Everyone in Britain including your nan knows what a great fella and skater Nick Jensen is, so it didn’t take must convincing for the 4 Star Clothing dudes to get the scruffy Londoner in their threads.
Well done mate!
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Strictly Cruzin’
There must be something in the water of the Hudson that doesn’t agree with the Zoo York team at the moment, because the all star line-up has just lost another rider, Rob Welsh who prefers to rock his San Francisco Giants gear over at Santa Cruz!
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From Zero To (Anti) Hero
A match up that dates back to the good ol’ Toy Machine days has seen Jamie Thomas call Elissa Steamer into the Zero squad. Expect to see footage from street skating’s first lady, once she wakes up after the Etnies 20th Birthday bash in Paris.
Elsewhere, John Cardiel isn’t throwing wreckless 360’s over spines just yet, but maybe in the near future..? For the meantime, John is busy collecting rare reggae and dancehall tunes, whilst tuning up his latest 2-wheeled bike. Stay strong dude.
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Streets – Melbourne
Skateboarders are avid travellers, but all those guide books you buy won’t tell you where the sick spots are. I doubt any of those travel logs have chapters dedicated to a set of stairs or rail, so obviously we – the skaters – need a special tourism ittinery, and Satva Leung knew how to do it: Streets.
This is the fourth instalment of a guide through one of the world’s many skateable cities, and Melbourne is the place to be. I must admit that I rarely differentiate between Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra or Perth so to know that the down hill 3-sets leading to a big 4 is NOT in Melbourne, but the Riverside park IS, can be very helpful when you realise how vast Australia is.
I’ve never been to Melbourne, but I guess this issue of Streets is pretty complete seeing as it covers the Museum (sand gaps), Riverside skatepark, the Drains (generation gap), Flinders Street rail (golden rail), Lincoln Square (ledges and stairs) and loads more with various snippets of footage. I must say that I didn’t quite get the part about the Flinders Street rail because apparently the place has been rinsed dry and isn’t worth visiting. Ah, the laws of Already Been Dones…!
Thank god Satva made sure he interviewed a good handful of locals: Lewis Marnell, Ben Gauci, Chris Woods (originally from New Zealand), Jake Brown, Morgan Campbell, Renton Millar to name a few. You’ll also spot footage and vox pops with a few foreign heads because you can’t deny Melbourne is a hot holiday resort with it’s cool party scene, beautiful women, and numerous spots of course!
I only have one problem with Streets, and that’s the fact that it guides you straight to a spot so that you can rinse it and then bugger off leaving the locals with a knackered spot to contemplate. I might be from the old school, but I’m not really down with open invitations to skate and destroy. Then again, these audio visual guides only tell you about the spots that you’ve ogled at before in many videos (N.B. Flinders Street rail). I’m sure there is plenty more to skate in Melbourne that this short video has us expecting. Streets Melbourne is definitely worth checking out if you’re heading down under. Otherwise you can probably live without watching it.
Music by:
• DJ Mutt
• Mophono
• Dr. Claw
• Lethal D
• Matt Webb
Ralph Lloyd-Davis
07/06/06
The Extreme Channel have announced their skateboard listings for June:
Thursday 1st June
• 09:00 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 16:00 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 17:00 Mobile Skatepark Tour
• 08:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 20:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 01:00 The Bones Brigade Video Show
Friday 2nd June
• 09:00 Globe World Cup of Skate 2002
• 10:00 Globe World Cup Skateboarding 2003
• 11:00 Globe World Cup Skateboarding 2004
• 12:00 Globe World Cup Skateboarding 2005
• 13:00 WC Skate ’05: Behind the Scenes
• 13:30 Vans World Championships: Skateboarding
• 15:30 Globe World Cup of Skate 2002
• 16:30 Globe World Cup Skateboarding 2003
• 17:30 Globe World Cup Skateboarding 2004
• 18:30 WC Skate ’05: Behind the Scenes
• 19:00 Globe World Cup Skateboarding 2005
• 20:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 23:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 01:00 Future Primitive
Saturday 3rd June
• 12:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 12:30 Thrasher: Skater of the Year
• 14:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 15:30 Danny Way’s Chinese Skate-Away (Gt Wall Jump)
• 17:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
Sunday 4th June
• 08:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 09:00 Concrete Carnage
• 09:30 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 09:35 Tricks & Tips: F/S Tailslides with Wainwright
• 09:40 Etnies European Championships 2005: Basel
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 10:10 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Wainwright
• 10:15 Globe Wildcard Series 2005
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 11:25 Globe Bowlbash
