Cock Skateboards have released their latest series of decks, featuring, well, cocks. Being printed and pressed by A Third Foot, these are high quality British boards to stick your feet to.
Check out the Cock Skateboards blog here for more info.
Can’t tell you anymore info than that at the moment, but the results from Thrasher’s King of the Road are here:
1. Blind
2. Foundation
3. Black Label
4. Zoo York
More info when we get it.
Dave Watson – Ollie nosemanual Sequence by Styley
Jason Adams – frontside 360 nosegrab
Eero Antilla – 360flip nosegrind
Div Adams – lien to tail
Brandon Biebel – nollie backside heelflip
Nick Merlino – switch backside 360
Top 5 Beastie Boys songs
1) Sabotage
2) 3 Mc’s and 1 Dj
3) Intergalactic
4) Egg Raid on Mojo
5) Sure Shot
Top 5 things to spend a fiver on
1) Couple of beers
2) Porn magazines
3) Thai curry
4) Flutter on the horses
5) Crossfire 6th Anniversary party ticket
Top 5 skateboard haircuts
1) Louie Barletta
2) Corey Duffel
3) Jason Dill
4) Lucien Clarke
5) Mike Vallely
Pic of the Week
Adam Johns is caught by the flash of Scott Madill as he does probably the last ever trick at Stockwell before it’s makeover. Frontside tailslash in the dark.
Already parading on the small screen with his show Rob and Big, Rob Dyrdek has now been signed up to act alongside Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in their new film ‘Righteous Kill’.
No news on whether Big Black will be joining him on-set or providing bodyguard duties, but he has been released from his DC Shoes contract to concentrate on his own brand Double B
The We’re Ok EurOk Girl & Chocolate Tour video from their excursion throughout Europe this summer is now live on Crailtap.
Featuring silky smooth skating from Sean Malto, Jeron Wilson, Devine Calloway, Justin Eldridge, Brandon Biebel, Jesus Fernandez, and Rick McCrank, and also a couple of background props from our very own Moose!
Give it a while to load, this video is so hi-def it makes real life look dull, but has got me hyped to skate a lot recently.
Click here to view skateboard wonderment
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for your skateboarding life, you’ll have heard of Fifty Fifty, Bristols premiere skateboarding supplies store. Ran with military precision by the legendary duo Danny Wainwright & Justin Sydenham, Fifty has been supporting the UK skate community for many a year.
So many years infact, it’s a cause for celebration. A bloody BIG celebration because Fifty Fifty have been going 10 years strong and It’s this occasion that saw hundreds of people descend on the CentreSpace gallery in the heart of Bristol for an all-out show / party / knee’s up.
The gallery played host to a 10 year timeline of photographs, covers and articles, taking up an entire wall spanning from 1997 right up to 2007. As if that wasn’t enough for your eyeballs, on the opposite wall was the launch of the new ’10 Year Strong’ product pack which featured the most awesome 5050 x Vans Half Cab shoe, 5050 x New Era hat, 4 new boards, new wheels and a big bunch of limited clothing to polish it all off!
Packed in between all that was Danny’s Ollie world record board, Halfcabs and article, board graphics past & present and a GIANT hand-painted Vans custom shoe from local artist Richt!
Mix all the above together with 600 bottles of (free!) beer, 24 litres of wine, Jon Kennedy on the decks and a tonne of peanuts, you get a damn good time!
After all the booze was consumed and eyeballs worn out from looking at things, everyone formed into an orderly mob and hit up the Red Rooms by the harbourside for the after party, where the alcohol flowed quickly and the people swayed unsteadily.
All in all, THE best night. Ever.
Massive props to Danny, Syd and all the people involved with the show, HAPPY BIRTHDAY FIFTY, here’s to the next 10 years!!
Gavin Strange
Photos courtesy of Gav and Lil’ Pete
This is absolutely true- Mike Carroll’s thumb now has so much talent in it, it has been sponsored.
In a deal reportedly worth £14million a week, his thumb will now be repping on the Mongo Skate label.
You may or may not know that Scott Bourne has been working with Puma for a while now, featuring in a few of their adverts.
