Photo by Rich West
Sirus f Gahan’s latest edit features bad-boy Ewen Bower skating in Vox Shoes. It’s a very nice welcome edit, show your appreciation.
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Stroud has a spanking new indoor skatepark called Rush that is getting some great chit chat right now. The Fifty Fifty team headed down there for a lock in and came back with Louis Gane’s footage of Phil Parker, Ollie Lock, Josh Arnott, Tom Gibbs, Barber, Pat Garrahy and more.
Ph: Jason Henry
Magenta pro’s Leo Valls & Ben Gore took to the hills of San Francisco for this latest edit with downhill fun for miles. Enjoy this driveway bump footage, so much fun.
If you missed their DVD this year, click here for our Soleil Levante review.
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Riley Hawk pro for Baker
There’s no skater of the year title for Riley Hawk just yet but you cannot ignore the amount of amazing footage he managed to get down on tape this year. His huge bag of tricks did the talking in 2013 for sure. Tony Hawk, Andrew Reynolds and the Baker team tell him the good news in this clip that ran over the weekend. Baker has a new pro and Terry Kennedy even has rhymes for him.
Heroin’s Video Nasty DVD had something special from all over the globe this year but the bonkers skateboarding skills of Japanese aficionado Gou Miyagi had tongues wagging all over the web. This part is a marmite number for some and for others a trip outside the norm. Enjoy something different today.
This Subspecies section is worth watching too.
Joe Gavin‘s section from the Snake Eyes Die DVD is online alongside a whole host of others today. Get some of Manchester’s finest right here via Note.
So here it is, Thrasher’s Skater of the Year 2013 is…..
There were so many others who could have taken this crown this year. Jim Greco proved he can still bust it at the highest level. Westgate killed it all year, Grant Taylor and Ben Raybourn both had so much quality footage out there, Bob Burnquist pushed big tranny skating through the roof and changed the game and Mark Suciu’s huge amount of street footage should have pushed him into the top 3. Then there’s Nyjah Huston, who despite dropping an epic edit to complete his year didn’t get past the post despite wearing the tee.
So the prize has fallen to the incredible Ishod Wair who was announced this morning. Congrats all round as Philly’s star player earnt it through consistent style and makes the most difficult skateboarding look simple.
Think he deserved it? Who got your vote?
The Curzon cinema in Soho, London will screen Marten Persiel’s ‘This Ain’t California‘ film next Tuesday evening (10th Dec) that depicts the skate scene in Germany in the 1980s. With footage from back in the day edited with up to date recreated shots, this film that apparently sits between a documentary and a mockumentary looks fun and will be followed panel discussion with director Marten Persiel, artist / activist Skylon and skateboarder Biko Issah.
The film starts at 6.20pm. Book tickets here.
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Frank Gerwer interview
Photos: Gabe Morford
The last time a pro from Antihero graced this site with an interview back in 2005 the world talked shit for months. This time though we had 5 sober minutes instead of a drunken hour to kill ahead of Tent City’s deluxe re-issue. If you have never seen this flick in your lifetime then you are in for a treat. Made by Coan “Buddy” Nichols and Rick Charnoski, this movie has gone down in skate history as a classic since its original released back in 2004 and features the Antihero crew hitting the open roads of Australia and shredding everything in sight.
Today, extra footage from the filming of this trip has been stitched together and bundled onto the interweb for your viewing pleasure. The skating in this is obviously mental but the story itself and the mission makes up half of what makes it so good. Frank Gerwer gave Jono Coote and his flatmates the capital treatment before he water skied to his next business meeting.
How’s life Frank?
TAKING FOREVER! YOU THINK YOU CAN GET SICK DRINKING YOUR OWN PEE?
Where are you right now?
WAITING TO BOARD THIS VIRGIN GALACTIC FLIGHT TO SPACE.
How often do people tell you Tent City inspired them to travel?
WELL FROM THE HUGE BOX OF FAN MAIL I GET DAILY, I’D SAY IT INSPIRED 50%-70% OF THEM? MAYBE 35%- CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?
What part of this extra footage gets you hyped the most?
THE FIRST 120 MINUTES OF THE BONUS FOOTAGE GETS ME THE MOST STOKED.
Looking back, is there a particular memory that stands out from this flick?
I TRY NOT TO LOOK BACK – I HAVE NECK ISSUES, ANY SIDE MOVEMENT REALLY.
Who won the full pipe battle from this test?
WELL OUR SHERPA GUIDE KILLED IT! I THINK HIS NAME WAS LAKHPA?
Standard Australia question: What was the gnarliest wildlife encounter whilst you were there?
THE NIGHT WE ALL GOT ATTACKED BY BANDICOOTS WAS GNARLY! AND THE MAGPIES, GEEZ.
Whose tent stank the most?
I’M NOT ONE FOR SELF PRAISE BUT IT WAS MINE – HANDS DOWN – A PERFECT 10/10.
How important are semi-nomadic hobo style trips to the all-round skate experience?
THE MOST IMPORTANT.
Personal favourite skate trip of 2013?
WELL WE WON SKATE ROCK RIGHT?
On Beauty and the Beast, did you take any slams trying to run up the ladder at the back of the van?
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN MY LADDER CLIMBING SKILLS? FUCK NO I DIDN’T SLAM – I’M IN THE 9 CLUB WITH THAT SHIT! THINK I WAS HOLDING A BEER TOO – SO YEAH I’M PRETTY GOOD.
Antihero just turned 18 this year, what advice would you give to your 18 year old self?
PAY YA TAXES DUMBASS.
As a fellow owner of a notable nose, my housemate wants to know how you feel about being put forward for the SNOTY (Skaters Nose of the Year) Award?
WELL I WAS BORN WITH A REGULAR NOSE, THEN I HEARD ABOUT THE SNOTY AWARD AND THEN HAD THE BUMP AND LARGE BEAK AREA ADDED- HAD TO GO TO CANADA BECAUSE IT WAS TOO CONTROVERSIAL OF A PROCEDURE FOR A US DOCTOR – SO YEAH, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
What would it take for you to bomb Jones Street in SF in the rain?
A RIDE TO THE AIRPORT?
Will Antihero announce a new pro in the first quarter of 2014?
I’M NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCLOSE THIS INFORMATION – BUT I’M NOT GETTING ON THIS VIRGIN GALACTIC FLIGHT FOR NOTHIN’!
Why should we pick up this flick on iTunes this month?
YOU’LL HAVE TO BUY IT TO FIND THE SECRET PART! THAT’S WHY!
Heroin have posted Tom Day‘s section online from their epic Video Nasty DVD today which takes Skate Edit of the Week. This is one of our favourite sections from this flick so sit back and raise a glass to this all terrain ripper who skates what he wants.