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 12:00 Cactus Garden
• 12:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 13:30 Danny Way’s Chinese Skate-Away (Gt Wall Jump)
• 16:00 Cactus Garden
Monday 5th June
• 10:10 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 15:40 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 16:20 Almost Round 3
• 17:10 LG Championships ’05: LG Artillery
• 17:50 LG Championships ’05: The UK Scene
• 19:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 20:00 LG Action Sports 2005 – Manchester
• 23:00 LG Action Sports 2005 – Manchester
Tuesday 6th June
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 10:10 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: LG Bomb Squad
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: LG Bomb Squad
• 15:40 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 16:15 Globe Wildcard Series 2005
• 17:15 LG Championships ’05: The Street Course
• 17:50 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 17:55 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 18:00 Hardcore Candy
Wednesday 7th June
• 10:10 Cactus Garden
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: LG Artillery
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: LG Artillery
• 14:30 Hardcore Candy
• 15:40 Cactus Garden
• 16:15 Future Primitive
• 17:15 LG Championships ’05: LG Cash or Crash
• 17:20 NASS ’05
• 17:55 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 19:00 Cactus Garden
• 23:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
Thursday 8th June
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 10:10 Cactus Garden
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: LG Beats & Breaks
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: LG Beats & Breaks
• 15:35 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 15:40 Cactus Garden
• 16:15 What If?
• 17:55 LG Championships ’05: LG Beats & Breaks
• 19:00 Cactus Garden
• 20:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 23:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
Friday 9th June
• 10:10 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: LG Vert Skyscraper
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: LG Vert Skyscraper
• 15:40 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 16:15 The Bones Brigade Video Show
• 17:00 Thrasher: King of the Road
• 19:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 20:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 23:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
Saturday 10th June
• 17:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
Sunday 11th June
• 12:30 Thrasher: King of the Road
• 13:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
Monday 12th June
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: 50/50’s with Pete King
• 10:10 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: The Street Course
• 11:15 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Durdek & Big Black
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: The Street Course
• 13:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 16:10 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 16:20 NASS ’05
• 17:00 Thrasher: Skater of the Year
• 20:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
Tuesday 13th June
• 10:10 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: Cash or Crash
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: 360 flip’s with Wainwright
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: Cash or Crash
• 16:10 LG Championships ’05: Bomb Squad
• 16:15 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 16:20 Globe Wildcard Series 2005
• 16:55 LG Championships ’05: Artillery
• 17:00 Fruit of the Vine
• 20:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 20:30 Danny Way’s Chinese Skate-Away (Gt Wall Jump)
Wednesday 14th June
• 09:00 Cactus Garden
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 10:10 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: Media
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: Media
• 13:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 16:15 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 16:20 Globe Wildcard Series 2005
• 16:55 LG Championships ’05: LG Vert Skyscraper
• 17:00 Gallaz Skate Jam
• 17:30 Thrasher: Bowl, Beers & Barneys
• 20:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
Thursday 15th June
• 08:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 13:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 15:35 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 16:10 LG Championships ’05: LG Street Course
• 16:20 Globe Wildcard Series 2005
• 16:55 LG Championships ’05: LG Cash or Crash
• 17:00 Millencolin Open 2005
• 20:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 20:30 Hangin’ With… Rodney Mullen
Friday 16th June
• 09:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 09:30 Hardcore Candy
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: The UK Scene
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: The UK Scene
• 13:00 LG Actions Sports Championships 2005
• 16:10 LG Championships ’05: Media
• 16:20 Globe Wildcard Series 2005
• 16:55 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 17:00 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 17:05 What If?
