Globe Shoes have some new footage of their expanding European Team which now includes Jan Kleiwer, Eero Anttila, Kilian Heuberger, Gabriel Engelke, Mathieu Hilaire, Chami Laprebendare, Marco Lambertucci, Flynn Trottman, Jocke Olsson, Dan Wileman, Philippe Schuster, Jean Postec, Scott Palmer and Pirkka Pollari.
Click here to watch the updated footage.
You can also check regular Euro team news at http://globe.tv/euronews
Dan Leech and Craig Smedley both have brand new decks out on Icon Skateboards this month.
Dan’s model is a 7.75″ and Craig’s is a 7.5″ and both are rocking wheels for the hardy with Leech opting for the smaller 51mm and Smedley rollin on 52mm.
Check the Icon site for the full set up.
Here are your listings for September on the Extreme Sports Channel:
Friday 1st September
• 11.20 LG Championships: Exploded
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 The Groms Tour America
• 13:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:35 LG Championships: Exploded
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:30 The Groms Tour America
• 18:00 Genex with Cates
• 18:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:00 Thrasher: King of the Road
• 21:00 Genex with Cates
• 21:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:00 Thrasher: King of the Road
Saturday 2nd September
• 09:00 The Groms Tour America
• 09:30 The Groms Tour America
• 10:00 The Groms Tour America
• 10:30 The Groms Tour America
• 11:00 The Groms Tour America
• 11:30 Genex with Cates
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
Sunday 3rd September
• 09:30 The Groms Tour America
• 10:00 The Groms Tour America
• 10:30 The Groms Tour America
• 11:00 The Groms Tour America
• 11:30 Genex with Cates
• 14:30 California Roadtrippin’
• 15:00 California Special
• 15:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 16:00 Northwest
• 17:00 California Roadtrippin’
• 17:30 California Special
• 18:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
Monday 4th September
• 10:35 LG Championships: Exploded
• 11:15 LG Championships: Exploded – Vert
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 13:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 13:30 Genex with Cates
• 16:10 LG Championships: Exploded
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:30 The Groms Tour America
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Genex with Cates
• 21:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 21:30 Genex with Cates
• 23:00 Thrasher: King of the Road
Tuesday 5th September
• 10:40 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 11:10 LG Championships: Exploded
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 11:55 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 12:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:00 Hardcore Candy
• 17:30 The Groms Tour America
Wednesday 6th September
• 10:30 LG Championships: Exploded
• 11:25 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 11:55 LG Championships: Exploded: LG Cash or Crash
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:40 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 16:15 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:25 LG Championships: Exploded: LG Cash or Crash
• 17:30 The Groms Tour America
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Genex with Cates
• 21:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 23:30 Genex with Cates
Thursday 7th Septmeber
• 09:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 10:30 LG Championships: Exploded: LG Media
• 10:40 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 11:55 LG Championships: Exploded: LG Media
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 12:30 Gumball 30000 2006 with Bam
• 15:30 Surf Break: G-Land
• 15:35 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 16:15 LG Championships: Exploded: Artillery
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 17:30 Groms Down Under PREMIERE
• 19:30 Genex with Cates
Friday 8th September
• 10:30 LG Championships: Exploded
• 10:40 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 11:25 Genex with Dan Cates
• 11:55 LG Championships: Exploded
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 13:00 Genex with Cates
• 13:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Dan Cates
• 17:30 Groms Down Under PREMIERE
• 19:00 Genex with Cates
• 19:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 21:00 Genex with Cates
• 21:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:30 Genex with Cates
Saturday 9th September
• 09:00 Groms Down Under
• 09:30 Groms Down Under
• 10:00 Groms Down Under
• 10:30 Groms Down Under
• 11:00 Groms Down Under
• 11:30 Genex with Cates -Boardmasters Special PREMIERE
• 14:00 Genex with Cates
• 15:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 17:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
Sunday 10th September
• 09:00 Groms Down Under
• 09:30 Groms Down Under
• 10:00 Groms Down Under
• 10:30 Groms Down Under
• 11:00 Groms Down Under
• 11:30 Genex with Cates
• 14:00 Northwest
• 15:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 16:00 Genex with Cates
• 16:30 Thrasher: King of the Road
• 18:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 21:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam PREMIERE
Monday 11th September
• 10:30 LG Championships: Exploded
• 10:40 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 11:55 LG Championships: Exploded
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 13:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 13:30 Genex with Cates
• 15:35 LG Championships: Exploded
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:30 Genex with Cates – Boardmasters
