Motive Skateboards have unleashed the third installment of Sean Smith footage overnight. Click the play button for 3 minutes of raw tech skills with no music shot at Milton Keynes Buszy plaza, London and more.
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There’s nothing like looking back to days of old in skateboard history so watching this clip this morning was a pleasure. Apple Juice is an 8 minute documentary reporting on New York City’s skate scene in the late 80’s and early 90’s from Skate NYC, a skate shop that was based in the East Village from 1986-1991. The tapes have been laying dormant and were found under a pile of grip tape and paint markers in a storage space deep in NYC recently so get hyped on some NY skate history.
The footage includes skating from Harold Hunter, John Carter, Steve Lavergne, Luis Rodriguez, Mike Ming, Jake Aalls, Cosmo Singer, SAS, John Bruce and many more skating The World Trade Centre before it was taken out and more classic old NY spots. What a find.
Footage from this weekend’s War of the Thistles skate jam up in Scotland. Watch an edit from Unit 23 Skatepark with skating from Stu Graham and friends here.
Kingpin Magazine editor and ace skate photographer Alex Irvine features with Craig Questions in Phil Evans’ latest Format Perspective teaser.
The full documentary will be released this summer and looks certain to be one to collect on DVD. Look out for more of these as Phil rolls them out.
The Blueprint team have been busy in the USA in the last few months and if you missed it, they welcomed Jon Nguyen 2 weeks ago with a stunning edit.
Jon features in this latest edit put together by Sylvain Tognelli who filmed his team mates from his pocket whilst they were visiting Los Angeles. Enjoy this clip featuring Nick Jensen, Paul Shier, Sylvain Tognelli, Marty Murawski, Jon Nguyen, Kevin Coakley and guest Jesus Fernandez.
In related BP news, Paul Shier has a Candid Comments feature on Transworld discussing his 5 skate sections of all time. Have a butchers.
The good people at Real Skateboards have a limited version of their Since Day One DVD up for grabs for only 100 lucky people. The very limited book style edition of the DVD is made out of actual REAL wood veneers from the Real woodshop are also laser engraved and took months to create and also come with 1 of 5 signed Gabe Morford prints from the video, the DVD and the photo book.
55 of these 100 are set aside for team riders and DLX family members leaving 45 that will be available to buy via auction through the Actions REALized site and a few additional ones on Ebay with proceeds going to the Johnny Kicks Cancer Foundation. Read RLD’s full review of the film here.
Global new agency Reuters announced yesterday that the Volcom brand is subject to a takeover from PPR, who also own brands such as Puma, Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen for $607.5 million.
Read the full story here and get hyped on the TXOTX! Mini-Ramp comp that is coming on the 21st of May in Durango, Basque Country as it’s always amazing. Enjoy this edit of the last one.
Horsey has been having a blast lately. He’s hooked up with the High Five, become one of Supra’s team riders, spent the last year traveling the world skating and has inspired one of the new shoes in the Three Amigo’s series.
In March he joined up with team riders Furby, Spencer Hamilton, Boo Johnson, Keelan Dadd and Cody McEntire and hit up Texas on a tour. Watch the video here and look out for his Essex Coat of Arms branded shoe on your travels.
What a week it’s been for amazing skate edits. Just when you think there’s no more then Torey Pudwill rolls up at the Berrics and gets down to some serious business. Simply incredible.
After randomly finding a link to the great opening edit from Wallows in Powell Peralta’s epic video production The Search for Animal Chin this morning on youtube I also stumbled across this small documentary on the hallowed spot that Hawaii is so famous for.
Take a historic look back at how skaters (and surfers) made use of this steep banked ditch on the Island of Oahu from 1975/1976 with skating from Art Hottendorf (who put the film together) and John Jardine.
Here’s the Animal Chin footage featuring Bones Brigade members Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain and Tommy Guerrero getting ‘bunsun over the junsun’ from circa 1986/87.