• 17:50 Tricks & Tips: 50-50’s with Pete King
• 17:55 LG Championships ’05: LG Street Course
Saturday 17th June
• 12:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 18:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 21:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 01:00 X Games XI
Sunday 18th June
• 14:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 17:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 18:00 Gravity Games
• 00:00 Gravity Games
Monday 19th June
• 09:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: The UK Scene
• 11:15 Ultimate Gumballers: Rob Dyrdek & Big Black
• 11:55 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 13:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
• 15:30 LG Championships ’05: The UK Scene
• 16:15 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 16:20 What If?
• 17:15 LG Championships ’05: LG Cash or Crash
• 17:25 Beyond Warped
• 18:00 Hardcore Candy
• 23:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
Tuesday 20th June
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 10:10 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:40 LG Championships ’05: Bomb Squad
• 15:30 LG Championships ’05: The Street Course
• 16:15 Future Primitive
• 17:25 Beyond Warped
• 23:00 LG Action Sports Championships 2005
Wednesday 21st June
• 08:00 Thrasher: Skater of the Year
• 09:00 Almost Round 3
• 10:00 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 10:10 Etnies European Tour 2005
• 10:40 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 10:45 Eastpak Transition Tour: Part 1
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 11:25 Vans World Championships: Skateboarding
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 12:00 Globe World Cup Skateboarding 2005
• 13:00 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 13:05 OP King of Skate
• 15:00 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 15:05 Eastpak Transition Tour: Part 1
• 15:35 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 15:40 Vans World Championships: Skateboard
• 16:10 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 16:15 Thrasher: Beer Helmet
• 17:15 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 17:20 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 17:25 Beyond Warped
• 17:55 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 18:00 Etnies European Championships: Basel
• 18:30 Thrasher: Skater of the Year
• 19:30 Globe World Cup Skateboarding 2005
• 20:30 Danny Way’s Chinese Skate-Away (Gt Wall Jump_
• 21:00 Danny Way’s Vegas Bomb Drop (TBC)
• 22:00 Almost Round 3
• 23:00 Thrasher: Skater of the Year
• 00:00 Danny Way’s Vegas Bomb Drop
• 01:00 Thrasher: Beer Helmet
Thursday 22nd June
• 09:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:00 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 10:10 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:40 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: 50-50’s with Pete King
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 14:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 15:35 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 16:10 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 16:15 Tricks & Tips: Globe Bowlbash
• 16:45 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 16:50 Thrasher: Bowl, Beers & Barneys
• 17:20 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 17:25 NASS ’05
• 17:55 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 20:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
Friday 23rd June
• 10:00 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: 50-50’s with Pete King
• 10:10 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:40 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Wainwright
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 15:35 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 16:10 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 16:15 Etnies European Tour 2005
• 16:45 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 16:50 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 17:20 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 17:25 Beyond Warped
• 17:55 Tricks & Tips: 50-50’s with Pete King
Saturday 24th June
• 09:00 Concrete Carnage
• 09:30 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 09:35 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 09:40 European Skate Championships
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 10:10 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 10:15 Globe Wildcard Series 2005
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: 50-50’s with Wainwright
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 11:25 Globe Bowlbash
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 12:00 OP King of Skate
• 13:55 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 14:00 Eastpak Transition Tour: Part 1
• 14:30 Vans World Championships: Skateboard
• 15:00 Almost Round 3
• 16:00 Thrasher: Skater of the Year
• 17:00 Danny Way’s Bomb Drop (TBC)
• 18:00 Danny Way’s Chinese Skate-Away (Gt Wall Jump)
• 18:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 01:00 Thrasher: Beer Helmet
• 02:00 Almost Round 3
Sunday 25th June
• 08:00 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 09:00 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips
• 09:35 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 09:40 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 10:40 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 10:45 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: 50-50’s with Wainwright
• 11:25 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 12:00 Almost Round 3
• 17:00 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 18:00 Almost Round 3
• 20:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 20:30 Cactus Garden
