Category: Skateboarding News

Half and Half: Welsh skate scene documentary trailer

Post author By Zac
Post date February 11, 2011

Jono Atkinson has been lurking down in Wales now for a couple of years after relocating from London and has been captivated by their vibrant skate scene ever since. Rather than just soak it up he decided to get amongst it and put a documentary together of what the South Wales scene is doing right now compared the rocking 80’s scene in Swansea when skateboarding exploded with help from footage logged back in the day by Tomsk.

Those who are as old as me as I type this will remember the amazing sessions at the Swansea vert ramp so expect some gems to be dug up. Enjoy this short trailer for now and look out for the DVD very soon.

Half’n’Half trailer from Jono on Vimeo.

Tags half and half, Jono Atkinson, swansea skate scene, Tomsk, welsh skate scene

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New Freestyle skatepark for Belfast open in April

Post author By Zac
Post date February 11, 2011

Good news for skaters of Belfast just arrived here. Freestyle Skateparks have started work on a new concrete park which will be finished in late April 2011.

Locals can expect a tasty looking bowl, banks, ledges, hip, manny pad, bowled corner, driveway and more. Take a look at this design below and spread the word, the park is situated under the M3 flyover at Little Patrick Street and Corporation Street in Belfast.

Tags Belfast, freestyle skateparks, skatepark

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Momentum Wheels Yo Llama! Llama! video trailer

Post author By Zac
Post date February 11, 2011

Momentum Wheels have a new video titled Yo Llama! Llama! dropping online on February 23rd featuring Chris Haslam, José Rojo, Magnus Hanson and Morgan Smith as they roll around Peru.

Watch this trailer whilst you wait for it to drop.

Momentum Wheels Yo Llama! Llama! Trailer from Momentum Wheels on Vimeo.

Tags Chris Haslam, jose rojo, Magnus Hanson, momentum wheels, Morgan Smith

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DC Shoes gallery at Fifty Fifty opens Feb 17th

Post author By Zac
Post date February 11, 2011

The DC pop-up gallery will take over Fifty Fifty Store in Bristol with two exhibitions running until May 2011. The first gallery project, opening on Thursday 17th February, will launch the SP11 European Skate Collective in the UK with a DC European Skate Team photography exhibition by the hugely talented, Gaston Francisco. Gaston has spent much of the past year traveling with the DC team to the USA, Holland, Belgium, Hungary and Norway which has resulted in him capturing captivating and intimate portrait and action shots of the team.

Product co-created by team riders Jody Smith, Ruben Garcia, Manuel Margreiter and Antony Lopez will be on show and available to buy from the shop on the night. Spread the word if you are West.

Tags Antony Lopez, DC European Skate Team, fifty fifty, gaston francisco, jody smith, Manuel Margreiter, Ruben Garcia

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New Kill City edits and team update

Post author By Zac
Post date February 9, 2011

The Welsh Kill City machine is marching forward at pace this month with two new edits that went live to the web last night and abunch of future plans.

Flow riders Sam Pulley and Jake Collins who both smashed our Xmas Jam back in December feature in a new edit from an event hosted at The Boardroom in Leicester and also have some of their best tricks that were from the Xmas Jam itself, watch them below.

Team slayer Lee Dainton is currently working on filming for a new video called Rookies that is scheduled to come out this summer and hopefully there will be some new footage of Caradog Emanuel. The dog has spent the last 3 months tagged up from the rozzers as a result of being involved in a drunken punch up and has had to sit out an 8.30pm curfew so it’s good to hear that the shackles are finally off.

Tour wise, the Kill City team are planning a mini UK tour this year with friends at Witchcraft Skateboards and are set to hook up with the Euro’s for a Hobo Code trip. Watch these fresh edits below and look out for their Spray series decks in your local skater owned shop.

Tags caradog emanual, jess young, kill city skateboards, lee dainton, nicky howells

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The Devil’s Toy – 1966 skateboarding film

Post author By Zac
Post date February 9, 2011

Thanks to the Tweaker blog we have managed to wake up to this little beauty today, a documentary on skateboarding shot back in 1966 aptly titled The Devils Toy. It was shot in Montreal, Canada by film maker Claude Jutra in a time where it was very much frowned upon to be rolling the streets on clay wheels, throwing rocks at the cops and generally having the best time ever. The cops hated skateboarders who rolled in trench coats and turtle neck tops and confiscated their decks only to be given back to kids at the local ice rink where skateboarding was allowed.

Doused in a sincere narrative to accompany classic black and white footage The Devil’s Toy may well have set the tone for skateboarding being a punk choice in life from the off and most certainly would have been the first ever Canadian skateboard video ever made. Watch it here and look out for some seriously funny B-movie sounding quotes such as: “Beware, the youth of the world is on the move and their aim is to take over!.”

Tags 1966, canadian skateboard video, Claude Jutra, montreal, skateboarding film, The Devil's Toy

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Lakai: We are Your Friends 2 edit and Spring collection

Post author By Zac
Post date February 8, 2011

Vincent Alvarez, Raven Tershy and Daniel Espinoza all feature in this latest edit from Lakai HQ, all 3 of them bring more than a 4-pack to the party.

Enjoy this and note that their Spring 2011 footwear collection can be found on their site. Follow your nose.

Tags Daniel Espinoza, lakai, lakai shoes, lakai skate shoes, Raven Tershy, spring 2011 shoe collection, Vincent Alvarez

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Watch: Shane O’Neill video compilation

Post author By Zac
Post date February 8, 2011

shane o'neill There are skateboarders who rip and those who shred, there those who can make a statement and leave a legacy at a specific street spot or park and there are those who write history. Australian skater Shane O’Neill seems to be ticking all of those boxes so far and seems to push his technical ability to the very highest level.

This week a video compilation of footage was posted on his youtube channel featuring Shane skating from when he was 14 up to when he turned 20 including some unseen and unused footage filmed mainly by Chris Middlebrook.

Watch the good work of Melbourne’s finest here.

Tags nike, nike sb, shane o'neill skateboarder, Shane O'Neill video compilation, skate mental

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Mark Appleyard gets stoned

Post author By Zac
Post date February 8, 2011

Element’s Mark Appleyard features in Volcom’s Stone-Age video clip archive this week. Click below to watch it.

Tags mark appleyard, volcom

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Frankie Hill documentary incoming

Post author By Zac
Post date February 8, 2011

Powell Peralta pro Frankie Hill has a documentary coming out about his short skateboarding life this year. Hill made his mark in 1988 video Public Domain and went on to be one of Powell’s most innovative street skaters before sustaining a knee injury that inevitably forced him to quit skating professionally at the ripe age of 21.

Watch this new trailer and look out for more info on this when it hits the web.

Tags ban this, frankie hill, frankie hill documentary, powell peralta, public domain, street skateboarding