In December 2004 I visited Durban in South Africa and skated the park on the sea front there with my Brother. We met a kid called Thalente who was very young, homeless and absolutely shredding the place. After the session we gave him all the money we had on us to skate the Tony Hawk designed park out of town and also the brand new Flip complete that my Brother was skating. It was the only way of leaving the park and helping him as we didn’t live there and he was clearly in need.
This new video appeared online yesterday and he’s now in LA with Kenny Anderson seeing the world. So stoked he has moved forwards and others have helped him in their own ways. Always help another skateboarder and be thankful that you chose skateboarding. You can do your bit here.
Tragic tale here as this DIY spot did not even get finished before it was ripped down. RIP.
Nick von Werssowetz has announced that Lurk NYC’s new promo Loony Bin will follow the recent CCTV Surveillance Master Tape and will be released before Christmas. Expect full parts from Cyrus Bennett, Jacob Gottlieb, Genesis Evans, Adrian Vega, and Jason Byoun.
Extra footage leftover from the Solo Jazz project from Bronze has been released this week. Enjoy raw clips of Billy Mcfeely, Kevin Tierney, Matt Daniels, Josh Wilson, Dick Rizzo and Jason Carroll.
A few of the Mile End locals will be sharing a beer down at Parlour skate shop this Saturday and enjoying Yah Bru!, a collection of footage of ‘Irish Steve’ Crawford, Ben Phillips, Ya Bruu, Michael Daley, Ed Davis and Mark Brewster.
When the Danes skate, they really enjoy themselves. This made me badly want to skate today. Get some.