• 21:00 LG Championships ’05: Exploded
• 22:00 Thrasher: Beer Helmet
• 23:00 Almost Round 3
Monday 26th June
• 09:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:00 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 10:10 Cactus Garden
• 10:40 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Wainwright
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: 50-50’s with Pete King
• 14:00 Hardcore Candy
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 15:35 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 16:10 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 16:15 Vans World Championship: Skateboard
• 16:45 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 16:50 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 17:20 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 17:25 Monster Mastership 2005: Street
• 17:55 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 18:00 Hardcore Candy
Tuesday 27th June
• 09:00 Cactus Garden
• 10:00 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Wainwright
• 10:10 Cactus Garden
• 10:40 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Wainwright
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 15:35 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 16:10 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 16:15 Globe Bowlbash
• 16:45 Thrasher: King of the Road
• 17:20 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 17:25 Monster Mastership 2005: Vert
• 17:55 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
Wednesday 28th June
• 10:00 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 10:10 Cactus Garden
• 10:40 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 14:30 Hardcore Candy
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 15:35 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 16:10 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 16:15 Concrete Carnage
• 16:45 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 16:50 Sprite Urban Games 2005
• 17:20 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 17:25 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 17:55 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
Thursday 29th June
• 10:00 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 10:10 Cactus Garden
• 10:40 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: 50-50’s with Pete King
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 15:35 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 16:10 Tricks & Tips: 50-50’s with Pete King
• 16:15 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 16:20 Snickers Bowl at Donnington 2005
• 16:50 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 16:55 Future Primitive
• 20:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
Friday 30th June
• 09:30 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 10:00 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 10:05 Tricks & Tips: Kick & Heelflips with Pete King
• 10:10 Cactus Garden
• 10:40 Tricks & Tips: Ollies with Pete King
• 11:15 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
• 11:20 Tricks & Tips: Melon’s with Wainwright
• 11:55 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 14:00 Genex featuring Dan Cates
• 15:30 Tricks & Tips: Mini-Ramp with Wainwright
• 15:35 Tricks & Tips: Dropping In with Pete King
• 16:20 NASS ’05
• 16:50 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 16:55 Thrasher: Beer Helmet
• 17:50 Tricks & Tips: 5-0’s with Wainwright
• 17:55 Tricks & Tips: 360 flips with Wainwright
After a very successful career at the helm of 50-50 Skateshop in Bristol, homegrown pro, Danny Wainwright has set his sights on the high end of fashion and design with the Wonderful Workshop.
The store offers trainers, t-shirts, books, magazines, toys and more for any artist or wannabe artist out there. Visit the website www.wonderfulworkshop.com to have a look around at the many delights on display.
All other contact info as follows:
Workshop
1-2 Perry Road
Bristol
BS1
England
Opening Times:
10:00am – 5:30am
Monday – Saturday
Telephone:
0117 9221566
Email:
shop@wonderfulworkshop.com
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Danijel Todorovic Interview
Interview by Zac
Photo’s by Jonas Adolfsson
Picture the scene….
We get into Malmo, my board is lost in transit, my luggage had left the day before and was sat on the concourse all alone, waiting for me as i entered the country. It’s pissing down with rain and we check in to the hotel where we and are met by 2 blokes in a BMW 4×4, one of them being my mate Seth from Meanwhile who i had no idea was out there, and the other – Danijel Todorovic.
The sun comes out when you meet this guy, this was a first for me but we got on like a house on fire from the off, so much so, i decided to grab some time with him a few days after we got back from the Bowlriders event there at the end of May 2006. Sidewalk Magazine have already had Danijel on their cover and this month (June06) he also graces the cover of Document Skate Mag here in the UK, is there no stopping this forest boy from Sweden?
This interview will be available as our first podcast interview on this site soon, so watch this space. – Zac.
So, what brings you to the UK Danijel?
First of all, my mate Seth lives here in London, and I was told about this Circa event and the new premiere, and I was going to get my boards from the Harmony boys.
Ah, a nice tied in trip! How was the premiere?
Yeah, it was good. Prince Charles cinema, loads of people and loads of good skating. The after party was even better!
Was there any particular rider on the “It’s Time” video that stood out for you?
Tony Tave, I’ve got my eyes on him.
He has youth on his side to..
Yeah he’s still a kid, but killing it.
So, you come from Malmo in Sweden, tell us a little about the Malmo skate scene, starting off at Streetlab.
