Us Crossfire folk are big on playing darts here so this little nugget was welcomed, especially when Eric Koston is involved.
Watch this Off The Grid video feature and find out what location Koston is sent to skate from the board here.
Author: Zac
After completing a 10,000 Kilometer journey from Moscow to Hong Kong, Patrik Wallner is proud to present the continuation of the trail around the Asian peninsula with “The Mandalay Express“.
The route from south Vietnam to northern Myanmar is followed by Casey Rigney, Geng Jakkarin, Dan Zvereff, Kenny Reed, John Tanner, Laurence Keefe and Denny Pham. This skateumenatry style shot film displays the skateboarding and adventures of an one month journey through the exotic Southeast Asia.
DVD release is planned for Autumn 2011, stayed tuned.
We have a Bank Holiday classic for you to watch today featuring a skateboard comp filmed back in 1978. Press play to see how comps have evolved over the years and take note of those single matresses AND helmets to protect those who dare.
Too funny for words. Have a great day off.
When Don Brider‘s birthday comes round you skate ’till you puke down South. Enjoy this mini ramp footage of Greg Nowik and co accompanied by tunes from Bad Brains and Subhumans from the Donz’ celebration and learn more about one of the UK’s skate legends here from the Reskue blog.
Today we are celebrating the launch of the new summer catalogue from Superdead Skateboards with a huge package of brand new product for one lucky winner.
In the next month, one lucky person will be shredding the brand new Trash Series designed by God Machine with 3 pro decks (yes 3!) from Andy Scott, Jimmy Boyes and Eddie Belvedere plus a set of 54mm Viper Wheels, a B-Movie t-shirt and a set of Craptonite bolts!
To enter, answer the question below and don’t forget to like the Crossfire Facebook page as we will contact you if you win via Facebook only to let you know you have won on Monday June 27th.
Find Superdead’s page whilst you are there too!
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Flogging Molly will embarking on Europe in June and playing a one off exclusive, sold out show at the Garage in London on June 29th following their performance at Glastonbury Festival.
The band will be playing a set of classics amongst songs from their new album ‘Speed of Darkness‘ that is released on Monday 30th May so this is the last chance to get into that show with your best mate and also to take home signed albums and tee shirts for you and a friend. You can pick up the new album here.
To enter, answer this question below and don’t forget like the Crossfire Facebook page as we will contact you via Facebook only to let you know you have won on Monday June 20th.
You can also join Flogging Molly’s facebook page here!
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It’s Brandon Westgate‘s turn to share his B-sides with us today so sit back and take in 12 minutes of goodness from Emerica’s brightest talent.
If you our interview with Brandon in April then click here for the feature.
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ACDC Live At River Plate DVD
(Columbia/Sony Music)
“We don’t speak very good Spanish, but we speak rock n’ roll pretty good!” screeches vocalist Brian Johnson, to roars of joy from a 65,000-strong Argentinean crowd that have waited thirteen years for AC/DC’s return to Buenos Aires. Cheesy? Clichéd? Oh please, this is AC/DC; a band for whom any idea of musical evolution has long been pushed aside in favour of a seemingly endless (but fruitful) quest for the ultimate riff. They’ve always been masters of musical economy, and if the likes of ‘Shoot To Thrill’ and ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’ don’t make you dust off your air guitar, you may as well stop reading now.
Pretty much the only surprise on offer here is just how good the band sound after all these years. Long at home in a stadium environment, they know exactly what their audience wants, and following a suitably explosive intro of ‘Rock N’ Roll Train’ (complete with pyro and wrecked locomotive backdrop), the classics come thick and fast. ‘T.N.T.’; ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’; ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ – all of them sounding twice as monolithic as they do on record. At the centre of it all, of course, is lead guitarist and all-round AC/DC icon Angus Young, and tonight he doesn’t disappoint; be it stripping down to his boxers for the sleazy blues of ‘The Jack’, duckwalking along the ego ramp for ‘Hell’s Bells’ or unleashing an impressive solo finale to ‘Let There Be Rock’.
No small credit is due to the Argentinean fans who, at every step, uphold Latin Americans’ reputation for being among the most enthusiastic and devoted rock/metal fans in the world. A handful of them are interviewed on the otherwise fairly redundant ‘Extras’ section of the disc; among them are folks who sport all manner of AC/DC tattoos and have travelled from all over the continent (and beyond) to witness the show. In the excitement stakes, a kid on Christmas morning has nothing on these guys, and as they howl along deliriously to the iconic riff of ‘Back In Black’, you can’t help but wish you’d been there to soak up the atmosphere.
It’s clear that AC/DC’s knack for gut-level, fist-pumping hard rock anthems has rendered them impervious to such trivialities as musical trends or generation gaps. Whether ‘Live At River Plate’ lives up to the band’s classic ‘Live At Donington’ DVD is a moot point, but it does prove that even though these dinosaurs are getting on a bit, it’s still thrilling to watch them go in for the kill.
Alex Gosman
Dischord Records are reissuing two classic singles on May 31 (and available earlier on their website), JAWBOX Jackpot Plus! and RITES OF SPRING All Through A Life.
Both singles have been remastered and come with a digital download when ordered directly from the Dischord website. Get stuck in.
Eric Koston is interviewed today by Dazed and Confused Magazine to discuss his new limited skate shoe that is collab’ed with basketball player Kobe Bryant.
This is Frost’s first signature shoe for Nike which took 15 months to put together. Look out for it released on July 1st in the US.
Click here for the interview and here for new footage of Koston on tour discussing the shoe.