Vancouver’s scene video Civic Affair has been posted online in full overnight. Get stuck into sections from Ben Blundell, Tyler Warren, Dustin Henry, Tyler Gaucher, Ryan Witt, Will Blakely, Magnus Hanson, Mike Campbell and Jed Anderson.
Photos: Glen.E.Friedman
Skateboarding lost one of the original Z-Boys this week following the unfortunate death of Shogo Kubo who is said to have suffered a heart attack whilst paddle boarding in Hawaii.
Born in Kagoshima City, Japan in 1959, Kubo moved to Southern California and became one of the 12 members of the Zephyr skate team put together by Jeff Ho and Skip Engblom back in 1975, a team who dominated and pushed skateboarding forward tenfold. It’s said that he met Jay Adams at a Judo class who he bought a used surfboard from before the pair became good friends.
Known for his amazing style on a skateboard, he was an innovator, whose technique on a board was awe inspiring. So much so, that Shogo’s movements undoubtledly inspired the next generation of high flyers; the likes of Christian Hosoi and a plethora of others in the 80s due to his unique approach to his tricks, especially, full blown laybacks.
It’s a huge loss for a generation that kickstarted what we have today in skateboarding worldwide, and to skateboarding in general. Please raise a glass to an absolute legend. The King of Style.
Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.
RIP Shogo Kubo.
“Shogo was ALL about style. There was a time when style actually mattered…”
Fourstar Clothing are whetting our appetite with this new montage clip in advance of their killer Australian tour video ‘Crocodile Done Deal‘ that is dropping soon. Catch up on some great moments over the years in this Anthology whilst we all wait for the fresh goods.
The Sabotage crew took to the streets of Philadelphia for this year’s Go Skateboarding Day avoiding cops, general nutcases and spiderman. Tight edit cut to Hive’s soundtrack.
Enjoy this documentary about the forward thinking behind the Bryggeriet skatepark in Malmö, Sweden that allows skateboarding to take place daily at school, a set up that has inspired skateboarding appearing on the school curriculum in British schools now too. This film put together by Chris Mulhern features Gustav Eden, John Magnussen and many more and is the first in a two-part series.
Ph: Tim Dodson
Check out Akira Imamura‘s latest edit that was filmed over 3 months in San Francisco for Paradise Wheels. This is a lively one accompanied with a big bag of tricks.
Callum Paul celebrates his new Pink Heath and Bubbler decks on Passport this month with a killer new edit from down under. Look out for a bunch of cameo’s from various Aussies aided by music from Leonard Cohen and that Cop Killer track from John Maus that we are amazed has not been used in a skate video before.
Landscape’s Ash Hall drops 10 at that DIY spot in Sheffield with a cameo from Death’s Moggins.
Ph: Dave Chesson switch tre’s the MW2 gap by Rich West
Pete King provides the commentary on this new web doc shot by Nick Richards on London’s skate scene. Click play for skating from Barney Page, Ben Rowles, Josh Underwood, Big Dave, Ben Larthe, Josh Cox, Daryl Dominguez, Kyron Davis and more.
You’ve seen Nyjah Huston‘s final cut of Fade to Black with Metallica leading the soundtrack, and just recently, the behind the scenes edit. Now watch the original edit that was drafted with Meek Mill and Rick Ross bringing the shit talk to the soundtrack. Must have been the “pussy smells like fish” lyric that prompted the change. Sorry ‘hustlers’.