I’ve been skating for 12 years now and been in the scene for quite some time. Streetlab is a shop that my mate Frederik started about 5 years ago and it was the first time we got to do something on our own, to start building a scene and get people involved and be open minded, because people in Malmo, back in the day, found it hard to get into the scene. People wouldn’t let you, they were kind of a dog-town era, proper dicks. If you weren’t respected, they wouldn’t let you into their gang, but we fucked that up with Streetlab, and we got in touch with loads of people and more people started skating and old friends started skating. We just tried to carry on and build bridges.
Sounds cool. So Streetlab is the skater owned shop…
Skater owned, skater built. Any shop manager out there that has their own part in a skate video… it’s well good I reckon!
When we were in Malmo, we were invited to the premiere and it had a kind of Crossfirenight vibe to it, DJs playing and mixing music.
Yeah, we had a really nice night, it was at a club that we always use. We had a premiere a few years ago and it was almost the same vibe, just without the bowlriders. I think the bowlriders brought in more people, so we had about 420 skaters there. So we were rockin’ the party!
They say that, I dunno…
You’re are probably used to it though! [Laughs] So the video itself, I thought it was of a seriously high pedigree. Who are the guys to look out for coming from your scene that people will get to know over the coming months?
Frederick’s section. I was stoked that he had a full part. All of the Streetlab team because its basically the shop team and there are 9 of us, and everyone is different. Different styles, different types of skating and different ages. We go from kids to 33 year old boys.
Nothing wrong with being 33!
No! [Laughs] But yeah, its always good to see people still ripping. It was our third video and the thing I’ve been battling with since the first video is to get the most fucked up soundtrack and I think this one is the winner!
There’s some really good tunes in there actually. I noticed Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Mew and some others.
There’s a few good ones.
Anyone else that we might not know about?
Fidgit, the song in my section, from the North of Sweden, a rock band. The first section, Fast Forward’s part, it was Disco Volante.
They played at the bowlriders too.
Yeah, we know the drummer, he’s a skater and a friend of ours. And the whole band is Malmo based so it was good to put their music into it.
So which 9 riders appear in the video from the Streetlab team?
Its me, Daniel Sjoholm, Martin “Fast Forward” Henriksson, Christian “Roadkill” Mattson, Frederick “Benhög” Nilsson, Martin “Pennan” Pennlowe, Emre Yercok, Daniel “Kattöga” Sjöholm, Rasmus Sjölin, Peter “Pastorn” Liedberg, Christina Sandell, Love Rydstern, Fredrik “Frille” Grundberg, Fernando Bramsmark and a girl has a split section with 3 others, she has a really nice section.
She really stuck out in that section, I noticed her straight away and she ripped.
Sarah Murele.
She’s definitely one to watch.
Yeah sure, and she’s coming over for this girl thing in London soon I think.
There was one this weekend, in St Albans, they always have a UK girl jam, and it always attracts a lot of Europeans now, so I’m not surprised to see her come out. But yeah, she really lays it down.
She does yeah, and she’s 15 I think!
And when is the video released?
As soon as I get back tomorrow, I’m gonna try to finish off the DVD sleeve and see how the menus will work and send it away for printing.
Sounds perfect. So, have you played a major part in putting the DVD together?
Yeah unfortunately [laughs], I told everyone that I’m not the man to do it, but since no-one took care of it, everything happened to end up on my desk. Wednesday evening before the premiere, at 3.15am, I finished it and put it on a DVD. That was the best feeling!
But that’s always how it happens for premieres, I’ve put on a few in the last 5 years and its always the way that the party is planned, but the video gets done but just in the nick of time!
Always!
I think the 50/50 video we did was finished about 2 hours before it got to us from Bristol, it was tight!
Its always like that, even though we had a premiere the last time, at the same place, same people involved, we told everyone we wanted to get it done beforehand properly so we could actually sell it at the premiere, but… that didn’t happen!
A lot of work though, I don’t think people understand the amount of work it takes to put out a high production film these days.
Just time. I don’t think it’s that classy, just friends putting a video together, it’s always better like that.
But there are some amazing spots in this video that people wouldn’t have seen before…
That’s the good thing, you get to see things that maybe you’ve never seen before.
And that’s what people want. Keeping it fresh and exciting. Have a lot of pro skaters come out to Malmo to film parts?
