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Real Skateboards release Bingo tribute deck

Take 2 mins out of your day to read a wonderful tribute from Focus skate shop last night:

“Feb 9th 2011 saw one of the greatest losses to the UK Skateboarding Community, with the passing of Steven “Bingo” Binks. We as skateboarders lost one of our true Greats! Bingo was a true UK Legend and was friends with so many companies and shops all over the country.

One such strong tie was with Deluxe Distribution and particularly Real Skateboards. Real have honoured Bingo with these limited Action Realised “Bingo” Boards, under their Action Realised scheme giving back to the world through positive actions. With the proceeds of the board sales going to The British Heart Foundation we are giving back to the people that need it through Skateboarding.”

Props to Jim and all at Real for doing this, it’s a wonderful tribute. Look out for these soon in your local SOS and support the cause.

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Usain Bolts from Bored at Southsea

Keeping up with the fastest man on the planet is a tough job for anyone but Bored of Southsea managed to nail Usain Bolt down for enough time to pose for their latest skate hardware, aptly named Usain Bolts!

£3.50 and shipping gets you 8 skateboard bolts, one allen key and a lifetime guaranteed for ‘Cool Runnings’. Order yours today from their online store.

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Invite only, sorry

The South coast has a new ‘invite only’ indoor park set up that looks ace owned by Fourdown Distribution. The last lick of paint dried this weekend so we look forward to seeing some edits soon.

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Boarderco Welcomes Darragh Forrester

Irish skate company Boarderco have welcomed Darragh Forrester to their team over the weekend. Footage here.

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Coastal Carnage footage with Jaws, Raybourn

Ben Raybourn won the Coastal Carnage event in Huntington Beach this weekend, but Jaws had a sweet 540 to throw into the mix.

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Real Skateboards Jake Donnelly Pushing Buffalo, NY

realskateboardsJake Donnelly is the latest Real team rider to roll out an edit from his hometown of Buffalo, New York.

Real Skateboards Jake Donnelly Pushing Buffalo, New York from dlxsf on Vimeo.

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Vans Downtown Showdown 2012 results and videos

This weekend’s Downtown Showdown held in Amsterdam went offin fine style. If you didn’t manage to tune into the live stream of the event from Vans then catch up with the highlights from all 4 teams.

Flip team rider Overall “Best Pro” Luan Oliveira skated with remarkable consistency and smooth style, landing tricks and winning 1st place on the Palace Obstacle and the Blueprint Obstacle. Best Overall Am was Element team rider Ross McGouran, who also took 3rd place on the Flip obstacle, skating hard all day. He made every transfer the windmill-inspired Antiz obstacle had to offer.

Flip:

Inside the massive Gasholder building at the Flip Obstacle the atmosphere intensified with heavy hitting last tricks and a solid performance by first place finisher Dominik Dietrich, who set the bar with a wallie up and Nollie heelflip down the ledge.

Vans Downtown Showdown 2012 – Amsterdam – Flip Obstacle Highlights. from Vans Europe on Vimeo.

Blueprint:

At Blueprint, Luan Oliveira landed a variety of flip tricks over the pyramid and on the ledge. Billy Marks double flipped the gap to flat and walked away with 1,000 Euros for 2nd place. Technical and creative skater Dallas Rockvam took third place by using the entire design, which was inspired by the barges and canals of Amsterdam.

Vans Downtown Showdown 2012 – Amsterdam Blueprint Obstacle Highlights. from Vans Europe on Vimeo.

Antiz:

The Antiz Obstacle rose above the venue floor like a classical Dutch Windmill on Acid. Rob Smith took first place by skating every angle, while Ben Nordberg’s backside nose blunt on the extension ricocheted into applause that reverberated off the walls.

Vans Downtown Showdown 2012 – Amsterdam ANTIZ Obstacle Highlights. from Vans Europe on Vimeo.

Palace:

Vans Downtown Showdown 2012 – Amsterdam – Palace Obstacle Highlights. from Vans Europe on Vimeo.

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Pigs and Wigs North East scene video online

The Mischief edit from the North East skate scene video, ‘Pigs In Wigs‘ released back in 2010 is online from today edited by Bingo (RIP) himself alongside all of the other sections from the video.

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Rom Jam 2012 video

Monkeyglove covered this weekend’s Rom Jam in Essex. Watch it here.

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70s and 80s Kidderminster pool footage surfaces

kidderminster_skateparkOld bowl footage of good times spent at Kidderminster’s Safari Park bowl has surfaced this week. the cine tapes have footage of Neil Danze, Gary Lee, Roger Harvey, Andy Peerless, Sean Goff and many more.

Check out this edit of bowl, mini ramp and freestyle skating from the archives and footage from an English Skateboard Association comp (ESA) from 1984 too. Classic stuff.