In an expansion to the Puma skate range, Scott will be designing a Puma Clyde shoe with some of his own artwork on, and an extra padded tongue.
Check out www.hypebeast.com for more info
Stevie Williams is a name that all modern street skaters should know. From his upbringing skating the streets of Philadelphia to owning his own skateboard company DGK, Stevie is a man whose name carries a lot of weight.
Zac took some time out with Stevie on the London leg of the DGK/RBK tour to chat about travelling, youth projects and being good to your lady.
So Stevie, how long have you been on the road now?
About 11 days
Are you missing home?
I flew my girl to London, just for two days so I could be a good boy.
Haha nice! And when was the last time you were in London?
Probably about four years ago.
Four years and it’s still pissing down with rain!
Yeah but I like London. I come from Philadelphia so it’s kinda the same type of weather, grey clouds hanging over the city.
None of that Cali sunshine burning in the heat.
Well I live in California but I was born and raised in Philly and it’s sorta the equivalent to London in a sense.
Tell us where you’ve been on these 11 days so far.
We’ve been to Serbia, Munich, Berlin and now London. We’ve still got another 11 days to go.
Another 11!
Yeah, this is the middle of the tour right here.
Worldwide domination…
We’re working on it. Growing the brand and having fun with the kids.
So tell us a little bit about Reebok/DGK collab.
Well, I own the DGK company and I licensed it to Reebok for shoes and apparel so we’re repping Reebok here and DGK as a whole to inspire the kids that really don’t come from anything and wanna be a pro. You know, it’s not really about being the best, it’s about inspiring the kids to let them know they can have fun and stay out of trouble.
What do you think you’ve achieved today at Bay 66, have you been teaching kids how to skate?
Nah we didn’t really teach any kids how to skate. But we skated for them and then we’re gonna see which kid is the best and get him some products so he can inspire the other kids and keep them skating, that’s what it’s all about.
So are you looking to build a worldwide team?…
I am, I am. I’m looking for a UK team.
How do kids get in touch with you so you can see their talents.
They can get in touch with the Reebok or with the distribution people out here, High 5. Send a sponsor-me tape, you can hit me up on MySpace at www.myspace.com/dgk215 and send me a video, tell me to look at your footage on YouTube, I’m always on the internet looking for footage. I’m always looking for music or anything – Anything where someone’s doing something positive and looking to get out of a bad situation, I’m all ears and I’m looking for it!
What about the future of DGK – Any video stuff coming up?
We’re working in a video right now with everybody from DGK. We’re actually doing our first trip right when we get off tour. 4 days after we get back we go to Canada and start working on our video for 10 days out there and then just going around the world, skating and having fun and filming. Like I said, it’s not about being the best, it’s about doing your best and being motivated enough to share it with the kids – that’s what it’s about.
Who’s coming up on your team right now?
Lenny Rivas, he’ll be turning pro next month. Little quiet assassinator. Wade Des Ormeaux, he couldn’t make it because he’s having some passport issues in Canada, they’re really strict right now. But just DGK as a whole, look out for us, we’re out there doing it.
And if we wanna go check you guys out, outside of MySpace, what’s the URL?
You can go to www.rbk.com and you’ll see the DGK section, they have a whole documentary section on this trip. If you look at Kingpin magazine, you’ll get a free DVD that comes with the magazine with this whole tour and everything. So we’re doing a whole bunch of stuff, you caught us in the action!
How important is Europe to you guys on the worldwide scale?
Europe is always important, it was important before I started skating and now I run a business and own a company, it’s all the more important y’know, both the financial side and also making sure the kids are motivated towards the brand, just like the kids in the US because they all come from the same situation – in the ghetto or having messed up skateboards, they’re the kids we look for. Not the dudes that think they’re the best. We’re here for the kids that don’t have anything, just look out for us, you don’t even have to try too hard, we already see you. Just have fun and be safe.
We wish you all the best Stevie.
Thanks man, peace.
You know the score. Plan B legend Pat Duffy is Epicly Later’d on VBS.
www.vbs.tv
Look at the photo, he’s stoked about it!