Category: Skateboarding

EVENT: Read and Destroy at The Proud Archivist

Post author By Zac
Post date March 12, 2015

readanddestroy_RAD_magazine_skate A gathering of skateboarders will be taking place on Wednesday March 25th in London to discuss the days of R.A.D Magazine’s influence on British skateboarding culture between 1987 and 1993.

On the panel you will find R.A.D editor Tim Leighton-Boyce, Vernon Adams, Dobie and Winstan Whitter who will no doubt reminisce some good old days of skateboarding’s past that has paved the way for what we have today.

The venue for this open forum is The Proud Archivist found at 2-10 Hertford Road, North London, N1 5ET – only a few minutes’ walk from Haggerston overground station, on the banks for Regent’s Canal just off the Kingsland Road.

Tickets are £8 a head that includes a complimentary drink from here.

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Style by Joe Pease

Post author By Zac
Post date March 12, 2015

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If you an admirer of Joe Pease‘s patience, art and skateboarding then this latest project on style should be a keeper. Cardiel, Gonz and Blender are all put to poetry by the wonderful voice of Charles Bukowski. You definitely can’t buy it.

Tags cardiel, gonz, illustration, JOE PEASE, skate, skateboarding, style

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Jessup Home Movies with Peter Hewitt

Post author By Zac
Post date March 12, 2015

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Jessup Griptape are rolling out five super-8 skateboarding films by the one and only Rick Charnoski and have kicked it off with Peter Hewitt who gets stuck into Washington Street’s ‘crete to the sounds of SHED. Filmed in one day on one roll of film.

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SkatePal 2014: Skateboarding in Palestine

Post author By Zac
Post date March 12, 2015

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Follow Luke Murphy, Martin O’Grady, Harry Gerrard and Sam Dearden’s journey to the West Bank where they help build skateparks and teach young people how to skate, bringing happiness to children in a hostile area that is under constant threat of violent conflict in Palestine, Western Asia. The edit comes from Brighton skater Sirus f Gahan.

You can donate towards new upcoming projects at skatepal.co.uk and also follow what’s been happening in Amman in another must watch documentary here.

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Danny Way to create World Record on Ultra Megaramp

Post author By Zac
Post date March 11, 2015

Photo: Blabac

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Danny Way seems to be busy planning something mega in the coming months from an announcement on his insta account recently. He mentioned the words Ultra Megaramp in a post last month setting tongues wagging that a new World Record air is being planned on what could be the biggest ramp ever made by DC and Monster Energy Drink.

“I thought it cool to share what I’m doing to prepare myself as I get ready to take the biggest physical risk of my career. This is one of many obscure exercises that I do within my training regiment. Tornado ball lunges hit about every part of your body, but the goal in all my work outs is to simulate situations that relate to what I do. All my exercises have a core stability and or a balance component that strengthens the fast twitch muscle fibers in return saving joints from exploding under unexpected sudden loads of pressure, impacts or blows. Anyways just a little insight to what I do to keep myself on top of my physical game”.

It was 12 years ago that the Megaramp appeared and blew people away in a DC video, here’s to what’s coming next. Read our interview with him back in 2004 here.

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Tags danny way, DC shoes, mega ramp, monster energy drink, ultramegaramp

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New Death decks for Spring 2015

Post author By Zac
Post date March 11, 2015

If you are looking for fresh wood for the Spring months ahead, Death have rolled out four new pro models this week that will be heading to your local skateshop very soon. Dan Cates has three new models on the shelves, one of them a joint CRV WKD deck with Rob Smith which is rad.

The Cates Cowskull comes in at a whopping 10.5″ in width and 33.5″ long. Patrick Melcher’s new rig the ‘Clash’ is 8.25” wide, Cates’ new Scurvy board is 9.75” and the CRV WKD model is a superb 8.75″.

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Tags dan cates, death skateboards, new skateboard decks, Patrick Melcher, products, rob smith, skateboards, skates

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Didrik Galasso RVCA edit

Post author By Zac
Post date March 11, 2015

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Didrik Galasso has some of the smoothest skating we have seen in a while and the Levitation Room soundtrack makes it look even better. Take your pick from a bunch of amazing footage that takes Skate Edit of the Week.

That no comply though…

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New AntiHero video – Eighteen

Post author By Zac
Post date March 11, 2015

It looks like AntiHero have a new video dropping next week. Yeah, only 4 months after the release of Destination Unknown that came out of nowhere. It’s premiering in the US on March 19th to fuel this latest Vans collab so expect some news on this for the UK soon.

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Jiri Bulin and Drawing Boards at Peacehaven

Post author By Zac
Post date March 10, 2015

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Have another look around the new CANVAS built skatepark in Peacehaven with Black Sheep’s Jiri Bulin and Drawing Boards crew fam Louis Antoine and Isaac Miller get stuck into the fresh ‘crete down there. That sun dial will be coming in handy soon.

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Luis Tolentino DVS remix

Post author By Zac
Post date March 10, 2015

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You know this bloke’s got the best pop in the game, well DVS thought they’d remind you of Luis Tolentino‘s skill set. It goes way further than ollies.