The new indoor build at Revolution Skatepark in Broadstairs is getting love from the locals down there. Ben Wilks has put together an edit from the Bank Holiday session that went down with skating from Charlie Tremble, Alex Todd, Dan McCusker, Tim Prescott, James Brown, Sam Watling, Edward Davies and Ben himself.
Dutchman Rob Maatman takes Edit of the Week with this amazing footage for Emerica Europe edited by Henry Edward-Woods. Enjoy this!
Death Skateboards pro Zarosh gets his hands dirty again in this how to screen print vid. 
They call it Ben and Jerry’s, we call it simply more goodness from Essex’ main dagger. This Day in a Life of Ben Raemers has some amazing ditch skating in it. Get stuck in.
Matt Hensley is featured this week in a video interview online. The Flogging Molly accordion player and one of the most inspirational skateboarders of all time looks back on his pro skate career and why he walked away from it in this first of two webisodes.
Jesse James and Chris ‘Avi’ Atherton are back with a new psychedelic skate edit stuffed full of magic, mystery and Worzel Gummidge. It’s not often you see people skating a park with a cheesecake in your hand so watch this latest edit to find out what flavour Avi has. If you remember their last video mash up titled Wightmare then you will have a better idea of what’s coming next.
Press play for the most bizarre skateboard edit you will see this month.
Fos FM is still pumping the airwaves across the pond in California. Mark has Nike’s latest recruit Alex Olson in as guest for his radio show this month and he also has a new Evil Eye deck out on Heroin. Watch this clip made with Rogie that is inspired by the film, The Ring and look out for it in your local SOS.
Stevie Thompson has a new edit online this morning with his trademark moves wrecking the Hove Lagoon for Push skateshop. Support skater owned, it’s opposite the Level, Brighton.
The Scottish skate romp that is War of the Thistles returns this year, regardless of the fact that its compatriot event War of the Roses is taking a sabbatical. The Scots will be welcoming skaters across the country on the weekend of 26th-27th of May with Transition Extreme skatepark hosting the Saturday and Transgression Skatepark in Edinburgh taking care of Sunday’s carnage. Share this and start planning your travel and accomodation to save dough in advance. All details can be found at www.skateboardscotland.com
Information regarding redevelopment taking place at Kennington Skatepark in Lambeth this month has come to light this morning. This legendary London spot built back in 1978 is part of London’s prestigious skateboard history. It has seen sessions throughout the 80’s, 90’s and noughties that will never be forgotten. In fact if I think of Stockwell from the very first times I skated here, the likes of American Steve Wiltshire, Ged Wells, Ricky, Crispin, Aaron Bleasdale, Reuben Goodyear, Wurzel and many other names spring to mind as people who ripped this place apart and used every line in there. It also had a terrible reputation in the late 80s for skaters getting their teeth smashed out with baseball bats. We still went there every weekend though before skating up to Stockwell, undeterred.
Before you jump the gun and think that the park is being knocked down and rebuilt though, it doesn’t seem to be the case. A shoe brand looks to be behind fixing the cracks and adding some welcome features this summer, so watch this space to see if and when this gets done. This image below says it will re-open in May but the weather over the last few weeks may be stopping the work. Who knows. This post has been written solely on the basis of viewing this image, so we do not know for sure if this has even come to fruition or how much work will go into it. Time will tell though but if this is happening, well done to all involved.
Let us know your thoughts on this in the comments below and if you have stories of skating this park over the years, share them with us and send them in.
Also, take in this hand drawn Smell of Death flyer (found on MAS) that was made for a jam at Kennington’s banks. These events were arranged by the pipe-smoking US punk, Steve Wilshire back in the 80’s when skateboarding was owned by skateboarders. These events single-handedly inspired Crossfire to launch and roll out events for the London skate scene. Take in the DIY aspect and weep.
