We send our Birthday wishes to Borderco’s Wayne Gallagher today. Wayne has this week’s Trick of the Week from the lens of Phil Evans movie The Scrum Tilly Lush. Click the image here to watch it.
Talking of Birthdays, Borderco will be celebrating 10 Years of Skateboarding on March 14th at Unit 13 Skatepark in Belfast. The full team will be down there and expect fun comps for cash and boards on the day. Spread the word.
Paul Rodriguez takes you through an average day in the Valley at Skatelab and The Berrics for Silver Trucks.
Just before you think (arguably) the best skateboarder ever to grace this zine is about to give up pushing wood, the title actually refers to the Koston Block at the Pioneer Skatepark at St Albans. The park is about to undergo a refit anytime soon so Alex Barton made sure his favourite piece of wood got nailed as it’s time for a re-work over there. More about Alex and his crew at www.riotsquad.net but don’t forget about this Saturday’s Valentine’s get together there. All info here.
These suede coated Emerica‘s are probably the most simple shoe Emerica released throughout 2008.
They look sick when they are fresh out of the box and once on your feet they are seriously comfortable and pretty durable to the battle with your grip tape.
Once laced up in real life The Tope’s become a thinner shoe than pictured here but can also rock the dancefloor if you need some pumps outside of skating. Try them out for yourself, you will not be disappointed.
Been waiting for this one for a while. Sidewalk are covering the trip of Chris Oliver, Ross McGouran and Kris Vile throughout their trip of Australia. Here’s the first installment featuring featuring Oliver, Jonny Lorcan and Richie Stewart getting down on some crete.
Vans are about to release a limited edition shoe featuring a collaboration between tattooist Oliver Peck and concrete ripper Omar Hassan. Not sure if these will hit the UK that soon but look out on the web for them in the meantime.
Here’s the latest short from Lakai featuring their European masters Jesus Fernandez & JB Gillet rinsing a bench for your perusal. Look out for a new comp this week as we have a deluxe box set of the Final Flare to give away!
Almost rider Cooper Wilt has joined DuFFS Shoes this week. He joins the UK run shoe company whose team now includes Louie Barletta, Ben Raemers, Mattias Nylen, Kevin Kowalski and James Atkin.
Look out for more DuFFS news here soon.
Last year’s Independent Vert Series was killer and with the amount of incredible UK Vert riders on display expect these dates to be very special indeed!
Watch the legends like Sean Goff and Dave Allen thrash the coping alongside new sprung tech killers such as Paul Luc Roncetti, Sam Beckett and Sam Bosworth from these dates:
Feb 28th – Mt Hawke Skatepark, Corwall.
29th March – Adrenaline Alley, Corby.
3rd May – Ramp City, Blackpool.
14th June – Creation, Birmingham.
All events start at midday. Check the UKSA site for updates.
When the weather is freezing outside your feet need some instant cover. We just got ours into a pair of these fleece lined Vans Chukka’s this week and our feet are now warm.
If you want to skate in the UK whilst it’s snowing, then your only option is these as your standard Vans don’t come close to feeling your deck underneath your feet when it’s below freezing. Try them.