Category: Skateboarding News

Go behind the scenes of the All This Mayhem film from this new video posted on vice today. This must see documentary on the crazy lives of the Pappas brothers hits UK cinemas this Friday.

No words. Just press play.

Watch Jim Greco, Spencer Hamilton, Javier Sarmiento, Lucien Clarke, and Oscar Candon skating spots and demos in Sofia, Bulgaria and Warsaw, Poland from their recent European jaunt.

Sometimes the fruits just line up. MikeySB hits the jackpot in SF with this melon he will never forget, caught by Robbie Brockel.

A new documentary on the ongoing situation at Southbank has been launched today put together by filmmakers Jonathan Caicedo-Galindo and Sebastian Olmos. The film discusses how public places are being privatised in London by developers and the social and political issues that arise as a result.

Bookmark this 20 minute discussion for when you have some time to watch it as it raises many interesting points.

If you missed the London and Sheffield premiere’s of All This Mayhem, the gnarly story of the Pappas brothers who brought chaos to skateboarding back in the 90s, then get stoked on the fact that it will arrive at UK cinema’s this Friday 8th August.

Put together by the makers of the award-winning Senna and Exit Through The Gift Shop, All This Mayhem is a full blown documentary about the drugs, jail terms, skateboarding politics, suicide and murder that surrounded the lives of the Pappas brothers throughout their quest to dominate skateboarding with powerful technical skateboarding.

For more info on the film click here to the filmed Q&A at the BFI and look out for where this is playing out there from this Friday.

Lakai cruised into Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City in Canada and get rocky with a tight crew consisting of Marc Johnson, Rick McCrank, Stevie Perez, Rick Howard, Jon Sciano alongside local reps Ty Peterson, Will Marshall and Pat O’Rourke.

Enjoy this.

WKND Skateboards continue their video steez with welcoming Taylor Caruso to their newly formed team.

“Big Dahg” gets WLCMD.

Have some more with full fat:

Ph: Mike Burnett

Thrasher’s round up of the insane finals from this year’s Vans invitational event on Huntington Beach in Cali will not disappoint. Non-stop hammers went down!

Vert don Renton Millar has started a petition to get rid of the people who govern the SBA in Australia after finding out that Skateboarding Australia is actually run by Rollerskaters. In an effort to take skateboarding out of these hands please help Renton by reading the info below and signing this petition.

AUSTRALIAN SKATEBOARDING NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!

Not many people realise that the people who govern Skateboarding in Australia are Rollerskaters!

Yes, Rollerskaters.

A Rollerskating Organisation called Skate Australia gets the Federal funding for “Roller Sports” in Australia and decides how much to divide between Artistic Rollerskating, Inline Speed Skating, Inline Hockey, Roller Derby and Skateboarding.

Sometime ago the Roller Skating Organisation started a private company called Skateboarding Australia (SBA). Many people believe SBA is skateboardings stand alone governing body.

That is not true. SBA is a PRIVATE COMPANY owned by the Roller Skate Organisation (This is verified easily by looking up their Australian Business Number).

Recently the Roller Skating Organisation widely advertised a National series sponsored by Nike where the winner of the series got $10,000 and a trip to the Tampa Am. They did six qualifiers, and then cancelled the last two qualifiers and final. They didn’t compensate the kids that had qualified, and didn’t give out the tickets to Tampa, or the final prize money.

Yet multiple types of Roller Skating not only got National Contests, but also sent teams to represent Australia in Europe for World Championships!

Skateboarding doesn’t even get a Completed National Series and no official Australian Champion.

WE NEED CHANGE.

The Australian Sports Commission needs to recognise that Skateboarding needs to stand alone from all other sports.

I have started a petition. Please sign it!! PLEASE SHARE!!

SKATEBOARDING IN AUSTRALIA NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!