Terry Kennedy is the latest to tell all about his life in the Natural High video series in the USA.
Supra’s new footwear pro discusses how skateboarding changed his life and saved him from the clutches of drugs in Long Beach. He says “If I came up here being Terry Kennedy doing drugs, these kids would be embarrassed,” click below for the full story.
South London artist Mark ‘Fos’ Foster has an art show incoming at a tattoo shop opening on 18th February 2011 that will run for a month.
Pop into Kids Love Ink on 138 Deptford High Street, SE8 3PQ and see what has stopped his Heroin deck from skating Stockwell over the last few weeks.
Volcom ripper Chris Pfanner was arguably one of the best European skaters of 2010, in fact some of those web clips that Anti-Hero put out made people drool throughout the summer so if you are looking for more then feast on this Stone Age footage of him that Volcom have dropped today.
The campaign for a skatepark in West Ealing in London took a step further into the right direction yesterday as it was announced that Freestyle Skateparks are the company that have won the pitch to design and build the park.
According to the latest press release the park will be designed in the next 3 weeks and will be built to open in July 2011. If you would like to attend the design meeting then note that it is scheduled for Thursday 3rd February at 5pm to met at the Staff Entrance at Perceval House on Longfield Avenue. Email Piers at campaign@westealingskatepark.net if you are looking to attend.
Please note that the image in this article was the original proposed design posted on the local council website and will not be the final design to our knowlege.
It’s now been over 8 years since the last authorized screening of the MC5 – A True Testimonial documentary at the Detroit Film Theatre on October 30, 2003.
In that time, all the alleged ‘copyright infringement’ claims made against David Thomas, Laurel Legler and Future/Now Films have been thoroughly litigated, found to be without merit and the film has reportedly been cleared for released, once the various music licenses are secured.
This is hard to find on bootleg but if it was released on DVD would you buy it? If so then click here and weigh in your thoughts in this simple poll and read our review here.
School and college band nights were always rather amusing. I remember calling the singer of our local soft rock band a pussy and getting a bunch of fives for the insult which looking back was quite deserved, but they were truly awful.
This morning it was amusing to see that hardcore band Gallows have inspired the new school. Check out this clip and watch the teachers tear it up whilst they play a cover version of In The Belly Of A Shark.
Freestyle skateparks are looking for a Design Assistant this month to work in the Rickmansworth/Watford area of England. Candidates need to be creative & self sufficient, passionate about skateboarding and understand what goes into making a great skatepark. Excellent CAD / Illustrator skills would be needed alongside knowledge of rendering / 3D software and the construction industry would be beneficial but not essential as training will provided.
You will be responsible for assisting the Design Manager and will have a varied role including a ‘hands on’ input into all aspects of skatepark design & build, CAD work, rendering, drawing revisions, document control, liaising with engineers, preparing tender documentation, research and development, web, social networking and general office duties.
Email info@freestyleskateparks.com for more details.
Osiris UK and Brighton street fiend allace/”>Dave Wallace has a new clip online this week filmed down at the Henfield Skatepark in West Sussex, watch it here.
Osiris – Dave Wallace – Henfield Skatepark from Sam Bailey on Vimeo.
Drawing Boards Jak Tonge dropped his nappy duty to front the freezing cold temperatures at the new Petersfield skate park this month.
Click below for a video of the session and get stoked on this newly built Wheelscape park in East Hampshire that boasts both street and bowl terrain.
In light of the political situation and uprising in Egypt right now, today’s Tune of the Day comes from one of the pioneers of British indie pop. The Cure’s Fire in Cairo was just one of twelve incredible tracks recorded on their debut album Three Imaginary Boys released back at the beginning of the summer of 1979 via Fiction Records.
Chris Parry’s minimal production that spilled reverb over raw, spiky punk riffs captured the band perfectly and set the sail for the band to turn into one of Britain’s biggest music exports who in turn inspired many more. The full length featured many classic songs such as Accuracy, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Meathook and of course, the controversial Killing an Arab that was actually toned down to Killing Another when played many years later and didn’t make the track list on the re-issue back in 2004 when it was released with various bonus tracks.
The first time I ever heard this track was on John Peel’s incredible radio show so enjoy the Peel Session version of this track below and give thought to the people of Egypt today as chaotic protests spread from there, Tunisia and possibly beyond.