• 21:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 21:30 Genex with Cates – Boardmasters
Tuesday 12th September
• 10:40 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 11:10 LG Championships: Exploded
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:35 LG Championships: Exploded
• 16:15 LG Championships: Exploded: Breaks and Beats
• 17:30 Groms Down Under PREMIERE
• 23:00 Thrashers King of the Road
Wednesday 13th September
• 10:30 LG Championships: Exploded: Cash or Crash
• 11:25 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips – 50:50s with Pete King
• 15:40 Gumball 300 2006 with Bam
• 16:15 LG Championships: Exploded: Vert
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:30 Groms Down Under PREMIERE
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Genex with Cates
• 21:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
Thursday 14th September
• 09:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 10:00 Hardcore Candy
• 10:30 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:35 Tricks and Tips
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 17:30 Groms Down Under PREMIERE
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:30 Genex with Cates
Friday 15th September
• 10:20 LG Championships: Exploded -Vert
• 10:40 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 11:15 LG Championships: Exploded
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 13:00 Genex with Cates
• 13:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 16:55 Genex with Bam
• 17:30 Groms Down Under PREMIERE
• 19:00 Genex with Cates
• 19:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 21:00 Genex with Cates
• 21:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:30 Genex with Cates
Saturday 16th September
• 09:00. The Groms Tour America
• 09:30 Groms Down Under
• 10:00 The Groms Tour America
• 10:30 Groms Down Under
• 11:00 The Groms Tour America
• 11:30 Genex with Cates
• 13:30 Northwest
• 15:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 17:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
Sunday 17th September
• 09:00 Groms Down Under
• 09:30 The Groms Tour America
• 10:00 Groms Down Under
• 10:30 The Groms Tour America
• 11:00 Groms Down Under
• 11:30 Genex with Cates
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 13:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 13:30 Thrashers: King of the Road
• 14:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 21:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam PREMIERE
Monday 18th September
• 10:00 Hardcore Candy
• 11:20 LG Championships: Exploded: Bomb Squad
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 13:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 13:30 Genex with Cates
• 15:00 Hardcore Candy
• 15:30 LG Championships: Exploded: Street Course
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:30 Groms Down Under PREMIERE
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:30 Genex with Cates
• 21:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 23:00 Thrashers: King of the Road
Tuesday 19th September
• 10:40 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 11:20 LG Championships: Exploded: Artillery
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:30 LG Championships: Exploded: Cash or Crash
• 15:40 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 16:10 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 16:55 Genes with Cates
• 17:30 Groms Down Under
Wednesday 20th September
• 10:35 LG Championships: Exploded: Breaks and Beats
• 11:25 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 11:55 LG Championships: Exploded: Cash or Crash
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:35 LG Championships: Exploded: Media
• 15:40 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 16:10 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:30 Groms Down Under
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Genex with Cates
• 21:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 23:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
Thursday 21st September
• 09:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 10:35 LG Championships: Exploded -Vert
• 10:40 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:35 LG Championships: Exploded
• 16:55 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 17:30 Groms Down Under
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:30 Genex with Cates
• 22:00 Planes, Trains and Skateboards
Friday 22nd September
• 10:00 Hardcore Candy
• 11:15 LG Championships: Exploded
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 13:00 Genex with Cates
• 13:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:00 Hardcore Candy
• 15:35 LG Championships: Exploded: UK Scene
• 16:15 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:25 Tricks & Tips: Melons with Wainwright
• 17:30 Groms Down Under
• 19:00 Genex with Cates
• 19:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 20:00 Experience: Quiksilver Wave & Wheels PREMIERE
• 21:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:30 Genex with Cates
Saturday 23rd September
• 09:00 The Groms Tour America
• 09:30 Groms Down Under
• 10:00 The Groms Down Under
• 10:30 Groms Down Under
• 11:00 The Groms Tour America
• 11:30 Genex with Cates
• 15:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
Sunday 24th September
• 09:00 The Groms Tour America
• 09:30 Groms Down Under
• 10:00 The Groms Down Under
• 10:30 Groms Down Under
• 11:00 The Groms Tour America
• 11:30 Genex with Cates
