Category: Moves

Dylan Hughes – Huge frontside flip – ph. Leo Sharp – Sidewalk Mag – Issue 127
Julian Quevado – Switch FS crooked grind BS shove-it out.
Daniel Kim – Nollie nosegrind.
Kristos Andrew-Drum – Acid drop of faith.
Yann Garin – Nollie late front foot flip.
Gershon Mosley – Kickflip to fakie.
Adrian Williams – Blindside fakie 50-50 switch FS 180 out.

Top 5 places Crossfire staff like to moonlight:

1. Bike Courier conventions
2. Animal Sanctuaries
3. Video shoots
4. Foreign Investment Banking firms
5. The bar

Pics of the week:

It’s a frontside 5-0 showdown! In the blue corner we have the concrete carnivore, Mike Harris shot by Blydey… And in the red corner defending his ASBO title, Luke Overin photo by James Brown. DING! Grind!

Chris Cole – Nollie 360 flip ph. Mike Mazur
Mike Carroll – FS Salad grind.
Eric Koston – 360 Flip Noseslide.
Willy Levine – Benihana.
JB Gillet – Noseblunt BS 360 Transfer.
Mike McDermott – Switch manual switch flip out.

Top 5 griptape mistakes:

1. Wrinkles
2. Cutting from above
3. Not setting it straight
4. Mixing old with new
5. Cutting designs in after its stuck

Pic of the Week

Mr. Egon Reynolds does the shuffle on this one-foot tailblock at Bloblands. – Ph. Sam Roberts

• Matthieu Aime – Pop shove-it ph. Alexis Vandenplas c/o Flatspot Mag

• Chico Brenes – Nollie heelflip.

• JB Gillet – Switch FS tailslide.

• Adrian Vega – Ollie Ollie.

• Joseph Biais – Kickflip FS noseslide.

• Josh Kalis – Kickflip.

• Dennis Busenitz – Wallride hippy jump.

Top 5 lives after skateboarding:

1. Peter Bici – Fireman
2. Pat Channita – Kickboxer
3. Tommy Guerrero – Musician
4. Jason Lee – Actor
5. Pancho Moler – Pornstar

Top 5 Hip Hop albums to skate to:

1. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back – Def Jam
2. Ghostface Killer – Fishscale – Epic
3. Boogie Down Productions (BDP) – Criminal Minded – Landspeed
4. Ice Cube – The Predator – Priority
5. Blak Twang – Kik Off – Bad Magic/Wall of Sound

Pic Of The Week:

Jake Watt knows that West End Soldiers have got his back with this massive wallride to fakie.
Ph. Matt Thomas

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• Eric Koston – FS 360 ph. Jeff Landi c/o The Skateboard Mag
• Corey Duffel – Ollie into bank.
• Justin Strubing – Smith Grind pop out.
• Maysam Faraj – Boardslide pop over.
• Julian Davidson – Pop Shove-it.
• Marcus McBride – Heelflip.
• Todd Hoberger – Walljam.

Top 5 Product that failed to flog:

1. Cancerous Shoe-Goo
2. Flimsy Bone-ite boards
3. Bare minimum single bearing wheels
4. Pointless truck copers
5. $400 fashion

Top 5 Hair Cuts

1. Tony Hawk (Powell era)
2. Louis Barletta (check the new interview in Slap/Feb 07)
3. Jason Dill
4. Davross
5. Patrick Melcher (apparantly a Ginger Bastard so says his latest Death ad!)

Pic of the week:

Matt Thomas floats a 360 flip in the midst of Autumn ph. Alan Robinson

• Lucas Puig – Kickflip BS nosebluntslide c/o Thrasher France ph. Nikwen Practice makes perfect… c/o Cliche Skateboards
• Nick Jensen – Switch FS nosegrind fakie flip out.
• Danny Gotimer – BS wallride.
• Soy Panday – FS boardslide pop out.
• Terrell Robinson – Nollie BS bigspin.
• Mike Chalmers – Switch FS flip.
• Shaun Gregoire – Ollie up FS bluntslide.
• Danny Montoya – FS noseslide to fakie nosegrind.