No, not really. If something had been arranged in Sweden 5 years ago, everyone would have gone to Stockholm because it’s the capital and everything was based out of Stockholm. But that’s not a factor anymore, down South is growing and thanks to the concrete park, we’re definitely going to grow even more.
It certainly stuck out like a sore thumb down there, that park is pretty special. How did the park come about?
We have a good indoor park, John Magnusson, who has been working at the park for ages, and he has his heart and soul in his skateboarding. He used to be a professional hockey player but he gave it up to put everything into the skatepark and just wanted to skate. He’s the guy we need to thank a lot for this park and the opportunity to skate these incredible spots every day.
You have a street section in that park, a bowl section in the park, a pool in the park… it has everything in that park that anyone needs! I’d highly recommend people travelling out there to check it out.
It basically has every element in it. I was on the designer group for the street course and that was a really nice thing to be a part of but at the end of the day, we didn’t get anything that we wanted. The architects were like “this wouldn’t work with this and that won’t work with that” so in the end it went shit anyway. But still, its good.
There’s still a lot in there though!
Oh yeah, I’m just picky. [Laughs] When you have a good park and you know you could do a little bit better, you get it in your head that they didn’t make it perfect.
There’s no perfection guaranteed when you build.
But its concrete though, so its good.
So, you’re sponsored by The Harmony , which is run out of England. How did that come about?
Funny story actually. I used to ride for Minute Skateboards, I was their only rider outside of the UK, same as Harmony. Just after Minute quit, I got involved with Adam Mondon, Tim Crawley, Frank Stevens, Paul Sylvester, and Alex Irvine the photographer. They came over to Sweden, stayed at mine and I showed them all the spots and we had a good week skating. That was in September, and then in January the year after, Mondon just contacted me and told me about this company they were starting and asked me if I wanted to join. And I wasn’t riding for anyone at that time so I found Harmony really nice and got on the train.
It’s obviously an independent company but it seems as if they have some very cool graphics with David at the controls, was that something that was an influence for you joining them?
Yeah, I’d only met Mondon and then met Dave who did the graphics and was amazing at his designing and his art stuff. Like, every t-shirt and board he did was a work of art and I really enjoyed that.
I think he goes under the name of Dist One.
Dist One UK Yep.
www.distone.co.uk – You can go there and check out all of his incredible work with Harmony. The movie just dropped, with the Harmony, how do you feel about that one?
That was also a stressful project, we didn’t know how we were gonna end it and what we’d be using but the result was really, really good. Got some Malmo in there because they took a trip out here and we’ve got the first Valencia trip the Harmony boys did. So the movie is like a timeline, how the company went along, what we’ve been doing and what we’ve been involved in and had really good music and me and Tom Harrison put in a good mix. I really enjoyed that one, but I’m not sure its out yet. They’ve put it with Sidewalk but I think they’ve pushed it back. But it’s coming, maybe in the next issue in July…
So, do you get to skate much in the UK, come over and visit the team?
I’ve been over here a few times. With Seth being here, its really easy for me to come over and its cheap, with the tickets from Malmo from Ryanair, booked in advance. But its hard for me to travel the country, I always stay in London when I get here. It’s easier. If we go on a tour – like we just went to Scotland with Harmony – it was a mission. Bob Marley And The Wailers Tour!
Was he on the stereo?
Oh yeah! And I met Jamie, the new kid, Jamie Bolland. Amazing guy, he’s on the up. It was good to be back with the team. Unfortunately Tom was injured but we skated some good concrete in Scotland and some good downhill action in Glasgow.
Drunken downhill! Always the best way to do it. Did you manage to get to the Dundee skatepark on that one?
Yeah we went there, Div was there killing it. It was really nice to see, good park and we skated Livi too that night, its open 24/7 I think.
And it was dry?
It was dry yep.
Perfect.
It was a good experience. Not as smooth as the Malmo one, but it was good.
What’s your favourite style of skating? What’s an average day for Danijel, what does he do?
Because of the park, we go down to warm up for a bit, its easy because it’s only a few minutes from my house, and then we just hit some random spots. I’m filming a lot with Pontus Alv, because he’s got a new film coming out and I’m trying to get a full spot in that.
His first film “The Strongest of the Strange” is one of the best skate films ever made.