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 13:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 15:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 21:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam PREMIERE
Monday 25th September
• 10:30 LG Championships: Exploded
• 10:35 Tricks & Tips
• 11:15 LG Championships: Exploded: Media
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 13:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 13:30 Genex with Cates
• 14:00 Gravity Games
• 15:30 LG Championships: Exploded
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:30 Groms Down Tour
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:30 Genex with Cates
• 20:00 Gravity Games
• 21:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:30 Genex with Cates
Tuesday 26th September
• 10:00 Hardcore Candy
• 10:40 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 11:10 Tricks and Tips
• 11:15 LG Championships: Exploded: UK Scene
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 14:00 Gravity Games
• 15:00 Hardcore Candy
• 15:30 LG Championships: Exploded: Street Course
• 15:40 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:25 LG Championships: Exploded: Bomb Squad
• 17:30 Groms Down Under
• 18:00 Planes, Train and Skateboards
• 20:00 Gravity Games
• 22:00 Planes, Train and Skateboards
Wednesday 27th September
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips
• 11:25 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 14:00 Gravity Games
• 15:40 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:30 Groms Down Under
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Genex with Cates
• 20:00 Gravity Games
• 21:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
Thursday 28th September
• 09:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 10:40 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 11:15 LG: Championships: Exploded
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 12:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 14:00 Gravity Games
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 17:30 Groms Down Under
• 18:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 19:30 Genex with Cates
• 20:00 Gravity Games
Friday 29th September
• 10:30 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 11:25 Genex with Cates
• 12:00 Groms Down Under
• 13:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 14:00 Gravity Games
• 16:10 LG Championships: Exploded: Vert
• 16:20 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:55 Genex with Cates
• 17:30 Groms Down Under
• 19:00 Genex with Cates
• 19:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 20:00 Gravity Games
• 21:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:00 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 22:30 Genex with Cates
Saturday 30th September
• 09:00 Groms Down Under
• 09:30 The Groms Tour America
• 10:00 Groms Down Under
• 10:30 The Groms Tour America
• 11:00 Groms Down Under
• 11:30 Genex PREMIERE
• 13:30 Planes, Trains and Skateboards
• 15:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
• 18:30 Gumball 3000 2006 with Bam
Vans Concrete Carnival is back THIS WEEKEND. Make sure you get to it and check out all the choas and mayhem from Powley and the boys!
To see what you missed in 2005, click here and click the image above for all the info.
Harrow local David Steel has such a fascination with the art of photography that he can be found on a daily basis in a pro camera shop in the East End of London when he is not freelancing for Sidewalk Magazine. He loves the japanese language, will flog anything on ebay and has a passion for country music as he shoots skateboarding which is of course his favourite pastime. Welcome to David Steel’s Triple Shot..
Full name:
David Steel but known to some as Styley.
How long have you been a photographer?
Looking back on it, I was always the one with the little red boots camera documenting what my friends and I got up to but it was only in 1994 that my friend Andy Hutchison (hutchphotos.com) really inspired me to get a proper camera, make a zine and learn photography. I was on and off living in Indiana in the USA for a few years.
On the first day out there I met Andy who used to make a zine called “Don’t Ask Me”. I used to ride around indy on my bike with my camera and board in a backpack and just shoot stuff to help out with Andy’s zine. He now shoots for Thrasher. I haven’t seen him for years but i want to go back to Indy and meet up again and take pictures of all the hillbillys out there that I became oblivious to!
How did you get into skate photography?
I guess I’ve been into skate photography since the 1st time I looked at T.L.B’s pictures in R.A.D. mag… It just seemed to go hand in hand. Pick up the little red camera and go skate somewhere with your friends and have a laugh. I’m still doing that now. My friends started getting good and I was taking photos of them. It was only a matter of time that their companies needed pictures of them.
What image first inspired you to take up photography?
Not one picture really inspired me to take photos that I remember but more a collective of a bunch of killer shots that got the ball rolling. Out of them all, Slap magazine in the mid nineties used to get me standing in the bookshop missing my buses. They were the photographers skate mag….their layouts were so sick too, to the point that it inspired me to make my own zine – Blue Tile Fever.
If there was one shot from Slap Magazine back then that really made me aware of how good photography would be i would pick this photo of Brad Staba doing an ollie from boat to boat by Lance Dawes. (below).
What were the best and worst bits of advice anyone gave you in regards to photography?
When I really wanted to get into it I would bug the hell out of any photographer who would stray into my path….(thanks and sorry Wig, Horsely and Vuckovich!) The best advice was to read a book about how a camera works. I constantly read this one book over and over until it all made sense. I’ve never really had any bad advice.
Have you ever felt bad about taking a photo? If so, which one?
I took this photo of a friend of mine doing a tre flip on a bank in the middle of this estate. I suddenly heard this weezing behind me and this poor old guy had hobbled out of his flat to tell us we were making a racket….the guy looked like he was on his last minutes…seriously weezing and coughing so we chilled with him till he got his breath back and left.
What were the best and worst days shooting skateboarding of your life ever and why?
Right now I’m as stoked as the first days of picking up the camera…I’m lucky enough to work in a hire company that allows me to experiment with different cameras and lighting, freelancing for Sidewalk who basically let me shoot what ever I want. Sure there’s been low points but without them I wouldn’t of got to the point where I am now which is pretty chuffed. My best and worst days are usually in the lab when I get my film back!
What is your personal favourite skate shot ever that you have shot?
I wanted to do this shot for a while but the Harrow pool was always grim looking, plus not a lot of people can do a bunch of stuff in there.
One day I popped down to the park to find it had just been painted, I ran to the car, grabbed my fisheye and had a peek…it looked sooo sick (I even got a friend to carve over me for a test shot!)
Stevie Thompson had been sessioning the park nearly every day throughout that summer so he became my guinea pig. I set my flashes up and proceeded to lay down in the flatbottom.
The thing was stevie would nearly hit me as he went in and every time he bailed, his board would fly to the flat and whack me.
Luckily someone had a helmet which I wore during the shoot and my friends covered me with their boards to act as armour from stevie’s bails till he made one: Krooked grind to dodge the armored paparrazi in Harrows pool.
I think a shot of me in my wooden armour would of been good too but by the time Stevie landed it, I’d been hit in the head anough times and wanted out. This was a velvia roll I think.
What’s the relationship like between a photographer and filmer?
I’ve been hooking up with Phraeza a lot recently. We just help each other with my contacts and spots for his contacts and spots. Usually having a filmer there encourages the skater to land his trick. They get super stoked after they see the footage and then I email them the picture the next day or show them the digi sequence. Go to www.jahladathelearningcurve.blogspot.com/ to see how many times I get in Phraezas way!
What key advice would you give to upcoming skate photographers?
Read a book…. Check out other photographers of all fields on the web for inspiration…. Use provia! Embrace digi….but learn to print black and white. Use your friends as guinea pigs ’till their legs wear away…..visit gallerys…experiment…..buy a lomo and learn about cross process for a laugh…make a zine/blog or whatever, as long as it gives you an aim to keep on shooting pictures.
Are there ways of getting better/free equipment as you continue to grow or do you have to fund everything yourself?
De-nutrition yourself by eating only beans on toast for a year and with all the money you save go buy your desired equipment. Getting a job usually helps….i once got a free roll of film off Paul Thompson once (Transworld photographer) – he just came up to me for no reason and said “try this” and passed me a roll of provia, i think he saw me put some shoddy film in my camera!…..I’d like to shake his hand.
As for big items I’m sure there is a way to get them free but i wouldn’t rely on that, where theres a will there’s a way….seriously I literally didn’t go anywhere for the time that I saved for my fisheye….I ate pasta and beans and skated in my home town.
Is the work of a skate photographer well paid? Do you get by in life with this income alone?
For me it’s a hobby with a pay cheque…I get paid but without sounding cheesy I know for sure that I would do it anyway… I’ve always done it and I couldn’t imagine not having it as part of my skateboarding days. Linda’s cheques from Sidewalk accounts do aid me extra treats per month so I’m not complaining.
What is your favourite photo that you snapped outside of skateboarding?
Parc de Expositions – tours – France.
I was on a trip in tours, France, spending most of my morning trying to take portraits of dodgy looking French people getting their baguettes in the morning…I wasn’t having much luck.
As I came back to where my friends were I saw this massive sign next to the stadium where the car was. I took a couple of snaps not really thinking too much about it. When I got them back from the lab I instantly was stoked on one of them.
The next week I printed one up by hand and voila, my favourite shot. I just love how you can take a photo in black and white that ends up totally different then the shot you thought you were going to end up with. Tri-x 400, over expose it 1 stop.
Does music ever inspire your photography? What artists can you not leave for a tour without?
