The Almost team have just left germany on their Impact Tour and collected some footage from their demo at the Skatehalle in Berlin for you to watch here. Press play for footage of Chris Haslam, Youness Amrani, Daryl Dominguez and Willow and get hyped on their visit from 5pm next Friday 25th January at BaySixty6. Details here.
Skateboarding will obviously be affected this week due to the snow that is falling out there right now across the country. Some of you, no doubt, will take the initiative to film or take pics out there having a laugh in the white stuff, so please host your pics and footage send them in and we will share the best ones. Our favourite entry will receive a nice warm Plan B hoodie in the post to combat the cold too.
Don’t forget that we are also running our annual winter skateboard edit comp right now, so it’s a good time to get footage together. Details about deadlines and entry can be found here.
As best friends go, one of mine, Steve Ludwin is not your average mate you go down the pub with, discuss the latest TV show and say goodnight. Over the 18 years we have known each other, I have seen some of the most bizarre things with reptiles I will ever see in London. Waking up on his sofa to feel one of the most poisonous snakes in the world licking your nose was just one of them. All just for the crack, of course.
Steve features in a recently filmed documentary for VICE this week and explains how injecting venom enhances his skateboarding, his personal studies in his quest to help find a cure for cancer through snake venom and much more.
The ever impressive Sole Technology group behind the Etnies, Emerica and Altamont skateboard shoe and clothing brands have announced this week that they have opened a new ecological European office. The environmentally friendly building based in the Houthavens district of Amsterdam, Holland is said to host 60 solar panels that once hit full capacity, share excess energy to households in Amsterdam and a state-of-the-art geothermal heating and cooling system that accounts for a 40% reduction in energy consumption compared to a conventional system.
This is not the first time that the skateboarding co-founder and owner Pierre-Andre Senizergues have reduced their carbon footprint to actively bring us quality skateboarding goods from a sustainable source. Speaking about the subject in the past, Pierre has been quoted to say: “My goal is to leave the right footprint with Sole Technology. We’ve become a leader through the intelligence and hard work of our team of people. We strive for innovation and excellence in all we do. Together, we keep growing the right way in a healthy organic process.”
Long may it continue and long may skater-owned brands challenge the unethical ways of the corperations that are pushing their way into skateboarding. Read more about Pierre and his hard work for skateboarding from our interview back in 2006.
Bright may have overlooked their 15 years of service in their nominations this year but have not forgotten what 5050 have brought to the UK scene in that period. In fact, they are still moving forward as proved in this brand new promo video filmed by Rich Smith, George Nevin and James Harris.
Enjoy footage of Flynn Trotman, Dan Wileman, Danny Wainwright, Matt ‘Boyo’ Williams, Korahn Gayle, Tom Gibbs, Barber, Phil Parker, Will Ainly, Justin Sydenham and Ollie Lock.
FIFTY FIFTY 15 YEARS ANNIVERSARY PROMO from FIFTY FIFTY STORE on Vimeo.
If this is throwaway, then this new Plan B video should have the lot. They are saying summer this year, expect something special.
Front rock slides are sick. Press play for Mountainous disco moves with Crazy Kyle, Lance Mountain, and Mason Merlino at Arto’s pool.
More offcuts from the filming of Pretty Sweet have been released for your viewing pleasure. Watch some footage of Jeron Wilson and Kenny Anderson here.
Danny Bulmer’s personal video edit from December’s Xmas Jam has been released online overnight. Reminisce our 10th Anniversary get together at London’s BaySixty6 skate park and find the full feature with more footage and gallery photos here.
When was the last time you went to session some brick banks and decided to huck one of these out? Ridiculous.
Here’s a bonus:
Dalton Dern Barrier 540 from Jeremy McNamara on Vimeo.