It’s a good one, it took him 3 years or something but it turned out good and you could see, the way he skates, he’s so creative and inspiring. If I get to skate with him, I enjoy it so much because he pushes himself to a limit that no-one else could. He always takes you on a mission.
And his bowl?!
I should kill the designer for that. That bowl is so rough. You have to have 2 or 3 weeks of skating it every day to learn how to ride it, but I don’t have to time. I can’t stand it, its so hard to skate. It looks good on the video though.
But I mean, they make it look really easy to skate on the video, they really put it down.
D Boy especially because he’s so small, its easier for him. He cruises every corner of it, its amazing. I wish I could skate it.
So do I. In fact, some of the boys went out there when we were in Malmo, I was stuck at the bar, unfortunately, so I missed the bus.
Yeah I think Silent Will went out there.
Silent Will and a few people took some photos of Pete King, Ross, Josh and a few others. But they only skated it for 25 minutes before it rained so they didn’t get too much action in it but they had a good time on it. It looks amazing fun. I’m certainly going to be hitting that place up myself next time I’m there.
You should, you should!
So, what about music? You say you picked Fidgit for your part in your DVD, but what’s on your stereo?
I have a really strange mix of music. You either love it or you hate it. I download loads of stuff and my iPod is full of shit. I just want songs that remind you of something or give you a good feeling about something. Especially with the music in certain skate videos, they’re the tunes you remember. And they’re the ones you’re chasing when you see a film and that’s what I do. I don’t have a favourite band or one type of music I listen to.
So if we were to put you on an island and gave you 5 desert island discs, what would they be?
Five whole albums? Shit. Some Bob Marley, to relax to. Definitely a Rolling Stones album. Maybe some Nina Simone, some kind of Soul, like Al Green or Nina Simone. I need a mixtape with all my shit on, like Vanilla Ice, Technotronik, all those disco and 90s electro tunes. It’s funny stuff, all the breakbeats. So I’d take 2 mixtapes as well. Some classics and 2 mixtapes.
Am I correct in saying that Streetlab are big fans of Crossfire radio? So we’ll probably have this played in the shop.
Yeah, I take my iPod in often. And some of my friends love what I have on it and some hate it. But to play the same thing every day gets boring so we play loads of Crossfire radio shows. And they’re pretty long so as soon as one is finished, we put the next radio show on.
I couldn’t believe it, I was so stoked, as soon as I got to Malmo this guy came up to me and said “Oh! You’re the guy from Crossfire, we listen to your radio shows!” and you know what, that made my day! So if that bloke is lreading this right now, thanks for telling me and making my day! So what plans have you got next? Obviously you’re going back to Malmo…
Malmo yep tomorrow morning. Next thing is actually Rune Glifberg’s 20 years of skating. All the Volcom riders got invited so we’re just going to have a big jam in Copenhagen. Its one of my favourite places to skate. It’s an 80’s theme so everyone’s going to be dressed up as 80’s skaters and we’re going to have a wall ride comp and a fly out comp. It’s gonna be a good thing, and Rune is gonna be there to represent the whole thing.
He’s been pushing skating a lot now for many years and he never lets up, he’s probably one of the best on the circuit.
I was surprised to see him at the Bowlriders in that condition and killing it. I’ve never seen him ride a bowl like that.
I’d never seen him rip that much, with no pads on aswell.
And putting street stuff into it aswell, doing all the street stuff inbetween his vert and bowl stuff. Really amazing.
People like Rune have photos taken by your friend Jonas Adolfsson, do you?
I get loads done with him, he’s actually one of my favourite to go out with, we really push each other. He’s very talented and well under-rated so I go out with him a lot. We actually got some photos for Sidewalk. I talked to them as he had loads of photos that hadn’t been used. That’s Jonas’ problem, he’s not involved in magazines enough, so we got him in touch with Sidewalk and him and Horsley split the Haunts thing. These pics on this page are all taken by Jonas, he is a talent.
People will be able to check out a whole feature of Jonas’ photography in the features section on this site at some point over the summer as we’re going to be running a huge photography feature with various people from America, the UK and Europe. Ok, so let’s wrap this shit up, Danijel, thank you very much…If you wanna say thanks or hi to anyone, it’s all yours.
