Been a while since this lot dropped some footage but it looks like they are back on it. Latest spot is Kingston’s local right here.
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The first Downtown Showdown event in Europe has been won by Element‘s European team.
Held on top of the LIngotto Fiat factory building in Turin, the comp was made up of riders competing for euros from Alai, Blueprint, Cliché, Element, Heroin and Trap Skateboards
Blueprint, Heroin and Cliche were all asked to create their own obstacles which saw some incredible skating go down especially from the likes of Javier Menizabal, Chris Ault, Jerome Campbell, Danny Brady and Philippe Zwijsen.
Results:
Team 1st EUR 15,000 – Element
Team 2nd EUR 10,000 – Cliché
Team 3rd EUR 5,000 – Alai
Fiat Freestyle Team Best Trick/Best Slam Prize – EUR 1,000 – Danny Brady
Heroin Obstacle 1st EUR 1,500 – Javier Menizabal
Heroin Obstacle 2nd EUR 1,000 – Chris Ault
Heroin Obstacle 3rd EUR 800 – Alain Saavedra
Cliché Obstacle 1st EUR 1,500 – Chris Ault
Cliché Obstacle 2nd EUR 1,000 – Madars Apse
Cliché Obstacle 3rd EUR 800 – Ingacio Morata
Blueprint Obstacle 1st EUR 1,500 – Jerome Campbell
Blueprint Obstacle 2nd EUR 1,000 – Lucas Puig
Blueprint Obstacle 3rd EUR 800 – Nick Jensen
Best AM EUR 4,000 – Philippe Zwijsen
Best PRO EUR 6,000 – Javier Menizabal
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Ben Devine on Heathen
Heathen Skateboards (the skate company with the best taste in music out there) have added Ben Devine to their UK team this week. Look out for the Lincolnshire ripper on your travels up North and watch a few tricks of him and others from back in January in this local X-Site edit.
You will probably be aware that Kris Vile won a pocketful of green coming 2nd at the UK Champs street comp last weekend in Corby. You will also now be stoked to know that his guest section from the Wellington City scene video If You Ever by Dom Henry has been posted online. View it right here.
The skatepark design and build team over at Wheelscape have delivered another UK park this month. Check footage of the newly completed Filton Skatepark in Bristol featuring Tim Noakes, Rich, Steven O’Shea, Mike O’Shea, Aaron White, Pig Dog, Wez, Chris Wils, Russell Squire, Andy Braithwaite, and Carl Willis.
Guy Mariano has a mouthful of problems trying to slide the rough. Check out how he wrecks his Hampstead Heaths here.
People that can’t be arsed to skate this Saturday should be aware that the VANS Downtown Showdown event in Italy will be live streamed online here.
Alai, Blueprint, Cliché, Element, Heroin and Trap are all competing. Have a look if you are at home and please don’t email us if you want to know what time it’s online, we have no idea from the press release sent but would imagine it will run from midday.
Last night saw the London premiere of Andy Evans’ Heel Toe Magic movie in London Bridge. With a packed house and some love in the popcorn and booze department from Red Bull, the film kicked off with a trademark skate DVD rally straight into Ben Raemers‘ section that had a little bit of everything.
You will have to wait for the full review for all the trimmings but highlights excluding some great skating from all involved included the fabled Kingpin intro with Marc Churchill, the History of the Skateboard from prehistoric days with Stevie Thompson, Munson‘s Star Trek adventures with the D3 and hightop, classic Switch Heels section and Ben Powell‘s infamous swearing dressed in a beard and wig! Look out for this in your local skater owned shop very soon.
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Thrasher Brutality-Complete 6 pack.
With most people knowing what to expect from a Thrasher video by now, it’s no surprise to find heavy tunes, horrible slams and plenty of beer drinking inside this killer box set! They say not to judge a book by its cover, but with artwork by Sam Hitz, the age old prophesy has to be proven wrong!
In usual Thrasher style this bad boy kicks off with a slam, then a banger, slam, banger, slam, banger and so on…then in usual Thrasher style it sprays gnar like the mud from a 2 girls, one cup clip.
Fred Gall opens the proceedings, skating some of the most haggard spots out there and killing it on some really awkward street transition at speed. Lance Mountain, David Gravette, Alex Horn, Darren Navarrette and our very own Ben Raemers then take this to the next level whilst the amps zoom to 11 on the soundtrack. Check the line up from that site, works a treat.
Colin Lambert brings the pain with some ridiculously hard slams to kick his part off and also gets creative at the infamous steps of Macba. His efforts are followed shortly by an Antihero true ‘balls out’ banger after banger section with Hewitt showing you how it’s done and Robbie Russo pulling out some ridiculously long grinds at stupid speeds.
It’s rad to see that Europe also gets a spotlight, before Thrasher regulars Sammy Bacca, Steve Forstner and Andrew Cannon get all hesh for your viewing pleasure, with Drehobl , Guzman, Navarrette, Horn, Ramondetta and Strubing hucking out some filth to fuel the fury. Haslam and Hassan tackle some of the deepest pools and most challenging terrain in the southern hemisphere and Vans riders stray from the beaten track in checking out Israel.
Tony Trujillo ends the proceedings, takes some hard slams and also delivers the style that you’ve come to expect from this madman. He covers pretty much every spot where others ripped and then some… This concrete junkie knows how to shred and he seems to get better every year, awesome section.
I have real trouble distinguishing the sections as it seems to have none, but hey that’s Punk and needless to say it’s a RAD video with some amazing skating – be it street, park or pool. There’s no doubt that this production will get you hyped on skating so grab it whilst its Brutality remains fresh.
Tom Halliday
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Nick Merlino on Dekline
Dekline seemed to sign up so many riders this year at one point with the addition of Jason Adams, Chris Pastras and Olly Todd and now they have a new am on their ranks as of today. Foundation rider Nick Merlino joins the team and these 2 tricks here are a taste of what’s to come…