The UK skateboard scene has been summoned to appear at a ye olde skate jamme kind of affair at the brand new concrete dreamland in Midsomer Norton.
The Official Grand Skate Jam will take place on August 14th from noon onwards and will be your usual comp format with lots of great stuff to be won and all the typical gubbins; except the theme is medieval castle style so put on your shining armour get jousting for the Knight of the Realm prize! Better than wearing a helmet, right? Protect ye neck…
Today we enter a Norton time capsule constructed by Tim Crawley, who is currently piecing together snippets of the Norton skate scene history as it flourished and bloomed over the years prior to getting one of the best skateparks in the UK.
We’ll be putting a Spot Check of the new Maverick park in Midsomer Norton a little later but here’s a little history for you to sink your teeth into beforehand. Hi-8 tapes and small town spots, the things dreams are made of…
Random Clips from Norton Skate Massive – Circa ’98 from TCTV on Vimeo.
Fresh in from Scotland is footage shot from this weekend’s sesh at Falkirk’s concrete park featuring Benson, Mark Burrows, Colin Adam, T-Bag and many more. Click for Zander’s most recent Scottish edit here.
Killin The Kirk from Zander on Vimeo.
Alan Glass continues to clear out his old hard drives this week. Enjoy a quick clip of the much talented Luke McKirdy from back in 1998 at Playstation Skatepark (now Bay 66) from the Viewfinder 2 video.
VF2: Luke McKirdy Section from El Glasso on Vimeo.
Dan Cintra has uploaded a new Night edit of locals at the Projekts Skatepark following his Pumplife Blanco edit last week. Click below to see more from the Manchester scene in the UK.
Pumplife Noir from Projekts Skate Park on Vimeo.
AD and the Drawing Boards lads down South have been beavering away at sowing together their debut full length this year as well as their Oz team filming 2 parts each, one for the Drawing Boards video (untitled as yet) and another for an Australian DVD titled ‘Through Trial and Error’ which features Drawing Boards’ Ivan, Mikky, Darth and new boy Flynn along with other Oz heads.
The full length is scheduled for October 2010 release so look out for updates and enjoy these off cuts of Ivan Vargas to whet your appetite.
and Happy Birthday to you Jerry…
Phil Harvey’s bombardment of offcuts from the upcoming Keep Keen DVD have been on hiatus over the last few weeks whilst he’s been traveling through Europe collecting more footage for his upcoming release. Here’s a fresh clip of Ben Rowles skating Central Skatepark and the streets of Manchester, look out for this very soon.
ben rowles: park/ street edit from PhilH on Vimeo.
Leigh-On-Sea skatepark will be holding a competition with Switch Skatestore for skateboarders only on August 29th.
The jam kicks off at 1:30PM so get down there and suck in some of the Essex sunshine for a chance to win some product from and for a guaranteed good time.
Irish heads planning to attend the éS Game of Skate should make a note that the event is no longer going ahead at the previously reported date of August 15th but has been put back one week later to August 22nd instead. More time to skate outside your house practising late flips then obviously!
The Maloof Money Cup rocked Orange County this weekend and it was wrapped up by a thrilling and slightly controversial conclusion. Nyjah Houston nailed one of the best runs ever witnessed in a street comp, not missing a single trick (and these were big tricks) but it wasn’t enough to top Chris Cole’s consistent effort throughout and he walked away with the big purse.
The video from TWS is below, but first the results…
Women’s Street Final Results
1. Leticia Bufoni 276.33
2. Alexis Sablone 274.33
3. Marisa Dal Santo 269.33
4. Evelien Bouilliart 251
5. Amy Caron 232.67
6. Vanessa Torres 219.67
7. Lacey Baker 212
8. Elissa Steamer 203
9. Katherine Williams 188.67
10. Abisha Alshebaiki 172
11. Lorena Lima 170.67
12. Kristin Ebling 160.67
13. Lauren Perkins 150.67
14. Eliana Sosco 134.67
15. Rhianna Arnold 108.67
World Industries Am Street Final Results
1. Ishod Wair 265
2. Tom Asta 263.33
3. Theotis Beasley 256.33
4. Kechaud Johnson 251.33
5. Cory Kennedy 246.33
6. Evan Smith 246
7. Austyn Gillette 245
8. Cody Davis 238.33
9. Shawn Hale 230.33
10. Kyle Walker 229.33
11. Louie Lopez
12. Chase Webb
Volcom Street Pro Final Results
1. Chris Cole 286.33
2. Nyjah Huston 281.67
3. Sean Malto 281.33
4. Torey Pudwill 274.67
5. Tommy Sandoval 260.67
6. Bastien Salabanzi 258.67
7. Ryan Decenzo 255.33
8. Justin Brock 250.33
9. David Gonzalez 246.67
10. Billy Marks 239.67
11. Jake Duncombe 237.33
12. Garrett Hill 233.67