I usually hum Dierks Bentley tunes when I’m sitting in a gutter taking pictures of slappy grinds.
If you were to buy a pocket snapper for capturing skating on a budget to get going, which camera would you suggest?
Skate photography is changing so fast and getting so good. Go hunt down a Nikon fm2 with a 100mm lens on ebay. That’s what I started on. Shoot black and white and just play about with it. I used to write down everything I did when taking the shot so when I got my film back full of mistakes I could work out what I had to do to improve things.
Would you recommend digital or film?
Both! I use both. From high end film cameras like a hasselblad down to a lomo….and i’m just starting to use Nikon d2x’s along with my trusty Nikon f4s.
What are the benefits of using film or digital?
Digi for sequences and film for stills…that’s where I stand at the moment…only a matter of time till that will change.
What kit do you use?
Ok…Nikon f4s with a 100, 50 and good old 16mm fisheye. My three flashes are metz 45cl4 with a couple of manfrotto lighting stands. Three quantum freewire radio slaves to fire them off remotely. From work I’ve been playing with the d2x digi by Nikon with an 80-200 lens. When I go travel I take an x-pan panoramic camera and I’m just starting to get into the hasselblad 500c/w sooo crispy sharp and 500th synch speed…blah blah blah
If people reading this wanted to check out more of your photos do you have a website address?
Yeah, go to www.parazz.com/albums/davidsteel
For the second year running and causing even more chaos and thrills was the annual Brooklyn Banks skate jam.
Click here to read the Emerica write up.
Overall Winner
Matt Allen $1000
Bank to Double Ledge
Zered Bassett $1000
Bank-to-Wall
Jimmy McDonald $1000
Rail and Stairs
Ryan Bobier (tie) $500
Jake Donnelly (tie) $500
Marble Kicker
Colin Hale $1000
Yep, that’s right, the Dirty Sanchez full blown, cinema screen movie is finally here featuring Pritchard, Dainton, Joyce and Pancho and will hit your local city from September 23rd.
The press release we were sent says: “Dirty Sanchez: The Movie” features Pritchard’s World Record attempt for paintgun hits, nostril supergluing, finger chopping, liposuction fat drinking, tongue stapling, wasabi snorting, shin kicking, lady-boy guessing and shooting a BB gun into your own head, taking the Sanchez boys excruciatingly hilarious exploits to a new level.
The movie sees the Welsh buffoons travel the world in search of the Seven Deadly Sins taking them across England, Wales, Russia, Thailand, Japan, Mexico and as afr as the Dominican Republic, where they will surrender themselves to the evils of sloth, anger, lust, envy, pride, gluttony and greed.
Go to www.dirtysanchezthemovie.co.uk to watch the trailer or if you a myspazz fan and in need of more friends then i’m sure the boys will accomodate your requests at www.myspace.com/dirtysanchezthemovie
I’d love to find out what Kris Markovich‘s work ethic is because this guy has single-handedly ridden for and started up more companies than the shopping channel.
Anyway, after quitting Blind, Kris has found his goal and started up Crimson Skateboards with Richie Belton and James Atkin for pros, then Jeremiah Babb, Thomas Bonilla and a handful of other eager amateurs.
If you go and visit their website, you’ll be able to download a 15 minute bruiser of a promo video with no hip-hop here. The first thing you will notice are the graphics which are sick Markovich creations as you will see from the site.
Has Markovich found his version of heaven? In due course we will see how this develops, but looking good for launch.
In a similar vein to the UK’s ‘Day in the City’, the French are about to embark on their own filming mission.
La rue est vers l’image (The road to pictures) is a comp that gets a filmer and a group of up to five skaters together to film and edit a 3 to 5 minute skate video in either Bordeaux (28th August to 2nd September), Lyon (4th to 9th September) or Paris (11th to 16th September).
At the end of each week, the videos will be premiered at each cities skateshop; Workshop for Bordeaux, Wall Street for Lyon and Street Machine for Paris.
The videos will be judged by Fred Mortagne, Josh Stewart, DJ Need, Stephanie Solinas and Youcef Khemane, five people that touch several aspects of youth culture be it through videos, music or otherwise. The three best videos from each city will be aired on the Extreme Channel.
Three companies have been invited as guests for the comp. Cliché will represent Lyon, Metropolitan in Bordeaux and Landscape in Paris.
