Category: Skateboarding

Zorlac has been busy as usual. He just sent us the latest Death Skateboards Spring 2010 deck collection as they are shipped to your local skater owned shop this week.

Join in the celebrations with Rob Smith’s ‘Smash It!’ 8″ deck, Dan Cates new ‘Scarecrow‘ 8″ deck and the ‘Brainwashed series‘ with the ‘Consume‘ that comes in 7.75″, ‘Watch TV‘ that is an 8″ rig and the slightly bigger ‘Sleep‘ deck which rolls at 8.25″.

In other related Death news, Boots drops a Backside Nosebluntslide on to the latest Sidewalk cover, Dean Palmer won the Flatarama Competition at Bondi, Australia, Horsey has gone to the States and Patrick Melcher has some fresh new footage that you can see here skating with Gareth Stehr and a woofer.

Scroll down for the sweets.

Melcher has Gentlemanly Qualities from 2HeadedHorse on Vimeo.

The Pheonix Am went down in Texas this weekend in super hot sunshine and with banging tricks. Once again the bar for am level was raised, check the TWS footage here for the proof with music from Death From Above 1979. Results from this get together are:

1. Ishod Wair
2. Curren Caples
3. CJ Dixon
4. Aaron Jaws Homoki
5. Oscar Meza
6. Robbie Brockel
7. Luis De Los Reyes
8. Matt Berger
9. Taylor Smith
10. Diego Najera
11. Alec Majerus
12. Theotis Beasley

Maverick Skateparks just opened a new concrete park in Bridgwater, Somerset this weekend. The NPNG crew traveled West to capture the highlights that have been uploaded today for your viewing pleasure featuring skating from Pete Lincoln, Chris Oliver, Dermo, Matt Passos, Pete Bellman, Danny Bulmer, Craig Loveless & Jacob Malt.

The park is now open and located at Victoria Park Drive, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7AS. Maverick’s next project will be in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, check out the design below.

Bridgwater | Victoria Plaza NPNG Edit from Maverick Skateparks on Vimeo.

Market Harborough – Skatepark Design from Maverick Skateparks on Vimeo.

Very short notice this but for those of you in the Sheffield area there is good news. The Blueprint team will be visiting The House Skatepark in Sheffield this Wednesday 14th April adding one last date to the Make Friends With The Colour Blue tour.

The film will be on at 2pm on the big screen and the team will be skating the park so get down there!

Element legend Mike Vallely features in another documentary on skateboarding this week. Click below for footage and thoughts from this year’s Zumiez tour put together by Mark Choiniere.

Element Skateboards‘ European riders Michael Mackrodt and Phil Zwijsen hit up a flat bank on tour in Malaga, Spain.

Element Skateboards Europe – Malaga, Spain Tour Demo from ELEMENT SKATEBOARDS on Vimeo.

The good folks at Bored Skateshop in Southsea have unleashed a video edit from Blueprint Skateboards recent tour demo at Emsworth skatepark in Hampshire. Watch a few tricks from Marty Murawski, Danny Brady, Nick Jensen and Tom Knox here and look out for the Print at Liverpool’s Lost Art Shop and Manchester’s Note Store this Monday and Tuesday.

Blueprint Tour: Emsworth. from Bored of Southsea on Vimeo.

Theeve Trucks have added another name to their team this week. Australian gnarler Jake Duncombe joins their growing roster that already includes Tony Hawk, Johnny Layton, Garrett Hill, Dan Murphy, Darrell Stanton, Matt Mumford, Gareth Stehr, Chad Bartie and Ben Raybourn. Watch him go in this Hoon Run edit, it’s one of our favourites.

The Element Europe team seem to be super busy by the flood of footage that is being uploaded daily. Check out this edit of the European team riders shredding at a demo at the Tetuan skate plaza in the Spanish capital of Madrid. This place looks sick, why the hell does London not have anything like this to offer? Answers on a postcard, enjoy…

Element Skateboards Europe – Madrid Demo from ELEMENT SKATEBOARDS on Vimeo.

I-Path rider Ben Raybourne‘s feet may stink but he loves a tight as mini ramp sesh. Enjoy a little footage of a sesh on Kristian Svitak’s backyard toy here.