Cirencester’s skater owned shop Decimal skate store have rolled out a full section from their shop rider Callum Gunning over the weekend. The shop will run more parts from their team ridrs in the coming month’s so stay tuned for more and watch the first filmed and edited by James Clifforde.
The new skatepark in Newport looks absolutely amazing. Here’s some wild footage from the opening session at Tredagar Park. Await the Kill City edit for quality this week.
French has a limited run of decks printed for his upcoming Scion Installation in Los Angeles on the 29th September. The exhibition will showcase not just drawings, but also a number of super limited edition products French has designed and illustrated over the years.
Lovenskate printed a very limited run of 25 Pool Shaped boards this week for the show that are all numbered and awaiting your order.
The Lifeblood team were in town throughout August and were taken to the Dartmoor fullpipes. Watch Mason Merlino, Kevin Kowalski, Cody Lockwood and Frank Faria getting dizzy thanks to Trawler and Ben Lawer.
Carhartt and Lovenskate joined forces for a 10 days trip to the Isle of Man to celebrate the Scale of Radness! On board were Julian Furones, Igor Fardin, Rob Smith, Joe Gavin, Bertrand Trichet, Stu Smith, Andy Skillen, Alex Parton, Matt Ranson and Ewen Bower. Filmed and edited by Joe Gavin and additional filming by Rob Smith.
Kick off your week with David Gonzales‘ new full section that has more Bollocks than the Sex Pistols. This ridiculous six minutes of mayhem from Flip’s hammertime pro has the full monty, including doubles with none other than Christian Hosoi.
Press play for Possessed To Skate.
Wake up to the news this morning that 13 video edits stuffed full of Essex pride are awaiting your vote for the annual Lords of the Swords vote. The votes are piling in right now. Don’t miss this one.
All of the teams involved have made it through to the finals of this year’s video comp and chosen by the amount of points they picked up from the book of challenges. As a result, there are 2 comps being voted for online this week. One with the the top 10 of the main LOTS comp and a pro comp with 3 teams, one winner.
Get yourself over here and watch an array of footage, some of them featuring the likes of Nick Remon, Alan Rushbrooke, Mikey Joyce, Carl Wilson and many more.
It is being reported in America this morning that Beastie Boy rapper Adam Yauch left a legacy to his love of skateboarding 2 months before he died in March this year and sketched the lyrics to the Beastie’s tune “Bodhisattva Vow” across 3 decks.
The one-off series comissioned by Bucky Lasek is said to be auctioned on November 29th alongside many other musicians that include Ben Harper, Paul McCartney and Tom Petty whose lyrics etched into decks will go on sale to raise money to build skateparks in low income areas across the pond for the Tony Hawk Foundation.
BaySixty6 Skatepark is now open and will host it’s first event on Saturday 29th September. The annual Nandos Xperimental jam will be held from 12-4pm, entry is £7 with free meals and skate comps during the afternoon alongside guest UK riders from various skate co’s.
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Jono Atkinson’s 2nd trailer for his nearly completed documentary “Over Ply Wood” went live last night. The documentary in the making tells some of the story of the history of skateboarding in Swansea, Wales over the years featuring many skaters who have shredded its many famous spots over the years.
Jono has spent the last few months interviewing all of the skaters involved in the film so expect some fantastic memoirs to come from this. We will bring you the full feature once he sends it all over.
Over Ply Wood 2nd trailer from Jono on Vimeo.