For more info and snippets of footy as the comp runs, visit www.larueestverslimage.com and www.plusdesucre.com (Sugar Magazine)
Helsinki, Finland – written by Guido Gazzi
Here’s the brief:
The flight was late, i jumped on a bus from the airport and everyone is very friendly. Helsinki looks like a beautiful city and weather is good.
I was straight in at the deep end – hooked up with event organiser Mikko and some of the other guys and headed out onto the streets to the Opera House for a little street comp on some weird angled wall ride, then onto the Museum of Modern Art for more.
I shared an apartment with Paul Shier, Ollie Todd, Pat Duffy, Justin Strubin, new Death rider Patrick Melcher and Brian Ueda (Thrasher photographer) – and generally it was all good.
The following mini interview is conducted with Mikko who organised the event which should give you some background on what Helsinki is becoming famous for in World Skateboarding.
So, when did the pro-skate actually start?
Mikko: The first pro-skate was in 1999 in a small warehouse in Helsinki, but we are now at the ice stadium and the first one was held here in 2000, so we’ve been here 6 times. The whole thing started in 1992/93 and we had Finnish championships in the Autumn. More and more people started to know skaters from around the world so we started to invite skaters from outside of Finland. We sent out pro-skate invitations and now 40% are foreign skaters and the rest are Finnish who are semi-pro/amateur or sponsored. So that’s the main idea.
Skating has been quite big in Finland. There are 5 million people here and most of them are old, so there are maybe 1 million who can be in the target group so it’s a big thing, that’s why we have this event. If you compare Pro Skate with a lot of other places they don’t have this kind of ice-rink, and may use skate-parks or something like that but here, the scene is so big which attracts people from other countries to.
And why have you adopted an indoor venue rather than build something outside, is it just a precaution for the weather?
Yes it is just because of the weather. It is really expensive to do it like this. We would have much better prize money if it was outside. It usually rains in the Spring time, not in the Summer but if you do it any earlier it’s colder.
The first championship arena was too small – there was only 2,000 people who could see at the same time which was really crowded and half of the people didn’t see anything anyway. So the ice-rink is good for that, that’s why we have kept it here because it’s more comfortable, everybody sees everything. It’s maybe a little bit big but they can all see what’s going on. If you’ve paid for a ticket you have the view, you can see all the tricks.
So you have put this event together from the beginning?
Yeah, I run it, I’m like the founder of it. I’ve been doing this with 2 guys. The first time we did it, in 1998, we tried to do it without any sponsors, the next year I did it with one other guy without sponsors and after that we started using sponsors.
What are your feelings about this year so far, maybe in comparison to other years – has the level of skating increased?
Yeah, now, the international level is quite good because now about 10 out of 30 people are invited by us, usually it’s not so many but it’s mainly because who we invite usually are good guys. But it’s a good level, many of the guys have been here before.
Last year we had Mark Appleyard who was skater of the year in Thrasher magazine a couple of years before. Maybe we have like one main star for example – 3 or 4 years ago we had Bastien visit us, it was his first big tour coming here and he won. Then we had Spanky, so they were like new names for us here and in a couple of years they have got bigger with Mike V,Rick Mcrank and Ed Templeton.
It’s great skating and a good gang of people – basically a good vibe where everybody gets on together quite well. It’s fantastic to have a great atmosphere so that the competition is not the main thing. The main thing is people coming to a new place, many haven’t been to Finland before, so we welcome them to check out new spots and a new kind of lifestyle, that’s the main idea. With the addition of sponsors we can also offer a little bit of prize money too so a few thousand dollars are up for grabs for the winners which is a cool gesture…enjoy!
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So the Helsinki pro event turned out to be laid back but well organised and was in effect, excellent.
With the class of skateboarding equalling the expectations of previous years Mikko has brought his experience of running events across the board and applying it to what he loves best – skateboarding. Enjoy the footage on this page.
This years results:
1. Eero Anttila – Finland
2. Eniz Fazliov – Finland
3. Jani Laitiala – Finland
4. Chami Laprebendere – Argentina
5. Clint Peterson – USA
6. Justin Strubing – USA
7. Chris Åström – Sweden
8. Jyri Pitkänen – Finland
9. Pat Duffy – USA
10. Patrick Melcher – USA
11. Sami Miettinen – Finland
12. Miikka Virtanen – Finland
Go to www.proskate.com for more.