Let’s do this! I wanna say thanks to all my friends and family, girlfriend Liv for standing with me. My sponsors, Nike SB, Kaspar from Holland, we have Streetlab the shop (thanks Freddie for doing everything), the Harmony boys, Adam Mondon and Dave Earl Dixon, thanks for bringing me on this Harmony trip. John at M&O and Spitfire and Thunder trucks. – Thank you everyone!
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Krooked Creature’s
This week has been a corker so far. Not one but 2 brand new films have reached HQ for viewing purposes. Firstly Krooked Skateboards brand new movie Krooked Kronichles that premiere’s this week all over the UK.
The Gonz and his talented crew have delivered a fine video featuring some shit-hot skateboarding and overall production, strengths especially from Dan Drehobl. His part is amazing! – The friends section is massive, it’s full of great 70’s and 80’s tunes as well and as for Gonz and the rest of the team – “I’m Pro” is all i have to say….get this video from Slam City this Friday for £19.95 call 0870 420 4146 to pre order. They will also have a limited (1000 worldwide) Gold version £34.95, which I’m guessing has some extra cool stuff on it.
The other promo in this week is the Creature Skateboards promo “Born Dead” which rips a new hole in your head once you have seen it. Put it this way, you know when you watch a skate video and most tricks are edited with all the “makes”, well this is let off the leish and has so many bails through it it making this pretty real to watch. The sections in this promo are enough to give Anti-Hero a nudge as parts as good as Darren Navarrette’s or Sam Hitz will blow your mind, let alone the rest of the team. It’s gnarly for sure. The full video is to come but this promo is a good length and comes with death metal, hardcore and sludge for your aural pleasure.
Click here for a sneak preview.
Look out for Krooked and Creature comps on this site next week as we have loads of exclusive stuff here ready for you.
It’s always nice to get a pat on the back for your efforts, so winning an award can always help float the ego a bit. Transworld have been running their award ceremony for a while now, and this year looks like they actually got a few choices right. Here’s the run down:
The Best Team for 2006 was Cliché which is pretty appropriate considering the amount of shredding these guys get up to. Plus the fact that they single-handedly made football look cool again…
Best Vert Skater went to the madman himself, Danny Way. No great surprise there if it weren’t for another year of limit stretching stunts and a lot of airtime.
Best Rookie for 2006 went to Jereme Rogers because this guy does not stop until the fat lady sings, and seeing as skateboarding hasn’t attracted any overweight falcettos, I doubt Jereme will stop killing it on his pro board anytime soon.
The Best Video of 2006 was voted as Baker 3, so get your hands on a copy ASAP if you don’t know already. Heavy parts from Antwuan Dixon, Andrew Reynolds, Brandon Szefranski and co. had kids, managers and groupies in a fever.
The video part that had people screaming the most was undoubtably Daewon Song in Skate More by DVS. I just watched Daewon’s part the other day and I still get hyped by it. Truly one of the most gifted skaters to grace this planet.
The Best Street Skater in 2006 went to Dennis Busenitz which is great because despite being quite a shy character, Dennis screams at you when he flies past at a hundred miles an hour plus.
This years Skate Legend went to the one and only Mark Gonzales. I’m sure the Gonz is stoked to be called a legend, but I don’t think he has any intention of hanging up his laurels, especially if the new Krooked video is anything to go by.
Finally, the Readers Choice award went to Chris Cole which is understandable when you see the route Chris has travelled with his skateboard over the last 12 months. I think I have an idea where Chris gets his trick selection from, and it isn’t from watching the competition because he squashed them ages ago.
Good work Transworld. To read the whole story go here where you view footage fo the best of 2005..
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Kickflip World Record Smashed!
If you’re like me, then you probably didn’t know there was an ‘official’ world record for consecutive kickflips, but in any case that record just got smashed to bits.
Always the ones to put some fun back into skating, Krux Trucks have been touring skateparks around the US with their kickflip challenge, and on May 27th, a little kid from the Vertical Urge skatepark in North Carolina bust out 219 kickflips in a row! Signal please! I land about one kickflip every full moon, so his record is in no threat from me…
Check the epic footage here: http://www.kruxtrucks.com/kickflip/video.php?vid=kfc_verticalurge