World Cup Skateboarding and Eastpak are proud to present the Subvert Jam in Hamburg, 31st March to 1st April.
This event will feature some of the Europe’s biggest transition skaters including Nicky Guerrero and Brazilian street champ Fabio Sleiman skating for 2,000 Euros prize money.
This Jam also coincides with the grand opening of the Subvert Skateshop dedicated to vertical vampires.
Check out www.wcsk8.com and www.eastpak.com for more details.
DC Shoes are very proud of their founding member, Danny Way.
So much so, that they have made a film entitled I am Danny Way, one of a series of films dedicated to incredible individuals.
Danny’s film was nominated for the 2007 X-Dance Film Festival, alongside 1st and Hope by Brian Lotti, beck and the Malloy Brothers, or The Brian Deegan Story, a motocross legend.
Watch Danny’s trailer here.
Things are changing rapidly over at the Antiz camp. Z-Movie is screening all over Europe to rave reviews, a brand new board series designed by amateur Ben The is getting shipped out to stores and a new rider has joined the team.
Gabriel Engelke has been down with the boys for quite a while now, so his addition to the roster is a given. Not familiar with Gabriel’s skating? You should be. He’s calm and creative and clocks some wicked tricks in the Scandinavian opus, Neighbours alongside fellow Antiz pro, Love Enroth.
Last year the DC team spear-headed a best trick comp of sorts that focused on all the sick spots and amazing talent the American Big Apple, New York, had to offer.
Needless to say a whole load of hot tricks went down from locals as much as the DC riders themselves. Peep the King of New York here .
Get comfy.
Ich bein ein bowlrider!
The Bright tradeshow (euro ASR) scored heavily this year with the Boardstein Bowl contest. It was pure carnage as Europe’s biggest transition fiends were let loose on the indoor bowl featuring a massive cradle, vertical wall ride, vert extensions and tight tranny.
Here is the winners list:
1. Anders Tellen
2. Nicky Guerrero
3. Roman Astleitner
4. Guillaume Mocquin
5. Thilo Nawrocki
6. Moritz Rech
7. Ferit Batir
8. Daniel Beck
9. David Martelleur
10. Christian Vankelste
11. Julian Dykmans
And here is the super sick footage, filmed by Michael Novosel. Yama boys David Martelleur and Ferit Bati are going to be hurting… Shouts go out to Muckefest Skateboards for repping.
Bananas have swept the world of late and this is the next installment.
Consolidated will release these benders this month so look out for limited edition runs in only the best skater owned shops.
In other Consolidated news Kyle Berard has joined the team so look out for a pro model to drop into your local SOS soon.
Berard and Mike Peterson both claimed props in a recent Volcom mini ramp comp at a tradeshow in Florida titled the ‘Neanderthal Brawl’ where Peterson bagged 1st place for $7,500 and Berard came in 4th taking $2,500 to the boozer for his contribution.
Click here for pics of this comp on TWS.
Two of Britain’s greatest artwork exports, French and Fos, have teamed up to present a new exhibition Stateside – Conventional Weapons.
This show is a celebration of the gruesome and twisted like only Fos and French can conjure up. So, if you’re in Brooklyn, New York Saturday 3rd February, make sure you stop by the skateshop KCDC from 8pm onwards and get a look in.
N.B. You must be 21 years or older with ID – I guess that means there some horrific depictions splashed with booze…
Get ready for a brand new feature dropping next Monday in the Skatezine- Crossfire’s Freshblood 2007!
This feature pinpoints the amateurs that you will not fail to notice this year, highlighting each one of them with a sick snip of footy and an introduction from those in the know.
The first installment of this new feature will cover riders from Zoo York, Cliche, Heroin, Casual and DVS.
Stay tuned to find out who will be featured next week and expect more of these to run throughout February with team managers tips from many other skate companies around the World…
Just like Nas said: “I’m out for presidents to represent me (Say what?) / I’m out for dead fuckin’ presidents to represent me!”
Jason Adams must know his Hip-Hop when he drew up this new Enjoi series. Send in the names of each American politician represented and win a Crossfire t-shirt!
Originally a Krux trucks concept, we’re going to slip this under the same bit of news because Cairo Foster rips it up for Enjoi too. Covers dude!
The original Unabomber was an estranged man turned ‘terrorist’called Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski who wrote a manifesto entitled Industrial Society and its Future – a study that raised fears over modern technology within society.
British skateboard nomads, Unabomber, might support the fears that contemporary skateboarding and its industry are dangerous and disillusioned. Their response is skateboarding in its rawest form. Skate everything, skate now and skate hard. Urbane Mob is the latest installment to this possible manifesto. 20 minutes of unadulterated sick skate footage representing the new face of a British skate company that deserves your support.
My last point should not be dismissed. Unabomber has changed a lot since its conception and this DVD is an introduction to the new team bar good old Frank Stevens. Also, Urbane Mob gets right to the point- no frilly introductions, segue-ways or jazzy tunes. The editing technique is simple and efficient with the use of 8mm footage being sparse and limited. The soundtrack is heavy and moody, but definitely strong enough to get certain tracks stuck in your head.
Scott Whittaker opens the show and puts out a great section with lots of lines and clean skating. Scott’s style and skating might be a step away from the quirky and rugged profile some might associate with Unabomber, but honestly this part is a perfect opener that gets you stoked. Liam Sproat drops through next with a good introduction for the youngest upstart on the team. A few things could be refined, but essentially Liam is someone to keep an eye open for. Scoring a spot on the Unabomber team doesn’t translate in forum polls, magazine coverage and sponsorship deals. Riding for Unabomber means you’re riding for all the right reasons, and Liam proves this point. A friends section ensues and then we have the delight of viewing a full Frank Stephens section.
Ahh! Frank is a true individual who lets his skating do the talking. This Unabomber veteran hasn’t got anything to prove and dishes out some serious beatings to all kinds of spots. Without applying a bracket, Frank’s skating is gnarly as his 50-50 into a bank, or picture perfect backside 360 will show. A couple of the other older Unabomber troops get a few tricks in Frank’s part and it’s a real pleasure to watch.
Speaking of gnarly, one British skater who full deserves the prefix to their name is Ben Grove. Ben charges spot after spot and does so in such a manner as to wonder if he’s actually aware of the risks he runs. Perhaps over shadowed by the onslaught, I very much appreciated the backside 180 to fakie flip line at Sheffield’s Devonshire Green skatepark. Style to a T.
The end part is undoubtedly the strongest and Oxford’s Tom Watts fits the role perfectly. Tom is a proper machine with ridiculous board control and balls slipped into those skin tight jeans. I must say, I prefer the loose clothes myself… In any case, Tom puts out a relentless attack on all surfaces and even charges switch at some perilous spots.
In total, Urbane Mob represents the rawer side to what British skateboarding can offer, and Unabomber leads the charge. The team even spreads its wrath overseas as numerous Belgian spots gets proverbially ‘shut down’ for a while. Clocking in at 20 minutes, a brooding soundtrack and some sick skateboarding, the new Unabomber video is good to go!
Ralph L-D
22.01.07