Last week we mentioned that Lovenskate had hooked up with Carhartt for a series of boards, tees, teapots and mugs for their Tea-riffic series. A video from their crazy Tea Party has emerged this weekend featuring the one and only teacup bowl that was made for the launch. Watch it below and note that you can now purchase these from the Lovenskate store.
If you have ever met Chris ‘Rhino’ Rooney on your travels as a skateboarder then you would know just why he deserves Black Label’s latest guest board.
The Thrasher photographer and Independent Trucks TM will be celebrating this one all the way to the bar so look out for it on your travels, it’s 8.5″x 32″ with a 14.5″ wheelbase.
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros have released their 3rd video in the 12 video series, SALVO!
Enjoy 40 Day Dream, – more magical music and film from Alex Ebert’s amazing world.
Drawing Boards’ Isaac Miller has rolled out more bangers from his bag of tricks down at the Level Skatepark in Brighton, watch it here.
Dallas Rockvam has some extra footage online this week courtesy of the Antiz Skateboards crew. Enjoy these fine skills from the one they now call Rapvam.
Get Lesta‘s Callun Loomes took his trusty camera with him on a trip to Los Angeles over the last two weeks and came back with a fresh edit of the Ravenous Joe Marks for you to watch. Look out for the new Deathwish am rider Neen Williams in here too.
Words by Henry Edwards-Wood
Photo’s courtesy of Dom Marley
Mark ‘Fos’ Foster one foots London’s most prestigious spot.
This Wednesday (23rd February 2011) saw what will hopefully be the first of many Southbank user meetings at the Royal Festival Hall. The meeting was organised by the Southbank Centre and its aim was to open communications between themselves and the skateboarding community who use the Undercroft area.
Before the meeting I was fearful that we would be told that Southbank was going to be shut down or we were to be relocated to some crappy skate park somewhere else, a fear shared by my fellow SB locals and London skateboarders alike. However the other meeting attendees and I were pleasantly surprised. It seems as though Southbank is here to stay for the foreseeable future, and what’s more the SB authorities have said they will work closely with the skaters to improve the space.
It was established that BMX riders did not care about SB as there was not one present at the meeting. We spoke about the serious injury a BMXer caused a pedestrian last year and voiced how BMXers are dangerous and ignorant and should have no place in the Undercroft (as it used to be). The skateboarders were also quick to ask why graffiti had been allowed to take place in Southbank for the past four years. The organisers had no idea that we objected to the graffiti, in fact they thought we loved it as it was part of the “urban culture” that everyone so easily pigeon holes us into. The meeting organisers, Julia Sawyer and John Gray were very receptive to these revelations and have vowed to address the graffiti situation as well as to look at banning BMXers from riding at Southbank.
Other topics that were discussed were better lighting, replacing the original railings and adding barriers to separate the public, more bins, the temporary beach that will be opposite the Undercroft in the summer and CCTV that will be installed. They also said that they would provide us with squeegees and other equipment for us to dry the floor when it is wet down there, which is a result.
Andrew Brophy floats one of his legendary ollies high above the rubble.
These meetings will now be held quarterly and there is talk of setting up a page on the Southbank Center website to allow for the skateboarding public to be kept up to date with the goings on in the Undercroft. Some changes will be almost instant, some will be more long term, but the bottom line is that Southbank isn’t going anywhere!
Overall this is a massive result and a good start to what will hopefully become a strong alliance with the Southbank Centre authorities. The notes from the meeting will be written up and emailed to the attendees so keep your ears peeled for more info on the changes to our beloved Undercroft.
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Crayon Skateboards welcome Irish rider James Coyle to their full team this weekend after completing his apprenticeship as a flow rider. James also moves up on the eS UK team, watch this welcome video here.
Rumours that surfaced at the end of last week regarding the passing of Phil Vane have unfortunately turned out to be true.
The 46 year old founding co-vocalist of the British hardcore punk band Extreme Noise Terror and Napalm Death allegedly passed in his sleep last Thursday and will be missed by many in the punk scene.
Extreme Noise Terror were one of the flagship bands from the 80’s punk and hardcore scenes that had notoriety worldwide alongside Napalm Death and were also favourites of BBC radio presenter John Peel who recorded Sessions with the band for the show that introduced so many people to many underground bands that you would not hear anywhere else at the time.
I remember seeing them play Murder when I was 16 on music program covering independent music called Snub TV and it blew me off the fucking earth! My record collection was suddenly filled with the most raging music ever created including ENT, Electro Hippes, Jailcell Recipes, Napalm Death, Conflict and many others so without the likes of Phil’s raging vocals this site would have never have even been thought about. To that end we owe part of this and our lifestyles from the routes we took from people such as Phil Vane.
RIP.
Think Skateboards’ Cody McEntire makes skateboarding look easy with his huge bag of tricks at the Potrero Del Sol skatepark in SF. Enjoy this laid back edit and pray for the Spring to arrive soon.