Top 5 wax replacements:

1. KY Jelly
2. Olive oil
3. Phlegm
4. Banana skins
5. Ice cream

Pic of the week:

Andre Calvo ollies over his lazy mate Felix. Ph. Charlie Francis

Sequence of the Week

Mark Brewster gets fresh on the Bay mini courtesy of Gorm

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• Louie Barletta – Laser Flip / Fakie Airwalk c/o Slap magazine Ph. Mark Whiteley
• Jason Cooper – Nollie FS boardslide to fakie.
• Chey Ataria – BS nollie heelflip.
• Yann Garin – BS nosegrind BS 360 out.
• Eric Koston – Early grab BS lipslide.
• Will Harmon – FS flip.
• Chris Troy – Fakie bigspin boardslide 270 out.

Top 5 warning signs:

1. Don’t rape one trick
2. Avoid multiple company tattoos
3. Don’t vent your anger on the kids
4. Skate shoots over fashion shoots
5. Don’t sleep with another skater’s partner

Pic of the week:

Indian Summer in Brighton. Jason Lunstone from Chilled Heat catches Finn Casey leap whilst legend Justin ‘Pastey’ Ashby rejoices.

• Jan Hofer – 360 shove-it ph. Andy Speck c/o 5th District
• Levi Brown – FS 360.
• Joe Gavin – Switch 360 flip.
• Ville Pekka Pietiläinen – Kickflip nosegrind.
• Ali Boulala – Switch heelflip manual.
• Kris Markovich – Ollie.
• Mads Sand – Gap to 5-0.
• Craig Mulligan – Fakie flip fakie nosegrind.
• Oudalay Philavanh – Thruster wallride shove-it out.

Top 5 Skateboard gimmicks:

1. Pro model trucks/clothes
2. Graphic griptape
3. Abec ratings
4. Cross branding
5. Video deadlines

Pic of the week:

Guy Wiseman [crooked grind] and John Winter hard at work in the office [Photo: Ralph L-D]

• Guy Mariano – Fakie pop shove-it to switch over crooks 180 out Ph. Oli Barton c/o Transworld
• Travis Stenger – Switch flip.
• Joseph Biais – FS 360 Nosegrab.
• Tony Ferguson – BS pivot 270 revert out.
• Gerard Gademann – Kickflip BS tailslide.
• Eric Thomas – FS Salad grind.

Top 5 New Year’s resolutions:

1. Less wax
2. More speed
3. Get 360 flips wired
4. Stop pussing out
5. Skate everything!

Crossfire’s Crystal Ball predicts…

• Uphill bombing
• Re-launch of Pro Top Trumps
• London Mayor Ken Livingston enforces Congestion charge at Southbank on Sundays
• Danny Way hired for remake of the Bionic Man
• Dreadlocks are in, New eras are out
• Skate-stopper liberation army goes global
• Stevie Williams hooks up with Jaime Thomas to promote Ghetto Rails, a 7-stair concept that ‘real’ street technicians get gnarly with.
• Zac Slack dyes his hair blonde…

Pic of the Week:

Even Burnside has their own Whale – Peter Gunn rides the blubber with hammers on the starboard side c/o of Sideshow Bob

• Julien Furones – Tree wallie ph. Eric Antoine c/o Skateboard Europe.
• Daniel Cardone – Dropping in.
• Anthony Van Engelen – BS 50-50.
• Scooter Decenzo – Natas 3000.
• Mark Appleyard – 360 Flip.
• Mark Baines – Fakie nosegrind switch FS 180 manual out.
• Chris Cole – FS Flip.

Top 5 Reasons the Crossfire Xmas Jam rocked:

1. Sick skating from over 50 top British riders
2. Truck loads of free goodies
3. Fos’ Heroin Whale Tail
4. Multiple Best Trick comps open to all
5. After party at Mau Mau!!!!!
6. and mainly because you came to support it…thanks.

• Lucas Puig – BS smith grind to BS tailslide c.f. Sequence c/o Autobahn Wheels
• Gabriel de la Mora – Late shove-it manual.
• Jeremie Daclin – FS ollie to disaster.
• Brendan Keaveny – 360 flip into bank.
• Ollie Tyreman – BS flip.
• Charlie Young – Switch BS feeble.
• Ryan Sheckler – Kickflip.
• Brandon Westgate – FS flip wallride.

Top 5 Frontside Flippers

1. Andrew Reynolds
2. JB Gillet
3. Mike Carroll
4. Rick McCrank
5. Tom penny

Top 5 Backside Flippers

1. Brian Anderson
2. Pat Duffy
3. Stephane Giret
4. Nate Jones
5. Eric Koston

Pic of the week

Fils de Piet acid dropping off the roof! Photo – Ralph L-D