Ambig Clothing have finally rolled out their full length today with cannons from Moose, Matt Bennett, Sean Conover, JT Aultz, Clive Dixon, and ‘that’ mindblowing Clint Walker section that came and went two weeks back. Absolutely brilliant stuff going on here, expect a full review soon.
Lakai have taken Skate Edit of the Week with Stevie Perez in cruise control shredding LA streets in a pair of the new Camby’s that are on their way to your local skater owned shop.
Control is just one of the words that springs to mind from this amazing edit. Click play for two minutes of steez from Chocolate Skateboards’ newest pro.
Re-edits seem to be this year’s fashionable way of getting more coverage from your footage and rightly so when it’s this good. Ryan Decenzo‘s part from the Forward Slash flick by Darkstar gets a makeover today. Do it.
Forward Slash Remix : Ryan Decenzo from DarkstarSkate on Vimeo.
If you like a fitted summer shirt, this Eric short sleeve 1930‘s denim number could work for you this month depending on your size.
The black coloured oxford fabric is tougher than your average cotton shirt, so if you were to skate in this, you are pretty much covered on a wear and tear tip, but this really depends on whether you are a lard arse and packing some fat or whether you are a skinny bugger. Reason being is that the cut on this new WESC short sleeve short is built for the latter due to the width in the cut from shoulder to shoulder. the sleeves are pretty small too, so if you are buff, it’s going to be a tight squeeze.
The 1930 is comfy, stylish and feels great on, it also comes with a front chest pocket and available out there right now.
Swedish clothing brand WESC have a fantastic selection of Spring/Summer wear out there this month so if you are looking for some new threads to celebrate the change in weather this Eric Comfort Hombre check shirt should be on your list.
The reasons why are simple due to the giveaway in the name. This indigo blue number is one of the softest shirts my back has ever had the pleasure of sitting in. The 100% cotton has a superb feel about it straight from the box and thankfully, it irons really well too.
Size wise, the Hombre sits a little longer than your average shirt, with a patch pocket at chest and minimal branding. This is highly recommended due to quality reasons and overall fit. Scope them out at your local skateshop and look out for their magazine put together by their various worldwide WeActivists this month.
Ph: Nicola Debernardi
Footage from a recent mini ramp jam at an Expo in Holland has surfaced from True Magazine with footage of Tim Zom, Daan van der Linden, Nick Bax, Jelle Maatman and many more. Enjoy this.
Dutch Championships Miniramp 2013 from TSM on Vimeo.
Take a trip back to the 1990s inside Radlands, whose unique indoor skatepark hosted many amazing comps over the years and paved the way for many more skateparks to open across the UK.
Owner Chris Ince is interviewed alongside Geoff Rowley and Kareem Campbell, Eric Koston, Caine Gayle, Ali Cairns, Bob Burnquist, Lance Mountain, Tas Pappas, Ed Templeton and more filmed for the Saturday morning TV show, RAD.
Aaron Meza has re-edited Justin Eldridge‘s Pretty Sweet section this week and it’s a must see. Ledge annhilation and supreme skills guaranteed from Chocolate’s Californian ripper that comes with much more footage than his original part in the film.
Bath’s Ben Nordberg has spent a month in and out of the Berrics filming a full Recruit section in the park that is scheduled for May 11th. Clickety click to watch the preview.
The bank holiday weekend of May 2013 will always be remembered as Save Southbank’s due to the phenomenal effort involved to keep the flame alive. This came from locals who worked tirelessly to organise the event, the many skaters that have spent hours sessioning the banks there over the last 40 years and passers-by showing their support for our scene at the Undercroft throughout this three day session.
If for some unique reason you have missed what is going on, catch up with the relocation plans that skateboarders have been proposed here and then catch up on a Q&A session with the answers here. In a nut shell, skateboarders feel short changed by the the fact that the skatepark will be knocked down to make way for more retail units due to a huge investment into rebuilding the area in 2014. It is clear that the Southbank Centre look to cash in on what is definitely a prime location which means relocating skateboarders to a new spot under the Hungerford Bridge.
This event to highlight this news was graced by the sun’s rays beaming across the Thames whilst the stereo pumped out tunes to a game of S.K.A.T.E. All heads were held high and most importantly, everyone was there for each other from all sides of the scene. Chewy Cannon was one of many who dedicated a lot of time into the organisation of the weekend. His arms are probably no longer functioning after 72 hours of holding that huge megaphone, but he also found time to douse the new blocks that Chris Oliver and friends had spent time building with his switch skills whilst hitting every wall in sight. These blocks were sessioned hard all weekend by many as you will see in the gallery shots below, and are now added to the many other creatively built objects that have changed the landscape down there allowing new tricks to enter the history books.
This feature is short and for those who live too far away to be present in such an important movement for British skateboarding. If you managed to make time in your busy schedule to put a face in the door this weekend, then our hats are off to you. If you didn’t, take in what you missed and thank the people involved for getting to the heart of the matter and doing something positive, rather than watching it all from Facebook or writing negative blog posts on why people should give up the fight and just take it on the chin.
This is phase one. Do your bit and let everyone know that skateboarders would like their home to stay exactly where it is. We do not need another burger or coffee joint at the Southbank, we don’t need another concrete skatepark built in a new location either, we would just like to take SB back to its roots, clean it up and protect its incredible history. Hopefully, someone, somewhere will one day realise that this shared space means so much to so many people and that the magic created here will never be replicated anywhere else.
Have your say by completing this short survey that conveniently doesn’t mention skateboarders. Over 27,000 signatures had been logged by Saturday afternoon, share/like this feature and ask friends to get involved.
Big thanks to all involved in running this event all weekend, Dan Joyce who filmed these clips below, Session Noisses on the beats, and Gorm (B&W) and Maksim Kalanep for the use of their photos here alongside some of our own.
Visit www.longlivesouthbank.com for all info.
Zac
Enjoy some skating and an overview from Saturday’s event:
Henry Edwards-Wood discusses how this all came together in this short interview shot on Saturday:
