Blueprint Skateboards have a new deck series about to hit your local skate shop this week. The Monogram series features pro decks from Shier, Murawski, Brady, Kennedy, Jensen and Smith. Check out the sizes below and look out for them on your Spring skate shop visit.
The Landscape Skateboards team met up in London for their Spring/Summer 2012 promo video recently. Watch this edit and click through to their website to browse this season’s collection of decks, clothing and more.
Sean Goff has been down under this month and ranked in the Masters at the annual Bowl-A-Rama at Bondi Beach where Pedro Barros blew the place to bits and Rob ‘Sluggo’ Boyce landed a backflip! There’s also footage of another Oz event filmed at the Manly Beach Bowl comp here that’s worth viewing with some footage of Sean opening the edit. Enjoy.
The City of Rats London premiere this Sunday at the Prince Charles Cinema is almost with us. Watch Slam’s latest teaser featuring a couple of lines that didn’t make the final cut from Steph Morgan and Lucien Clarke that was relased last night. We will announce the winner of our ticket comp on Thursday so if you have not entered yet, now is the time.
J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph of Dinosaur Jr. sit down to discuss their history with skateboarding as well as the making of their video for “Over It” that came out last September. Henry Rollins and UK video director, Mike Manzoori are also involved in the discussion. Enjoy this.
Kyron Davis, Taylor Reid, Lizo Rako, Lewis Bell and Eric lennox session Clapham Common’s new concrete park in South London.
This video edit could possibly kick off with the funniest song ever. Sheffield’s locals were enjoying the Spring sunshine this weekend and smelling each other’s breath in the fresh air. Press play for footage of Dave Adlington, Henry Stables, Moggins and Alex Burrell fart-arsing about at their local DIY spot.
Alan Glass has been busy chipping away at one of of his classic edits, this time with footage of both Marc Churchill and Mark Tidbury. Yes, that’s correct, Marc Churchill is now on Witchcraft.
Concrete parks are blazed, nuns are naked, Celtic Frost is played and coping is slashed alongside cameos from Witchcraft riders Joxa, JOE HABGOOD, Jamie Morley, French and Max Roton.
Get pushing that play button.
The first time I watched 5-Boro’s new video Join Or Die I wanted to rush outside and skate. The second time I watched Join Or Die I wanted to skate even more. The third time worked a charm and so on and so on. This is a no-nonsense production; there are no slo-mos, HD effects or skits; just top-knotch skating with a banging soundtrack.
Steve Rodriguez, Tombo Colabraro and Mark Nardelli didn’t try to introduce the audience to some obscure indie bands or impress viewers with a pompous tailor-made score. They went to the source and picked music from crowd favourites: Bad Brains, Nas, Wu Tang Clan, Joy Division, Dire Straits and The Rolling Stones.
With a 25 minute runtime the editing is quick and concise. It took a few extra viewings to pick up on some truly gnarly stunts performed by the team. The newest pro’s Willy Akers and Joe Tookmanian serve as book ends with Willy’s balls-to-the-wall ATV antics opening the show and Took’s ridiculous switch skills closing off the session. Jimmy McDonald and Dan Pensyl’s sections each leap some super tight and super wide bank to bank launches. Jordan Trahan has one of the most remarkable tricks in the montage section with an asleep-at-the-wheel skid and jump going mach 10 down a hill. It was cool to see Bordeaux resident Guillaume Dulout get a section to himself. The Frenchman and his buddies have been repping 5-Boro for a few years already so it’s great to see them get their shine just as much as the resident New Yorkers.
Finally, no 5-Boro video would be complete without some lovely 8mm footage of the city streets and skylines. The DVD also has a couple of sweet web edits as bonus sections that are bite size delights. I have to take my hat off to 5-Boro for putting out a DVD and then posting its entirety on the web. Obviously the video market is slim pickings and awash with mediocrity nowadays so putting the time and effort into a small masterpiece for free is worth everyone’s support and respect.
Ralph Lloyd-Davis
Got nothing to do this weekend and have a bunch of old decks and tools laying about collecting dust? Watch this video and get inspired to turn your old wood into something memorable.