsh Tommy, Caradog Emanuel, James Coyle, Barney Page, Sam Thompson, Dan Gambarini, Josh Underwood and many more.
Watch 4 minutes of goodness and if you want more then click here.
Brighton’s locals are holding another jam, this time at The Level with prizes from Flip and Death Skateboards on Saturday 30th July. £2 entry on the day, bargain.
Hemel Hempstead’s Extreme Connexions is now ready to skate. Watch Richie Inskip’s edit from the test session before the doors wee unlocked to the public featuring skating from Carl Wilson, Mark Munson, Lee Blackwell, Tommy Lawson, Mikey Joyce and more.
The internet is riddled with backflips right now. Here’s another one, this time with a 5050 thrown in for good measure and still ugly as hell. Is this the time we call out that skateboarding is moving closer to fruit booting? Give me a backside smith any day of the week.
Ugly as hell but someone did a backflip in the streets…
If you have been stoked on the Format Perspective teasers that have been appearing online this summer then get hyped on the UK screening that has just been announced. Phil Evans’ film that documents the lives and opinions of six European skate photographers will be shown on Thursday 4th August, 8pm, The Wayward Gallery, 47 Mowlem Street, London, E2 9HE in association with Kingpin Magazine and Carhartt.
The Pledge shirt by éS should deal with a British summer on 2 levels. Over the last 3 weeks, the weather has blown, hot, cold, hot, cold and somehow this shirt has sat right in the middle of it all and saved my skin. Due to its 100% cotton lightweight design, this baby blue number has provided warmth when the sun has disappeared and has tackled the heat with the sleeves rolled up with ease.
It comes with a double lining so when you get it out of the wash it doesn’t fall apart and is easy on the iron. It also has minimal branding and a tasty front pocket if you need to stash smokes or cards.
éS have some great lines of clothing out right now and this shirt comes highly recommended this summer. Treat yourself this weekend, you only live once.
‘Helena ‘Legz’ Long‘ now has a deck with her name on it for Rogue Skateboards which is now available to buy at rogueskateboards.bigcartel.com. Her deck is available in 3 sizes – 7.775″, 8″ and 8.125″! The boards are deep concave, 100% Canadian Maple and pressed in the UK by the lovely guys at A Third Foot.
Find the ladies who rip on Facebook and look out for Helena in this month’s Sidewalk Mag that has just been released. The cover is Jamie Thomas and is sick.
Out of Step are having a sample sale this weekend from Friday-Sunday in Brick Lane, London and will have a bunch of deals going down for brands such as Huf, Brixton, 10 Deep, The Hundreds etc. Spread the word and get some bargains.
Thanks to our mate Lindsay for sending this over.
Filmed and edited by Matthew Bromley
Photo: Robert Galpin
If you have seen Paul Parker’s incredible artwork before then you will know that this guy is an art machine fueled by a passion for painting and drawing.
Inspired by childhood fascinations with video games, Toxic High stickers, action figures and packaging along with Classic Mens Adventures magazine covers, Parker has carved out a skill for attention like nobody else in the UK. His illustration work has graced books, exhibitions in Los Angeles and have also been repped on decks for Death, Witchcraft and Superdead Skateboards to name a few, so we decided to knock on his door to see where all of this creative energy is spawned from.
It just so happened that the week we wanted to film, he was shooting an advert with Lovenskate for a new t-shirt design over at Harlow’s concrete hole dressed as a jungle dweller!
Big things are in the works for Paul Parker right now so keep your eyes peeled for news on where his art will take him in the future.