European Emerica rider Eniz Fazliov is now confirmed to fly to London for this year’s Crossfire Xmas Jam 2008. The Finnish riper will be joined by another European guest on this trip and we will let you know who next week. Watch his skills below as he is sure to be featuring in this year’s street jam.
Grant Taylor, Justin Brock, Shane O’Niel, David Clark and Dan Plunkett are all captured for a new Nike SB video edit whilst ripping the City streets of Atlanta and a sweet looking bowl down in Alabama.
Zoo York have posted a video edit of the 2nd Annual Harold Hunter skate jam that went down under the Manhattan Bridge back in May on their youtube channel. In other Zoo York related news, Brandon Westgate won the 2008 Active Am comp in California this weekend taking home $6000 for his troubles, not a bad weekend’s work if you can get it. Look out for the Broken Windows and Photocopy deck series on your travels.
Landscape Skateboards had a good London turn out for their brand new Horizons movie at the weekend.
The Prince Charles Cinema hosted the film featuring sections from Rory Milanes whose reaction 5 seconds after his part just consisted one word which was…’Rad‘. He got the most pissed award of the night at the afterparty that’s for sure.
Joel Curtis hung up his decks to spend more time with his family so this was his last video part. Nick Stansfield and Jin Shimizu showed what’s to come for the future of Landscape and made room for the superb skills of Soy Panday whose section had more lines than Grandmaster Flash.
London riders Joleon Pressey and Snowy both had strong parts with the latter opting for a break on Brazilian beaches rather than sticking around for the premiere that was shown whilst snow fell in his Scottish homeland. Look out for Horizons this Xmas in your local SOS.
Everyone loves new decks, new griptape and the promise of fresh pop! First thing I noticed with this Element 7.80 board is how light it was, after reading the pamphlet that accompanies the deck, I learned it was due to the “Patented AirFrame Chambers“. Basically they have 5 air chambers running down the centre of the deck, and the central 3 plys are engineered in a horizontal “S” shape to firm up the deck while cutting the weight down.
The concave is deceptively deep – it doesn’t look it, but its similar to the “spoon killer” concave that Real had out and grips your feet great. As for flex, that was what worried me, it felt very rigid for something so light, but survived a few nollie to disasters and the board-snapping ollies to rock fakie. The pop is really snappy, and with a the huge nose gave me plenty of time to tweak and shifty, it’s a really functional design.
As for the Muska, dudes still out there killing it – I read a quote a little while ago that sums him up, asked him where he went “Went? I didn’t go no place dude, I was out on the streets, skating, ask the kids in Hollywood, they seen me, i’m there doing it, don’t see no other pro’s out on the streets” So, less visable, but after peeping some vid clips that are floating around, the mans still representing, and Element are firmly keeping quality lumber under his feet!
Rock on 8/10
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Terry Kennedy is so stoked on his feet being sown up in Supra’s he has come out with a full production along side his Fly Society crew. Watch out Snoop you got company yo… In other Supra news Erik Ellington and Danny Montoya performed a game of skate here at The Berrics. Get stuck in.
Habitat rider Silas Baxter-Neal has taken Thrasher’s Skater Of The Year award for 2008. After a bunch of cool video parts including an outstanding part in the Inhabitants video, the Eugene, Oregon skater has the biggest honour in World Skateboarding this year.
Sean Malto has a Spitfire Profile on the www.dlxsf.com website this month. If you missed it watch it here below.
Danny Way broke a vertebrae in his back and will be out of action for months after a fall at the Brazilian Mega Ramp comp this weekend in Sao Paulo. Flip rider Bob Burnquist took the number one spot and Best Trick on the day with Jake Brown a sure second with Highest Air honours and Andy MacDonald in third.