Not heard much from Palace over the last few weeks? Trips to the US, Europe and of course, being such massive football fans, Euro 2012 must have kept them busy. They announced the launch of their new website today, new decks and a new promo today. Niggaz Wit Altitude is coming. Teaser here.
The summer may be late this year in the UK but there’s no point in being stuck in the heat once it drops without some new threads. You know that feeling of pulling on a new shirt once the sun is shining out there and optimism tells me that we are close to actually having some killer weather on the way. We are bloody well OWED some right now.
With that in mind, the good folk at Altamont sent us over some new threads designed by Andrew Reynolds’. I grabbed the Waster shirt because it was like picking up a puppy and throwing it on my untanned skin. This 100% cotton yarn dye plaid is SO soft to the touch, it’s jokes. Ultimate comfort, a great custom cut and one happy summer’s day will be primed once the vitamin D from the sky finally drops.
I’m ready are you?
There’s a strong feeling when you get a package of shoes from Etnies to review. Skater owned shoe companies are by far the only option for my feet and Etnies being one of the leaders in this field usually never let me down. Etnies’ latest pro shoe once again deliver the comfort on the highest level straight out of the box.
These stylish canvas beauties sporting Tyler Bledsoe’s signature bring a new twist to his first pro shoe. They are low. Way low. Cushionwise, the Bledsoe Low rocks the party. Super comfy and tough on the touch. No flappy shoe business going on here whatsoever, just pure comfort. They come up slim with a lace locking system and toggle that you can take out if you don’t fancy it, but it does the job and tightens your ride. I don’t recommend skating vert with this in your shoe though, but when was the last time you saw Specs on a 14ft tranny? Exactly. He rules the streets and brings a smile to his game the width of an Alien Workshop deck, just as you will when your toes slip into his new pumps.
Highly recommended. Support skater owned.
“This is one of the best things that happens in the Essex skate scene” – yes it is and it’s coming again in August right here at Crossfire. Watch this documentary about Luke Macduke’s work in pulling the Essex scene together for their most prestigious get together.
2011/2012 Lords Of The Swords Doc from Lords Of The Swords on Vimeo.
Jérémie Daclin installed the Cliché rail back at the Small Place steps in Lyon for Go Skateboarding Day. Sebi Binder logged the footage of what went down.
The full length Roger Skateboards video is in the works featuring: Max Taylor, Ryan Holloway, Bill Pierce, Tim and Eric, Cesar Fernandez, Nate Broussard, and Nate LaCoste. Get stoked on this trailer and yes, party those buns off.
Like pool skating? Lowcard have a tasty edit featuring Steve Alba, Kevin Kowalski, Ben Raybourn, Al Partanen, Raven Tershy, Peter Hewitt and many more in this recent clip put together by Peacock.
Pooling Around… from lowcard magazine on Vimeo.
Some people in this world are never content with just skating the curbs outside their house. Omar Salazar, Ben Raemers, Louie Barletta, Peter Raffin, Ryan Reyes and friends tear the fiberglass out this very shreddable marine vessel for Go Skateboarding Day!
Check out the ridiculous tricks from Raemers though. He sails it.
Following a lot of discussions regarding the design and build of a brand new indoor park in Poole, Dorset, locals are getting hyped on the new plans released by Maverick this week.
This area is screaming out for somewhere safe to skate undercover so this news is highly welcome. Feedback on the design and also let us know what the park should be called as it currently has no name.
Since the news broke of Chet Childress joining Heroin Skateboards, Fos and co have allegedly been busy planning the next move to launch his pro deck into the UK’s skater owned shops from Los Angeles. Due to a cunning ploy and some hook ups in the TV world, Childress’ ‘bad-ass’ skating is said to have inspired writers at the BBC to bring back Ian Beale as Luda Crooks in the next wave of exhilarating shows from Walford scheduled for BBC1.
Talking in a recent interview of how this happened Chet said:
“I don’t know, it just did. Shimizu kind of said something to me. I didn’t know what I was doing. I talked to Fos (owner of Heroin) and it just seemed like a real cool thing. The board should be out soon and I’m going to be filming a video part, which I’m psyched about doing again and again and again. The main thing about this is that I’m re-stoked. I spent a couple months not really bummed on skateboarding but not really that motivated. I was skating, I love skating but I didn’t care about any of the other stuff and this got me fired up to do a couple more things before I disappear into this dumb world.”
This is the first official shot of the all-new Heroin fueled Childress on Albert Square. Dressed and ready to roll out a party air off the curb on the way to the cafe for a bacon sandwich. Look out for his introduction on the show tonight at 7.45pm.
