Thrasher have served up a Skate Rock tour feature starring a plethora of rippers skating through the many spots of China. There’s plenty of gnarly viewing in these 2 clips. Get the teas on for it.
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Take look at the brand new Valley Rd skatepark in Nottingham thanks to Elliot Tebbs and the locals at the opening ceremony.
Chris Ray was asked to be one of the 13 filmers to submit a part for TransWorld SKATEboarding’s latest film, The Cinematographer Project and chose am Evan Smith as his subject. The results are quite simply stunning. Be prepared to watch this more than twice as we are pretty sure there’s not a better section online this month.
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New RVCA Barney Page edit
Exeter’s Barney Page continues his incredible journey of skateboard success in his trademark shorts for RVCA this week. This new edit features footage of him skating spots in London, Barcelona and more. Get on this.
Eric Koston, Sean Malto and Justin Brock all act in the latest advert for the Swoosh.
If you are based in the Essex area and looking for skateboard tuition throughout the Easter holidays, then look into the Vans Skate Camp that is being run though Ramp Rage skatepark in Colchester.
The sessions are running from 10th-12th April from 10am-4pm and cost £60 per person. Visit www.ramprage.co.uk for details and book through the skatepark which is on 01206 617 515.
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Stockwell Troma
Here’s your weekly dose of sweepers, norks, layback grinds, gore and bonelesses from the Unorthodox people of Stockwell Skatepark.
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Royal Welcomes Miles Silvas
Royal Trucks have a new rider grinding their product this week as they welcome Miles Silvas to the team. The 17 year old from Sacramento, USA has a great welcome video online today, watch this.
It’s official. Alex Olson has jumped ship from Vans and joined Nike Skateboarding footwear and apparel. Talking to ESPN this week, Olson speaks on how it all came about:
“Basically I was unhappy with Vans six month prior to me signing with Nike. My contract had been up but I just hadn’t signed my new contract. I had some questions about my contract and they said, “Why don’t you come down and we’ll talk?” I hated going down to Vans, I don’t like going down to Orange County. I think when my contract was up I asked Brian Anderson if he could just ask if there was any possibility of me riding for Nike. Robin [Fleming] had left Vans and I felt like a loner on the team and it wasn’t making me motivated to skate. Six months passed and I still hadn’t signed my contract and then Hunter [Mu] called me and asked if my contract was up and I said, “Yeah.” Nike offered me an apparel and shoe contract and the timing was right and I was stoked to sign a contract with Nike.”
Skateboarding has many legends who helped pave the way for us to enjoy skateboarding as we know it today and Larry Stevenson’s name is high up there on the list.
Larry Stevenson invented the kick tail so that we could ‘surf on land’. It was an absolutely vital experiment that effectively changed the streets of California forever. In the early 1960’s, Stevenson was a lifeguard on Venice Beach and carved out his very own Makaha boards to push his idea by the aid of clay wheels. He had unfortunately been fighting Parkinson’s disease and died on Sunday, aged 81 at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Centre.
Larry was awardeed a Skateboarding Hall of Fame Award in 2010 but could not the ceremony due to illness so listen to his son Curtis’ speech and click here for our blog feature dedicated to Larry.
Larry Stevenson RIP.