When Scottish skater Kerr McLachlan asked us to share his online artwork last week, we gave him a test to Smell The Glove and this sexist offering based on cult heavy metal film Spinal Tap is what came back in return.
You can see the rest of Lois and Kerr’s artwork on their fb page.
Last weekend’s comp at the Cardiff Skate Plaza was won by Steve King. Watch Caradog and many more in this clip from Harry Deane and Photo Phill.
The annual CPH Pro skate event in Copenhagen went of as usual this weekend with Rune Glifberg and a host of friends getting stuck into the city’s surroundings.
Brad McCLain took the bowl honours and Chris Cole swept up at the street finals. Watch videos down there.
1. Chris Cole
2. Ryan Decenzo
3. Ishod Wair
4. Nyjah Huston
5. Shane O’Neil
6. Walker Ryan
7. Taylor Bingaman
8. Austyn Gillette
Take in all of the damage that the Supra team laid down in Australia and New Zealand on their recent Oz Man Out tour with skating from Lizard King, Erik Ellington, Stevie Williams, Neen Williams, Keelan Dadd, Boo Johnson, Kevin Romar, Spencer Hamilton, Terry Kennedy, and natives Bjorn Johnston (NZ), and Australia’s beloved son, Matt Mumford.
SUPRA: OZ MAN OUT 2012 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR from SUPRA Footwear on Vimeo.
Whilst the Olympics opens with huge corperations throwing their polluted brands into the ring whilst tearing our world apart, Huck Magazine will unleash their new book in collaboration with with Skateistan in London tonight.
The 320 pages of this creation took 2 years to write with contributions from volunteers at Skateistan in Kabul and around the world to complete the huge limited edition, full-color book that is the first to focus on the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) “Skateistan”, and it gives a rare and in-depth look into the lives of exceptional young Afghans facing incredible challenges in a city that is torn by war, but also full of life.
Order a copy of Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan for £30 here.
“I’ve always loved Vallely.”
Dubstep producer Skrillex talked to Mixmag this week and declared his skills on a deck and more on record in a recent Q&A.
Read on for more…
When did you first start skating?
I first started skating when I was about nine – that was in San Francisco. Then, when I was about twelve, I moved to LA and used to skate at spots like Verdugo Hills high school, which is a really famous spot. I was always more into ‘go big’ – seeing how many stairs I could jump. My claims to fame when I was young were ollying the twelve-stair, pop shuvits, kick-flipping the six stair, stuff like that. I was also playing in punk bands at the time.
So do you still skateboard?
Absolutely. On the Mothership tour I’d skate for hours before a show. I’d work up a real sweat and be hyped before I went on stage.
Was your manager not against it – just in case you broke a wrist and couldn’t DJ?
Nah man! I’m not going to give it up. For me skateboarding is a bit like getting piercings and having my ears stretched. I’ve had them like that since I was young, but if I didn’t have them already, at this age, I probably wouldn’t get them done. Likewise, I’ve skateboarded for a long time, so I know my way. But if you weren’t that deep into it and you tried to go hard now, you could really fuck yourself up. Everybody is a bit more fearless when they’re young. Nowadays, I’m just doing flat down tricks – fun boxes and that kind of thing.
Read the rest of this interview discussing Steve Berra, Koston and more here.
The Witchcraft Hardware team went to Belgium and are about to drop the full edit soon, but for now have this teaser with Mikey, Max, Arbel, Tibs, Vincent, Churchill & Joxa.
If you have not seen the new decks that are about to land in the UK from Witchcraft, have a gander here and pre-order one from your local skate shop now.
Get the teas on for this 20 minute banger. Bronze Hardware out of NYC are repping this mash up with Shawn Powers, Kevin Tierney, Billy McFeely, Phil Rodriguez, Adrian Vega, Joseph Delgado and many more.
If you are into Hip Hop and mixtapes, listen to this Boombap Crailtap 80 minute mix from DJ Twit featuring various tunes and samples used on skate videos. Some great tunes on here.
The Flip team popped into the UK for a couple of days 2 weeks back and sessioned Rom Skatepark’s famous pool. Lance Mountain, Curren Caples and Greyson Fletcher get a taste of British soil in this clip from Monkeyglove.