Lee Dainton’s latest Sunday Stooges edit went up online today featuring some killer Jess Young footage from Kill City Skateboards’ archives and a healthy dose of love for our new website that are you are viewing right now.
Enjoy this video blog that also covers some crazy moments from Pritchard and Dainton‘s recent travels across Europe entertaining shit loads of drunks as they roll and click here to read Jess’ interview if you missed it last week.
Here’s the latest on Habitat’s ten year visual retrospective from the head honcho and filmbot extraordinaire himself, Brennan Conroy:
“July marks the first month of editing Origin. The focus is on raw street skating, art direction, psychedelic motion graphics, and tying 10 years of skateboard footage into a modern format. Austyn’s video part is edited and going to shock the skateboard community. Habitat is offering Origin as a dual DVD and iTunes release on October 18th, 2010″
We’re excited. Are you?
Hold Tight Henry keeps delivering the visual fun this week. Here we have the Slam City Skates crew and friends (Snowy, Smithy, Jensen, Tanner etc.) get stuck in to some crafty London spots in this little off-cut style edit.
“Rat Droppings” Rat Signal from Hold Tight Henry from Slam City Skates on Vimeo.
Bombing a hill is undeniably one of the raddest feelings in the world. Any part that ends with a hill bomb immediately gets my seal of approval, especially if it’s a hill that demands a lot of minerals.
Just try to imagine the bollocks you’d need to do this then…
This weekend sees Cardiff celebrating their bonkers new plaza in true welsh style, by having a three day bender!
Friday sees Cardiff Skateboard Club‘s debut video ‘Join Us‘ get a premiere in the skater-friendly drinking hole Dempsey’s, Saturday the CSC celebrate its founder’s birthday at the plaza and to top it all off there will be an official opening jam at the plaza on Sunday from 1pm.
The Independent and Venture team will be ripping the new crete and it’s rumoured that the enigmatic Boxman might very likely make another appearance so Welsh/South-West heads have a weekend of fun and insanity before them. See you there.
Bath’s Detour skate shop will be hosting a special night this Friday (30th July). Vans are presenting an exhibition of photographs taken by Percy Dean during the filming of the Vans ‘1966‘ video.
Following this there will be a screening of the film at 9pm in The Porter Cellar. Be there.
Visual Traveling CEO and director of the fantastic 10,000 Kilometers Patrik Wallner has posted up a rad clip of Element rider Michael Mackrodt.
The clip shows Mackrodt filming a new line each day he spent in New York during the World Cup for Patrik’s fisheye. It’s the kind of skating we like to watch, have a look below…
Last weekend King Apparel headed to Southsea for an urban culture and skate jam. Southsea heads got creative and it sounded like everyone had a blast with Adam Keys taking first place in the jam and Casey Brown nailing the best trick comp with a back smith grind heelflip out, bonkers!
Head over to the King Apparel Blog for all the spiel on the event and check below for Herbal Skateboards hot and fresh out the editing suite video edit of the miniramp jam. It’s such a good feeling when companies get together and put their love back into skateboarding and our creative culture. Props to all involved.
King Kong/Herbal Skateboards Miniramp Jam 2010 from Herbal Skateboards on Vimeo.
The BBQ is back and the shredding is inevitable as Nandos returns to UK skateparks for their xPERImental jams.
Pros, juicy chicken and free products will be flying your way at the following locations:
September 18th – Central Skatepark, Manchester
September 25th – Boardroom, Leeds
October 2nd – Bay66, London
Peep the flyer below for more information and expect some more news to surface on www.nandosxperimental.co.uk nearer the time…
Dykie and Crayon Skateboards team riders Chris Jones, Korahn Gayle, Welsh Tommy, Dan Wileman, Paul Barber Cooper, James Coyle plus special guests will be hitting the road throughout August for their Summer tour. The team will be arriving at the Wheelscape built parks listed below from 1pm daily so get down there and support the cause as these guys are serious grafters and deserve it plus you are practically guaranteed an amazing session.
Havering 13th August
Uckfield 14th August
Taunton 16th August
Teignmouth 17th August
