The High Five and Brimley Skateboards threw a Halloween jam at Tempe Park in the US for last weekend’s Ween celebrations. Enjoy this video with some great outfits, blind man skills and fun skateboarding.
In other recent High Five news Randy Ploesser has left the Birdhouse am team and joins Bratrud’s clan following the arrival of Horsey and Steve Nesser to the team.
a very TEMPE halloween from theHIGH5 on Vimeo.
Death Skateboards powerhouse Dave Allen came 2nd in both of the Georgia Bowl Riders Championships in Columbus and Atlanta recently but destroyed himself so much he ended up having to sit out the pain in a wheelchair afterwards.
Zorlac flew out to visit him to capture some footage for the forthcoming Death video Ordinary Madness and filmed some sessions at Thomas Taylor’s bowl (Grant Taylor’s Dad) and other local spots. Look out for his brand new ‘Death from Above‘ deck that has just been released this month, it’s an 8.5″ rig with a long wheelbase and art by Ben Cooney.
Waste-not-want-not is the mission of one woman in Falmouth, Cornwall this year- an anarchist and artist under the name of O’Blue who is recycling old, snapped skateboard decks that have been used by her family. These pieces are turned into jewellery whilst her husband uses the decks that didn’t break to make garden gates, chairs and tables.
You can find Blueprint, Death, Enjoi, Zoo York, Real and Girl decks within the collections that are available online. These include pendants, key rings and earrings that are made from handcrafted, polished cuts of old 7 ply decks and could make fun stocking fillers this Xmas for your lady. Check out what’s on offer below, see if you can try and work out what decks are used from the images below and post your answers on our facebook page.
There’s nothing like ending this week with some skateboard heritage with some archived Powell footage. Lance Mountain and Steve Caballero are filmed sessioning the Crossbones Ramp in 1988, a golden year for many as skateboarding had reached pretty much every city around the world with Powell Peralta’s infamous movies doing damage wherever they were played.
Amazing to see that both of these guys are still ripping. Enjoy this.
CROSSBONES RAMP 1988 from Powell-Peralta on Vimeo.
Heroin Skateboards and Emerica have hooked up for a shoe collab this month with Fos’ toxic waste graphics gracing the Francis Lo shoe.
Heroin riders Chris Ault and Casper Brooker feature in this new edit filmed by Hold Tight Henry who seems to be working his socks off for pretty much every shoe company right now. Enjoy another of his cracking productions again based in the streets of London town.
Emerica X Heroin Skateboards from Emerica Europe on Vimeo.
Blueprint’s Nick Jensen celebrates autumn 2010 with a sick new edit for Lakai filmed by Henry Edwards-Wood across various parts of London.
The ice block is a great touch, enjoy this.
Amazing news broke today that a Scotland Yard marksman deliberately inserted song titles into his verbal testimony whilst giving evidence under oath to the inquest of the shooting of Mark Saunders on September 27.
High ranking rozzers responded to this farce today saying “The Met takes this matter extremely seriously as we expect the highest standards of all of our staff. The officer has been removed from operational firearms duty.”
Whilst Scotland Yard work out exactly what tracks Officer AZ8 included in his speech for fun, we though that we would bring you 3 tracks that could have been in his play list. Comment below on what others we could have included.
Skateboard apparel has had its hits and misses throughout the years but in 2010 the focus by many companies has been on making quality fashion wear that is more than likely to cross over onto the back of your best mate who doesn’t actually ride a plank. Etnies are ahead of the ride on the quality stakes this year and this LA woven shirt is proof in the pudding.
This shirt is part of a new Ryan Sheckler collection for winter 2010 and love or dislike him Shecks has come up trumps with this one in his own black colourway. Made from 100% cotton throughout, this long sleeve feels fitted unlike most skate shirts that can just hang off your body and feels unlike your average skate wear. It also has no over branding and yes, I know we go on about it a lot but no one in this day and age loves to be a walking billboard for any brand – the LA comes straight out of the bag with a tiny Etnies logo on the tip of the single chest pocket and that is it.
This is comfortable, stylish and a must have next time you crave something a little different to the standard skateboard attire flannel shirt at a cost of roughly £45 in your local skate shop. If you are looking for a winter jacket to go with this we recommend the Kalmer also by Etnies.
Emilio Gonzales
Keith Morris, that dreaded shouty bloke famed for his sterling vocal work at the beginning of Black Flag’s finest hours and singing in Circle Jerks is back in a new hardcore band called OFF!
Alongside him in this project are other veteran players famed for their roles within classic bands made up of Dimitri Coates (Burning Brides), Steven Shane McDonald (Redd Kross) and Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes). The results are straight up, 1 minute long tracks played fast with a classic 80’s hardcore sound.
Taste some of OFF! from the video below with some mini ramp skating in it and look out for the release on Vice Records titled The First 4 EP’s boxset which includes a limited edition Raymond Pettibon poster on November 23rd.
Shoreditch,
Friday 29th October
The last time we witnessed Atlanta’s Black Lips grace a London venue they played a typically feisty set at the Electric Ballroom and went home fighting each other, so their return to UK soil tonight was always going to be interesting. From the set list that they brought to this Dr. Martins branded free show it’s clear that the band have been focusing on a return to form, by writing more of those amazing catchy garage pop tunes that they are known best for and tonight the Lips decided to treat the audience to a bunch of these at 12.30am to a pissed up crowd who were fueled by an impressive £2 bar.
Opening track Sea of Blasphemy was greeted with a lively pit which only increased with enthusiasm to the sound of 2009’s single Drugs which is played as if it’s hanging on a hinge. New song Let’s Go Out and Get It calms things down a bit as people judge their new work before O Katrina brings the first storm of the stage with the invasion shutting the PA down and bouncers wondering what the fuck is going on. This is exactly what I love about seeing this band, they invite the party to the fridge, stock it with hard liquor and then drink it with everyone up close.
When the PA finally gets switched back on and brows are wiped of Jack Daniels and Carlsberg the down tempo Dirty Hands brings the Beatles’esque sing-a-long to the dance floor followed by the new found, countrified swill of Dumpster Diving, another new track inspired by drummer Joe Bradley’s passion for jumping into bins. I did this once on the Strand, pissed off my tits on shots and ended up rising with a chestful of another man’s dinner and ale that had been puked up and left for someone as wasted as me to dive into to. Joe’s experience was slightly more fruitful as this new track apparently pays ode to his lucky dive in Hawaii where once inside the wheelie bin he found a lap steel guitar that is actually used on the new recordings the band have been working on in the studio recently.
Spirits are raised to the familiar sounds of Cold Hands, one of the stand out tracks from 2007’s Good Bad Not Evil album, the record that really brought Black Lips to the attention of the UK press and beyond. The new tracks that follow sound in a similar vein, as if the band have decided to rekindle the upbeat vibes of this cherished release following the mixed reviews that followed the release of 200 Million Thousand. New stand out tracks New Direction and Family Tree both front big choruses powered by the Lip’s most infamous garage steez and get a great reaction before the metal-mouthed Ian Saint Pé informs the baying crowd that Bad Kids will be the finale of tonight’s entertainment that only ignites another full stage invasion to end the set.
Overall their fans should be stoked with the new tracks that are said to be released in March 2011 produced by Deerhunter’s guitarist Lockett Pundt and with rumours fueled by a studio interview with the band on the Spin website this year suggesting that Cole and co have also reached out to producer Mark Ronson, their 6th album could see a return to the catchy garage pop that they are most famous for.
Dani Alves