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Marty Murawski has turned pro for Blueprint Skateboards overnight. A video edit ‘Make Friends With Marty‘ will be given away free on DVD with selected Blueprint Models in the run up to the new video ‘Make Friends With The Colour Blue‘ scheduled for release in April this year. Click here for an interview with Marty that we ran back in May 2008 to learn more about BP’s new pro rider before he was snapped up for service.
Does what it says on the tin:
Week by week there’s more Chris Pfanner action from the Anti-Hero camp. Take this week’s fix with the same dose of gobsmacking as last Friday’s.
There will be a benefit gig/jam at Unit One Skate Park in Rochester, Kent on Saturday February 13th, from 7pm until midnight. The skate park is run as a charity for kids giving them a safe and friendly venue for skateboarding and BMXing. The park has a five year lease from the local council but is under pressure and needs cash to continue.
Engineer bands Kyoto Drive, The Startover, SpeakYourHeart, My So Called Life, Call Off The Search and The Separation will all be playing and Engineer Records will have a stall giving away Cds to everyone who comes along to show their support. There will also be a skate comp before the show and 3rider TV will be filming the event too. There will be food and drink, but no alcohol. The show is supported by Big Cheese, Recharged Rock Radio and Maytes, entry is just £5 with all money going to the skate park so anyone in the South East area get down there and help save the park.
Here’s some footage from 2008 from the park featuring Mikey Patrick, Chris Ault and more….
Admittedly Winter probably isn’t the best time to try and review a skateboard however this new team board from Heathen rocked up just after Christmas and after a few weeks of incessant snow and realising that it probably wasn’t going to bugger off any time soon, I made the unavoidable decision to set it up and skate it anyway.
Like it or not, this time of year invariably means that you’re going to be skating indoors so accepting the inevitable, I hit up Pioneer in St Albans, safe in the knowledge that I should make the most of it as I would probably only be skating once a week for the foreseeable future.
This is the first Heathen board I’ve ridden and comes with an Easter Island Head graphic. A few people I skate with have shredded them in the past and fortunately there’s only been good reports. It’s on the bigger side of the scale clocking in at 8.25 but weight and size seems sturdy and the beast flies when you put your foot down. The concave is surprisingly mellow for a bigger deck which personally I prefer as it lends itself to my preferred terrain: mini ramp skating and a flip trick every other week.
Heathen don’t particularly market themselves to ballet dancing ledge worriers so I can’t say if there are too many boards under the 8″ mark although this model comes in a 7.75″ but if you’re into bigger boards on English companies you should check out your local or hit up Rollersnakes to get one online.
Click here for the Heathen catalogue and enjoy their favorite street rat Lewis Threadgold, footage by Phil Harvey:
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Lewis Threadgold Heathen Edit from PhilH on Vimeo.
Portland, Oregon based Bacon Skateboards are about to trim the fat and roll into the UK with a video premiere to kickstart their quest to accompany your eggs throughout 2010 on February 11th.
People in the know will already be aware of this teams abilities to shred the gnar, especially those of you who ventured into Malmo and Marseilles for the Bowlriders contests with us over the years and witnessed Benji Galloway and co rip the ‘crete a new hole.
Their new video titled ‘Unheard‘ is scheduled to premiere at the LCB store in Brick Lane, East London at 8pm. Click here for the facebook page where you will find more info and expect raw pool and concrete skating at mach 10. Bacon decks are said to be available this summer in UK skate shops so look out for them on your travels.
War of the Roses returns up North once again this year and the dates set are Saturday 20th Feb at The Works Skatepark in Leeds and Sunday 21st Feb at Blackpool’s Ramp City park.
Expect the usual mayhem and a good turnout.
Dan Cintra’s excellent Bloggatron 3:
Bloggatron 3 by Dan Cintra from Dan Cintra on Vimeo.
Tell the truth, you’d give your left one for any one of these bad boys: