Reports from Essex are coming in regarding the extention of Saffron Walden Skatepark.
Locals who are in the know report rumours that a mini park will be built in the next few weeks covering small ledges, some hips, a smaller version if the clam shell and a mini pump bump for the kids to learn on.
If this is true then the build will start on the first week of October.
Pic by Tom Halliday
Mike Vallely seems to be keeping us in fresh old school video content on a daily basis right now via his YouTube channel. Reminisce the fun of The Blue Tile Lounge wall jam and skate and destroy.
Emerica are dealing with the Darkside for 2009. Cull your Cult today.
For the launch of Justin Eldridge’s new style, éS is honored to present a special Chocolate Skateboards Collaboration with internationally acclaimed artist, Evan Hecox.
Evan’s way of capturing bits and pieces of urban living in his drawings and paintings, then applying them to deck graphics, helped breathe new life into the Chocolate brand in the mid and late ’90’s.
Having shown in galleries around the world, Evan’s artwork still regularly appears on Chocolate decks today and it seems that éS feel truly fortunate to feature it here on Justin’s new shoe with this Chocolate collaboration. Considering how fast Chocolate decks with Evan’s artwork fly off shop walls, we know these shoes won’t be around for long either!
Available from October 2008. Go get ’em!
Adding yet another vid to an ever growing cannon of insanity, Jackass star Bam Margera is set to release ‘Bam’s or Bust’.
Set at his Pennsylvanian crib/skatepark, Bam’s or Bust includes new footage from the likes of Mike V, Darrel Stanton, Chris Novak, (my personal favorite) Brent Atchley, Chad Tim Tim, Colin Provost, and of course the man himself, Bam Margera.
Take a few seconds out of your day to watch this, let the stress go and then feel your anticipation for the rest of them. Zered Bassett goes slomo in a frontside fashion for a series of DVS adverts. Shine on..
Prat Day could well be wrongly interpreted in the UK as an office get together in the business district of Sutton. Fortunately the Nomad team were filmed chilling in Raul’s hometown, El Prat instead.
Here’s the latest footage from the Spanish crew with music courtesy of Ambulance Ltd’s melancholy Anecdote.
Mike Vallely just posted this up. We love ‘skateboard nuts’.
I must admit that when I was told that I would be getting a Spitfire Backpack to review I did wonder how the hell I was going to review a bag: “Does it hold stuff? Yes? Its a good bag…”
Sure enough the postman arrives and I was pleasantly surprised. (With the bag, not my postman, I’m used to him by now…) Being a fan of the plain and understated, I was dreading having to wander around with some God awful man purse that looked like it was made out of one of Stevie Wonders shirts, but at first glance the Highlander bag is a straight forward, simple looking rucksack with some nice details. Custom raised embroidered Flaming Heads a plenty, and the padded back panel has the best and most easily recognized skate logo on the market stitched into it. So it ticks the “looks good” box with ease.
The bag itself is a well made 6 pocket affair made of sturdy heavy-duty canvas, with comfy, ergonomically designed shoulder straps and a padded fleece iPod pocket, should the need to be antisocial arise whilst skating. There are enough compartments to keep your laptop and your digital camera a safe distance apart or to stop you getting crumbs from your Ginsters pasty all over this months Razzle depending on your various requirements for a backpack. It’s got board straps if you’re more concerned with carrying your board around than actually riding it and has all sorts of hidden pockets for whatever it is you lot might need to hide in small, well concealed places… Say no more.
I’ll be completely honest, I’ve never needed a backpack to skate with. My balance is bad enough without hanging something on my back to confuse matters and I dump everything I need in the boot of my car before setting out. However, traveling here and there and being too impatient to wait at a baggage carousel means that backpacks are my weapon of choice for holidays and excursions with this now well up the list. Ive been slinging the random crap I need in and out of it and trundling around with it like my life depended on it and everything is still in tip top order. Its the perfect size, being spacious without being bulky but large enough that your not going to fill it up with one hoody.
The only thing I will whinge about is the constant tinkling of the zips as you wander down the road but other than that is a pretty tidy bit of kit and based on the short time I’ve been using it, it seems like it’ll last for ages. As if that wasn’t enough, as an added bonus its named after the best film of the 80’s to contain a sword fighting Sean Connery. So overall, I’m stoked on it. Give it a go and check out the latest online Spitfire catalogue here.
Ed Bowen
