Dorchester’s new skate park was blessed at the weekend with great weather and a massive turnout for the official opening. The Crayon team made it a day out with Nick Richards and Dykie on the button to capture the activity. Enjoy the footage below featuring Crayon riders and many more.
Not usually a man of many words, PJ Ladd explains how his feet get sucked right into his new pro shoe on DC.
Minneapolis skater Davis Torgerson who joined Real Skateboards in September 2008 has been added to the etnies team this week. Click here for a 3 minute interview with him on the etnies site and watch an edit from his local Boondoggle skate shop below. Look out for Davis on the etnies Recognition Tour this May, click here for info.
The South Coast of England has always had a very active skate scene with Brighton recently dominating the news of late with the new ‘Brighten‘ film. There’s more to come though as Rob Crawford has decided to film skaters from both Southampton and Portsmouth and the end product is a new local scene video featuring skating from Adam Keys, Curtis Jarman, Joe Paget, Drawing Boards rider Jak Tonge and more.
6.57 is made in association with Bored of Southsea and Reskue Skate Shop and should be landing sometime this year. Watch the trailer below and visit www.sixfiftyseven.co.uk for more.
Look out for a UK documentary on the recent life and times of skaters in the next month.
‘What Makes Us Tick‘ is being compiled by Fiasco Skateboards Max Palmer, a regular Crossfire visitor. This college project is aimed at people who do not skateboard themselves to give them an insight into skateboarding and our lifestyle and after watching the trailer, most skaters will definitely identify similarities with their own local skate scenes. Check the trailer below.
World Industries are active. Check out this new team promo featuring Kurtis Colamonico, Malcolm Watson, newest pro Ronson Lambert, Andrew Cannon, Cody Davis, Dustin Blauvelt, Mike Franklin, Timmy Knuth and newest Am George Moreno. New site at www.worldindustries.com
Brighten, the latest scene video to come from Brighton’s local rippers will be on general sale from next Tuesday 28th April. DVD’s will be available from ‘Another Skateboard shop‘ that can be found downstairs from Cool Hand Luke 29 Gloucester Road. Brighton.
Funny thing, wheels. Like most things, idiots assume that spending more money on them is going to automatically guarantee that they are better. Obviously this is why they are idiots. Its not about spending more money, I have had wheels that you’d need a mortgage to buy which have been utterly useless and on the other hand, I have had wheels that have been on the lower end of the price range that have been amazing.
Death Urethane fall consistently into the second category. Like everything else about Death, there are no fancy gimmicks, no air cores, no lightening core formula, no superduper 60% weight saving slimline profiles which is a good thing as theyre all horseshit anyway.
I was recently sent a set of the 54mm and was understandably stoked as I have been buying nothing but the 56mm for getting on two years now which means “physically going into a shop and paying for” not “asking for a set to review”. They really are that good. After skating a couple of months on the set in question theres no chips, no discolouring (which is a pretty good sign of the quality of the urethane) and hardly any flatspots. There is very little wear and tear and no coning despite regular skating. In short, theyre top notch.
Personally, I dont think you can find a better wheel at the moment and at half the price of some top brand American wheels you could save yourself a packet and support a truly legit British company. You do not need any more reasons to buy these. Get on it.
Visit www.deathskateboards.com for more.
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Nothing like an inspiring video edit to get you through your day. Our pick of the week so far comes from Daniel Lutheran from the The Skateboard Mag‘s archives. Ollies up a double set, gnarly rails and much more in this awesome montage. Enjoy.
Girl Skateboards are participating in another quest to raise awareness of the problem of AIDS in Africa by signing up once again in the Product Red campaign. Proceeds from the sale of these specific decks will go towards the cause. Watch the video below for more info.